Nigeria, May 2 -- May Day! May Day!! May Day!!! The desperate calls from Chicago, United States workers in 1886, taken up by workers of the world, now sounds more desperate. But the world seems to have gone deaf with the May Day calls becoming almost inaudible. In fact, the US, the country from which May Day emanated, does not even allow such a call.

It is one of a handful of countries around the world that ignore May Day commemoration. This is beyond a class position in which workers, like nearly all American citizens, are mere statistics or production machines for profit. The fact is that May Day is a silent witness to the brutality of the US establishment towards workers, especially after the Chicago Haymarket workers protests. These ...