April 23, 2019

May Day activities

Consider to announce your (Global) May Day activities in advance by sending an email with details to the list: globalmayday[ÄT]lists.riseup.net.
This way others can also refer to your activities during their May Day actions. Below you find a list of submissions so far.

Also please note the call for Audio Solidarity Messages.

Announced activities (so far):

Brazil

Federação das Organizações Sindicalistas Revolucionárias do Brasil (FOB) will carry out activities and demonstrations between April 27 and May 1 in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Goias, Federal District (Brasília), Ceará, Piauí, Bahia and Mato Grosso do Sul.

Colombo

The Dabindu Collective organizing garment workers in the Free Trade Zone of Katunayake joins the Ceylon Mercantile Industrial & General Workers Union (CMU) in their call for a rally in Colombo.
Meeting point: 3 Bala Tampoe Lane

Dhaka

The Garment Workers’ Trade Union Congress (GWTUC) call for rallies at different industrial areas at 3pm.

Hamburg

Anti-Authoritarian demo in Hamburg-Harburg kicking-off at 12:30pm on May Day. [fb page] Read the local call.
One day after (May 2nd), 5pm, rally in front of H&M store in the city center of Hamburg as part of solidarity partnerships with Dabindu Collective (Sri Lanka) and FBLP (Jakarta). Demands of struggling garment workers organized with both organizations will be forwarded to H&M management and shared with the public. [fb page]

Activities are organized by the Free Workers’ Union (FAU) Hamburg, Industrial Workers of the World (Hamburg) and the initiative Schwarz-Roter 1.Mai HH (Black-Red May Day Hamburg).

Marburg

The Free Workers’ Union (FAU) Marburg with the support of the local groups and collectives: lotta*lebt, Artgerechtes, Baukollektiv Marburg, radau, Havanna 8, Queerfeministisches Frauen*streikbündnis, Gleis X, Kurdistan Soli Plenum, Klimagruppe Marburg, Autonomes FrauenLesbenReferat, Las Cayenas, Gemüse Kombüse Marburg, SoLaWi organize for a revolutionary May Day: 1pm demo kicks off at Rudolphsplatz; 2pm May Day celebrations at Trauma/G-Werk with a market of collectives in Marburg. [fb page]

Read the local call.