The histories of Black working-class struggle, specifically in the South are rooted in radical methodologies that are grounded in the material conditions that are structured by the realities set in racial capitalist logic. Radical Black labor movements are an essential manifestation of the Black liberation struggle. Joe William Trotter, Jr in 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭: 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢, argues that black workers are critical to any discussion of the nation’s productivity, politics, and the future of work in today’s global economy. Yet, too often, popular, journalistic, public policy, and academic analysis treat the black poor and working class as consumers rather than producers, as takers rather than givers, and as liabilities rather than assets” [xv]. Dominant narratives that play out in mainstream media on questions around democracy center the white working class, largely ignoring the role peoples of African descent, women, and other nonwhite workers played and play in the holding the promises of democracy accountable [xv]. From organizational formations ranging from the Colored National Labor Union to the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters [and its vital component the Ladies Auxiliary] to the League of Revolutionary Black Workers to Coalition of Black Trade Unions to Black Workers for Justice, radical organizers such as Dora Jones, Bonita Williams, Esther Cooper Jackson, Claudia Jones, Maida Springer played a vital role in moving the issues of African/a peoples to the level of human rights [𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳: 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴; 𝘖𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 & 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳: 1619-1981]. Today, we present a recent conversation we had with CAUSE, Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment [https://amazoncause.com] where we explore the ways in which CAUSE is identifying its task in this moment of rebellion, a moment that is reverberations of moments before, those moments when African/a peoples sought to restructure the relationships that were forced upon them. We center this conversation in the following terms of engagement, specifically in an effort to provide context and help us think about the current moment while simultaneously laying the groundwork for future moment … this conversation is framed by exploring the terrains of struggle, thinking through the conditions within which CAUSE is developing its practice; what are the continuities or in what way does CAUSE map its praxis into the traditions – or genealogies of radical Black working class struggle; and finally, what is the vision beyond struggle – how are the objectives – the particularities – of the conditions within which CAUSE practice is being developing, connect with a radical imagination needed to move further toward liberation? It is with this, that it is clear to me the work that has been initiated – the processes of collective organization for collective outcome – by CAUSE is essential to the current moment of radical possibilities … the real – the lived realities – that are being addressed at their material-local-level – have global implications! Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; Ghana, Ayiti, and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples! Listen intently. Think critically. Act accordingly. Image: Esther Cooper Jackson, 1969 The Esther Cooper Jackson Book Collection.