Motor City Labor League Explained

The Motor City Labor League or Motor City Labor Coalition was a labor organization based in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. It adhered to a form of Marxism–Leninism and operated under the principle of democratic centralism.

It was the white counterpart of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers.[1]

Besides work in among Detroit's working class, it focused on organizing against the war in Vietnam, supporting radical organizing in local unions, opposition to STRESS, a Detroit police unit known for police brutality. Electorally, it successfully worked to get one of its members, lawyer Justin C. Ravitz, to Detroit's Recorder's Court.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Harris . Paul . Black Rage Confronts the Law . 1999 . NYU Press . 978-0-8147-3592-3 . 112 . en.
  2. Web site: The Political Line of the Motor City Labor League, Introduction . www.marxists.org . 16 May 2020.