A speech by Trotsky at the Commemorative Plenum of the Moscow Soviet in April 1923, in which he highlights the meaning of May Day in the light of the revoluti

The following speech was delivered by Trotsky to the Moscow Soviet in April 1924 in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of May Day. On this occasion, Trotsky reaffirmed the revolutionary origins of May Day and its three fundamental slogans: the demand for the eight-hour day, for international class solidarity, and against militarism.

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