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DESCRIPTION:FINALLY GOT THE NEWS\n\nA Film by Stewart Bird, Rene Lichtman and Peter 
 Gessner Produced in Association with the League of Revolutionary Black 
 Workers, FINALLY GOT THE NEWS is a forceful, unique documentary that 
 reveals the activities of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers inside 
 and outside the auto factories of Detroit. Through interviews with the 
 members of the movement, footage shot in the auto plants, and footage of 
 leafleting and picketing actions, the film documents their efforts to build 
 an independent black labor organization that, unlike the UAW, will respond 
 to worker's problems, such as the assembly line speed-up and inadequate 
 wages faced by both black and white workers in the industry.\n\nBeginning 
 with a historical montage, from the early days of slavery through the 
 subsequent growth and organization of the working class, FINALLY GOT THE 
 NEWS focuses on the crucial role played by the black worker in the American 
 economy. Also explored is the educational 'tracking' system for both white 
 and black youth, the role of African American women in the labor force, and 
 relations between white and black workers.\n\n"Although most histories of 
 the Civil Rights and Black Power movements give greater attention to [other 
 groups]... the League [of Revolutionary Black Workers] was in many respects 
 the most significant expression of black radical thought and activism in 
 the 1960s. The League took the impetus for Black Power and translated it 
 into a fighting program focusing on industrial workers."—Manning Marable, 
 Director, Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Professor of 
 History, Columbia University\n\n"A classic! Rather than the lock-stepped, 
 black-bereted, leather-jacketed Panther units of other films, FINALLY shows 
 rather ordinary people becoming very angry with the system. Ideological in 
 the best sense: it is a film about ideas [and] presents a serious strategy 
 for mass working class action... It speaks of a specific time and specific 
 experiences in terms that will remain relevant as long as working people 
 are not able to control their own lives."—Dan Georgakas, for 
 Cineaste\n\n"[The League of Revolutionary Black Workers]... was one of the 
 most important radical movements of our century - a movement led by black 
 revolutionaries whose vision of emancipation for all is sorely needed 
 today."—Professor Robin D.G. Kelley, New York University\n\n55 minutes / 
 c/b&w Release Date: 2003 Copyright Date: 1970\n\n[NOTE: Although this film 
 is available as a DVD, it is priced for institutional buyers, not for the 
 home video market, so this may be one of your rare chances to see it. -- 
 Aaron Aarons]\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/20/18487068.php
SUMMARY:League of Revolutionary Black Workers: FINALLY GOT THE NEWS
LOCATION:Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library\n6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 
 94609\nhttp://www.marxistlibr.org/contact.html\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/20/18487068.php
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