Podcasts about dodge revolutionary union movement

In this episode we interview Austin McCoy to discuss his piece “'Disorganize the State': The Black Workers Congress's Visions of Abolition-Democracy in the 1970's", which Austin wrote for the Labor and Employment Relations Association's publication A Racial Reckoning in Industrial Relations: Storytelling as Revolution from Within.  Austin McCoy is a historian of the 20th Century United States with specializations in African American History, labor, and cultural history.  He is currently working on two books:   The Quest for Democracy: Black Power, New Left, and Progressive Politics in the Post-Industrial Midwest and a cultural and personal history of De La Soul. The conversation allows us to once again return to the current of radical anti-imperialist, anti-colonial, anti-racist labor organizing that emanated from organizations like DRUM (the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement), the League of Revolutionary Black Workers and - the focus of McCoy's essay - the Black Workers Congress.  In this episode we talk about the BWC's radical vision, which McCoy describes as in the tradition of what W.E.B. Du Bois called “abolition democracy.” And we discuss some of the organizing history of the various individuals and organizations associated with the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as well as what happened to their vision over time.  We recorded this discussion on December 18th of 2023 so while we discuss the solidarity that these revolutionary Black organizers had with Palestinians and discuss the UAW's ceasefire call and their proposal to examine divestment, there are some notes that are important to add as we release this discussion almost a year later (a delay that is entirely my fault).  The UAW has endorsed Kamala Harris despite her role in the genocide of Palestinians and her refusal to call for an arms embargo and they did so with no concessions whatsoever on that issue. This stance by the UAW in this moment in many ways reflects the very currents of racist and imperialist union organizing that groups like the League and the BWC were organizing against. So while we can talk about the folks within the UAW who organized for those statements and resolutions within their union as operating within the traditions we discuss in this episode, it is important to note - at least in my view - that the UAW as a whole has ultimately shunned that radical legacy and replicated the historical role of the labor aristocracy in this moment as they and other major unions in the US have done over and over again.  Nonetheless, I do think that it is important to not dismiss the power or potential of labor organizing in moments like this, even if that potential remains unfulfilled. I think about the lessons that Stefano Harney and Fred Moten pull from people like General Baker when they called us to “wildcat the totality” several years ago.  I'd like to send much appreciation to Austin McCoy for this discussion. If you would like to support our work please become a patron of the show for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/millennialsarekillingcapitalism Links and related or referenced discussions: Our two part conversation with Herb Boyd about this period and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (Part 1, Part 2)  "Finally Got the News" (film about the League) Some archival documents related to the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (visit FreedomArchives.org for more)  Our discussion with J. Moufawad-Paul on "Economism" which deals with some of the imperialist and racist trends within the labor movement (and within Communist or Socialist approaches to organizing the labor movement within empire at various times). 

Part two of our discussion on the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.Brandon also explores the ideologies of Anarcho-Stalinism and Marxism-Bidenism.Drop us a line: carsandcomrades@gmail.comFollow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/cars_and_comrades_podcast/https://twitter.com/CarsAndComradeshttps://www.facebook.com/Cars-Comrades-Podcast-101908671824034 https://www.hexbear.net/u/CarsAndComradesAll music from the free album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanalandSources: Detroit: I Do Mind Dying https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/458-detroit-i-do-mind-dyingFinally Got The NewsBlack Workers in Revolt Pamphlet, by Robert Dudnick https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735061656124/viewer#page/2/mode/2upThe Political Line of the Motor City Labor League (M-L) https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-2/mcll-1/intro.htmDying From the Inside: The Decline of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8n44mvhcdr2ZWY4MDhhZmYtYzEwYy00NmJhLTkzMWYtM2U5YTYxMjIwZmU0/view?hl=en

The third and final part of our discussion on the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and what came after them. We also spend some time exploring the exciting world of "just-in-time" manufacturing and logistics and their vulnerable bottlenecks. But first Bryant explores the Aukerman Podcast Shared Universe Theory.Drop us a line: carsandcomrades@gmail.comFollow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/cars_and_comrades_podcast/https://twitter.com/CarsAndComradeshttps://www.facebook.com/Cars-Comrades-Podcast-101908671824034 https://www.hexbear.net/u/CarsAndComradesAll music from the free album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanalandSources: Detroit: I Do Mind Dying https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/458-detroit-i-do-mind-dyingFinally Got The NewsBlack Workers in Revolt Pamphlet, by Robert Dudnick https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735061656124/viewer#page/2/mode/2upThe Political Line of the Motor City Labor League (M-L) https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-2/mcll-1/intro.htmDying From the Inside: The Decline of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8n44mvhcdr2ZWY4MDhhZmYtYzEwYy00NmJhLTkzMWYtM2U5YTYxMjIwZmU0/view?hl=en

