Today in 1886, the working class of the United States clashed frontally with the toughest form of capitalism in Chicago’s Haimarket Square, claiming it obvious: eight hours of work, eight hours of rest, eight hours of sleep. Until then, the workers were shifting 12 to 18 hours and zero rights. Within a few days the uprising is drowning in the blood, and along with the dead workers, the pioneers of the movement are led to the pioneers of the movement, through a parody trial that even American lawyers described as one of the most blatant cases of malice in US history. Chicago’s blood becomes a torch. Three years later, on July 14, 1889, the Second Socialist International decides in Paris to establish 1 May workers’ Day, honoring the “Hemarcet Witnesses”. May Day ceases to be just a day for flowers. Becomes a symbol of resistance. The first strike in Greece was recorded just two years later, in 1888, in Drama – then […]
Source: News Beast
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