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DESCRIPTION:Porto Marghera-The Last Firebrands (52 min.) Italy 2004\nBy Manuela 
 Pellarin (English subtitles)\n40th Anniversary of Italy’s “Hot 
 Autumn.”\nA film about petrochemical workers who took matters into their 
 own hands in the giant industrial zone engulfing Venice. Porto Marghera 
 documents autonomous workers and their experiences from the point of view 
 of the worker-activists themselves.\n“The mass refusal of literally toxic 
 work forced hours on the job down at the same time as driving wages up. The 
 labour hierarchy that sets white collar against blue, permanent against 
 casual, was attacked by workers insisting on the maximum for everyone. The 
 battle in the factory was linked to working-class life outside through 
 direct appropriation of basic social needs.\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.prol-position.net/nl/2007/08/marghera\n\nTanaka-San Will 
 Not Do Calisthenics (75 min.) 2008 Australia\nBy Maree Delofski\nThis 
 striking film shows the struggle of Japanese Oki Electric Manufacturing 
 worker and singer Tetsuro Tanaka. Tanaka refused to accept the 
 militarization of his job through calisthenics and the mind control of the 
 company. As result, he is harassed and fired by the company. Rather than 
 giving up, he decides to sing every day in front of the factory. He has 
 continued this battle for 28 years, and in the process, has exposed the 
 nature of this corporate management system. Tanaka has been to LaborFest 
 before, and his music continues to ring out. His words “Never import the 
 corporate fascism of Japan!” continue to have 
 meaning.\nhttp://www.tanakafilm.com\nhttp://www.din.or.jp/~okidentt/eigohome.htm\nhttp://unionsong.com/u218.html\n\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.roxie.com/events/\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/16/18601900.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Films: The Last Firebrands from Italy; Film on Japanese workers
LOCATION:Roxie Theatre , 3117 16th St., at Valencia, San Francisco, near 16th St 
 BART\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/06/16/18601900.php
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