May Day 2006

In London up to 4000 people marched from Clerkenwell Green to Trafalgar square. One of the largest blocs of the march was the Autonomous Bloc which consisted of around 500 people, marching on the issues of precarity and migration.  more

May Day is International Workers Day, a day that should recognize that the working class is an international class; that the oppressed and exploited throughout the world have everything in common with each other and nothing in common with 'their' nation, 'their' government and 'their' bosses.

So migrants, refugees, those deemed 'illegal immigrants' by the State, those facing deportation, people in detention, should be at the center of what May Day is all about more

This is a list of events and activities in London over the Mayday weekend, including discussion and events to look at anarchism in 2006. more

Originally Posted 11.00 12 April 2006: This Mayday we invite all self-organised workers, migrant workers, non-unionised workers, agency workers, cash in hand workers, dole claimants, free-lancers, work rejecters and all of those who fall outside of traditional union organisation to join our autonomous bloc on the TUC march. To make Mayday a day where the invisible claim a common voice. more