May Day actions this year were organized with particular urgency in solidarity with the Palestinian people, heeding the call from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions to stand with Gaza. Marches and rallies filled the streets across Northern California on May 1, and there was no business as usual at the Port of Oakland as officials closed the port in anticipation of planned protests.

Oakland Sin Fronteras writes: While the United States is one of the few countries that doesn’t recognize May 1st as International Workers’ Day, each year our communities join millions of others across the world in uplifting working peoples’ struggles against the oppression and exploitation of peoples, lands, and nations. This year, we will continue that tradition and echo calls for the end to the violence of racism, imperialism, and capitalism. We also mark May 1st as a celebration of working people globally and their enduring struggles for justice, democracy, right relation to land, self-determination, and liberation.

We will join workers and peoples across the country and the world calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire to Israel’s war against Gaza, and for an immediate end to our government’s complicity in genocide.

Oakland: Port Closure Prompts Palestine Support Rally at BART Station | Oakland Sin Fronteras International Workers’ Day March & Resource Fair | May Day Port Shutdown: Rise for Palestine

San Francisco: SF Workers Rally for a General Strike for Palestine & Labor Party on May Day 2024 | Workers Speak Out in SF Mission on May Day 2024 & Bring Solidarity with Palestine | San Francisco Jobs with Justice May Day March | May Day General Strike to Stop Genocide & Rally at Harry Bridges Plaza | SF International Workers' Day March & Rally SF SEIU 87/Unite Here Local 2

Santa Cruz: On May Day, UCSC Students Establish Gaza Solidarity Encampment | UCSC May Day Rally

Fresno: May Day March for Immigrants' Rights in Fresno | Fresno May 1st Coalition March and Citizenship Fair

San José: San José May Day March | Unite Here! May 1 Day of Action | Join SDS at the May Day Parade

Sacramento: May Day Community Art Build at California State Capitol | Sacramento DSA May Day Picnic

Santa Rosa: Sonoma County International Workers' Day March & Rally

Grass Valley: Occupy Mill Street

Modesto: Modesto: Workers Unite for Palestine - May Day 2024

Stockton: Stockton: Labor for Palestine

Worldwide: Strike for Palestine this May Day and Nakba Day

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