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May 4, 1970. Four students killed at Kent State. May 4, 1886. Haymarket. May 4, 1626. Peter Minuit "purchased" Manhattan — the founding fraud. The dead are watching, and they are not impressed. We remember not as ceremony but as muscle memory. The body knows the sound of a federal letter the way a deer knows a footstep.

https://twp.ai/9OV23i

#History #KentState #Haymarket #May4 #Memory #Protest #StudentMovement #NeverForget #AmericanHistory #lgbtqia #trans

@pasttense @workingclasshistory

The Haymarket Martyrs got a monument of their own in 1893 at the Waldheim cemetery (now Forest Home) in Forest Park, Illinois initiated and funded by working-class people—not “city fathers”
https://portside.org/2026-05-02/haymarket-affair-three-monuments

#Chicago #Haymarket #Labourmovement #MayDay #Monuments #Waldheim #workingclasshistory

@MikeDunnAuthor

https://portside.org/2026-05-02/haymarket-affair-three-monuments

#Chicago #Haymarket #labourmovement #MayDay

https://www.europesays.com/at/134743/ 1. Mai: Warum der Tag der Arbeit ein Feiertag ist ##vorarlberg #1Mai #Arbeiterbewegung #Feiertag #geschichte #gewerkschaften #Haymarket #Maifeiertag #Nachrichten #News #Österreich #Politik #Schlagzeilen #Staatsfeiertag #TagDerArbeit #Welt #World #WorldNews

Warum ist der 1. Mai der Tag der Arbeit?

https://fm4.orf.at/sendung/1008425/morning-show?j=11730457

#TagDerArbeit #Paris #Chicago #ZweiteInternationale #AchtStundenTag #Anarchisten #AugustSpies #Haymarket #ArbeiterZeitung

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@PallasRiot/116495467849964246

Die Rolle der Anarchist*innen in der frühen Arbeiter*innen-Bewegung kommt leider am 1. Mai immer zu kurz. 🖤

#Anarchismus #1Mai26 #Haymarket

📖Der Buchtipp
für Mai aus deiner
❤️🖤 FAU-Bibliothek:

Generalstreik –
Acht-Stunden-Tag u 1. Mai
Ein Kapitel aus der radikalen Arbeiterbewegung

(2009: Halfbrodt, Michael; Syndikat A)

In dieser kleinen Broschüre wird die Geschichte um die Entstehung des 1. Mai`s als Kampftag der Arbeiter:innen beleuchtet. Es wird deutlich, wie eng dieser mit dem Kampf um den 8-Stunden- Tag zusammenhängt, welche Opfer d Arbeiter:innen auf sich genommen haben und welch opportunistisches Verhalten d deutsche Sozialdemokratie gezeigt hat. Nicht zu vergessen, dass Anarchist:innen eine treibende Kraft bei der Durchsetzung des 8-Stunden-Tags u damit auch bei der Einführung des 1. Mai`s waren.
Aktuell werden von Staat u Kapital ständig neue Forderungen nach Erhöhung d Lebensarbeitszeit u Renteneintrittalters erhoben, Senkung der Sozialleistungen, Erhöhung der Wochenarbeitszeit o die Verkürzung der Bildungswege.

▶️ https://freiburg.fau.org/materialien/buch-des-monats/

▶️ https://www.syndikat-a.de/

#buchtipp #syndikatA #freiburg #buch #1mai #gewerkschaft #faugewerkschaft #basisgewerkschaft #antiautoritär #anarchosyndikalismus #solidarität #feminismus #generalstreik #freiearbeiterinnenunion #antikapitalismus #klassenkampf #anarchie #gegenseitigehilfe #gewerkschaftsleben #selbstverwaltung #rezension #halfbrodt #fau #streik #haymarket #globalmayday
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📖Der Buchtipp
für Mai aus deiner
❤️🖤 FAU-Bibliothek:

Generalstreik –
Acht-Stunden-Tag u 1. Mai
Ein Kapitel aus der radikalen Arbeiterbewegung

