The Take - Expropriation in Argentinia (2004)

[TonyGosling]

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. With The Take, director Avi Lewis, one of Canada's most outspoken journalists, and writer Naomi Klein, author of the international bestseller No Logo, champion a radical economic manifesto for the 21st century. But what shines through in the film is the simple drama of workers' lives and their struggle: the demand for dignity and the searing injustice of dignity denied. http://www.thetake.org/

Trailer

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IzHDHqYEwQ

Full length version about an hour and a half
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8149373547373833649

http://www.radio4all.net:8080/files/tony@tlio.org.uk/2149-1-dialect200 90411.mp3

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Argentina's Economic Collapse

Official name: Memoria del Saqueo by Fernando Solanas 2003

Saquear: to sack, plunder

Documentary on the events that led to the economic collapse of Argentina in 2001 which wiped out the middle class and raised the level of poverty to 57.5%.

Central to the collapse was the implementation of neo-liberal policies which enabled the swindle of billions of dollars by foreign banks and corporations. Many of Argentina's assets and resources were shamefully plundered. Its financial system was even used for money laundering by Citibank, Credit Suisse, and JP Morgan. The net result was massive wealth transfers and the impoverishment of society which culminated in many deaths due to oppression and malnutrition.

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Playlist (12 part) - Click Play All Videos
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=FBD7EFAE8BE4F748

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