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The Take at the Owen Sound Public Library

March 16, 2007

The Grey-Bruce Coalition for Peace and Justice present: The Take, a film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, at the Owen Sound & North Grey Public Library. A moderated discussion to follow the film.the take

There is No Admission Charge.

A bit more about the film (Official Film Site)

Synopsis

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave.

All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - The Take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.

In 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.

But 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.

for more info contact gbpeace@rbhope.ca

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