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Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day

Author : Peter Linebaugh
Publisher : PM Press
ISBN 13 : 1629632511
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day written by Peter Linebaugh and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “May Day is about affirmation, the love of life, and the start of spring, so it has to be about the beginning of the end of the capitalist system of exploitation, oppression, war, and overall misery, toil, and moil.” So writes celebrated historian Peter Linebaugh in an essential compendium of reflections on the reviled, glorious, and voltaic occasion of May 1st. It is a day that has made the rich and powerful cower in fear and caused Parliament to ban the Maypole—a magnificent and riotous day of rebirth, renewal, and refusal. These reflections on the Red and the Green—out of which arguably the only hope for the future lies—are populated by the likes of Native American anarcho-communist Lucy Parsons, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, Karl Marx, José Martí, W.E.B. Du Bois, Rosa Luxemburg, SNCC, and countless others, both sentient and verdant. The book is a forceful reminder of the potentialities of the future, for the coming of a time when the powerful will fall, the commons restored, and a better world born anew.

Первое мая

Author : Philip Sheldon Foner
Publisher : International Publishers Co
ISBN 13 : 9780717806249
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Первое мая written by Philip Sheldon Foner and published by International Publishers Co. This book was released on 1986 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only account in print of the origins of May Day, with highlights of its first century from around the world. 21 illustrations. Notes. Index.

America's Forgotten Holiday

Author : Donna T. Haverty-Stacke
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814737056
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Book Synopsis America's Forgotten Holiday by : Donna T. Haverty-Stacke

Download or read book America's Forgotten Holiday written by Donna T. Haverty-Stacke and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though now a largely forgotten holiday in the United States, May Day was founded here in 1886 by an energized labor movement as a part of its struggle for the eight-hour day. In ensuing years, May Day took on new meaning, and by the early 1900s had become an annual rallying point for anarchists, socialists, and communists around the world. Yet American workers and radicals also used May Day to advance alternative definitions of what it meant to be an American and what America should be as a nation. Mining contemporary newspapers, party and union records, oral histories, photographs, and rare film footage, America’s Forgotten Holiday explains how May Days celebrants, through their colorful parades and mass meetings, both contributed to the construction of their own radical American identities and publicized alternative social and political models for the nation. This fascinating story of May Day in America reveals how many contours of American nationalism developed in dialogue with political radicals and workers, and uncovers the cultural history of those who considered themselves both patriotic and dissenting Americans.

The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe

Author : Abby Peterson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131701734X
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe written by Abby Peterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Hobsbawm claimed that the international May Day, which dates back to a proclamation in 1889 by the Second International, 'is perhaps the most ambitious of labour rituals'. The first international May Day demonstrations in 1890 were widely celebrated across Europe and became the one day each year when organized labour could present its goals to the public, an eight-hour workday being the first concrete demand, shortly followed by those for improved working conditions, universal suffrage, peace among nations, and international solidarity. The May Day ritual celebration was the self-assertion and self-definition of the new labour class through class organization. Thus, it was trade unions and social democratic and socialist parties throughout Europe which took the initiative and have sustained May Day as a labour ritual to this day. Part I of this theoretically-informed volume explores how May Day demonstrations have evolved and taken different trajectories in different political contexts. Part II focuses on May Day rituals today. By comparing demonstration level data of over 2000 questionnaires from six countries, including Belgium, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK, the reader is able to gain a thorough understanding of how participants are bestowing meaning on May Day rituals. By concluding with reflections on the future of the May Day ritual in Western Europe, this ground-breaking book provides a detailed analysis of its evolution as a protest event.

