Beaten down under increased demands from the bosses but emboldened by the growing unrest in politics and society, autoworkers in the late 60s were beginning to rebel through work slowdowns and wildcat actions. But while this new militancy cut across racial lines, capital’s response did not. Punishment fell overwhelmingly on black workers, and the all-white leadership of the United Auto Workers did little to stop it. Against that backdrop, a group of black Marxists at the Dodge automotive plant formed what would eventually become the League of Revolutionary Black Workers. Professing an explicitly anti-capitalist revolutionary creed, the members LRBW fought for economic and racial justice, against the auto industry, and against their own union.
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