NEW! Half-hour documentary video looks at how May Day became the workers’ holiday all over the world except in the United States, despite the fact that the events that inspired the holiday occurred here. Using historical images, contemporary illustrations, and animation, We Mean to Make Things Over is an educational and entertaining tour of a long-suppressed story from American working class history. For more information and background on the video, go to the We Mean To Make Things Over website. To screen the video for free, click on the streaming link below. 

Below you will find readings and other materials to support classroom and union hall screenings:

• Intro to audience for May Day video
• May Day goals and questions
• May Day bibliography
• Citywide general strikes in American history
• Haymarket trial simulation
• May Day vs. Labor Day

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