{"product_id":"class-race-and-worker-insurgency-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-paperback-9780521291910","title":"Class, Race, and Worker Insurgency; The League of Revolutionary Black Workers (Paperback) 9780521291910","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClass, Race, and Worker Insurgency\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe League of Revolutionary Black Workers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides a historical account and case study of a little-publicised social movement, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames A. Geschwender (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521291910, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 November 1977\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Sociology and the dialectics of class and race\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Historical Context: 2. Black workers, the auto industry and the UAW\u003cbr\u003e 3. Detroit: evolution of a black industrial city\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The League of Revolutionary Black Workers: 4. The birth of the League\u003cbr\u003e 5. Union electoral politics\u003cbr\u003e 6. Ideology\u003cbr\u003e 7. League organisational activities\u003cbr\u003e 8. The League splits and dies\u003cbr\u003e 9. Why was the League initially so successful?\u003cbr\u003e 10. Why did the League die?\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Present and the Future: 11. Insurrectionary potential remains\u003cbr\u003e 12. The meaning of it all\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social issues \u0026amp; processes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social issues \u0026amp; processes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20issues%20\u0026amp;%20processes%20%5BJFF%5D%22\"\u003eJFF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006986703128,"sku":"9780521291910","price":33.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521291910i_aa6156bc-bbc4-4ba4-b057-d5e977853420.jpg?v=1691374676","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/class-race-and-worker-insurgency-the-league-of-revolutionary-black-workers-paperback-9780521291910","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}