May 1st is May Day, a day somewhat confusing to many Americans, and for good reason. In history the day dates back to medieval times when people celebrated the coming of spring and life reborn in greenery and the many colors of flowers. Throughout Europe, weather permitting, people would dance around a tall maypole with ribbons of vibrant colors in a dance celebrating the coming of summer. There was nothing political about it.
But the holiday took on added meanings as workers united to hold work stoppages and protests for such things as the 8 hour work day and other worker rights. Logically this was the time when labor unions were formed and took hold in the United States. This is when May Day became political.
Chicago’s Haymarket Affair (a.k.a. Riot) is considered a watershed moment in American labor history. It was a time when Americans feared the loyalties and activities of new immigrants who might be anarchists as laborers. On May 3, 1886, strikers clashed with the police at Chicago’s McCormick Reaper Works factory. While liberal sources will be quick to note these strikers were unarmed, they fail to report the strikers outnumbered the police by about 100 to 1.
Six worker/strikers were shot dead as police felt threatened and worked to restore order. Their deaths became a call for direct action, and a public rally was called the following day to be held in Haymarket Square. The police and the strikers clashed again, but this time a bomb was thrown by one of the strikers, resulting in the death of seven policemen with many in the crowd were also injured. The police, uncertain about the source of the bomb, fired their guns into the crowd, killing four of the protesters.
The identity of the one who threw the bomb was never known but eight men were indicted on charges of conspiracy to the act. All eight were convicted of the charges even though none of them made or threw the bomb. August Spies, a German anarchist, laborer, and activist, and Albert Parsons, a socialist laborer, activist, and former Confederate soldier from Texas, had been among the fiery and well-known speakers at the rally. Spies and Parsons, along with Adolph Fischer and George Engel, were executed by hanging. Louis Lingg, the fifth condemned to die, committed suicide while awaiting his sentence by biting down on a blasting cap in his cell. Three other defendants—Samuel Fielden, Oscar Neebe, and Michael Schwab—were sentenced to prison terms, but were later pardoned in 1893.
The above comes from the book “A Concise History of the Great Trial of the Chicago Anarchists in 1886” by Dyer D. Lum who was said to be a close confidant of the strikers as well as a well-known author and editor of anarchist texts himself.
So how this puzzle comes together is as follows:
The German Karl Marx is considered the primary ideological inspiration behind International Workers’ Day (May 1st). Marx was a revolutionary socialist who co-authored “The Communist Manifesto” in 1848. Marx worked to drive a wedge between labor and owners. Some of the requests of labor were reasonable (such as an 8 hour work day), others were simply not.
“May Day: over a century of worker resistance” – Communist Party USA
As I have noted previously, socialism and communism are Ponzi scheme where the only ones who benefit are the organizers at the top. We see this today:
“600 groups with $2B in revenue mobilize 3,000 May Day protests in a ‘red-blue’ alliance, probe finds” – Fox News
CONCLUSION:
This May Day, instead of celebrating spring, some educators are using students as pawns to further their political agenda. Having indoctrinated their students, they are guilty of malpractice which means the teacher’s unions representing them are also guilty of malpractice. As a former educator for 40 years, I would be willing to wager that you could go to any protest march today, where child minors are present, and ask them if they know anything about Karl Marx, the Haymarket Riots, or the original purpose of May Day and they would not be able answer. This is criminal!
These educators come out against America and President Trump, but most of these ADULT organizers cannot even verbalize what it means to be an American, or what Trump has done, or is doing, wrong! These people expose themselves as hypocritical frauds as demonstrated by the fact President Trump is utilizing his presidential powers (immigration and war powers) to do some of the exact same things Presidents Obama and Biden did without protest. And to make matters worse, those two past “presidents” may never have been legitimate at all (one by birth and one by suspicious election)!
Today, May Day, the blood of parents and taxpayers is boiling as these leftist groups utilize our children as their useful idiots, pushing their socialist agenda. if you think that is a disparaging comment from a retired teacher… CHECK OUT THE CURRENT NATIONAL TESTING LEVELS! TEARCHERS AREN’T TEACHING, THEY ARE INDOCTRINATING.
it is revealed in the video at the top of this article that in Madison, Wisconsin, a big protest site today, only about 1/3 of their 4th graders can perform to grade level in the basic subjects! I rest my case.
“Friday May 1st, is all about this anti-capitalist anti-Trump movement and they are using our kids as political pawns.” – Scarlett Johnson, Wisconsin State Chair of Moms for Liberty
Communists and socialists should not be indoctrinating our children and the lies they tell should not be tolerated. Their doctrine must go the way of the KKK if America is to survive another 250 years!
© 2026 by Mark S. Schwendau
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