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(Avi Lewis): Welcome
to the globalized ghost town.

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This is Argentina.

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It could be anywhere.

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Abandoned factories,
cracked cement,

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rusting machines.

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But in the rubble,

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something's growing.

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Jobs are coming back.

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(Naomi Klein): Actually,
jobs are being taken back.

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(chanting in Spanish)

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The new slogan:

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"Occupy."

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"Resist."

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"Produce."

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THE TAKE

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How long has it been
since you were in here?

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Oh, for me it's been 2 or 3 years.

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They fired me before
the factory closed down.

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I just found my maté cup.

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What's strange is that
there aren't any pigeons.

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Maybe on their last visit
they took the pigeons too.

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This place used to be full
of pigeons.

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(electroacoustic tango
by Gotan Project)

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<i>Argentina</i>

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<i>Buenos Aires</i>

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(Naomi Klein):
Seen from above,

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Buenos Aires still looks
like Europe or North America:

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blinking logos
entice you to buy,

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commanding bank towers
urge you to save and invest.

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(Avi Lewis): But down below,
the banks are encased

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in protective steel,
tattooed with graffiti.

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The scavengers

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wear frayed designer clothing.

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The children,

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who used to eat
American fast food,

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now sort through its garbage.

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This is not just
another poor country,

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but a rich country made poor.

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<i>Buenos Aires</i>

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Vacations by the sea

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The Peron government
delivers on its promises.

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Arriving at the Miramar resort are
tourists of all ages and both sexes,

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who are going to have a happy
vacation by the sea.

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(Naomi Klein): Fifty years ago,

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Argentina was climbing
towards the First World,

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an up-and-coming country
like Canada or Australia.

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Juan Peron, the military man

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who ruled Argentina
in the golden years,

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built the country on the model
used in Europe

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and North America:
huge public works

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and a made-in-Argentina
factory economy.

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The result

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was the most prosperous
middle-class in Latin America.

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(Avi Lewis):
Fast forward to the 1990s

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and the reign
of President Carlos Menem.

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He also transformed Argentina,
but this time,

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according to the rule book

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of the International
Monetary Fund.

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Menem imposed every
business-friendly policy in it,

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all at one time:

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downsizing, corporate handouts

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and selling off
every public asset

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he could find.

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In Argentina, they just called
it<i>el modelo,</i>the model.

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And Washington approved.

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- Argentina is truly
in a way...

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<i>Michel Camdessus</i>
<i>Managing director, IMF</i>

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...to enter the new century
in a very, very solid basis.

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(Avi Lewis): Wrong.

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Menem's miracle
turned into a disaster.

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Half the country

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slid below the poverty line.

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He had created
a capitalist Wild West.

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While people were trapped
without work,

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money was free to travel.

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(sirens wailing)

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And when Argentina's currency

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started to drop,
that's exactly what happened.

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Multinational banks

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whisked 40-billion dollars
out of the country in cash,

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in the dead of night.

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There were no regulations left
to stop them.

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The government panicked

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and froze all bank accounts
in the country.

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So ordinary Argentines
watched the wealthy

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get their money offshore,

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while they were locked out
of their own life savings.

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That didn't go over well.

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(chanting)

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(Klein): Soon, millions
were pouring into the streets,

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chanting,
<i>"Que se vayan todos!"</i>

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"All of them must go."

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And they very nearly
got their wish.

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Argentina went through
five presidents

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in only three weeks.

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And in the very same month
that Enron declared bankruptcy,

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so did Argentina, the largest
sovereign-debt default

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in world history.

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(Lewis): A country
refusing to pay its debt,

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banks, locking people

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out of their own accounts...

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The basic rules of capitalism

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were being broken
by the system itself.

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So the target

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of Argentina's uprising

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was not a particular
politician or policy.

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People were rejecting

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the whole model.

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(chanting in Spanish)

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(Klein): Which is exactly
what's been happening

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around the world,
from Seattle

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to South Africa.
These economic policies

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are global,
and so is the resistance.

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(Lewis): As a couple
of activist-journalists,

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we've been shuttling between
the riot cops and the TV lights,

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breathing tear gas by day
and hot air by night.

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There was the right to protest
at the sight.

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- And 600 people were arrested
in Washington.

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- Those people were arrested
and were scooped up in one go!

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(all speaking at once)

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- Do people get caught in the
crossfire? Of course they do.

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- My guest today
is a leading figure

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in the antiglobalization
movement.

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Apart from protests,
what's she got to offer?

