enduring relevance of May Day as international workers' day. Comments I don't see the word 'Haymarket' once, which is odd considering it was specifically the Chicago Haymarket protests for the 8 hour day (and subsequent blaming and execution of anarchists) that started May Day: http://libcom.org/history/1886-haymarket\\... but then again, it's not TOO surprising to see a Leninist trying to totally downplay any sort of anarchist activity ever... I hate to break it to you but most of the workers are looking forward to a day off, one for a day out with family or mates, a bit of DIY or gardening, take in a sporting event, that sort of thing. Not rallying with a bunch of self important sociology lecturers banging on about revolution. In the UK, 1 May was made a bank holiday by the Labour government in 1978 Except that this is not true. The first Monday in May was made a bank holiday - this year it falls on the 7th. I can remember going on May Day Rallies in Central London, which took place on the nearest Sunday to May 1st, as a small child with my parents; my Dad was active in the union movement then. As my Birthday falls in early May, I think I spent part of my 8th Birthday doing this wearing a big badge saying "8 today". Everyone came up and wished me Happy Birthday. It was quite a nice afternoon out as far as I was concerned. Nice to see an