May Day Manifesto 1968

Author : Raymond Williams
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786636271
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book May Day Manifesto 1968 written by Raymond Williams and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anniversary edition of the classic political manifesto Urgently relevant to current arguments about the crisis of austerity, the 1968 manifesto set out a new agenda for socialist Britain, after the failure of the postwar consensus. It sought to change the nature of the state, to drive a wedge between finance and empire, to stress the importance of a planned economy for all, and to detach Britain from the imperial goals to which it had long been committed. Today, the spirit of The May Day Manifesto offers a road map to a brighter future. The original publication brought together the most influential radical voices of the era. Among the seventy signatories were Raymond Williams, E. P. Thompson, Stuart Hall, Iris Murdoch, Terry Eagleton, Ralph Miliband, and R. D. Laing. This edition comes with an introduction from Owen Jones, who brings a sense of urgency and hope to the contemporary debate.

The Long Deep Grudge

Author : Toni Gilpin
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1642590894
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book The Long Deep Grudge written by Toni Gilpin and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The definitive history of an important but largely forgotten labor organization and its heroic struggles with an icon of industrial capitalism.” —Ahmed A. White, author of The Last Great Strike This rich history details the bitter, deep-rooted conflict between industrial behemoth International Harvester and the uniquely radical Farm Equipment Workers union. The Long Deep Grudge makes clear that class warfare has been, and remains, integral to the American experience, providing up-close-and-personal and long-view perspectives from both sides of the battle lines. International Harvester—and the McCormick family that largely controlled it—garnered a reputation for bare-knuckled union-busting in the 1880s, but in the twentieth century also pioneered sophisticated union-avoidance techniques that have since become standard corporate practice. On the other side the militant Farm Equipment Workers union, connected to the Communist Party, mounted a vociferous challenge to the cooperative ethos that came to define the American labor movement after World War II. This evocative account, stretching back to the nineteenth century and carried through to the present, reads like a novel. Biographical sketches of McCormick family members, union officials and rank-and-file workers are woven into the narrative, along with anarchists, jazz musicians, Wall Street financiers, civil rights crusaders, and mob lawyers. It touches on pivotal moments and movements as wide-ranging as the Haymarket “riot,” the Flint sit-down strikes, the Memorial Day Massacre, the McCarthy-era anti-communist purges, and America’s late twentieth-century industrial decline. “A capitalist family dynasty, a radical union, and a revolution in how and where work gets done—Toni Gilpin’s The Long Deep Grudge is a detailed chronicle of one of the most active battlefronts in our ever-evolving class war.” —John Sayles

Mayday 1971

Author : Lawrence Roberts (Journalist)
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 1328766721
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Mayday 1971 written by Lawrence Roberts (Journalist) and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2020 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1971. Fiery radicals, flower children, and militant vets gathered for the most audacious act in a years-long movement to end America's war in Vietnam: a blockade of the nation's capital. The White House, headed by an increasingly paranoid Richard Nixon, was determined to stop it. Roberts, drawing on interviews, archives, and newfound White House transcripts, recreates these largely forgotten events. It began with a bombing inside the U.S. Capitol-- a still-unsolved case. To prevent the Mayday Tribe's guerrilla-style traffic blockade, the government mustered the military. Riot squads swept through the city, arresting more than 12,000 people. An inspiring story of how our democracy faced grave danger, and survived. -- adapted from jacket

May Day

Author : Robin Folvik
Publisher : Between the Lines(CA)
ISBN 13 : 9781926662909
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book May Day written by Robin Folvik and published by Between the Lines(CA). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating May Day and the historical struggles of workers to improve their lives.

The Morning Exercise as a Socializing Influence

Author : Francis W. Parker School, Chicago
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Morning Exercise as a Socializing Influence written by Francis W. Parker School, Chicago and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Iron Heel

Author : Jack London
Publisher : The Floating Press
ISBN 13 : 177541079X
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book The Iron Heel written by Jack London and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Anthony Meredith, a scholar in about the year 2600 AD (or 419 B.O.M. - the Brotherhood of Man), annotates the "Everhard Manuscript", an account that chronicles the years from 1912 to 1932 when the great "Iron Heel" oligarchy rose to power in the United States.

