600 Groups Hold May Day Protests Nationwide

org, People’s Forum, ANSWER Coalition, and Code Pink. Fox News and Just the News reported the groups have combined annual revenue of about $2 billion. Some organizations in the network receive funding from Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon based in Shanghai, who has provided an estimated $278 million to related groups.

The Party for Socialism and Liberation organized “Art Build” sessions at its “Liberation Centers” in cities including Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles on April 30, 2026, to prepare signs and materials.

Core demands included “Tax the rich,” “No ICE.

No War,” and “Expand Democracy, not corporate power.” Participants argued the system is rigged by elites and that policies attack neighbors and turn ICE loose on neighborhoods.

“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.”

” New York state assemblymember Claire Valdez, a union organizer and Democratic socialist running for Congress, stated in The Guardian that Americans are fed up with an establishment that has abandoned the working class. She noted people are angry at a Democratic Party establishment that treated the labor movement like a turnout machine and funded a genocide in Gaza while ignoring a cost of living crisis.

Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa told Fox News Digital that the alignment of mainstream Democrats with extremist socialist groups contributes to the Democratic Party losing the center. She said May Day's history of honoring workers has been hijacked by the activist fringe pushing a fantasy agenda.

The protests reflected coordination among anti-Trump groups, with some overlapping with “No Kings” events. Indivisible has at least 200 chapters supporting May Day events, and about 80 Democratic Socialists of America chapters participated. Chicago Public Schools declined to suspend classes but agreed to support student participation.

Future discussions include using May Day for teacher professional development days focused on civic programming. Illinois has expanded civics education requirements over the past decade, emphasizing action civics. The coalition's press release on April 30, 2026, highlighted more than 100,000 students expected to walk out.

Events promoted messages like “Workers Over Billionaires” and calls to shut down operations for prosperity for working people.