Today. Unlike any other day in the year… …By the multitudes they rise… …With clenched fist and arms raised in futile resistance they march… ...and ultimately changed the world. Today is the 1 st of May: Labor Day which...

May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries. It is also celebrated unofficially in many other countries. This was largely the result of the 1904 International Socialist Conference meeting in Amsterdam which called on "all...