(2009: Halfbrodt, Michael; Syndikat A)

In dieser kleinen Broschüre wird die Geschichte um die Entstehung des 1. Mai`s als Kampftag der Arbeiter:innen beleuchtet. Es wird deutlich, wie eng dieser mit dem Kampf um den 8-Stunden- Tag zusammenhängt, welche Opfer d Arbeiter:innen auf sich genommen haben und welch opportunistisches Verhalten d deutsche Sozialdemokratie gezeigt hat. Nicht zu vergessen, dass Anarchist:innen eine treibende Kraft bei der Durchsetzung des 8-Stunden-Tags u damit auch bei der Einführung des 1. Mai`s waren.
Aktuell werden von Staat u Kapital ständig neue Forderungen nach Erhöhung d Lebensarbeitszeit u Renteneintrittalters erhoben, Senkung der Sozialleistungen, Erhöhung der Wochenarbeitszeit o die Verkürzung der Bildungswege.

▶️ https://freiburg.fau.org/materialien/buch-des-monats/

▶️ https://www.syndikat-a.de/

#buchtipp #syndikatA #freiburg #buch #1mai #gewerkschaft #faugewerkschaft #basisgewerkschaft #antiautoritär #anarchosyndikalismus #solidarität #feminismus #generalstreik #freiearbeiterinnenunion #antikapitalismus #klassenkampf #anarchie #gegenseitigehilfe #gewerkschaftsleben #selbstverwaltung #rezension #halfbrodt #fau #streik #haymarket #globalmayday
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📖Der Buchtipp
für Mai aus deiner
❤️🖤 FAU-Bibliothek:

Generalstreik –
Acht-Stunden-Tag u 1. Mai
Ein Kapitel aus der radikalen Arbeiterbewegung

(2009: Halfbrodt, Michael; Syndikat A)

In dieser kleinen Broschüre wird die Geschichte um die Entstehung des 1. Mai`s als Kampftag der Arbeiter:innen beleuchtet. Es wird deutlich, wie eng dieser mit dem Kampf um den 8-Stunden- Tag zusammenhängt, welche Opfer d Arbeiter:innen auf sich genommen haben und welch opportunistisches Verhalten d deutsche Sozialdemokratie gezeigt hat. Nicht zu vergessen, dass Anarchist:innen eine treibende Kraft bei der Durchsetzung des 8-Stunden-Tags u damit auch bei der Einführung des 1. Mai`s waren.
Aktuell werden von Staat u Kapital ständig neue Forderungen nach Erhöhung d Lebensarbeitszeit u Renteneintrittalters erhoben, Senkung der Sozialleistungen, Erhöhung der Wochenarbeitszeit o die Verkürzung der Bildungswege.

▶️ https://freiburg.fau.org/materialien/buch-des-monats/

▶️ https://www.syndikat-a.de/

#buchtipp #syndikatA #freiburg #buch #1mai #gewerkschaft #faugewerkschaft #basisgewerkschaft #antiautoritär #anarchosyndikalismus #solidarität #feminismus #generalstreik #freiearbeiterinnenunion #antikapitalismus #klassenkampf #anarchie #gegenseitigehilfe #gewerkschaftsleben #selbstverwaltung #rezension #halfbrodt #fau #streik #haymarket #globalmayday
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📖Der Buchtipp
für Mai aus deiner
❤️🖤 FAU-Bibliothek:

Generalstreik –
Acht-Stunden-Tag u 1. Mai
Ein Kapitel aus der radikalen Arbeiterbewegung

(2009: Halfbrodt, Michael; Syndikat A)

In dieser kleinen Broschüre wird die Geschichte um die Entstehung des 1. Mai`s als Kampftag der Arbeiter:innen beleuchtet. Es wird deutlich, wie eng dieser mit dem Kampf um den 8-Stunden- Tag zusammenhängt, welche Opfer d Arbeiter:innen auf sich genommen haben und welch opportunistisches Verhalten d deutsche Sozialdemokratie gezeigt hat. Nicht zu vergessen, dass Anarchist:innen eine treibende Kraft bei der Durchsetzung des 8-Stunden-Tags u damit auch bei der Einführung des 1. Mai`s waren.
Aktuell werden von Staat u Kapital ständig neue Forderungen nach Erhöhung d Lebensarbeitszeit u Renteneintrittalters erhoben, Senkung der Sozialleistungen, Erhöhung der Wochenarbeitszeit o die Verkürzung der Bildungswege.

