League of Revolutionary Black Workers

Content by or about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

League of Revolutionary Black Workers.

League of Revolutionary Black Workers.

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Beyond Measure: C.L.R. James Inﬂuence on the League of Revolutionary Black Workers - Kimathi Mohammed

Kimathi Mohammed gives a firsthand account of C.L.R. James' influence on the League…

League of Revolutionary Black Workers

Finally Got the News: The Making of a Radical Film - Dan Georgakas

From 1973, Dan Georgakas writes about the making of Finally Got The News, an essential film on the…

Speak Out - Special Detroit Issue - May/June 1969

Basic Documents on the Black Struggle - CLR James

Rare collection of readings by C.L.R. James recommended to members of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit in the early 1970s.

New Introduction to Facing Reality 1970 - Kimathi Mohammed

New introduction to 1970 Edition of CLR James's Facing Reality by Kimathi Mohammed. James…

Review: Detroit I Do Mind Dying by Dan Georgakas & Marvin Surkin

Book review from Black Flag #218 1999.

Transnational radicals: labour dissent and political activism in Detroit and Turin (1950–1970) - Nicola Pizzolato

Investigates the entangled histories of radical auto-workers in Detroit and Turin…

Challenging global capitalism: labor migration, radical struggle, and urban change in Detroit and Turin - Nicola Pizzolato

Book by Nicola Pizzolato on workers' struggles in Detroit and Turin, both sites of…

When the union's the enemy: an interview with Cleo Silvers

Cleo Silvers, a former organizer with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, discusses racism in…

Black workers demonstrate

Detroit: I do mind dying. A study in urban revolution - Dan Georgakas and Marvin Surkin

Detroit: I Do Mind Dying tracks the extraordinary development of the Dodge…

League of Revolutionary Black Workers study guide

This is a packet of readings put together by some IWW members in 2011.

The League of Revolutionary Black Workers.

Finally got the news

Documentary about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, a radical black workers' group based in the car factories of Detroit. Through…