ALT An image with text "Monday, May 1st, 2023 12pm - 1pm EDT", and "Join the Social Work Activist Collective (SWAC) and partner organizations to mobilize against current measures targeting DEI content, the Trans Community, Labor, Etc. Link in our bio!". An image of a raised fist at the bottom, with text "@swactivists".

ALT An image with text "Mayday, Mayday". "@swactivists" at the bottom of the image, with an image of a raised fist.

ALT An image with the text "May 1 is known as May Day, or International Workers' Day or International Labor Day. On May 1, 1886, Chicago workers went on strike to fight for an 8-hr workday. After a series of events, while police ranks were attacking demonstrating workers, a bomb exploded. There was a trial of eight men who were found guilty of conspiracy of murder without evidence. -Emma Bowman, NPR, What is May Day? For the most part, the opposite of capitalism". "@swactivists" at the bottom of the image, with an image of a raised fist.

ALT August Spies, one of the convicted men, just before his execution, cried out the famous words: "There will come a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today." -Emma Bowman, NPR, What is May Day? For the most part, the opposite of capitalism". "@swactivists" at the bottom of the image, with an image of a raised fist.

ALT An image with text "Just as the workers in Chicago knew it was time for a change, we see many issues affecting our nation, and it is time for us to call out these issues. Stay tuned for a May 1 action update!". "@swactivists" at the bottom of the image, with an image of a raised fist.