▶️ https://freiburg.fau.org/materialien/buch-des-monats/

▶️ https://www.syndikat-a.de/

#buchtipp #syndikatA #freiburg #buch #1mai #gewerkschaft #faugewerkschaft #basisgewerkschaft #antiautoritär #anarchosyndikalismus #solidarität #feminismus #generalstreik #freiearbeiterinnenunion #antikapitalismus #klassenkampf #anarchie #gegenseitigehilfe #gewerkschaftsleben #selbstverwaltung #rezension #halfbrodt #fau #streik #haymarket #globalmayday
💯

📖Der Buchtipp
für Mai aus deiner
❤️🖤 FAU-Bibliothek:

Generalstreik –
Acht-Stunden-Tag u 1. Mai
Ein Kapitel aus der radikalen Arbeiterbewegung

(2009: Halfbrodt, Michael; Syndikat A)

In dieser kleinen Broschüre wird die Geschichte um die Entstehung des 1. Mai`s als Kampftag der Arbeiter:innen beleuchtet. Es wird deutlich, wie eng dieser mit dem Kampf um den 8-Stunden- Tag zusammenhängt, welche Opfer d Arbeiter:innen auf sich genommen haben und welch opportunistisches Verhalten d deutsche Sozialdemokratie gezeigt hat. Nicht zu vergessen, dass Anarchist:innen eine treibende Kraft bei der Durchsetzung des 8-Stunden-Tags u damit auch bei der Einführung des 1. Mai`s waren.
Aktuell werden von Staat u Kapital ständig neue Forderungen nach Erhöhung d Lebensarbeitszeit u Renteneintrittalters erhoben, Senkung der Sozialleistungen, Erhöhung der Wochenarbeitszeit o die Verkürzung der Bildungswege.

▶️ https://freiburg.fau.org/materialien/buch-des-monats/

▶️ https://www.syndikat-a.de/

#buchtipp #syndikatA #freiburg #buch #1mai #gewerkschaft #faugewerkschaft #basisgewerkschaft #antiautoritär #anarchosyndikalismus #solidarität #feminismus #generalstreik #freiearbeiterinnenunion #antikapitalismus #klassenkampf #anarchie #gegenseitigehilfe #gewerkschaftsleben #selbstverwaltung #rezension #halfbrodt #fau #streik #haymarket #globalmayday
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Teach-in on the Haymarket Anarchists and the history of May Day

At the May Day Gathering 2026 in so-called Kingston, NY

Friday, May 1st, 2 PM – 7 PM
(Teach-in time TBD)
Forsyth Park, “Kingston, NY”

Learn about the Haymarket Tragedy, the founding of the IWW, and the origins of May Day in revolutionary labor organizing.

“Never be deceived that the rich will allow you to vote away their wealth.” – Lucy Parsons

"Here you will tread on a spark, but there and there, behind you—and in front of you, and everywhere, flames blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out." – August Spies, 1886.

More info: https://commoningkingston.com/action/gathering/may-day-2026

#MayDay #anarchism #gathering #teachIn #Haymarket #HaymarketAnarchists #HaymarketMartyrs #LucyParsons #AugustSpies #LaborHistory

love #Haymarket and autumn sunsets #SydneysofMastodon

@GEO_Collective is running a #poetry slam as a fundraiser on May the fourth. It's really about the #solidarityeconomy, but bring what makes this life worth living for you!

(Why May 4th? That's the date of the worker demonstration at #Haymarket Square in Chicago that May Day commemorates.)

