cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46694576

May 1, 2026

May Day demonstrations are expected to draw crowds across the country on Friday, with organizers calling for a boycott of work, school and shopping to protest the Trump administration’s policies — and what activists describe as a billionaire takeover of government.

The “May Day Strong” protest events in various cities, ranging geographically from Boston to San Francisco, are meant to mark International Labor Day. They follow anti-Trump protests under the “No Kings” banner that organizers say have drawn millions of people nationwide.

Unlike the Labor Day celebrations in the U.S. each September, May 1 has traditionally been reserved as a day of protest. In the U.S., May Day goes back to the 19th century movement to establish an eight-hour workday at a time when it wasn’t unusual for Americans to work shifts of 12 hours or more.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    39·
    3 days ago

    A better protest would be to absolutely boycott one single company. Just pick one company and just completely shut them out. Pick a grocery store chain … just completely blank them out … or a clothing store brand, just completely block them … or a gas station chain, just shut them down.

    Go about your regular shopping and spending … just avoid one company that everyone agrees on. Keep up the boycott until you drive that one company into the ground or just completely wipe them out.

    Then move on to the next company … and keep doing it over and over again.

    This way, everyone can keep up their habits of wanting to spend money on whatever they want. No one person would ever really be terribly inconvenienced. Most people would not notice any changes and everyone could go about doing what they always did with minor changes … but it would send a very strong message to every company out there what power people have over them.

    • shweddy@lemmy.world
      14·
      3 days ago

      This is why I come to threads about protesting. Ideas instead of bitching and complaining. This is kinda genius ngl

      • tidderuuf@lemmy.world
        10·
        3 days ago

        Wasn’t everyone supposed to boycott Amazon, Microsoft, Walmart, Target, Chick-fil-A, McDonald’s, Netflix, Paramount, EA, Ubisoft, Tesla, Ford, Goya, Heinz, J&J, P&G, JPMorgan, Bank of America…

        Those boycotts are working out great.