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- I think these economic
policies have been disastrous

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and I challenge you to give me
an example of a country--

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- But you're not giving us
any alternatives.

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For every evil that you cite,
there are good things.

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- You ask me about alternatives

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and I think that the alternative
is to allow people--

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- You just cite me another evil.
(Klein): He never did

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let me finish a sentence,
but he had a good point.

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There's only so much
protesting can accomplish.

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At a certain point,

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you have to talk about
what you're fighting for.

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(Lewis): So we decided
to shut up for a while.

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Our opponents wanted
alternatives, so did we.

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We heard rumours
of a new kind of economy

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emerging in Argentina.

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With hundreds
of factories closing,

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waves of workers
were locking themselves inside

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and running the workplaces
on their own, with no bosses.

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Where we come from,
a closed factory

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is just an inevitable effect
of the model,

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the end of the story.

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In Argentina today,
it's just the beginning.

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If you want to get your factory
back, guys, get your asses in gear.

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You're owed 3.2 million pesos
in unpaid wages.

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Let's pressure them with that.

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The factory is worth 3.6 million.

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They're offering half a million.
This is ridiculous.

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Let's keep the factory and
forget the money they owe us.

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We have to think about this,
about the takeover.

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Because you've seen that
they already want to sell the trucks,

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with the excuse of paying
for the security.

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But that's just an excuse.

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We won't let them,
we won't let it happen.

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They're taking the heart out of
this factory so we can't start it up.

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I didn't work here.

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I'm from the National Movement
of Recovered Companies.

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You were the workers
at this factory.

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You're the ones who will get
the jobs back.

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This may sound like a jingle
to you, but it's not a jingle.

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The National Movement of
Recovered Factories has a slogan:

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Occupy,

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Resist,

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and Produce.

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I worked for 15 years in
this factory as a tool and die maker.

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My monthly salary was $1200,
it was really good money.

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Today I don't have that.

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(Klein):
It's been three years

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since Freddy Espinosa and his
co-workers watched the closing

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of this auto-parts factory
called Forja San Martin.

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Today, the plant
is full of ghosts,

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the workers and their families
are haunted.

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Thanks to Forja
we have this house.

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For some people it may be
nothing, but to us it's everything.

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It used to be that the money
I made I could spend on myself.

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I used to buy perfume, creams,
makeup and clothes.

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We had credit cards.

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Well, we both worked but
we would enjoy what we earned.

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I think it's been a year since
we've gone anywhere.

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It's been some time.

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They don't even remember what
a McDonalds Happy Meal looks like.

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Before we weren't worried
but now we are.

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And what I earn now
doesn't cover it all.

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It covers food or the debts.

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If I pay the debts
the girls don't eat.

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If the girls eat, I don't pay
the debts.

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I prefer not to pay the debts,
so they build up...

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(Lewis): It's a familiar
story in factory towns

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around the world.
But Freddy and his co-workers

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are determined
to change the ending.

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They formed a cooperative
and won permission

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from the bankruptcy court
to inspect the factory.

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They're looking for evidence

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that the former owners

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have been secretly selling off
the contents.

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If it's true, they have a case

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for taking over the plant
and running it themselves.

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This is big, brother.

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How could we be suffering
and going hungry...

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when such a huge place is just
sitting here, closed?

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Look, there's even cobwebs.

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You know which cable
is missing?

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Remember the one that we put
there for the crane?

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That's the one that's missing.

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This used to be completely full.

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Here you can see the outlines,

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and in the other warehouse as well,

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there were containers full
of raw materials.

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Now there isn't one.
Not a single one.

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They all disappeared.

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It's a disaster.

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You know what worries me?
There aren't any pigeons.

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This place used to be filled
with pigeons.

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- They must have died of sadness
- Of hunger.

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But this is a sin.

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It's been 3 years since
they fired me,

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and I haven't found another job.

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Now I come and I see
the things in my locker,

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like the drawings that my son did.

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It makes me feel bad to see
all of this shut down.

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I don't know what else to tell you,

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everything's dirty.

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In the cooperative,

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we'll all be administrators.

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I'll check on what he does,
and he'll check on me.

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Of course we're going to have
to be more conscientious,

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and not be too bourgeois,
like before under the boss.

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When you would duck into a corner
for a break whenever you could.

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Now, no. If a light is on,
turn it off if it's not necessary.

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The salaries will all be equal.

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There won't be exaggerated
salaries like there were before,

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which was one of the things
that caused all this.

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In the community of San Martin,
on this day, March 7th.

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We have found a significant
number of things missing.

