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Actions beginning on May 1 aim to build a US and global movement that determines how we emerge from the crisis with life itself as the primary value. Organizers say it is about a true vision and reality of a loving and just world.
Here are some links to some events, May Day Hashtags and websites. #MayDay2020 #PeoplesBailout #GeneralStrike2020 #CancelRent #FreeThemAll #GrassrootsFeminism #KeepItInTheGround; People’s Bailout Day of Mass Action https://thepeoplesbailout.org/; General Strike 2020 https://www.genstrike.org/; Car Rally for Essential Workers; Jobs with Justice Rent strikes; Causa Justa #CanceltheRent campaign and #FreeThemAll campaign; EMEAC is supporting the struggle to get water restored; Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) joins webinar on health, housing and detention; About Face is raising funds to support undocumented people.
 


A May Day 200 person strong march organized by the Tompkins County Workers Center iswept across the City of Ithaca and was greeted warmly by many, especially by the Northside housing project. Over 200 people marched for Medicare for All, housing as human right, Healthcare not Warfare and for the rights of all workers. They banged on pots and chanted slogans as they marched.
Photo/Tom Hirschel

 

On May Day, eighty people, nurses and community, demonstrated with masks and social distancing at Regional Medical Center in San Jose, California, which plans to close its Maternity and Newborn units on May 31. It is the only hospital on the Eastside of San Jose, home to much of San Jose’s low-income and immigrant population. This hospital is owned by HCA Healthcare, a national for-profit conglomerate of 185 hospitals known for closures of units and hospitals which do not generate enough profit.
Photo/ Peggy Elwell

 

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