Boston May Day 2023
When:
Monday, May 01, 2023 5:00p -
10:00p
Monday, May 01, 2023 5:00p -
10:00p
Where:
Parkman Bandstand
Boston Common
Boston, MA 01915
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Festivals & Fairs, LGBTQ+, Outside, Social Good
Event website:
https://www.litakelley.com/blog/boston-may-day2023/
Let’s join together in celebrating May Day 2023, International Workers Day, a worldwide holiday. On May Day we have an opportunity to celebrate many examples of resistance to the employers offensive and government attacks on our rights and interests.
Current cosponsors for Downtown Boston event:
- Green Rainbow Party of Massachusetts
- Cambridge City Growers
- New Democracy Coalition
- United American Indians of New England
- Boston May Day Coalition
- Boston Education Justice Alliance
- Jewish Voice for Peace
- Black Lives Matter Rhode Island
- Workers World Party - Boston
- Refuse Fascism
- North American Indian Center of Boston
- Community Church of Boston
- FMLN - Massachusetts
- Encuentro 5
- Tecschange
- African People’s Socialist Party
- Anarchist Black Cross - Boston
- Community Advocates for Justice and Equality
- COS New England
- DSA Socialist Feminism Working Group
- Little Liberty
- Progressive Labor Party
- Revolutionary Blackout Network
- Natick Black Lives Matter
- Independent Socialist Group
- Red Strike Project
- International Marxist Tendency
- Communities Responding to Extreme Weather
- Inspiring Today’s Youth
- Boston South Asian Coalition
- Julian Assange Defense - Boston
- Boston Teachers Union
- Palestinian Youth Movement
- Extinction Rebellion Boston
- Activate Media
- Battle First Aid Responder Services
We can celebrate many thousands around the country who have joined unions including at Starbucks here in Boston. Mobilizations against police murder and brutality have occurred. Recently, we saw hundreds of supporters of trans rights stand up and mobilize in Boston against the ultra-rightist campaign by state governments to demonize and criminalize trans folks. Folks are taking to the streets for climate justice.
However, we have a long way to go to achieve liberation from the wars, exploitation, and oppression we face. Over the past year, we have seen a federal government assault on rail workers imposing unsafe working conditions in a contract with no paid sick leave. The US Supreme Court and State governments are demolishing reproductive rights.
Millions of undocumented workers and youth seek legal permanent resident status (green cards). The war economy is rapidly expanding at the expense of our human needs. Environmental devastation continues with ever increasing instances of extreme weather. Devastating cuts to the social safety net are scheduled for the end of the "COVID emergency declaration". We will be increasingly asked to make sacrifices while the wealthy increase their profits. Join in the resistance!