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Which is why our assembly
has decided, by a majority,

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that from this date, we will
guard the factory permanently,

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in order to protect the premises,

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and stop the factory
from being emptied out.

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Now everything depends
on the judge.

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That's why we're staying here.
From today until...

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Until they kick us out.

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Until they kick us out.

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(Klein): We stay with them
for the first few days

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as the workers
move into the factory

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and hope
that they can convince the judge

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to let them start the machines.

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We don't know how to do this.

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We're just learning.

252
00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:41,791
Our goal is to get to where other
recovered companies are today.

253
00:17:44,596 --> 00:17:48,088
Those who went through the same
struggle that we are facing now.

254
00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:50,158
Like Zanon Ceramics.

255
00:17:51,303 --> 00:17:55,171
Zanon is our inspiration.
I think we'll get there.

256
00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:59,967
"Forja San Martin: Occupied Factory"

257
00:18:04,817 --> 00:18:07,945
"Zanon Ceramics:
Belongs to the Workers"

258
00:18:17,930 --> 00:18:19,295
(Lewis): Zanon Ceramics.

259
00:18:19,364 --> 00:18:21,491
After two years
under worker control,

260
00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:24,730
it's the granddaddy
of this new movement.

261
00:18:31,009 --> 00:18:34,672
Today, the factory's
in production, with 300 workers.

262
00:18:34,746 --> 00:18:38,182
Decisions are made
in assemblies;

263
00:18:38,250 --> 00:18:40,775
one worker, one vote.

264
00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:43,287
Everyone gets
exactly the same salary.

265
00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:48,454
(Klein):
It wasn't always like this.

266
00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:50,461
A couple of years ago,

267
00:18:50,529 --> 00:18:54,124
the owner claimed that the plant
was no longer profitable,

268
00:18:54,199 --> 00:18:56,133
that it had to be shut down.

269
00:18:56,201 --> 00:18:58,965
The workers
refused to accept that fate.

270
00:18:59,037 --> 00:19:02,006
They argued that the company

271
00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:05,703
owed so much to the community,
in debts and public subsidies,

272
00:19:05,777 --> 00:19:08,143
that it now belonged
to everyone.

273
00:19:10,282 --> 00:19:13,046
In the Menem years,
the Zanon factory

274
00:19:13,118 --> 00:19:15,518
had received millions
in corporate welfare

275
00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:17,714
and the owner
still ran up huge debts.

276
00:19:17,789 --> 00:19:20,587
Now that his workers
have restarted the machines,

277
00:19:20,659 --> 00:19:22,217
he's back.

278
00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:24,262
Are you gonna get
your factory back?

279
00:19:24,329 --> 00:19:27,298
<i>Luis Zanon</i>
<i>Owner Zanon Ceramics</i>

280
00:19:27,366 --> 00:19:29,095
I'm going to get it back.

281
00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:31,136
How are you gonna do it?

282
00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:35,669
The government will
give it back to me.

283
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:40,174
The government will
give it back to me.

284
00:19:43,115 --> 00:19:46,380
(Lewis): That means
the workers can never rest.

285
00:19:46,451 --> 00:19:48,942
They keep a 24-hour guard
at the factory

286
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,716
and everyone's
equipped with a slingshot,

287
00:19:50,789 --> 00:19:53,349
in case the police show up.

288
00:19:56,995 --> 00:19:58,929
(Klein): Their struggle
against authority

289
00:19:58,997 --> 00:20:02,262
has even won them fans in one of
Argentina's biggest rock bands;

290
00:20:02,334 --> 00:20:04,359
Bersuit is in town,

291
00:20:04,436 --> 00:20:08,304
and the band is dedicating its
show to the workers of Zanon.

292
00:20:08,774 --> 00:20:12,403
What the guys in Zanon did,

293
00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:15,241
fighting against the police,

294
00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:20,615
with just marbles,

295
00:20:20,686 --> 00:20:22,551
like when we were
kids with slingshots,

296
00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:24,054
against real weapons,

297
00:20:24,122 --> 00:20:25,384
they took over the factory.

298
00:20:25,457 --> 00:20:29,052
(Lewis): But as we discovered
walking down main street,

299
00:20:29,127 --> 00:20:30,617
Zanon's real weapon

300
00:20:30,696 --> 00:20:32,755
is the support of the community.

301
00:20:33,999 --> 00:20:35,990
A little question...

302
00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:40,903
What do you think of the Zanon
plant under worker control?

303
00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:44,067
That it works better than
under the former owners.

