Sunday May 19, 2024 – 2pm EDT – VIRTUAL

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May Day commemorating the historic struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement, observed in many countries on May 1. In 1889 an international federation of socialist groups and trade unions designated May 1 as a day in support of workers, in commemoration of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago (1886). Five years later, U.S. Pres. Grover Cleveland, uneasy with the socialist origins of Workers’ Day, signed legislation to make Labor Day—already held in some states on the first Monday of September—the official U.S. holiday in honour of workers.

We invited poets to reflect on the history of labor and the recent surges in the movement. You can purchase the anthology collection here.

Not All Poets Will Be Reading – Open Reading Follows

Featured Poets

Mary Anne Abdo

Byron Beynon

AJ Chilson

Craig Czury

Joan Donato

Steven Halpern

Jane Ellen Ibur

Jones Irwin

Nathaniel Krenkel

Mharlyn Merriitt

Leslie Perry

John Potter

Adam Rubin

Jennifer Schneider

Julia Robinson Shimizu

Stephani Twidwell

Gail Wasserman

Kelley White