Accessibility links
May Day GUESTS: Jonathan Sperber Professor of History, University of Missouri at Columbia Studs Terkel Author, My American Century [The New Press, 1997] Broadcaster This year marks the 150th anniversary of the "Communist Manifesto," one of the most powerful call-to-arms to the working class. The book has helped fuel political change on almost every continent. Tomorrow (Friday) is May Day - celebrated worldwide as International Workers Day. Join host Ray Suarez and guests to talk about the "Communist Manifesto," the book that has guided Marxist thought for a century and a half.

May Day

Heard on Talk of the Nation

May Day

Listen · 51:58
  • Download
  • <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1010428/10428" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">

GUESTS: Jonathan Sperber Professor of History, University of Missouri at Columbia Studs Terkel Author, My American Century [The New Press, 1997] Broadcaster This year marks the 150th anniversary of the "Communist Manifesto," one of the most powerful call-to-arms to the working class. The book has helped fuel political change on almost every continent. Tomorrow (Friday) is May Day - celebrated worldwide as International Workers Day. Join host Ray Suarez and guests to talk about the "Communist Manifesto," the book that has guided Marxist thought for a century and a half.