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SUPER-ORGANISM: May Day, Collectivism & Flying Ants (pt. 1)
This is episode 1 in a series exploring the concept of the superorganism.
In this video, we look at the connection between may, ants, and socialism.
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00:00 - Intro
02:06 - May Baskets & Ancient Spring Festivals
03:38 - Marriage in Decline & The Death of May Day
05:03 - Atomization & The Rise of Socialism
06:02 - 19th Century Labor Movement & The Haymarket Affair
09:20 - Birth of the New May Day
10:33 - Flying Ant Day & Spring Insects
11:34 - themaydays2023 & Spring Collectivism
12:53 - Insect Socialism & The Superorganism
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May Baskets & Ancient Spring Festivals
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"A Forgotten Tradition: May Basket Day" by Linton Weeks. NPR History Department, (2015).
"The Roman Festival of Floralia.", by N.S. Gill, ThoughtCo, Aug. 27, 2020, thoughtco.com/floralia-112636.
"The Opportunities for Dramatic Performances in the Time of Plautus and Terence," by Lily Ross Taylor. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 68, (1937), pp. 284-304.
"Cicero's Aedileship," by Lily Ross Taylor. The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 60, No. 2 (1939), pp. 194-202.
"The Origins and Practices of Holidays: Beltane and The Last Day of Ridván", by Dhruti Bhaga, Boston Public Library, (2019).
Marriage in Decline & The Death of May Day
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"Parenting in America", Pew Research Center, (2015).
"Percentage and Number of Children Living With Two Parents Has Dropped Since 1968", by Paul Hemez and Chanell Washington, United States Census Bureau, (2021).
Atomization & The Rise of Socialism
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"Rising Share of U.S. Adults Are Living Without a Spouse or Partner", by Richard Fry and Kim Parker, Pew Research Center, (2021).
"America's continued move toward socialism", by Felix Salmon, Axios, (2021).
"Exclusive poll: Young Americans are embracing socialism" by Stef W. Kight, Axios, (2019).
19th Century Labor Movement & The Haymarket Affair
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"What is May Day? For the most part, the opposite of capitalism" by Emma Bowman, NPR History Department, (2023).
"Haymarket Affair: Topics in Chronicling America", Library of Congress, (2023).
"Page 1 of May 8 1886 Issue of St Joseph Herald Press in St Joseph, Michigan", Newspaper Archive by Storied.
"The Haymarket Affair", by William J. Adelman, The Illinois Labor History Society,.
"American Experience: The Anarchists and the Haymarket Square Incident" , PBS.
"Pittsburgh Manifesto" by Victor Drury, Johann Most, Albert Parsons, Joseph Reifgraber and August Spies, International Working Peoples' Association, (1883).
Illinois vs. August Spies et al. trial evidence book. People's Exhibit 39.
The Alarm (Newspaper) article, "Dynamite," 1885 Feb. 21
2 p. Introduced into evidence during testimony of Eugene Seeger (Vol. K p. 627-634), 1886 July 29.Transcript of article.", Chicago Historical Society.
Birth of The New May Day
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"History of Labor Day", United States Department of Labor.
"The Bloody Story of How May Day Became a Holiday for Workers", by Lily Rothman, Time Magazine, (2015).
Flying Ant Day & Spring Insects
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"Flying ant day: when winged ants take their nuptial flight", by Lisa Hendry, Natural History Museum, (2020).
"Day of the Flying Ants", by Hayley Dunning, The Scientist, (2012).
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