This is the story of May Day!—a holiday born in the USA a hundred years ago and since 1890 celebrated by working people the world over. In this short histo-ry, Philip Foner clarifies the dramatic origins of labor’s May Day and recounts many highlights of May Day celebrations through the years. Here is a story with a multitude of heroes and heroines who protest the injustices of their time as they unite to demand shorter hours of labor and a world free from imperial¬ist war. In a stirring panorama, labor’s May Day ban¬ners affirm the struggle for a better life now and the bright promise of a future still to be won.