Today, May 1st, is International Workers' Day, a celebration of working class solidarity and militancy around the world.
A holiday in many countries, May Day is a proud tradition that spans more than a hundred years, May Day was originally meant to commemorate the Haymarket Massacre in Chicago in 1886.
Despite its partial US origins, May Day, of course, is not a holiday in the United States, nor is it one in Canada -- a fact that one day must be changed!
Every May Day, leftist and labour groups, parties, unions and movements hold rallies and parades to mark the day.
Here are 14 terrific, historic May Day posters from a variety of countries.
Happy International Workers' Day!
Workers of the World Unite!
KPD, Germany 1929
Mexico, 1947
Soviet Russia, 1921
USSR 1920s
May 1st. Long Live the Holiday of the Working People of All Countries! - Soviet Russia, 1920
Australia 1942
Palestine 1980s
Mexico 1940s
France, 1936
Long Live May 1st! , Lithuanian SSR
Long Live May Day!- Lithuanian SSR, c. 1965
1 May - Czechoslovak Socialist Republic IWD Poster c. 1975
May 1, Everyone with Fidel at the Plaza de la Revolucion - Cuba, 1965
Australia, 2016
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