What’s going on in the United States? On Monday there will be rallies in Seattle, a city that has a history of May Day protests, in Minneapolis, in Miami and in at least 200 other U.S. cities in ...

Why Is May Day Not Celebrated in the United States? Today, May Day is an official holiday in 80+ countries. However, it is not widely recognized in the U.S., the country where it began.

From worker rights rallies to marches for social justice, activists around the globe kicked off May Day demonstrations on Thursday. In some countries, it’s a public holiday honoring labor, but ...

Six weeks before Chomsky, Ellsberg and Zinn protested on May Day, 1971, Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam. As Saigon fell, Viet, then four years old, fled with his family to the United States.

View May Day Fast Facts on CNN and learn about International Workers Day, ... In May of 1886, activists in the United States organized a national strike to promote an eight-hour workday.

President Donald Trump late Thursday announced plans to designate May 8 as World War II “Victory Day” in the United States, which coincides with the “Victory in Europe Day” that has been ...