A-Infos (en) Anarchist May Day PDF files now available on-line

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Anarchist May Day PDF files now available on-line

The WSM have just added two PDF files to the 
struggle site that you can print out and 
display/distribute about the anarchist origins 
of May Day and the struggles of anarchists 
today.  One is a poster using pictures of the 
Haymarket anarchists and of some of the large 
anarchist demonstrations over the last year.  
The other is a two page pamphlet about the 
anarchist origins of May Day.  We strongly 
encourage you to download these and distribute 
them at May Day and related events.

Read the text and see the posters at
http://struggle.ws/about/mayday.html

Historical summary
In 1887 four Chicago anarchists were executed. A 
fifth cheated the hangman by killing himself in 
prison. Three more were to spend 6 years in 
prison until pardoned by Governor Altgeld who 
said the trial that convicted them was 
characterised by "hysteria, packed juries and a 
biased judge". The state had, in the words of 
the prosecution put "Anarchy .. on trial" and 
hoped their deaths would also be the death of 
the anarchist idea.

The anarchists were trade union organisers and 
May Day became an international workers day to 
remember their sacrifice. They were framed on 
false charges of throwing a bomb at police 
breaking up a demonstration in Chicago. This was 
part of a strike demanding an 8 hour day 
involving 400,000 workers in Chicago that 
started May 1st 1886 . 

The anarchist idea did not die in Chicago in 
1887. Today it inspires a new wave of struggle 
against global capitalism. Join in this 
struggle.


The poster is at
http://struggle.ws/wsm/pdf/poster/mayday_post.html

The leaflet is at
http://struggle.ws/wsm/pdf/leaf/pdf_mayday.html

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>From Irelands's Workers Solidarity Movement
http://www.struggle.ws/wsm.html

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