Ua hiki mai kekahi lā Mei a hala, a ʻaʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika. ʻAʻole pēlā i nā manawa a pau. I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻolauleʻa nā tausani o nā limahana o nā makahiki like ʻole, nā lāhui a me nā kāne i ka lā mua o Mei ma o ka hele ʻana e kākoʻo i nā pono limahana. ʻO ka poʻe hana maʻamau i ʻaʻahu ʻulaʻula i ka lā Mei e hōʻike i ka lokahi i kā lākou hakakā ʻana i ka mana o ke kapikala a hoʻomanaʻo i ke koko i hoʻokahe ʻia e nā tausani o nā limahana i ka hakakā ʻana no ka hanohano kanaka. I nā poʻe ʻAmelika he nui, ʻo ka lā Mei e hoʻohauʻoli nei i nā hihiʻo maikaʻi ʻole o ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o ka lā Mei i ka ikaika o ka pūʻali koa i ka Soviet Union mua. Akā ʻo ia mau hōʻike e hūnā wale i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua hānau ʻia ka lā Mei ma USA
ʻAʻole i ʻae nā limahana ʻAmelika i ka noho ʻana o ka kapitalisme ma ke ʻano kūlohelohe. ʻO ke kikowaena o ke kapikala i ka hopena o ke kenekulia ʻumikūmāiwa ua hoʻonui i nā kūlana hana weliweli. Ua pepehi mau ʻia nā limahana a me nā ʻeha ma ka hana; ʻO nā lā hana o 12 a 16 mau hola maʻamau; ʻO ka hale ʻoihana a me ka hale kūʻai ʻoihana i mālama i nā limahana i ka hoʻokauwā ʻana ma muli o ke kālā liʻiliʻi i loaʻa iā lākou i hoʻi i ka hui. No ka palekana o ka hana, ʻo ke kamaʻilio kūʻē i ka luna e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻoe a kiola ʻia i waho o nā alanui. Hāʻawi kēia mau kūlana i kahi ʻāina momona no ka poʻe limahana e ʻapo i nā manaʻo o ka socialism a me ka anarchism i hoʻolaha ʻia i nā kaiāulu malihini.
ʻO ka Federation of Organised Trades and Labor Unions, ka mea mua i ka American Federation of Labor, i kāhea aku i kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui e hana ʻia ma Mei 1, 1886, no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka lā hana ʻewalu hola - me ka ʻole o ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka uku. I kēlā lā, ʻoi aku ma mua o 300,000 tausani limahana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i haʻalele i kā lākou hana. Ma Kikako wale nō, ʻoi aku ma mua o 40,000 poʻe limahana i hele i ke kuʻi. Ua pane aku ka ʻoihana a me nā mākaʻi me ka hana ʻino. Ma ka la 3 o Meird Ua hahau nā mākaʻi a me nā Pinkertons me nā mea kaua i nā limahana picketing ma waho o ka McCormack Reaper Works ma Chicago, a make ʻelua a hōʻeha i nā mea hou aʻe. I ka lā aʻe, ua hoʻolei kekahi i ka pōkā ma kahi hui maluhia ma Haymarket Square, e koi ana i nā mākaʻi e kī i ka lehulehu. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hana ʻino. ʻEhiku mākaʻi a me ʻelua mau limahana i make. He mau kakini hou i loaa i na eha.
Ua nānā ka honua i ka hopu ʻana, hoʻāʻo, a hoʻopaʻi ʻia e ka mokuʻāina ʻo Illinois i ʻewalu mau alakaʻi anarchist no ke kipi. ʻElua wale nō o ka poʻe i hopu ʻia ma laila, a ua ʻike piha ʻia lākou i ka wā i pahū ai ka pōkā, no laila ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka pōkā. Akā, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia lākou no kā lākou ʻōlelo a me kā lākou manaʻo politika. Ua loaʻa iā ʻehiku ka hoʻopaʻi make. ʻEhā i kāʻawe ʻia, ʻo ka lima i pepehi iā ia iho, a ʻekolu i kala ʻia i ʻeono makahiki ma hope. Ma muli o ka mahalo i ka Haymarket Martyrs a me ka hakakā o nā limahana, ua hoʻomaka nā limahana ʻAmelika e hōʻike i ko lākou mana ma o nā hōʻikeʻike lehulehu i kēlā me kēia Mei 1. I ka makahiki 1889, ua hoʻokumu ka Socialist Second International ma Paris i ka Mei 1.st ʻO ka International Workers Day, he lā i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā ma nā ʻāina he 75 a puni ka honua - akā ʻaʻole ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Ma hope o ka luku ʻia ʻana o Haymarket, ua hoʻokumu ke aupuni, ʻoihana, a me nā pāpaʻi i ka Red Scare mua loa o ʻAmelika ma ke kaua ʻana i nā anarchists, socialists, nā malihini, a me nā uniona. Ua kiʻekiʻe ka pilikia o ka nohona i ka wā i pepehi ai nā mākaʻi a me nā pūʻali koa i kanakolu mau limahana hahau i ka wā o ka Pullman Strike o 1894. ʻO ka hiki ʻana o nā haunaele limahana ākea a me ke kipi ʻana i alakaʻi iā Pelekikena Cleveland e hana i kahi lā kūikawā e hoʻomanaʻo ai i nā limahana. I mea e pale aku ai i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lā i ka International Socialist movement a me Haymarket pepehi kanaka, ua koho ʻo Cleveland i ka Pōʻakahi mua o Kepakemapa ma ke ʻano he lā hana, he lā e mahalo ai i nā limahana. Akā ua hoʻolauleʻa ka nui o nā limahana ma ka honua a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka lā Mei. Ma hope mai, i loko o nā makahiki kaua anu, ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa hou ʻo Pelekikena Eisenhower i nā manaʻo o ka lā Mei ma o ka haʻi ʻana i ka lā 1 o Mei he lā hoʻolaʻa aupuni i nā loina o ke aupuni ma lalo o ke kānāwai. I ka makahiki 1961, ua hoʻokō ʻia ʻo Congress. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻike ʻia ʻo Mei 1 i kēia manawa ʻo Law Day.
Ua hana nui nā limahana ʻAmelika mai kēlā lā mua o Mei, akā i kēia manawa ke hoʻi hope nei ko mākou ʻāina i ka piʻi ʻana o ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana. Ua hoʻoholo ʻia kekahi mau ʻahaʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina a i ʻole ke kau ʻana i nā kānāwai e hoʻopau ana i hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki o nā pale hana keiki. A i loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala iho nei, ua kau ʻia nā kānāwai o ka mokuʻāina ʻo 21 "Kuleana e hana", ʻo Michigan wale nō ka mokuʻāina i waena o lākou e hoʻopau i kā lākou. A laila aia ka manaʻo ʻo Janus, ka mea e hōʻeha nei i nā hui aupuni. A ʻo ke kānāwai PRO, me kāna mau mana mua e pale ai i ka pono e hoʻonohonoho, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka Congress no nā makahiki he mau makahiki. I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka lā Labor i kahi hopena pule i ka hopena o ke kauwela i pili iki i ka hana. ʻO ka manawa kēia no nā limahana ʻAmelika - ma waena o nā ʻoihana, ke kāne, ka lāhui, ka lāhui, a me nā laina ʻē aʻe e hoʻokaʻawale iā mākou i kekahi manawa - e hōʻike i ko lākou mana. ʻO ka manawa kēia e hoʻihoʻi mai i ka lā Mei.
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