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DESCRIPTION:Dust: The Great Asbestos Trial 85 min. 2011 Italy, SF Premiere \nWritten 
 and Directed by: Niccolo Bruna & Andrea Prandstralle. Producer: Enrica 
 Capra\nAfter years of preliminary investigations by Raffaele Guariniello, 
 the “iron prosecuting attorney,” the first great criminal trial against 
 the “Lords of Asbestos” opened in Turin in 2009 and ended with a 
 16-year prison sentence on February 13th, 2012.  All international trials 
 related to asbestos so far had been civil proceedings aimed at awarding 
 refunds to the victims or bringing down the local executives of the 
 companies. The trial of Turin is the biggest environmental case in Europe, 
 with more than 6,000 victims as the plaintiff. Stephan Schmidheiny and 
 Louis Cartier de Marchienne were convicted of “causing a continuing 
 disaster in health and environment” and “willfully neglecting safety 
 regulations in the workplace”. The film explores the current situation of 
 India and Brazil in the light of the tragic trail of deaths provoked by 
 asbestos in Italy in the past.\n\nWe Are Wisconsin 90 min. 2012 SF Premiere 
 By Amie Williams\nAmie Williams has produced a powerful new film “We Are 
 Wisconsin” that shows the strength of the mobilization to defend working 
 people’s rights against Governor Scott Walker, who openly said he wanted 
 to bust the unions. She allows the workers and students to tell their 
 stories about why they were willing to put their lives and jobs on the 
 line. These include a UW-Madison senior, nurse, high school teacher, 
 electrician and others who joined in the occupation of the capitol and the 
 fight to stop Walker’s anti-union legislation.\n The battle in Wisconsin 
 against flagrant union busting Governor Scott Walker was a touchstone for 
 workers not only in Wisconsin but the entire country.\n The ongoing attack 
 on public workers from firefighters to teachers and social workers and 
 their right to organize has come under direct attack. Public workers are 
 being blamed for the economic decline and the attack on their pensions, 
 healthcare and union rights is a cancer spreading out throughout the 
 country.\n The privatization and outsourcing of public services have been 
 the direct result of these political and economic attacks.\n In solidarity 
 with Wisconsin workers and youth, Bay Area ILWU Local 10 longshore workers 
 closed Bay Area ports on April 4, 2011.\n Public workers in the Bay Area 
 will attend and bring in their stories of struggles to defend their jobs, 
 working conditions, and public education and services.\n Northern 
 California public workers will talk about the attacks that they face.\n 
 http://www.wearewisconsinthefilm.com\nSee 
 also\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2012/2012Films.htm#f6\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2012/2012schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/14/18715413.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest:Films-We Are Wisconsin and Dust:The Great Asbestos Trial
LOCATION:Marine Fireman's Hall - 240 2nd St., San Francisco. Buses: 10, 12. All 
 buses and trains on and under Market Street to Second Street or Montgomery 
 St Muni/BART station, then walk 2 blocks South on Second Street. \n\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/06/14/18715413.php
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