As President Donald Trump continues to celebrate his first 100 days in office, protestors are again planning to take to the streets to rally against his policies. In a May Day National Day of Action on Thursday, groups that are part of the 50501 protest movement are planning events in more than 1,000 cities across the country. 

What You Need To Know

  • In a May Day National Day of Action Thursday, groups that are part of the 50501 Movement are planning anti-Trump events in more than 1,000 cities across the country

  • Organizers of the May Day Strong events say they are to "stop the billionaire takeover"

  • The May Day rallies follow two other nationwide events staged by the 50501 Movement in April

  • The rallies will take place on International Workers' Day

“Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom — on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself,” organizers wrote on the May Day Strong website. “This May Day we are fighting back. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes — public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market policies.”

Since Trump took office, the U.S. DOGE Service, run by billionaire Elon Musk, has orchestrated mass layoffs at federal agencies and accessed multiple government data systems in the name of rooting out fraud, waste and abuse. The Trump administration has unwound the operations of numerous federal agencies and imposed new rules for individuals to verify their identities for Social Security benefits.

Calling Trump’s policies "a war on working people," organizers say Thursday's events are to “stop the billionaire takeover.” 

Scheduled for International Workers’ Day on Thursday, May Day Strong rallies will take place in in all 50 states, according to the event’s organizers. They will be staged in various locations, including state capitals, congressional offices, federal buildings and other locales.

May Day, which has no connection to the international radio distress signal, was first recognized in 1889 as a day to foster solidarity among laborers.

Twice in April, groups affiliated with the 50501 movement staged large, nationwide rallies to protest Trump administration policies. Named for 50 protests, 50 states, one movement, 50501 describes itself as a peaceful coalition of groups and volunteers that organizes local events to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach.

Dozens of groups affiliated with 50501 are participating in Thursday’s rallies, including MoveOn, the American Association of University Professors, the Women’s March, the People’s Action Institute and the National Education Association.

“Across the country — from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta — working people are rising up,” the NEA said on its web site promoting its participation in the May Day Strong events. “This is the beginning of a new era — one where working families lead, immigrants are protected, and no one is left behind.”