Mayday and Anarchism: Remembrance and Resistance From Haymarket to Now

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This pamphlet shows the history of Mayday, and the differing ways in which Anarchists have responded to its call. It includes pieces on: The Haymarket affair and its aftermath, The idea of Mayday from the 1890s to the 1940s and Reclaiming Mayday in recent times. 2004 Introduction: Looking Forwards, Looking Backwards 1886 August Spies’ Speech at the Haymarket 1886 Trial Speech of Adolph Fischer 1886 Trial Speech of Louis Lingg 1890 Primo Maggio (The First of May), Pietro Gori 1890s Anarchist Mayday: London in the 1890s, John Quail 1893 Extracts from Altgeld's Reasons for Pardoning the Haymarket Anarchists 1895 A Crime and its Results, William Holmes 1907 The First of May and the General Strike, Mother Earth 1928 The First of May: Symbol of a New Era in the Life and Struggle of the Toilers, Nestor Makhno 1945 May First, Luigi Bertoni 1947 A Cry in the Dark: May Day in Unredeemed Spain, National Committee of the CNT 1973 1886 – First Of May – 1973: A Day of Protest and Social Awareness, Anarchist Groups of Chile 1978 To Latin American Comrades: 1886 – First of May – 1978, Libertarian Latin American Coordination 1983 May Day Leaflet, Reading Anarchists 2000 A Mayday over MayDay, Bash Street Kids What is Anarchism? A Definition