The decision opens the way for thousands of Black farmers including those who have lost their farms to join the struggle. It substantially increases the potential to win broader support for this fight for justice. It strikes a powerful blow on behalf of all working farm families.
The movement of Black farmers is an important sign of the coming resurgence of the fight for Black freedom, which included the struggle against police brutality and in defense of affirmative action.
The fight by the Black farmers is part of the struggles of working people against the ravages of the crisis-ridden capitalist system. Striking Steelworkers at Kaiser Aluminum and Titan Tire, coal miners who have walked out in Illinois, farm workers demanding a contract and union recognition in California, and oil workers resisting union-busting frame-ups in Texas are some of the comrades-in-arms of the Black farmers.
Now is the time to step up efforts to get Black farmers to speak at union meetings, on campuses, and in working-class communities across the country. Modest but important steps along these lines can help lay the basis for forging a workers and farmers alliance that's a prerequisite for effective resistance to the bosses' profit drive and for success in the coming struggle to take power out of the hands of the wealthy ruling minority.