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DESCRIPTION:Every July day has Laborfest events, some of which are missing from the red 
 letter listings. This "al fresco" textbook for all of us will teach the 
 importance of a general strike which we need to put an end to the profit 
 motive that is the cause of the budget "crisis" and war. At 7 p.m. at the 
 Oakland Niebyl Proctor Library, we celebrate the 40th anniversary of 
 Italy's "Hot Autumn" with a movie about petrochemical workers who took 
 matters into their own hands. \n\nJuly 24 (Friday) 7:00 PM (Donation) 
 Niebyl Proctor Library - 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland \nFilmWorks United 
 International Working Class Film & Video Festival \nPorto Marghera-The Last 
 Firebrands (2004) 52 min. \nby Manuela Pellarin \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 (electricity, 
 housing, food). \nUnlike most more or less academic accounts of Italian 
 Operaismo (workerism), which tend to focus on high-profile groups and 
 individual leaders, Porto Marghera documents autonomous worker organization 
 from the point of view of the worker-activists themselves, who talk about 
 their experiences in the film. Many aspects and problems of this phase of 
 class struggle are of immediate relevance today.” \n\nTo be followed by a 
 discussion of the strike wave in Italy, sparked by the strike at FIAT’s 
 Mirafiori plant in Turin, that set into motion the “Hot Autumn” and 
 which resulted in nearly a decade of heightened class struggle throughout 
 Italy. \nSee also: \nhttp://www.after1968.org/index.php/screenings/view/3 
 \nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/18/18608757.php
SUMMARY:Film Porto Marghera-The Last Firebrands from Italy
LOCATION:Niebyl Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/07/18/18608757.php
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