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Kitchen Table Kibitzing: May Day Strong [1]

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Date: 2026-04-30  

Across the Country We are Standing Up AND demandING:

That we tax the rich so our families, not their fortunes, come first,

No ICE. No war. No private army serving authoritarian power.

Expand democracy. Hands off our vote. May Day Strong

Friday’s May Day Strong will mark International Workers’ Day with rallies and demonstrations (“no school, no work, no shopping”), demanding prioritizing workers over billionaires. The ‘economic blackout” is inspired by Minnesota’ s demonstration during ICE operations.

From the Guardian:

Neidi Dominguez, founding executive director of Organized Power in Numbers and an organizer, said that the number of May Day events this year had more than doubled compared with last year. “Last year, there were about 1,300 May Day actions across the country. This year, we think there’s going to be more than 3,000,” said Dominguez. “Minneapolis really gave us the biggest push in real time to do it. We have a long way to go to take massive disruption actions like in other countries, where people will go on general strikes and they can shut down their country, but I think we’re getting more and more close to people having consciousness about their own power as workers.”

The actions are a response to the Trump administration threats and actions, including the proposal to deploy ICE agents during the midterms to polling places across the country. Additionally, groups involved in the actions are registering opposition to military involvement in Venezuala and Iran.

Los Angeles and Chicago are preparing for city-wide blackouts.

“May Day has to become bigger in this moment,” said Stacy Davis Gates, president of the Chicago Teachers Union and Illinois Federation of Teachers. The unions have backed the economic blackout planned for May Day. “This is about building a more popular united front.” “As educators, we feel a very real accountability to the young people in the families that we serve. Educators are institution builders that help to create the infrastructure for how Americans see the project of our American democracy,” said Davis Gates. “We want to connect people not just to the affordability crisis but the crisis of our institutions being marginalized in this moment and the impact on our young people.”

Visit May Day Strong for actions near you. Text solidarity to 58910 for updates.

Voting Rights Supreme Court Action (From Jamie Davis email)

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