Welcome to the 2012 Hunger Games Welcome to the 2012 Hunger Games
Sending debt peonage, poverty and freaky weather into the arena.
May 1, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Solnit
May Day Warning From the University of California President: ‘Avoid All Protests’ May Day Warning From the University of California President: ‘Avoid All Protests’
The May Day danger seems to rank with Fukushima’s nuclear meltdown.
May 1, 2012 / Jon Wiener
LIVE VIDEO: May Day 2012 LIVE VIDEO: May Day 2012
Keep up-to-date on May Day actions around the country with Free Speech TV's live video feed.
Apr 30, 2012 / NationAction
LIVE: May Day Storify LIVE: May Day Storify
[View the story "Live Coverage: May Day Protests Nationwide" on Storify] Storify courtesy of Media for the 99%, powered by The Media Consortium.
Apr 30, 2012 / NationAction
MAP: May Day Actions Across the Country MAP: May Day Actions Across the Country
Track events, occupations and arrests as they occur on May 1.
Apr 30, 2012 / NationAction
A Q&A With Harry Kelber: ‘Working People Have to Be Involved in Their Own Fate’ A Q&A With Harry Kelber: ‘Working People Have to Be Involved in Their Own Fate’
Lessons from over eight decades of labor activism.
Apr 30, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
This Week: Beyond ALEC. PLUS: Toward May Day and a General Strike This Week: Beyond ALEC. PLUS: Toward May Day and a General Strike
This week, we look at a fight bigger than ALEC. Plus, a new partnership with Colorlines.com; The Nation’s new guide to meaningful action, and we look ahead to May Day a...
Apr 28, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Guide to May Day A Guide to May Day
This year, with the Occupy movement taking full advantage of May Day’s historic significance, we're likely to see the greatest explosion of outrage at the excesses of capital...
Apr 27, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
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Reimagining the General Strike [VIDEO] Reimagining the General Strike [VIDEO]
The general strike was once a powerful tactic for labor. Can it be revived?
Apr 27, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Ten Things to Support Occupy on May Day—and Beyond Ten Things to Support Occupy on May Day—and Beyond
Plug into the spirit Occupy on May Day and throughout the spring.
Apr 27, 2012 / The Nation