May Day and the Haymarket Massacre | Rattling the Bars

May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, is celebrated around the world by labor unions, socialist parties, and anarchists. May Day's origins go back to the 1886 Haymarket Affair, when hundreds of thousands of US workers walked off the job, and 40,000 went on strike in Chicago for an eight-hour workday. Despite its origins, May Day is largely unknown in the US today. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez joins <i>Rattling the Bars</i> for a discussion on the history of May Day, and how the persecution of organizers in the wake of the Haymarket Massacre highlights the importance of extending solidarity from the labor movement to the fight to abolish the prison industrial complex.<br /><br /><a href="https://therealnews.com/may-days-history-shows-why-labor-and-prison-struggles-are-intertwined" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Click here to read the transcript</a><br /><br />Studio Production: David Hebden<br />Post-Production: Cameron Granadino <br /><br /><b>The Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing Rattling the Bars by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer: </b><br /><br /><b>Donate: <a href="https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/donate-pod-rtb</a></b><br /><b>Sign up for our newsletter: <a href="https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/nl-pod-rtb</a></b><br /><br /><b>Get Rattling the Bars updates: <a href="https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtb" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://therealnews.com/up-pod-rtb</a></b><br /><br /><b>Like us on Facebook: <a href="https://facebook.com/therealnews" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://facebook.com/therealnews</a></b><br /><b>Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/therealnews" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://twitter.com/therealnews</a></b>