On May 1st, people across the country are taking coordinated action to challenge a system that prioritizes wealth and power over the needs of working communities.
Workers, students, families, and small businesses are coming together for a national day of action grounded in three clear demands.
Tax the rich so families come first and public systems are fully funded.
No ICE, no war, and no private forces used to target communities or consolidate authoritarian power.
Expand democracy and protect the right to vote so power remains in the hands of the people.
This moment builds on a long history of collective action. From mass worker actions to immigrant-led shutdowns to Black-led campaigns that forced corporations and institutions to respond, disruption has always been a necessary tool when traditional channels fail to deliver justice.
The current system depends on participation to function. It depends on workers showing up, students staying in place, and families continuing to spend. When that participation is withdrawn at scale, it creates pressure that cannot be ignored.
The impact of that pressure will directly challenge the economic and political structures that have concentrated wealth, underfunded public goods, and deepened racial and economic inequities across generations.
Every action contributes to a larger, coordinated effort to shift power away from billionaires and toward the people who make this country run.
Single day action is training wheels for protracted withdrawal of participation.
Protracted non-compliance needs networks of support and provision so that people can continue to live without daily wages and purchases. Networks of support are also necessary to successfully resist employer and state discipline -- docked pay, harassment, demotion, suspension, expulsion, firing, fines, arrest, incarceration -- that will be the inevitable responses if cooperation is withdrawn long enough to cause real pain to the rulers.
Failure to plan is planning to fail.
But first, practice how to coordinate and engage in collective mass action that materially affects the operations of capital -- even if only for a day.
Organize locally. Organize off-line. Coordinate with trusted relations -- don't go it alone.
No Work -- Calling off / calling sick / walking out
No School -- Walking out together
No Shopping -- Refuse to spend midnight to midnight.
Closing your business for the day -- This is a powerful action of solidarity with employees and community who are withdrawing their support from capitalism.
