Source: In These Times
by Maya Ragsdale
“This May Day, we are sounding the alarm. On a plane, ‘Mayday’ is a distress call. When a pilot says it three times into the radio — ’Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!’ — they’re saying we need help, we need it now, we cannot do this alone. We are calling Mayday because billionaires and corporations have rigged the rules, authoritarianism is tightening its grip, and because the people facing the sharpest edge of both cannot fight alone. Here in Florida, anti-immigrant laws weaponize fear in workplaces and neighborhoods. Attacks on free speech and public education are routine. The category of ‘“criminal’ expands year after year, absorbing more of our neighbors into a carceral system designed not only to punish, but to discipline labor, suppress wages, and push millions into precarity. This week, hundreds of us are gathering in Miami for two days of public testimony, training, and action.” (04/29/26)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/may-day-working-class-organizing-florida