In the U.S., May Day is stood on its head, replaced by Law Day. The home of May Day is the only place where it is not recognized. Yet the conditions which led to May Day, world-wide, remain substantially unchanged. Two incomes are necessary to support a family. With a little slight of hand, eight hours a day becomes sixteen.
Reforms slip away.
But the movement which rose up from the initial May Day incident, Haymarket, is alive. Rise in all your splendid might Take the wealth that you are making, It belongs to you by right. The Rouge Forum is a group of educators, workers, students, and parents seeking a democratic society. We are both research and action oriented. We want to learn about equality, democracy and social justice as we simultaneously struggle to bring into practice our present understanding of what that is.