حقیقت و انقلاب: تاریخ سازمان حقیقت سفر، ۱۹۶۹-۱۹۸۶

In The 1970s And 1980s, As The Movements Of The Sixties Receded From View, The Revolutionary Left In The United States Went Through A Series Of Profound Political, Demographic, And Cultural Transformations As It Struggled To Find Its Footing In A Rapidly Changing World. The Unorthodox Political Agenda Of The Sojourner Truth Organization Represents A Small But Powerfully Resonant Thread Running Through This Arc Of History. Drawing On Detailed Archival Research And Oral Interviews, Truth And Revolution Skillfully Combines Social And Intellectual History Approaches To Shed Light On Both The Theory And The Practice Of Sto. Perhaps Most Famous For Its Theoretical Formulations Of White Skin Privilege, The Group Also Developed A Novel Analysis Of Class Consciousness That Reflected Its Commitment To An Autonomist Marxism. In All The Major Arenas Of Its Work - Factory Organising, Anti-imperialist Solidarity, Anti-nuclear And Anti-fascist Struggles, Among Many Others - Sto Combined A Strategic Assessment Of The Urgent Tasks Facing An Activist Left With A Theoretical Sophistication That Merits Sustained Attention. Historian Michael Staudenmaier Also Includes A Final Chapter Linking The Legacy Of Sto Directly To The Challenges Facing Twenty-first Century Radicals.--publisher's Website. The Working Life. 1969: The Revolution That Didn't Happen ; The Petrograd-detroit Proletariat ; A Science Of Navigation. -- Dreams Found And Lost . Reorganization In Difficult Times ; Iran And Cleveland: Anti-imperialism In Theory And Practice ; The Politics Of Culture And The Culture Of Politics In A Revolutionary Organization. -- The River Is Dry. Building A Tendency, But How? ; Autonomy In Sto: From Dialectics To Diabolics. -- Reading Sto Politically. Michael Staudenmaier. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [335]-347) And Index. >In the 1970s and 1980s, as the movements of the sixties receded from view, the revolutionary left in the United States went through a series of profound political, demographic, and cultural transformations as it struggled to find its footing in a rapidly changing world. The unorthodox political agenda of the Sojourner Truth Organization represents a small but powerfully resonant thread running through this arc of history. Drawing on detailed archival research and oral interviews, ***Truth and Revolution*** skillfully combines social and intellectual history approaches to shed light on both the theory and the practice of STO. Perhaps most famous for its theoretical formulations of white skin privilege, the group also developed a novel analysis of class consciousness that reflected its commitment to an autonomist Marxism. - [publisher](https://www.akpress.org/truthandrevolution.html)

Founded in Chicago in 1969 from the rubble of the recently crumbled SDS, the Sojourner Truth Organization (STO) brought working-class consciousness to the forefront of New Left discourse, sending radicals back into the factories and thinking through the integration of radical politics into everyday realities. Through the influence of founding members like Noel Ignatiev and Don Hamerquist, STO took a Marxist approach to the question of race and revolution, exploring the notion of “white skin privilege,” and helping to lay the groundwork for the discipline of critical race studies.

Michael Staudenmaier is a doctoral candidate in history at the University of Illinois-Urbana.

A poignant, compelling history of one of the most important radical groups you've never heard of