Tickets: https://www.
eventbrite.com/e/grassroots-poetry-slam-tickets-1984979006643

More about GEO: geo.coop

@ChristinePrat les quelques fois où j'ai posé la question à la cantonade, de savoir c'était quoi l'origine du #1erMai, environ personne ne connaissait l'histoire de #Haymarket 😁 et j'ai fait éduc pop culture anar. Et renvoyé vers l'URL wikipédia

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_de_Haymarket_Square

Taken this day, 2012, new construction underway at Haymarket
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/51053185826/in/photostream/lightbox/

Interesting to go back & see this now completed (& sadly bland) building before it was finished.

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #architecture #photography #photographie #construction #engineering #Haymarket #HaymarketEdinburgh

We went to #Haymarket today and came back with some avocados. The seeds can be used to make a nutty & floral pink tea. It's close to chrysanthemum, but I like this a lot more.

After boiling, the seed itself becomes soft, and it tastes like a bitter walnut, almost astringent, with more floral notes. The Internet tells me it's probably safe to eat and is full of antioxidants. But, allergies are a thing, and this is not medical advice.

The trams of the dusk https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55147663169/in/photostream/lightbox/

#BlueHour at Haymarket

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #NightPhotography #EdinburghByNight #Haymarket #HaymarketEdinburgh #EdinburghTram #Tram

Looking down Dalry Road at night, as a bus pulls in close to the lovely, old "colonies" style terraced homes on the left, Victorian-era pub Ryrie's just visible on the right.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55060454261/in/photostream/lightbox/

#Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #NightPhotography #photography #photographie #LongExposure #RyriesPub #Bus #LothianBuses #DalryRoad #Haymarket #Ecosse #Scotland

Rose Mount: the thread about a long gone West End villa and model housing schemes

This thread was originally written and published in June 2022.

What better way to start the day than with a quick refresher on why this unusual and distinctive block is so called and on a little of its history:

The name Rosemount is taken from a villa of that name – Rose Mount – which once occupied this corner of land that was then outside the city limits. It was the domain of William Morison, a writer (in Scottish law; a Solicitor). Morison feud this land from the Heriot Trust in 1790 (under old Scottish feudal property law, a smaller portion of land – the feu – was split off of a larger holding for development, but the owner of the latter remained the feudal superior of the former, and was paid a feu duty as such.)

Morison owned the plot of land south of the road to Glasgow via Linlithgow, and surrounded by the Dalry House estate to the west, Bonar of Grove to the south and Walker of Gardner’s Hall to the east. Note at this time the modern street name of Morrison Street did not exist (Morrison is a modern rendering of the traditional Morison). Instead of a single street name, the road was progressively Rose Mount, Tobago Street and then the more ancient lost place names of Castle Barns and Orchardfield.

Morison also owned the properties of Whitehouse and Adiefield in the same stretch.

Tobago Street was so called because the owner of the land here was one Nathaniel Davidson “of the Island of Tobago“. We can assume a plantation owner of some description. Castle Barns and Orchardfield dated back to the early Kings of Scotland, David I having an orchard and barns there in 1120 to service the castle with produce. Morison and Rose Mount are first mentioned in the feuing of 1790s and by the 1817 revision of the Town Plan, a bay-fronted house can be seen looking down an ornamental driveway and avenue along the Glasgow Road, perfectly positioned to catch the evening sun and make a statement to anyone arriving in the city from the direction of West Lothian, Stirling and Glasgow.

Morison is “the late” William Morison by 1824, when his lands here called “Morison’s Park” are offered for feuing. It is noted at this time that the street that would later be called Morrison Street was intended to be called St. Cuthbert’s Street. By 1849 the city is growing up around Rose Mount, the driveway and avenue seem somewhat suppressed and the structure to the rear of the house is in ruin. By this time Morrison Street (note the different spelling) is clearly established, but the buildings along its north side are not as of yet.

