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Wednesday, April 26, 2006

May Day in the Valley

Celebrate 120 years of May Day!
Stand in Solidarity with immigrants!
Participate in the General Strike and Great American Boycott!
No Work! No School! No Buying! No Selling!

11AM ON THE STEPS OF THE STUDENT UNION to hear some speakers and walk over to the Amherst Town Common  for the 12-2pm rally in support of immigrants' rights. We will be handing out our special May Day issue of The Socialist magazine.
For more info about the 11am Rally at UMass, contact Lenz Bayas at lkbayas@gmail.com.
For further information about the Amherst Town Common event, please call Eduardo Suárez 413-687-0399 or email may1stcoalition@gmail.com.

The Tom Mooney Local will then car pool up to Brattleboro Vermont for their 23rd annual May Day Festival, 3:15 - 5:30. We will join with Vermont comrades to enjoy the festivities and support the Vermont Socialist Party candidates standing for public office. There will be a May Pole, Haymarket Commemoration, balloon creations by clown Robin Zegge, free hot dogs and drinks, booths by labor unions and community groups, and even a soap box! For more information, contact Haymarket Bicentennial Committee at 802-387-4060. For a ride up from Massachusetts, contact us at SPMass@gmail.com.

Read SPUSA statements on May Day and immigrant rights at www.sp-usa.org