Who We Are - Solidarity & Defense
A group description by Solidarity & Defense, an anti-authoritarian group based in Detroit and Lansing that existed from 2008-2011.
Punching out: one year in a closing auto plant - Paul Clemens
In the aftermath of one of the oldest car factories in Detroit closing, Paul Clemens speaks to those dismantling it, those who lost their jobs and examines how it could happen.
United States: Workers on the Move - Fred Pilgotsky
Article appearing in International Socialism, No.70, Mid-June 1974, by auto worker and socialist Fred Pilgotsky. In it he talks about wildcats in the auto industry, the conflicts between the unions and the rank-and-file, and the significance of race in the US.
The Left in the Detroit Labour Movement - Martin Glaberman
Martin Glaberman reviews - and contests the accuracy and honesty of - two books on the Detroit union movement.
“The bottom line isn't the whole thing”: Detroit, anti-racism and labour history
New Beginnings interviews a Detroit militant with decades of organizing experience in the area.
Dying from the inside: The decline of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Jan 11 2011 22:48
A key account of the organizational issues of the LRBW, by Ernie Allen. From the book, They Should Have Served That Cup of Coffee: Seven Radicals Remember the 60s
Reportback from Class Struggle Anarchist Conference 2009
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Oct 30 2010 03:08
A reportback from the 2009 Class Struggle Anarchist Conference in Detroit, Michigan.
The Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement - Martin Glaberman
Martin Glaberman's analysis on the formation of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, a radical organisation of black car factory workers who placed themselves in opposition to both their bosses and the union.
Young Detroit Radicals 1955-1965 - Dan Georgakas
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 17 2009 11:16
Dan Georgakas's personal recollections of radicals in Detroit and the people who formed the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.
Wildcat: Dodge Truck June 1974
Submitted by Steven. on Nov 6 2009 13:30
Detailed article by participants and eyewitnesses about the wildcat strike at the Chrysler truck plant in Michigan, 1974, and the roles of the workers, the union and the left.
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