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Next After Massive No Kings Protests: National “Workers Over Billionaires” May 1st Day of Action

After the most May Day events in the history of the country in 2025, May Day Strong is planning its next mobilization set for May 1 to demand a country that invests in our neighbors instead of attacking them. 


Save the Date. May Day 2026. A nationwide day of collective action, Friday, May 1, 2026, Workers Over Billionaires. Maydaystrong.org

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March 30th, 2026


Chicago, Illinois — After the massive No Kings rallies planned for March 28th, movement organizers are mobilizing for their next set of large protests: the “Workers Over Billionaires” national day of action on May 1st.


“We’ve protested for over a year, and now we must show this administration that We the People will no longer continue business as usual,” said Sarah Parker, 50501 National Partner and Executive Director of Voices of Florida. “We demand an end to the masked men terrorizing our streets and rounding up our neighbors known as ICE, an end to the attack on abortion, and an end to the illegal war on Iran draining billions of dollars a day from working Americans. On May 1st, the American people are going to flex our muscles: no kings, no work, no school, and no business as usual.”


Workers Over Billionaires

The message is simple: working people are demanding a government that invests in affordable housing, good jobs, and basic needs, not in fleecing public budgets for tax breaks for billionaires and to fund an army of masked federal agents to occupy our cities. The billionaire agenda has spiked the cost of living for working people, slashed public budgets, and redirected those funds to billionaires, giant corporations, costly illegal wars, and an unprecedented federal army of masked ICE agents.’


"Across the country, educators and parents are standing up to the extreme overreach of Donald Trump. His administration has attacked our students, undermined public schools, and used tactics like deploying ICE to intimidate and traumatize our communities," said NEA President Becky Pringle. "In rural, suburban, and urban communities alike, people of all races and backgrounds are coming together to say, ‘Enough!'”


With more than 100 bills introduced in statehouses across the country to tax the ultra-rich to fund schools and services as part of their “Real Affordability Agenda,” event organizers are putting forward an affirmative vision for a country that puts working people first and planning protests to stand up to the billionaire agenda.


May Day Strong

Workers, students, families will march, rally, walk out and take action together to demand:

  • Tax the rich. So our families, not their fortunes, come first.

  • No ICE. No war. No private armies to serve authoritarian power.

  • Expand democracy, not corporate rule. Defend free and fair elections.


Following the examples of the 2006 Day Without Immigrants, Black-led corporate campaigns that have unseated CEOs, and Minnesota’s resistance to occupation, thousands of organizations across the country are participating in the mass day of action.


Actions are being listed at https://maydaystrong.org/. Highlights include:


“Coming off the heels of the massive energy from the No Kings mobilizations, people are ready to take action and keep fighting for a democracy of, by, and for the people. On May 1, Indivisibles will be joining people across the country with a clear message: we demand a government that invests in our communities, not one that enriches billionaires, fuels endless war, or deploys masked agents to intimidate our neighbors. We’re done watching politicians hand out tax breaks to the ultra-rich while families struggle to afford rent, healthcare, and groceries. We’re organizing to say enough to an economy and a government rigged for billionaires,” said Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible.


“$200 billion for a war in Iran, $200 million for a photoshoot on a horse, but no money for teachers, healthcare, housing, roads and highways?” said Saqib Bhatti, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Action Center on Race & the Economy. “A key part of the fight for democracy is demanding we put people first, not war profiteers and billionaires. Our government has been taken over by the billionaires who are slashing what we need in order to give themselves what they want and attacking anyone who stands in their way.”  


“Everyone should be able to pay the rent and go to the doctor without ending up deep in debt. We should not have to pass the hat around to get art supplies and pencils for your kids' school while billionaires buy their third super yacht. We know there is enough money for everything we need. Instead of letting the government serve as a piggie bank for the ultra-rich, we’re building a movement to demand a country that puts our families over their fortunes,” explains Neidi Dominguez, Executive Director of Organized Power in Numbers.


“Teaching our students what civic action looks like requires more than textbooks when the President sends federal agents to occupy our cities and the Governor chooses to continue giving tax breaks to billionaires instead of giving our students the school day they deserve,” explained Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter. “If we still want to have democracy in the midterms this November, public schools that provide our students with quality education, and unions to defend workers’ rights, then it is up to everyone to stand up for what we believe in and show the authoritarian billionaire in Washington that when he breaks every rule, we will not go along with business as usual.”


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For press inquiries, footage, or firsthand accounts, please contact the 50501 Movement at [email protected] and May Day Strong at [email protected].


50501 is a non-violent, grassroots movement that organizes mass protests and mutual aid to defend democracy against fascism. To find more information about 50501, visit our website at fiftyfifty.one.


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