May Day Rally To Shout Out "Workers Over Billionaires" In Doylestown

DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH, PA — The Doylestown Action League will be joining a national May Day "Workers Over Billionaires and Corporations" Rally on Friday, May 1, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Main and Court streets in Doylestown Borough.

"On this May Day Strong, we do not want our money to go to big corporations that treat workers unfairly and do not pay their taxes," said local event organizers. "We do not want our tax dollars to pay for a forever war, ICE atrocities, or golden ballrooms."

Rally organizers are planning live music and guest speakers.

In addition to the rally, the league is asking the community to commit to "not shop at any big corporate stores (including Amazon and big chain grocery stores) on Friday, May 1" and instead shop local.

"Plan ahead, including grocery shopping. If you can, no work or school as well."

Visit the Doylestown Action League table at the rally for some “local goodies” if you didn’t shop at a big corporate store all day.

The league will again collect non-perishable food, toiletries, period products, and cleaning supplies for local agencies in need.

According to the national organizers, on May 1, workers, students, and community members will build on the momentum of No Kings in a worker-centered escalation, with strikes, rallies, marches, civic education, and walk-outs planned across the country, with three main demands: Tax the rich; No ICE, No War; and expand Democracy, not corporate power.

More than 500 labor unions, student groups, community organizations, pro-democracy, immigrant rights, and racial justice groups are expected to participate in what organizers are calling "a historic day of worker and student-centered protest to stand up to what they say is an authoritarian billionaire takeover of government and demand the government invest in our communities, not in attacking them."