In Hardy, Mayday dancing is a way of connecting with ancient roots
Tag Archives: May Day
Welcoming in May with a Dance
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During Covid, Workers Must Unite
On this International Workers’ Day, frontline workers are bearing the brunt on Covid-19 and public sector workers may not be far behind. Time for Shelley’s “To the Working Men of England.”
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History from the Workers’ Perspective
Bertolt Brecht captures the spirit of May Day in “A Worker Reads History.”
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Muscles and Mind, Aching to Work
Celebrate May Day with this passage from “Grapes of Wrath,” which emphasizes how vital work is to our sense of self respect.
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