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Visiting Cuba also means understanding the spirit of unity of its people. One of the most significant demonstrations is the May 1st parade.
Around the world, May Day commemorates workers' day in honor of the Martyrs of Chicago, workers of an American company killed in 1886 for carrying out a strike demanding an eight-hour workday.

The first commemoration of the International Workers' Day in Cuba was held in 1939 with a large parade that started from the headquarters where the workers' center was located in Havana.

With the arrival of the revolutionary power in January 1959, May Day became one of the most important holidays celebrated by the working class and by all the Cuban people, joined by students, farmers and fighters of the armed institutions to celebrate work, health, medical care, social justice, equality of duties and rights and other achievements so desired in various corners of the globe. The May 1st parade in Cuba is an exciting and moving spectacle for such a demonstration of social unity and determination.

That determination is still present today after 60 years in the people and in the proletarian party with the enthusiastic presence of millions of workers throughout the island who participate in the parade with their families, colleagues and friends almost as if it were a great celebration in all the cities of the island of Cuba.
The most spectacular May 1st parade is the one held in Havana where since dawn the population gathers mainly in groups of colleagues, companies, universities, hospital staff, tourism industry staff, farmers and all kinds of other activities to reach Revolution Square in a triumph of choirs and flags that remind how Cuba continues to be one of the most united countries in opposing globalization and capitalism as an end in itself. An island that shows that happiness is not measured by wealth.