Why did American Thinker choose May 1st, the international socialist holiday, to ask for funds? The question raised is legitimate. A couple of thoughts:

At least a millennium before Marx was born, May Day was a venerable Northern European celebration of the end of the long winter season. But in the 19^th century, May Day was appropriated by socialists to become a celebration of labor and the glories of socialism. A bit later, Mayday, a corruption of the French term m'aider (‘help me"), became a radio distress call.