Radical Perspectives for May Day and Beyond

Rather than using this coming May Day as a means to “speak truth to power”—those at the reigns of power are our enemies, and we do not address ourselves to them—we have decided to speak instead with those struggling each day against the conditions imposed by our society, those who, like us, feel the need for revolt.

As one small contribution to such a discussion, we have prepared a pamphlet of radical anti-capitalist, anti-state perspectives. We will distribute this pamphlet at May Day events in Portland. We also plan to talk face-to-face, play, enjoy ourselves and generally not act like oh-so-serious militants or political missionaries. None of us believe that we have final answers; we’re simply putting our perspectives out there in the hopes that they will inspire further thought, discussion, and action against the capitalist order.

Our pamphlet includes an article on the revolutionary history of May Day that challenges leftist mythologies surrounding this day; information on the May 4th day of action for the “Aachen Four” anarchist prisoners in Germany; musings on class, alienation and revolt; and a reprint of “Some Notes on Insurrectionary Anarchism” from Killing King Abacus #2. The pamphlet is available online as a .pdf file here:
http://www.socialwar.net/main/mayday.pdf

We encourage comrades in other locations to print and distribute this document as part of their own May Day celebrations. We hope that it provokes dialogue, critical exchanges, and action to transform our world.

Feel free to circulate the pamphlet link widely.

In revolt –

Troublemakers somewhere in Portland