Law & Disorder

Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries

On today’s show, we explore the history of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most important working-class movements in U.S. history.  A history and an example on how workers learned to disrupt the chains of white supremacy and imperialist capitalism.

Guests: 

Walda Katz-Fishman is a scholar activist and professor of sociology at Howard University. A founding member and former board chair of Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide, she is a contributing author or editor of popular education toolkits and books, including The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement and The Roots of Terror, among others

Jerome Scott is a former autoworker, labor organizer in Detroit auto plants, and member of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. The founding director of Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide, he is a contributing author or editor of popular education toolkits and books, including The United States Social Forum: Perspectives of a Movement and The Roots of Terror, among others.

 

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