On May 1, also known as May Day, Monterey County will join communities across the country in collective action to defend democracy. May Day also marks International Workers’ Day, with the unifying message, “workers over billionaires,” rippling across communities this year.
Workers, students and families plan to rally around the demand that the country center workers instead of the ultra-rich. Many are also taking action by refusing business as usual by not shopping, not working, and not attending school.
Monterey County is joining that fight. This year continues causes that were front and center during last year’s May Day, including protests against cuts to health care, the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reductions in food assistance and the affordable housing crisis.
Below is a list of May Day events happening across the County, mobilizing around issues that impact us all.
May 1
May Day or Immigrants and Fall of Freedom
Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel
11am-12pm Whistlemania Sign Up
12:30-2:30pm RSVP for the Legal Observers Training
3-6pm Music, Art and Poetry RSVP
Students Rise Up At CSUMB
100 Campus Center, Seaside
1-3pm Sign up here
National General Strike
Rally in front of Target
1640 N. Main St., Salinas
3pm More info here
Signs of Fascism
Indivisible Pajaro Valley
2-3pm Sign up to receive address here
May 2
Workers Over Billionaires Rally
Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave., Monterey
2-4pm Email unitemontereycounty@gmail.com to RSVP or sign up
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Why don't the people that go out on the May 1 protest learn what democracy really is instead of making fools of themselves for promoting what is really a socialist "holiday."
Their first lesson could be learning the meaning of the word, “boondoggle.” That will be useful for them to know if they keep voting the way they do.
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