The Sojourner Truth Organization: Notes Toward a History

By the middle 1970’s, STO concluded that its initial efforts at revolutionary organizing at the point of production had not been successful. Instead of a growing upsurge in working class radicalism, the period of worker insurgency that began in the late 1960’s had instead wound down (partly because of the then-developing process of de-industrialization). One of the hallmarks of STO, however, was its commitment to re-thinking its own assumptions and strategies. In this case, a shift took place that led, among other developments, to a strong focus on anti-imperialism and action in solidarity with third world national liberation efforts (especially those of Puerto Ricans, blacks/New Afrikans, and Iranians). (more…)