Update: International Workers Day was celebrated all over the planet with anti-capitalist demonstrations. In Jakarta, 100 anarchists marched in a block; a campaign against youth rates was relaunched in Auckland; police attacked families and immigrants with tear gas and rubber bullets in Los Angeles; riots erupted in Zurich where bank windows were smashed and 100,000 people took part in a demonstration in Oaxaca.

Events have been happening around Aotearoa to mark International Workers' Day on May 1st.

Auckland: A May Day Rally and March was held and around 200 people walked peacefully up Queen Street. Some anti-Youth Rates street theatre was enacted during the march. A delegation of locked out unionists from Amcor appealed for solidarity and won their dispute two days later.

Wellington: Carnival in Cuba Mall from 11:30 with stalls, Food Not Bombs and speakers. Followed by march to Mexican Embassy in solidarity with the striking workers in Oaxaca being attacked by the Mexican military and police

May 3, 6pm: The Bridge and Wildcat, two films on worker's struggles in Aotearoa during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Film Archive, corner Taranaki & Ghuznee Streets, entry by koha.

Christchurch: A wreath was laid in Lyttleton in remembrance of all workers killed in the class war.

Blackball May 4-5: Two days of events with speakers, education, debates and a workers' march through town. See here for more details