EuroMayDay

2001 has called for a Euro Mayday Parade a network of Italian, French and Catalan activists on May 1, which then also took place for the first time in Milan. The main objective was and is to provide the most diverse forms of precariousness in work and life, which can not be organized by the classic institutions of the labor movement and the left (more), an expression. It is not about representation and / or uniformity, but rather a making visible the multiplicity of desires, life and forms of struggle. The focus is on self-organization and networking. The organization of the MayDay on or around May 1 to demonstrate exactly this tension also symbolic. The Euro Mayday takes place in various cities in Europe annually.

History

Participation in the MayDay has grown steadily. . 5,000 people in 2001 to 50,000 in 2003, in 2004 it was finally saw 100,000 protesters who were demonstrating with her ​​signature against the precariousness of work and life - with a variety of actions that go far beyond the format of the classic demonstration. 2004 saw the MayDay for the first time also in other cities of Europe instead, next to Milan was especially Barcelona place an extensive re-appropriation of the city center. The European Social Forum in London was finally to movement and process of the Euro Mayday to many more cities expand (mainly in Western Europe). Among other things, Mayday Parades were held in Amsterdam, Barcelona, ​​Berlin, Bochum, Dortmund, Geneva, Hamburg, Hanau, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Copenhagen, L' Aquila, Leon, London, Liege, Milan, Maribor, Marseille, Naples, Palermo, Paris, Seville, Stockholm, Tübingen, Vienna, but also in Tokyo with many thousands of participants. 2007 should officially left the first time, Western Europe and contribute as Mondo Mayday world for organizing precarious the Euro Mayday.

San Precario, Santa Precaria

San Precario is a character who was invented by Italian activists for the Euro Mayday, but now beyond has come to prominence. He will act as the patron saint of all of precariousness concerned. Saint Precarious characters are now supported in social protests across Europe. In Vienna, Santa Precaria forms since 2012, a female counterpart, as in Austria, especially women are affected by precarious working conditions.