Power in Our Hands

Author : William Bigelow
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0853457530
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Power in Our Hands written by William Bigelow and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This celebrated book provides entertaining, easy-to-use lesson plans for teaching labor history. "Most school teachers are drowned in paper, but here is one book I want to recommend to them. It is a way of getting American teenagers not just interested, but excited and passionate about their history - modern American labor history." - Pete Seeger

Mayday! Mayday!

Author : Chris L. Demarest
Publisher : Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN 13 : 9780689851612
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Mayday! Mayday! written by Chris L. Demarest and published by Margaret K. McElderry Books. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thirty-foot yacht, adrift well out to sea, sends, "MAYDAY! MAYDAY! Please respond to our plea!" Hearing this call for help, the United States Coast Guard leaps into action. A team of four highly trained rescue specialists head out in an H-60 Jayhawk helicopter. Battling fierce conditions, the Coast Guard team finally locates the disabled boat, rescues the crew, treats injured passengers, and carries them back to safety. Complemented by dramatic, striking illustrations, Chris L. Demarest's text brings into vivid focus one of the many important jobs performed by the U.S. Coast Guard. A detailed author's note provides additional information about the search-and-rescue process, making this a terrific book for any school or home library.

The Handmaid's Tale

Author : Margaret Atwood
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771008791
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The Handmaid's Tale written by Margaret Atwood and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from “the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction” (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.

The History of May Day

Author : Alexander Trachtenberg
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 9780359138036
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The History of May Day written by Alexander Trachtenberg and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic reprint from 1937, Alexander Trachtenberg delivers a concise history of the origins of May Day. The origin of May Day is indissolubly bound up with the struggle for the shorter workday Ð a demand of major political significance for the working class. This struggle is manifest almost from the beginning of the factory system in the United States. Written by Alexander Trachtenberg in 1935 is an invaluable asset for any Marxist-Leninist student. Although the demand for higher wages appears to be the most prevalent cause for the early strikes in this country, the question of shorter hours and the right to organize were always kept in the foreground when workers formulated their demands against the bosses and the government. As exploitation was becoming intensified and workers were feeling more and more the strain of inhumanly long working hours, the demand for an appreciable reduction of hours became more pronounced.

Mayday Over Wichita

Author : D. W. Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781626190528
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Mayday Over Wichita written by D. W. Carter and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On the cold Saturday morning of January 16, 1965, a U.S. Air Force KC-135 tanker carrying thirty-one thousand gallons of jet fuel crashedinto a congested African American neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas. When the fire and destruction finally subsided, forty-seven people--mostly African American children--were dead or injured, homes were completely destroyed and numerous families were splintered. As shocking as it may sound, the event was seemingly omitted from the historical record for nearly fifty years. Now, historian D. W. Carter examines the myths and realities of the crash while providing new insights about the horrific four-minute flight that forever changed the history of Kansas. "--

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1090 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.

International May Day and American Labor Day

Author : Boris Reinstein
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book International May Day and American Labor Day written by Boris Reinstein and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boris Reinstein's 'International May Day and American Labor Day' is a comprehensive analysis of the historical and political significance of May Day and Labor Day in both an international and American context. Through detailed research and insightful commentary, Reinstein delves into the origins of these holidays and examines how they have evolved over time to become symbols of workers' rights and solidarity. The book provides a thorough exploration of the history of labor movements around the world, offering a nuanced understanding of their impact on social and economic structures. Reinstein's writing style is both engaging and informative, making this a must-read for anyone interested in the history of labor rights and the global labor movement. Boris Reinstein, a renowned historian and labor rights advocate, draws on his expertise in labor studies to shed light on the significance of May Day and Labor Day. His dedication to social justice and workers' rights is evident throughout the book, as he provides valuable insights into the struggles and triumphs of labor movements across different nations. Reinstein's scholarly approach and passion for his subject make him a trusted voice in the field of labor history. I highly recommend 'International May Day and American Labor Day' to readers interested in the history of labor movements, social activism, and the fight for workers' rights. Boris Reinstein's thorough research and compelling narrative make this book an essential addition to any library on labor studies.