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May 1, 2023 • 25 tweets • 7 min read • Read on X
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In celebration of International Workers' Day, here's a quick thread of #MayDay posters from around the world.

Let's start with a Dutch May Day poster from Johan van Hell, 1927. Image
A favorite — a 1973 May Day poster from Czech artist František Kopenec. Image
A May Day constructivist design from Soviet artist Yakov Guminer in 1923. Image
A poster from the Confederación de Trabajadores de México in 1947. Image
“Towards the unification of workers and peace.”

May Day poster from Maki, 1950. Image
May Day poster advertising Fidel Castro's speech in Revolution Plaza, Havana, Cuba, 1965. Image
Polish May Day poster from Roman Cieślewicz, 1957. Image
May Day poster from South Africa's ANC, ten days before Nelson Mandela was inaugurated president in 1994. Image
Yugoslav May Day poster, 1969. Image
"Now more than ever, workers' unity!"

Popular Front May Day poster from the first year of the Spanish Civil War. Image
May Day 1969, "Free Huey Day," San Francisco, California. Image
"Peace and Work."

May Day poster from the General Federation of Greek Workers, 1985. Image
"Only the workers and peasants will fight to the end!"

May Day poster from Nicaragua, 1981. Image
2010 May Day poster from the Turkish trade unions commemorating the 1977 Taksim Square massacre. Image
Australian poster from the Sydney May Day Committee, 1966. Image
"A Garland for May Day," Walter Crane, Britain, 1895. Image
May Day poster from the Italian Socialist Party, 1902. Image
A poster for a May Day rally in New York, early 1950s. Image
1989 poster celebrating May Day and COSATU’s Living Wage Campaign in South Africa. Image
Poster for a 1980s May Day demonstration on the Lower East Side, from the Taxi Rank and File Coalition. Image
A revolutionary May Day poster from Iran, 1970s. Image
Poster from the 1971 May Day antiwar protests in Washington, DC. Image
A May Day poster from Palestine, 1982. Image
Another Yugoslav May Day poster, this one designed by Vladimir Todorovic for 1965. Image
And here's Jacobin's contribution for this May Day. "Socialism Is the Future. Build it Now." Image

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