About this episode

The episode discusses the history of May Day and its relevance to contemporary issues of repression.

Episode Summary This week on Live Like the World is Dying, we have a conversation with Margaret Killjoy and Io Ascarium about the history of May Day and the Haymarket Martyrs and what the repression of yesteryear can teach us about some of the repression that we're seeing today. You can listen to an audio feature of the zine Hurrah for Anarchy , that informs a lot of the conversation over on the Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness podcast. If you want to read the Hurrah for Anarchy , go to Tangled Wilderness.org and check it out for free! Or You can buy a fancy zine version of it here . Also check out our awesome May Day sale until May 5th. Get 40% off most things on our website! Host Info Margaret can be found on instagram at @margaretkilljoy . You can find more of her essays on Substack at: margaretkilljoy.substack.com Inmn can be found on Instagram @ shadowtailartificery . Io can be found @ bum.lung Publisher Info This show is published by Strangers in A Tangled Wilderness. We can be found at www.tangledwilderness.org , or on Twitter @ TangledWild and Instagram @ Tangled_Wilderness and Blue Sky @tangledwilderness.bsky.social You can support the show on Patreon at…

People in this episode

Host: Margaret Killjoy

Guest: Io Ascarium

Topics covered

• May Day
• Haymarket Martyrs
• repression
• history
• anarchy
• activism

Keywords

• May Day
• Haymarket Martyrs
• repression
• anarchy
• activism
• history
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness, Tangled Wilderness, Patreon

Books & works: Hurrah for Anarchy

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