The tradition of Anti-capitalist May Day was taken up this year by the Robins des ruelles and other autonomous action groups, who claimed lootings and organized thefts of food in Montreal and Quebec City. In Montreal, the Robins cleared shelves at a Maxi in Rosemont on April 30th, their third such feat. May Day morning, another group looted a location of the bakery Mamie Clafoutis, whose pilot project asks customers to register on a mobile app to be able to buy bread 24/7 in an automated, cashless store. In the evening, the demonstration for a social strike gathered close to two thousand people. Hundreds snaked through downtown streets for more than two hours, as hundreds of SPVM and SQ deployed to block streets and control the route of the demo. Riot cops made several violent charges, causing injuries and arresting at least thirteen. While there could have been more in the way of combative preparations and capacity to prevent arrests, the atmosphere was filled with determination and rage, as the crowd refused to disperse and CEGEP students tagged cop cars, barricaded sidewalks and the street, and threw a variety of objects at the cops.