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Jessamyn May 1, 2025

"On May 1, 1886, Albert and Lucy Parsons led 80,000 people down Michigan Avenue, in what is regarded as the first-ever May Day Parade, in support of the eight-hour work day."

Lucy Parsons was a Black anarchist and she continued her May Day activism into her 90s. Her legacy is complex but that doesn't make it any less powerful. Know her name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Parsons

Lucy Parsons - Wikipedia

biff52 May 1, 2025

@jessamyn
A friend posted this story today:
https://scattershooting.substack.com/p/the-spirit-of-may-day-the-fight-that

The Spirit of May Day: The Fight That Still Defines Us

Originally published on the Jon S Randal Peace Page, on Facebook

Scatter Shooting

Jessamyn May 1, 2025

@biff52 Thanks for sending that. I am always surprised to see lefties and radicals on Substack.

Levka May 1, 2025

@jessamyn @biff52

There's a reason for that.

@LevZadov @biff52 I'm sorry I can't quite parse that. There is a reason for my surprise, or there is a reason for lefties/radicals to be on Substack?

Levka May 1, 2025

@jessamyn @biff52

There is no reason for lefties/radicals to be on Substack, or for that matter, on Bluesky. That's what the Fediverse is for.

biff52 May 1, 2025

@LevZadov @jessamyn
I think we belong everywhere.

Levka May 1, 2025

@biff52 @jessamyn

We don't belong on yet another broligarch's social media or on any site that doesn't ban fascists.