League of Revolutionary Black Workers
League of Revolutionary Black Workers | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | LRBW |
| Founded | June 1969 |
| Dissolved | June 1971 |
| Preceded by | Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM) |
| Succeeded by | Black Workers Congress Communist League Communist Labor Party |
| Headquarters | Detroit, Michigan |
| Newspaper | Inner City Voice |
| Ideology | Marxism–Leninism Black liberation Communism Trade unionism |
The League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) was formed in 1969 in Detroit, Michigan. The League united multiple revolutionary union movements (RUMs) that were proliferating across the auto industry and other sectors in Detroit where black workers were concentrated. The formation of the LRBW was an attempt to create a single political unit guided by the principles of Black liberation and Marxism-Leninism to achieve concrete gains for black workers. While the LRBW was only in existence for a relatively short time, its presence marked a sharp rise in the militancy and political activism of black workers, and in the growth of black liberation movements in the United States.