Free BBQ & Party: May Day 2026
OPIRG York
2 upcoming Mayday events!
1) Art Build & Movie "Harlan County USA"
⏰ Wednesday, April 15th, 5:30- 8:30pm
📍 Worker's Action Centre, 720 Spadina Ave, 2nd floor, Suite 223.
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Let's come together to make art for our celebration of International Workers’ Day, and then we'll watch the film Harlan County USA (1976).
Art materials will be provided. No artistic skills required! Everyone welcome!
ABOUT THE FILM:
Harlan County USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike" a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company-owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. (read more on Wikipedia)
thank you @daveloewenstein for the brilliant poster art "On May Day We Strike!" sourced from the @justseeds downloadable graphics archive, and used with permission.
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Free BBQ & Party: May Day 2026
⏰ Friday, May 1st, 5pm - late
📍Christie Pits Park, fire pit/ basketball court area
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Let's come together on May 1st to celebrate International Workers’ Day 2026! We’ll have music, basketball, and
Did you know that internationally The 1st of May is a national public holiday, and is known as "International Workers' Day"?! The government of canada made the first Monday in September "labour day," but let's also keep the more radical May Say alive!
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