The 1970s
Life Before Thatcher
"Can't Do Nothin' If You Ain't Bad"
The League Of Revolutionary Black Workers
Date: Tuesday 7th December
Venue: Room 5A1 Hamilton House, 80 Stokes Croft, BS1 3QY.
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Donations
Speaker: Keiron Farrow
The League of Revolutionary Black Workers was formed in 1969 in Detroit, Michigan. The organisation united a number of different Revolutionary Union Movements (RUMs) that were growing rapidly across the auto industry and other industrial sectors. The formation of the League was an attempt to create a more cohesive political organ guided by the principles of Black liberation and Marxism-Leninism in order to gain political power and articulate the specific concerns of Black workers through political action.
Includes a showing of the contemporary film about the League Finally Got the News (1970).
- Listen to Keiron Farrow (4:32 mins, 3.12 MB mp3 file)