Part one of our discussion on the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement.Drop us a line: carsandcomrades@gmail.comFollow us on social media: https://www.instagram.com/cars_and_comrades_podcast/https://twitter.com/CarsAndComradeshttps://www.facebook.com/Cars-Comrades-Podcast-101908671824034 https://www.hexbear.net/u/CarsAndComradesAll music from the free album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanalandSources: Detroit: I Do Mind Dying https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/458-detroit-i-do-mind-dyingFinally Got The NewsBlack Workers in Revolt Pamphlet, by Robert Dudnick https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735061656124/viewer#page/2/mode/2upThe Political Line of the Motor City Labor League (M-L) https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-2/mcll-1/intro.htmDying From the Inside: The Decline of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8n44mvhcdr2ZWY4MDhhZmYtYzEwYy00NmJhLTkzMWYtM2U5YTYxMjIwZmU0/view?hl=en

Saladin Muhammad argues in an article titled Black Workers for Justice, Twenty-year of Struggle, in Against the Current that: “The national oppression of African Americans in the U.S. South makes Black workers in the South the most exploited section of the U.S. industrial working class. Black Workers for Justice [BWFJ] thus bases its trade union and political perspectives on the principle of the centrality of the Black working class.” “The struggle against racism, for political power and self-determination for African descendant people are key aspects of this principle in forging the unity of the Southern and U.S. working class. BWFJ has tried to create an identity, confidence and political presence of the Black worker and trade union organization in the U.S. South.” BWFJ believes that the struggle against African American national oppression must take on sharper Black working-class and internationalist features. It must put forward a perspective for, and be active in building, a strong rank-and-file democratic and radical labor movement in the U.S. South” [Saladin Muhammad, Black Workers for Justice, Twenty-years of Struggle, Against the Current, No. 101, November/December 2002]. With this, Saladin Muhammad, firmly situates Black Workers for Justice in the continuity and long arc of Black liberation movements that center the Black working class/workers, such as, but not limited to: Ad Hoc. Committee of Concerned Black Steel Workers; the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement; League of Revolutionary Black Workers, to name a few. What you will hear next is Pt. II of our conversation with Baba Saladin Muhammad. Be sure to tap into Pt. I to pick up the flow of our conversation! Saladin Muhammad is an organizer, theoretician, writer. He published a number of articles that explore issues ranging from exposing the structural and systemic racism in labor to ways to understand the interdependence of human rights and Black internationalism. Saladin Muhammad is the co-founder and national chair of Black Workers for Justice and until his retirement, he was an international representative for the United Electrical Workers [UEW]. His praxis has been forged in Black freedom work for than three decades. The idea is not to replicate, but I understand there is a path. To see that there is a way. A way – a genealogy... Our show was produced today in solidarity with the native/indigenous, African, and Afro-descended communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; Ghana; and Ayiti; and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all people. Listen intently. Think deeply. Act accordingly. Enjoy the program!

The third and final part of our discussion on the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, and what came after them.  We also spend some time exploring the exciting world of "just-in-time" manufacturing and logistics and their vulnerable bottlenecks.  But first Bryant explores the Aukerman Podcast Shared Universe Theory. Drop us a line:carsandcomrades@gmail.comFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/cars_and_comrades_podcast/https://twitter.com/CarsAndComradeshttps://www.facebook.com/Cars-Comrades-Podcast-101908671824034https://www.hexbear.net/u/CarsAndComrades All music from the free album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard:https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanalandSources:Detroit: I Do Mind Dyinghttps://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/458-detroit-i-do-mind-dyingFinally Got the Newshttps://vimeo.com/401191043Black Workers in Revolt Pamphlet, by Robert Dudnickhttps://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735061656124/viewer#page/2/mode/2upThe Political Line of the Motor City Labor League (M-L)https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-2/mcll-1/intro.htmDying From the Inside: The Decline of the League of Revolutionary Black Workershttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8n44mvhcdr2ZWY4MDhhZmYtYzEwYy00NmJhLTkzMWYtM2U5YTYxMjIwZmU0/view?hl=en

Part two of our discussion on the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.Brandon also explores the ideologies of Anarcho-Stalinism and Marxism-Bidenism.Part 3 will be out as soon as we're done editing it (hopefully before next week)Drop us a line:carsandcomrades@gmail.comFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/cars_and_comrades_podcast/https://twitter.com/CarsAndComradeshttps://www.facebook.com/Cars-Comrades-Podcast-101908671824034https://www.hexbear.net/u/CarsAndComrades All music from the free album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard:https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanalandSources:Detroit: I Do Mind Dyinghttps://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/458-detroit-i-do-mind-dyingFinally Got the Newshttps://vimeo.com/401191043Black Workers in Revolt Pamphlet, by Robert Dudnickhttps://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735061656124/viewer#page/2/mode/2upThe Political Line of the Motor City Labor League (M-L)https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-2/mcll-1/intro.htmDying From the Inside: The Decline of the League of Revolutionary Black Workershttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8n44mvhcdr2ZWY4MDhhZmYtYzEwYy00NmJhLTkzMWYtM2U5YTYxMjIwZmU0/view?hl=en

