There’s a lot of history behind May 1st in the United States that is overlooked. Looking at current events, it seems a good time to look back on that history and see what we can do going forward.
Use These Hastags: #GeneralStrike #GeneralStrike2020 #CareStrike #RentStrike #DebtStrike
===Resources===
GenStrike Platform: https://www.genstrike.org/about/our-platform/
May Day Guide: https://www.genstrike.org/may-day-guide/
Corona Strike: https://www.coronastrike.us
Cooperation Jackson: https://cooperationjackson.org/
Black Socialists in America: https://blacksocialists.us/
Care Strike: https://linktr.ee/carestrike
===Unions and Worker Associations===
IWW: https://www.iww.org
Target Workers Unite! https://targetworkersunite.com/
===Rent and Debt Striking Organizations===
Strike Debt! https://strikedebt.org/
Housing Justice For All: https://www.housingjusticeforall.org/
Radical Think Tank: https://radicalthinktank.wordpress.com/
Democratic Socialists of America: https://www.dsausa.org/
===Mutual Aid===
Mutual Aid Resources: https://itsgoingdown.org/autonomous-groups-are-mobilizing-mutual-aid-initiatives-to-combat-the-coronavirus/
How to Build A Mutual Aid Network: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1casz4DRNvUg8ezcrfd6awH-ahxBDJwnbdzxm4_qDVs/
===Sources===
The Brief Origins of May Day: https://archive.iww.org/history/library/misc/origins_of_mayday/
COVID-19 Strike Wave Interactive Map: https://paydayreport.com/covid-19
strike-wave-interactive-map/
===Attributions===
SPECIAL THANKS to Intellectual Dark Wave for providing the song Solidarity Forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2KidYzbONI
Intellectual Dark Wave’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJQvmb2cqZlrgAFsAq1_P4w
Black Lives Matter and International Workers Day march photo: Fibonacci Blue
Vector USA map from: FreeVectorFlags.com
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