Project Gutenberg 2017-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 109 Reinstein, Boris International May Day and American Labor Day A Holiday Expressing Working Class Emancipation Versus a Holiday Exalting Labor's Chains Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "International May Day and American Labor Day" by Boris Reinstein is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This book explores the contrasting nature and significance of two holidays dedicated to labor—the internationally recognized May Day and the American Labor Day. Reinstein discusses the origins, meanings, and implications of both events, linking them to the broader struggles of the working class for emancipation and political recognition. In the book, Reinstein critiques the American Labor Day as a holiday orchestrated by capitalist powers to placate the working class, contrasting it with the revolutionary spirit of May Day, established to unite workers worldwide in their struggles against exploitation. He argues that while May Day represents a call to arms for workers' rights and solidarity across borders, American Labor Day symbolizes a superficial appeasement that hinders the advancement of true labor rights. Throughout, Reinstein emphasizes the importance of class consciousness and organization among laborers, asserting that real emancipation can only come through a united front against the capitalist class and its interests. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Socialism May Day (Labor holiday) Labor Day Working class -- Political activity HX Text Category: History - American Category: Sociology Category: Politics 86822 2025-07-22T03:56:13.039112 text/html 62263 2024-10-23T02:03:32 text/html 357347 2025-07-22T03:56:15.459147 application/epub+zip 355465 2025-07-22T03:56:13.681128 application/epub+zip 90827 2025-07-22T03:56:13.359106 application/epub+zip 401877 2025-07-22T03:56:17.043133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386529 2025-07-22T03:56:15.145106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124039 2022-09-24T22:26:31.899595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73493 2025-07-22T03:56:12.867128 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53595 2024-10-23T02:03:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16772 2025-07-22T03:56:17.164121 application/rdf+xml 26123 2025-07-22T03:56:13.424123 image/jpeg 3664 2025-07-22T03:56:13.392109 image/jpeg 336152 2025-07-22T03:56:13.055143 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog