black power
Articles about the theory and practice of various groups and movements under the black power banner.
The transgression of a laborer: Malcom X in the wilderness of America
Italian Autonomist Ferruccio Gambino's analysis of the development of Malcolm X's thought, from prison and the factory through to the Nation of Islam, and its deviation from the traditional state-allocated path of ethnic leadership.
[i]The Transgression of a Laborer: Malcolm X in the Wilderness of America[/i]
[i]Ferruccio Gambino (from RADICAL HISTORY, Winter 1993)[/i]
1968-1971: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers - A.Muhammad Ahmad
A short history of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers - a radical union of black auto workers. The articles includes other information about the car industry, race and struggle from 1910 onwards.
THE LEAGUE OF REVOLUTIONARY BLACK WORKERS (A HISTORICAL STUDY)
(By A.Muhammad Ahmad)
INTRODUCTION
Black Capitalism
Black Capitalism, by Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, 2001.
The workers have to deal with their own reality and that transforms them
Based on his experience in auto factories, Glaberman discusses the contradictions of the union's role.
Black Cats, White Cats, Wildcats: Auto Workers in Detroit, 1969
Introductory article and account of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and its activity in a Detroit in the 1960s and 70s.
Anarchism and the Black Revolution - Lorenzo Komboa Ervin
Written by ex-Black Panther turned anarchist Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, Anarchism and the Black Revolution is both an easy-to-read introduction to the fundamental principles of class struggle anarchism and an analysis of their relevance to the black liberation movement. Also contains a good section on why the author is an anarchist and why non-class struggle anarchists are useless.
This libcom library edition has been corrected for scanning errors in other online editions, and includes footnotes for explanations and more information.
DEDICATION
For the second edition of Anarchism and the Black Revolution
