The Left Black working class has always stood at the intersection of struggle and transformation. Grounded in radical tradition, sharpened by class consciousness, and forged through generations of resistance, it remains a driving force in the ongoing battle against racial capitalism, state violence, and systemic exploitation.

Yet in today’s political moment, the Left Black working class is often sidelined—ignored by mainstream labor movements, tokenized by neoliberal institutions, and vilified by the corporate media. This is no accident. A politically awakened, organized, and militant Black working class threatens the foundation of capitalist order. That is exactly why we must strengthen it.

Historically, the Left Black working class was never simply fighting for inclusion—it fought for liberation. From the sharecroppers who challenged white landowners, to the auto workers who formed the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, to the rank-and-file organizers who resisted both corporate bosses and bureaucratic union leadership, this tradition is rooted in collective power, self-determination, and a vision of socialism from below.

Today, we find ourselves facing new iterations of the same systems. Black workers remain overrepresented in low-wage, no-benefit sectors—from retail and logistics to healthcare and gig work. Public sector rollbacks have weakened one of the few stable labor pipelines for Black communities. And mass incarceration continues to function as a form of social control and labor extraction.

These conditions are not isolated. They are the outcomes of racialized capitalism and bipartisan austerity. The answer isn’t just representation or “diversity”—it’s power. Class power. Organized power. Revolutionary power.

Strengthening the Left Black working class means confronting capitalism and white supremacy as two sides of the same coin. It means rejecting the myth of meritocracy, refusing to be bought off by corporate philanthropy, and building independent institutions that serve the people, not the elite.

Here’s how we move forward:

• Revitalize radical unions that center Black and brown workers and challenge top-down structures.

• Support worker cooperatives and community control of housing, education, and healthcare.

• Expand political education rooted in Black radical traditions—from Du Bois and Claudia Jones to the Combahee River Collective and the Black Panther Party.

• Demand a federal jobs guarantee, reparations, and socialized services that recognize labor as life-making, not profit-making.

• Organize across sectors and struggles—linking wage fights to abolition, environmental justice to housing rights, queer liberation to class struggle.

Strengthening the Left Black working class is not a nostalgic call to the past—it’s a necessary step toward the future. A future where survival isn’t a privilege, where liberation isn’t a slogan, and where the people who make this society run are the ones who decide its direction.

If we are serious about revolution, then we must be serious about power—and that power lies with the organized, conscious, and militant Left Black working class. The time is now.