Deb Haaland, a far-left Democrat candidate for New Mexico governor and former Biden Interior Secretary, is facing new backlash after marching shoulder to shoulder with left-wing activists at a May Day rally in Albuquerque—a holiday with unmistakable roots in communism and socialism.
Haaland promoted her participation on X (formerly Twitter), writing, “Today, we march, we organize, and we rally for workers’ rights, fair pay, and safe working conditions. Grateful to join our laborers today for their May Day rally.”
The event saw teachers’ union officials and other demonstrators hoisting signs adorned with raised fists, a longtime symbol of Marxist revolution. Many carried slogans that appeared to mimic Soviet-era protest language, with red banners and socialist imagery dominating the rally.
This is no coincidence: May Day—officially known as International Workers’ Day—was embraced by communists globally as their signature holiday. While its origins lie in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago, it was Vladimir Lenin who solidified May Day’s place in history as a celebration of communist power, using it to stage massive military parades in Moscow’s Red Square throughout the 20th century. Another genocidal dictator, the Nazis’ Adolph Hitler, also widely celebrated the holiday in Germany during his rule.
To avoid this ideological baggage, the United States has historically distanced itself from May Day, choosing instead to honor workers with Labor Day in September. As Time Magazine noted, Labor Day was deliberately designed to “avoid the associations with the radical labor movements” that May Day represented.
Haaland’s May Day display has added fresh ammunition for her critics, who say she is increasingly aligning with the far left. That concern is not just coming from Republicans—her chief rival in the Democrat primary, Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, has already attacked Haaland as “too socialist for New Mexico” earlier this year, painting her as out of step even with her own party’s moderates. He, however, is just as far-left, although it is unclear if he attended the communist May Day event.
With this latest rally, observers note that Haaland appears to be digging in her heels, embracing full-blown radicalism in what is shaping up to be a bitter primary fight. Photos from the event, which show her surrounded by militant protest imagery and union bosses, may play well with progressive activists, but they are raising eyebrows among centrist Democrats and independents concerned about New Mexico’s economic and cultural direction.
Adding to the growing narrative, speakers at the rally reportedly demanded expansive new government policies, including nationalized healthcare, massive green energy subsidies, and the dismantling of private education—policy positions that echo the socialist platforms of figures like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
While Haaland’s campaign insists her focus is “workers’ rights,” her visible embrace of May Day’s radical past is likely to remain a wedge issue in the 2026 race.
With the primary battle heating up, Haaland’s May Day gambit could define her campaign, for better or worse.
Of course she is celebrating this, the Democrats are the modern socialist/communist party
Deb obviously failed history class as she seems totally unaware that Socialism has never worked anywhere.
If you saw her interview before she was confirmed, you would think she failed not only history, but just about every class. A real dodo bird.
Not just a dodo bird, but dumb as a rock as well!
That could be considered disparaging to rocks!!!
Of course Haaland would celebrate a Soviet holiday the democrat party doesn’t exist and is now the neo Bolshevik’s party. All of their candidates running for governor are cut from the same cloth. Some will try to hide it better but the end result is the same. I also noticed that the author Renato Costa threw in Hitler and Germany as celebrating May Day , a unique communist holiday . I have never read anything to that effect in my extensive studies. Could you please cite sources so that we may all be enlightened?
Sam Bregman is no better. when he entered the race instead of explaining how he would fix NM he badmouthed trump. Sam is just another democrat fool. NM is going to be last in the USA forever because the voters are the dumbest in the USA
“May Day! May Day!” Deb Haaland is about to crash and burn.
I hope so. One fewer drunk out on our highways.
If these people want to have a socialist government, then go live in a socialist country. Why do they insist on trying to destroy America with that evil mentality??????? New Mexico is the dregs of society and it will NEVER change unless we vote long term ‘leaders’ out of office. New Mexico can do better if we try and work at it.
Deb Haaland is the epitome of a DEI hire. She’s the Native American Kamala Harris.
she’s a socialist just like Michelle.
It’s her party and her intellect that are extremely distressing. She has no business in any public office.
” May Day!” ” May Day!”. Haaland’s running for governor!
You keep telling them Deb, only the brainwashed are believing you and they are waking up.
Useful idiot for George Soros and the Progressive New Mexico organization. I watched her in a Congressional hearing where she could not explain who was in charge of the Interior Department when questioned by the Committee. That was her job at that particular time.
Haaland is as dumb as a rock. I watched her give testimony in DC. Can’t remember what committee. But she could not answer any questions just kept referring to her staff. People of NM better wake up and stop voting in these ungodly people. She is one of MLG’s comrades.
I wish DOGE would come to NM and clean out all the waste and corruption. I would not be surprised for whatever they would find for I truly think that we have been sold a bunch of lies from MLG and the Democraps that are in office. Get rid of them all and NM would be a shining state. I will keep praying for the Lord to expose their corruption and to take off the blinders of those who keep voting in these worthless people into office. We sure would be better off without them.
The communofascists celebrating a communofascist holiday.
Every may Day buy The Gulag Archipelago for a friend, bookclub, library, etc.
We’re not going to win by being surprised or angry, we have to gently get people to understand why things like the Berlin Wall were built – the flood of humans fleeing communism was a disastrous embarrassment to the commies!!!! Why? Communism is slavery, and communists are the slavers.
The democrat party has been usurped by hardcore communofascists and the commies automatically gained the blind and unwavering loyalty of many democrats — it’s history repeating itself, just like when Hitler took over the German Workers Party and manipulated them into the National SOCIALIST party.
These people keep winning elections because the New Mexico voting system is RIGGED in their favor. — Hopefully this will soon be exposed in the national voting system arena, soon. — Elimination of the electronic voting system, using paper ballots and voter ID are essential to getting a TRUE read on New Mexico’s voters political wishes.
People keep saying how dumb Haaland is- is it possible that she’s ignorant as well as dumb ? If that is the case -what does that say about the persons that voted for her to put her in a political position that she is NOT qualified to hold. Now she is moving on up- Voters need to refuse to vote for her, even though we have slim pickings, let us vote for the best of the evils available.