Statement

May Day Celebration Committee Statement 2008

Greetings and Happy May Day!

The May Day Celebration Committee does not endorse candidates or political parties. We are culturally political. We are trying to change our world by supporting a Culture of Peace. The music, entertainment, poetry and theatrics of May Day are the things that we endorse. At May Day we create an atmosphere of Extreme Freedom and Tolerance. Our ideal is to make things so comfortable that everyone wants to participate and to share.

On May Day and every day we embrace the immigrant communities around us. They remind us that the world is full of beautiful and diverse cultures and people. We are convinced that anyone who wants to live here peacefully should be allowed to. We stand against anyone who says this person belongs and that person does not. We say with conviction that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. By giving a helpful hand to the newcomers among us we honor our past.

It is always the poorest and the weakest in our country and around the world who get singled out as scapegoats. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The injustices that cause senseless human suffering grow. Our leaders lie to us. The necessities of life become more and more expensive. Our country is still at war. And who is to blame?

May Day is a time for hope and change. May Day is a demand for Solidarity. We are all one people. We all have a lot to learn and a lot to share. Come to the Green and dance with us around the Maypole.