This May Day, it is time to reclaim the essence of the workers’ independent struggle. This day was born out of a mass workers’ mobilization, and that is how it must remain. In 1886, in the United States, hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike and held demonstrations demanding the eight-hour workday. Repression by employers and the police led to arrests, persecution, and executions of labor activists who became international symbols of resistance. In 1889, the Second International proclaimed May 1 as a day of global struggle for the eight-hour workday and for the rights of the working class. Thus, this date is not a celebration of “work” alongside the ruling classes: it is the living memory of the struggle against capital and its governments.