- Anarchist Origins of May Day, The
 - Includes information on the origins of International Workers' Day (May Day). - Celebrating May Day
- About.com guide: surprise your neighbour with a special May Day basket and make many other crafts.
- Haymarket Riot@
- Read about Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, which is considered to be one of the major influences on the origin of international May Day observances for workers. Sites feature history, articles, manuscripts, pro-labour speeches, photographs, illustrations, and library archives about the historical clash between the business class and working class in late 19th century Chicago.
- Kids Domain: May Day Crafts
- Instructions for making paper flowers and baskets to celebrate May Day.
- Marxists Internet Archive: May Day
- Offers an overview of May Day, the observance of worker solidarity celebrated on May 1.
- May Day - 1951
- Pamphlet on May Day written by Howard Fast.
- May Day - The Real Labor Day
- Offers a brief history May Day, which commemorates the historic struggle of working people throughout the world, and is recognised in every country except the United States, Canada, and South Africa.
- May Day by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Short May day story set in New York on May Day, 1919.
- May Day Origins
- Offers some basic suggestions about May-poles, dances, and music.
- May Day Solidarity
- Includes information on the history of May Day, an event calendar, an art gallery, and related links.
- May Day, The Workers' Day: Born in the Struggle for the Eight-hour Day
- Article from Liberation & Marxism offering information on May Day.
- May Day: What Happened to the Radical Workers' Holiday?
- Offers a brief history of May Day, the worker's holiday.
- Origins and Traditions of Mayday
- Traces the history of May Day from its Pagan roots to its revival as an international working class holiday in commemoration of the Haymarket Martyrs.
- Phone in Sick on Mayday
- Commemorate the U.S. struggle for the eight-hour day.
- Wikipedia: May Day
- May Day is a name for various holidays celebrated on May 1 (or in the beginning of May). The most famous of these is International Workers' Day, which is the commemoration of the social and economic achievements of the labour movement.
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