KPFK Conversation Piece with Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionary Black Workers

Conversation Piece 10am PT Saturday, March 7 KPFK 90.7 FM / KPFK.org Today on Conversation Piece…from 838 East 6th Street in the apartheid state, the center of Downtown Los Angeles known as Skid Row…a powerful presentation at Los Angeles Community Action Network better known as LA CAN during their monthly Residential Organizing Committee Meeting moderated by LA CAN Lead Organizer, Adam Smith, for a conversation about building people and community power with former leaders of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman. The League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most important working class movements in US History, based in Detroit, Michigan were 2nd and 3rd generation northerners from the evil Jim Crow South, fought to end the exploitation and poverty of automotive workers against corporations and unions. Authors Jerome Scott and Walda Katz-Fishman describe the rise, the history and formation of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers from 1968 to 1971, challenging both race and class oppression in auto factories and within the United Automobile Workers union. Find Jerome and Walda’s book, Motown and the Making of Working-Class Revolutionaries/ The Story of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers at MotownRevolutionaries.org. For more information about LA CAN’s monthly ROC meetings on the second Friday’s of the month call 213-228-0024 for details. We are taping history today… Welcome to Conversation Piece! MotownRevolutionaries.org Conversation Piece Saturdays 10am PT KPFK.org KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM Santa Barbara 93.7 FM San Diego and 99.5 FM Ridgecrest / China Lake Heard worldwide online streaming anytime and archived at KPFK.org MTASproductions.com