The Take in July
The next Liberty Brew & View movie is "The Take" on Tuesday, July 21, 7:00pm, Capital City Bar & Grill, Springfield, Free.
The short synopsis:
In the wake of Argentina’s spectacular economic collapse, Latin America’s most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. Thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory in Buenos Aires, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.""Filmmakers Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein take viewers inside the lives of the workers and their families, who must fight for jobs and their dignity by confronting factory owners, politicians and judges. The result is a real-life political thriller that pits ordinary workers against the local ruling elite and the powerful forces of global capitalism.
I've wanted to show The Take ever since I started Liberty Brew & View. When I read about the recent Republic Windows sit-down strike in Chicago it reminded me of the Argentinian factory workers who used a similar strategy and took it one step further. It's an exciting personal story of the strikers that confronts issues about globalization and job loss that are becoming more important to Americans in the current economy.
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