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You may not: Trade unions and May Day celebrations and rallies trace their roots back to medieval Europe. Photo: Nic Bothman/EPA
CAPITALISM

May Day: From the maypole to the picket line

Trade unions are still the best way of organising resistance to the violence of capitalism

  • Vashna Jagarnath
8 min read