Morrison Street was probably not named for our William Morison, but for Thomas Morison or Morrison – a wealthy builder from Muthill near Crieff in Pertshire – whose bequest founded the Morrison’s Academy private school in Crieff. After Thomas Morison’s death, the trustees of his estate – lead by one Captain Hugh Morrison – bought William Morison’s land to the north of what would become Morrison Street and developed the streets of Dewar Place, Torphicen Street etc. By 1848, Rose Mount (site marked X) falls into disuse and is swallowed up by the Caledonian Railway coal yard, By 1854 it is struck off the Post Office Directory but the name is commemorated with an entry for Rosebank Cottages (confusingly on the old Grove lands to the east.)

Rosebank Cottages were built between 1854 and 1857 and are a charming Colonies-style housing scheme (but not by the Edinburgh Cooperative Building Company) modelled on Shaw’s Houses in Pilrig. The Rosebank Cottages were designed by Alexander MacGregor to provide “flatted cottages for the better class of mechanics“. Each house contained living room, two bedrooms, a scullery and a toilet.

The interior layouts and construction were by a young James Gowans, later Sir James; architect, builder, quarrymaster, local politician and businessman extraordinaire. At Rosebank, Gowans strived to give the working man and his family a small, self-contained house with its own front door, this was one of the reasons for the “deck access” of the upper level flats, accessed by a common external staircase that Gowans designed the ironwork for.

Inside there was the luxury of a hallway, meaning there were no rooms accessed by first passing through another. He also pioneered soil pipe vents at roof level for the water closets to vent the smells away from the properties (a standard feature of toilet plumbing that we now all take for granted) and an innovative passive ventilation system which was pre-heated by drawing air in past the kitchen range grate and extracting it through a flue in the roof ridge. As if to prove a point (or perhaps because of his financial circumstances), Gowans moved into the recently completed Rosebank Cottages, living at number 34 for 4 years.

At around the same time, John Taylor and Son of Princes Street, “Cabinet makers and Upholsterers to Her Majesty the Queen” opened a large cabinet works to the south, the Rosemount Cabinet Works.

I can’t find a good photo of the Rosemount Works, but it’s noted as being built in brick, and it can be seen in the corner of these dark and grainy Britain From Above aerial photos. Taylor and Son went into liquidation in 1946 although it was communicated in the local papers that the business was being continued by some of its management. By 1951, it was a saleroom for second-hand furniture being operated by Findlater Smith Ltd.

The year following the construction of the Rosemount Works, 1858, the Rosemount Buildings were built to the plans of William Lambie Moffatt, to provide “model industrial housing” comprising of 96 brick-built flats in a around a private quadrangle.

The styling was very industrial itself, making extensive use of cream brick details. Moffatt (who incidentally had spent some of the younger years of his life at 8 Morrison Street), made his name designing poorhouses in Scotland and North England. Most of Moffatt’s poorhouses (or workhouses as they were known in England). These buildings were in a traditional, stone-built style, but clearly something influenced him in the radically different, dare I say “English”, style of Rosemount Buildings.

Again, Rosemount Buildings used deck access, with corner stair wells rather than external staircases, to provide each house with a private entrance. There was a great concern around public health at this time and it was felt that such arrangements were more sanitary for workers housing than the traditional Scottish “close”. The traditional tenement drying green was turned on its head by this design, being a central feature of the quadrangle, rather than hidden away behind the block.

In later life, Moffatt designed schools for the Free Church and – after the 1872 Education Act – for the School Boards, but these generally seem to be again in the now traditional stone, gothic style, preferred by the clients, e.g. the Portobello Board School on Duddingston Park.

Moffatt’s Gothic style in these schools is quite distinctive, they are more ecclesiastical looking than the style favoured by later School Board architects – e.g. “Lovers Loan Board School“, now Leith Walk Primary School.

Those unnecessarily grand buttresses at Lover’s Loan could easily have come off a cathedral, and were repeated by him on the visually similar Bristo (later Marshall Street) Board School, and the corner tower could have been lifted directly off of the plans for Lover’s Loan with only a few small adjustments.

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