Class, Race, and Worker Insurgency: The League of Revolutionary Black Workers (American Sociological Association Rose Monographs) - Softcover

Geschwender, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521291917 ISBN 13: 9780521291910

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1977

Synopsis

This book, originally published in 1977, provides a historical account and case study of a little-publicised social movement, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. The League, a black Marxist-Leninist movement that developed among automobile workers in Detroit, appeared shortly after the 1967 Detroit urban disorders. It spread from the automobile industry to other industries, and from Detroit to other urban areas, before an internal split led to its demise in 1971. The author bases his study on interviews with members of the League and on a detailed analysis of the movement's literature. He carefully examines the development of different ideologies within the League and the resultant conflict over tactics. Although the League was unified in its advocacy of black revolt, one wing of the League's leadership emphasised class analysis and supported a strategy of collaboration with white workers and white radicals. Another wing stressed national liberation struggles and rejected such collaboration in favour of an exclusively black movement.

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Book Description

This book, originally published in 1977, provides a historical account and case study of a little-publicised social movement, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. The League developed among automobile workers in Detroit shortly after the 1967 Detroit urban disorders. An internal split led to its demise in 1971.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521291917
• ISBN 13: 9780521291910
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 268