Detroit

by Georgakas, Dan; Surkin, Marvin

• ISBN13: 9781608462216
• ISBN10: 1608462218
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-21
• Publisher: Haymarket Books

Summary

Detroit: I Do Mind Dyingtracks the extraordinary development of the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement and the League of Revolutionary Black Workers as they became two of the landmark political organizations of the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely heralded as one the most important books on the black liberation movement. Marvin Surkinreceived his PHD in political science from New York University and is a specialist in comparative urban politics and social change. He worked at the center of League of Revolutionary Black Workers in Detroit. Dan Georgakasis a writer, historian, and activist with a long-time interest in social movements. He is the author of My Detroit, Growing up Greek and American in Motor City.

Author Biography

Dan Georgakas is a writer, historian, and activist, and co-editor of Solidarity Forever: An Oral History of the IWW, Encyclopedia of the American Left, and The Immigrant Left in the United States. He is a longtime editor of Cineaste magazine and has contributed to numerous film anthologies and journals. Marvin Surkin is a specialist in comparative urban politics and social change. He conducts workshops on Workplace and Community Organizing and Urban Political Economy. He teaches at Long Island University and Ramapo College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xiii
Preface to the Third Edition	p. xv
Introduction to the First Edition	p. 1
A Prologue	p. 9
Inner City Voice	p. 13
Our Thing is Drum	p. 23
We Will Take the Hard Line	p. 43
The League of Revolutionary Black Workers	p. 69
Niggermation at Eldon	p. 85
Finally Got the News	p. 107
Black Workers Congress	p. 131
Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets: Stress	p. 151
Mr. Justin Ravitz, Marxist Judge of Recorder's Court	p. 175
The 54-Hour Week	p. 189
Thirty Years Later	p. 203
The Legacy of Drum: Four Histories	p. 211
Further Reading	p. 235
Index	p. 241
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