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DESCRIPTION:A screening of the Argentinian workers' revolt documentary "The Take." 
 \n\nSynopsis:\n\nIn the wake of Argentina's dramatic economic collapse in 
 2001, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost 
 town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. The Forja auto plant 
 lies dormant until its former employees take action. They're part of a 
 daring new movement of workers who are occupying bankrupt businesses and 
 creating jobs in the ruins of the failed system.\n\nBut Freddy, the 
 president of the new worker's co-operative, and Lalo, the political 
 powerhouse from the Movement of Recovered Companies, know that their 
 success is far from secure. Like every workplace occupation, they have to 
 run the gauntlet of courts, cops and politicians who can either give their 
 project legal protection or violently evict them from the factory.\n\nThe 
 story of the workers' struggle is set against the dramatic backdrop of a 
 crucial presidential election in Argentina, in which the architect of the 
 economic collapse, Carlos Menem, is the front-runner. His cronies, the 
 former owners, are circling: if he wins, they'll take back the companies 
 that the movement has worked so hard to revive.\n\nArmed only with 
 slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face 
 off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved 
 factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale. 
 \n\n(http://www.thetake.org)\n\n((There will be coffee and popcorn.))\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/08/18459236.php
SUMMARY:Movie Night: The Take
LOCATION:924 Gilman St. in Berkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/08/18459236.php
DTSTART:20071116T040000Z
DTEND:20071116T063000Z
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