May Day marches will take place this Friday and Saturday in Tel Aviv and Nazareth, organized by Hadash, the Communist Party of Israel (CPI), and the Young Communist League of Israel (Banki). Additionally, the annual Workers’ Film Festival will be held in Haifa over the weekend.
The May Day demonstration in Tel Aviv will depart from Dizengoff Square on Friday at 2:00 PM, marching toward Rothschild Boulevard. Organizers stated the protest is held “in solidarity with and among workers, the oppressed, the occupied, and those under bombardment. In a joint struggle for a society and economy run by and for the people. For freedom, equality, and justice, because a nation that oppresses another will never be free!”
“We will meet at the May Day march in Nazareth” (Photo: Communist Party of Israel)
The following day, Saturday, the annual national demonstration will take place in Nazareth. It will start at 10:30 AM and be on Tawfiq Ziad Street, pass through the Paulus Street, and conclude at Mary’s Well Square in the city center. Thousands are expected to march “against wars on Iran and Lebanon, occupation of the Palestinian territories and the exploitation of nations’ resources by imperialism, against the fascist government and organized crime and police complicity and against the rule of capital and the high cost of living, and for workers’ rights.” Organized transportation to Nazareth will be available from Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Beersheba, Haifa, Ramla, Lod, Acre, Modi’in, Umm al-Fahm, Shefa-Amr, Tira, Tayibe, Raanana Junction, and throughout the Galilee and Triangle localities.
In addition, the 19th Haifa Workers’ Film Festival will be held at the Haifa Cinematheque from next Thursday evening through Saturday, May 2. The festival will feature four of the year’s most significant films, accompanied by discussions, panels, and an award ceremony for “Organized Labor and Workers’ Rights Coverage.” This year’s award will be presented to journalist Keren Neubach and the team of “Seder Yom,” a program that aired for many years on Kan public broadcaster.
