May 1st is Labor Day and it's a public holiday here. The drawback here is that when a holiday falls on a weekend you don't get an extra day off. You're just off on a day you had off anyway. You don't get to take off Friday or Monday. Oh well...
Under communism, International Worker's Day was an official occasion for military parades, flag waiving and showing solidarity against capitalism. Since the Velvet Revolution the day is generally seen as just a free day off.
There is a general election being held here in four weeks. Most of the mainstream political parties will be out campaigning in Prague today.
These pictures were taken in Prague for Life Magazine in 1956.