In Pictures: May 1st Worldwide

In Pictures: May 1st Worldwide

On Thursday the streets bore witness to demonstrations ranging from mass mobilisations to local acts of defiance to mark International Workers’ Day ~ Alisa-Ece Tohumcu, Rob Latchford ~ From Paris to Athens and from Sao Paolo to Bandung, demands were raised against state violence, exploitation, and capitalist crisis. NANTES Photo: Oli Mouazan, CA Around 10,00 marched for the day and were met with swift and heavy police repression. Riot units cha…

On May 1, the Anarcho-Syndicalist Central Madrid came out of the streets of Vallekas against the depredation of our lives and the planet. A combative march toured the streets of this working class neighborhood to remember the revolutionary potential of the popular classes as hundreds of leaflets were distributed with the manifesto of this day of workers’ commemoration. At the rally a compañera denounced the repression of the previous days agains…

Precarized youth and sex workers raised their voices on May 1st: employees of rightsless apps, students exploited in Oxxo and trans women demanded labor recognition. Police repression of protesters contrasted with global protests in France, Turkey and the US. The slogan was clear: «The street is where it works» Text and photos: Camilo Ocampo and Laura Buconi CITY OF MEXICO. – While in Mexico the central demand of May 1 was to end labor insecurit…