Part one of our discussion on the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement.Sorry we're a couple days late releasing this one, we had a scheduling snafu but we're working it out and part 2 will be out sometime in the next week.Drop us a line:carsandcomrades@gmail.comFollow us on social media:https://www.instagram.com/cars_and_comrades_podcast/https://twitter.com/CarsAndComradeshttps://www.facebook.com/Cars-Comrades-Podcast-101908671824034https://www.hexbear.net/u/CarsAndComrades All music from the free album Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard:https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanalandSources:Detroit: I Do Mind Dyinghttps://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/458-detroit-i-do-mind-dyingFinally Got the Newshttps://vimeo.com/401191043Black Workers in Revolt Pamphlet, by Robert Dudnickhttps://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735061656124/viewer#page/2/mode/2upThe Political Line of the Motor City Labor League (M-L)https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/ncm-2/mcll-1/intro.htmDying From the Inside: The Decline of the League of Revolutionary Black Workershttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8n44mvhcdr2ZWY4MDhhZmYtYzEwYy00NmJhLTkzMWYtM2U5YTYxMjIwZmU0/view?hl=en 

Bob and Maureen discuss the political complexities of social media with guest Jon Leidecker of the notorious sound collage group Negativland. Along the way they touch on the automation of automobile production, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement of the 1960s and 70s, and Maureen's experience as a crash test driver for General Motors. 

Postwar American auto work in its heyday is often remembered nostalgically. But in his book Blood Sweat and Fear: Violence at Work in the North American Auto Industry, 1960-1980, historian Jeremy Milloy emphasizes how truly brutal it was, and how the violence of the production process produced violence between workers and managers. Read more about Jeremy's book here: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/63cwe4wq9780252083389.html Read about the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/05/detroit-s-radical-general-baker/ And here: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/07/when-the-unions-the-enemy/ Please subscribe to Jacobin! https://jacobinmag.com/subscribe

The Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of May Day (PM Press, 2007) is a new collection of essays from Peter Linebaugh about the history of May Day. The essays were written for a range of occasions celebrating or otherwise relating to May Day. Collectively, the essays recognize the power of May Day historically and internationally. They reflect on the holiday in relation to a number of historical figures from Native American anarcho-communist Lucy Parsons, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, and Karl Marx to Jose Marti, W. E. B. Du Bois, and SNCC, along with many others. The book also makes an argument for the continued relevance and importance of this workers’ day. In the interview Linebaugh discusses his own background as a child of empire from schooling in London to working as a professor in the United States and living in numerous places in between. He introduces listeners to some of the essays in detail and then generally talks about the importance of May Day historically. He also addresses questions about the continued relevance of the holiday today, including possible lessons for today’s political and economic climate. Christine Lamberson is an Assistant Professor of History at Angelo State University. Her research and teaching focuses on 20thcentury U.S. political and cultural history. She’s currently working on a book manuscript about the role of violence in shaping U.S. political culture in the 1960s and 1970s. She can be reached at clamberson@angelo.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of May Day (PM Press, 2007) is a new collection of essays from Peter Linebaugh about the history of May Day. The essays were written for a range of occasions celebrating or otherwise relating to May Day. Collectively, the essays recognize the power of May Day historically and internationally. They reflect on the holiday in relation to a number of historical figures from Native American anarcho-communist Lucy Parsons, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, and Karl Marx to Jose Marti, W. E. B. Du Bois, and SNCC, along with many others. The book also makes an argument for the continued relevance and importance of this workers’ day. In the interview Linebaugh discusses his own background as a child of empire from schooling in London to working as a professor in the United States and living in numerous places in between. He introduces listeners to some of the essays in detail and then generally talks about the importance of May Day historically. He also addresses questions about the continued relevance of the holiday today, including possible lessons for today’s political and economic climate. Christine Lamberson is an Assistant Professor of History at Angelo State University. Her research and teaching focuses on 20thcentury U.S. political and cultural history. She’s currently working on a book manuscript about the role of violence in shaping U.S. political culture in the 1960s and 1970s. She can be reached at clamberson@angelo.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of May Day (PM Press, 2007) is a new collection of essays from Peter Linebaugh about the history of May Day. The essays were written for a range of occasions celebrating or otherwise relating to May Day. Collectively, the essays recognize the power of May Day historically and internationally. They reflect on the holiday in relation to a number of historical figures from Native American anarcho-communist Lucy Parsons, the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, and Karl Marx to Jose Marti, W. E. B. Du Bois, and SNCC, along with many others. The book also makes an argument for the continued relevance and importance of this workers’ day. In the interview Linebaugh discusses his own background as a child of empire from schooling in London to working as a professor in the United States and living in numerous places in between. He introduces listeners to some of the essays in detail and then generally talks about the importance of May Day historically. He also addresses questions about the continued relevance of the holiday today, including possible lessons for today’s political and economic climate. Christine Lamberson is an Assistant Professor of History at Angelo State University. Her research and teaching focuses on 20thcentury U.S. political and cultural history. She’s currently working on a book manuscript about the role of violence in shaping U.S. political culture in the 1960s and 1970s. She can be reached at clamberson@angelo.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices