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Motor City Labor League

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Harris, Paul (1999). Black Rage Confronts the Law. NYU Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8147-3592-3.
  2. ^ "The Political Line of the Motor City Labor League, Introduction". www.marxists.org. Retrieved 16 May 2020.