304
00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:48,143
Because at least people
are working.

305
00:20:48,213 --> 00:20:50,204
The tiles are cheaper...

306
00:20:50,282 --> 00:20:53,547
and the future is brighter than
it was under the owners.

307
00:20:53,619 --> 00:20:56,554
All they did was get subsidies
from the state - nothing else.

308
00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:58,556
And they kept the money
for themselves.

309
00:20:59,558 --> 00:21:03,085
All I know is that the community
supports them 100 percent.

310
00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:07,864
Because they're not stealing,
they're not killing anyone.

311
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:12,063
On the contrary - they're
working to feed their families.

312
00:21:13,038 --> 00:21:18,499
There are many companies that
should be in the hands of the workers.

313
00:21:19,378 --> 00:21:22,939
But it seems that this is not
politically convenient.

314
00:21:23,548 --> 00:21:25,345
That's the real problem.

315
00:21:26,485 --> 00:21:30,683
And now that we are in production...

316
00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:34,283
Mr. Zanon, you can kiss our asses!

317
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,590
(Klein): What do you think
of the slogan of the workers?

318
00:21:37,663 --> 00:21:41,326
Which is <i>"Zanon es del pueblo, "</i>
"Zanon is of the people."

319
00:21:42,701 --> 00:21:44,100
What can I say?

320
00:21:44,169 --> 00:21:48,230
It's not true,
it's not of the people.

321
00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:52,073
The investment was mine,
all the work was mine.

322
00:21:52,144 --> 00:21:55,477
I put in everything.
It can't be "of the people".

323
00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:57,310
(Lewis):
You're standing in front

324
00:21:57,382 --> 00:22:00,010
of 90-million dollars' worth
of factory, which you...

325
00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:02,952
<i>Raul Godoy</i>
<i>Zanon Union Leader</i>

326
00:22:03,021 --> 00:22:05,546
... and your companeros have taken
over for your own benefit.

327
00:22:05,624 --> 00:22:07,558
We have a word for that.
It's called "stealing."

328
00:22:07,626 --> 00:22:09,685
- Uh-huh.

329
00:22:09,761 --> 00:22:12,025
There's another word:

330
00:22:12,097 --> 00:22:13,792
Expropriation.

331
00:22:13,865 --> 00:22:16,026
And that's what we're going for.

332
00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:19,862
(Klein): The Zanon workers
have gathered

333
00:22:19,938 --> 00:22:21,735
thousands of signatures
supporting their demand

334
00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:23,934
for definitive expropriation.

335
00:22:24,042 --> 00:22:27,273
They donate tiles
to local hospitals and schools.

336
00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:34,150
(Lewis): And Zanon's
community building has paid off.

337
00:22:34,219 --> 00:22:36,153
Since the worker's takeover,

338
00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:38,849
they've fought off
six separate eviction orders.

339
00:22:38,924 --> 00:22:41,620
Each time,
thousands of supporters

340
00:22:41,693 --> 00:22:44,423
have flocked to the factory,
set up defences

341
00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:46,794
and been ready
to put their bodies

342
00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:48,833
between the machines
and the police.

343
00:22:52,170 --> 00:22:55,697
Each time, the judge's trustees
have retreated,

344
00:22:55,774 --> 00:22:57,742
leaving the factory
under worker control.

345
00:22:57,809 --> 00:22:59,777
For now, Zanon really is

346
00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:01,938
the property of the people.

347
00:23:04,416 --> 00:23:06,543
Here comes the explosion

348
00:23:08,086 --> 00:23:10,020
Here comes the explosion

349
00:23:11,423 --> 00:23:13,448
Of my guitar

350
00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:14,549
And your government

351
00:23:14,626 --> 00:23:16,253
As well.

352
00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:41,815
"Zanon belongs to the people:
Support the workers"

353
00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:50,424
(electroacoustic tango
by Gotan Project)

354
00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:55,599
(Klein):
More than 15,000 people

355
00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:57,828
work in occupied businesses
in Argentina

356
00:23:57,903 --> 00:24:00,838
and the number of takeovers
is doubling every year.

357
00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:05,199
(Lewis): Expropriated businesses
aren't new.

358
00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:06,835
Think Russia.

359
00:24:06,912 --> 00:24:08,846
Think Cuba.

360
00:24:08,914 --> 00:24:12,645
But what sets this model apart,
is that it isn't being imposed

361
00:24:12,717 --> 00:24:14,878
from on higher
by a socialist state,

362
00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:17,444
or run by bureaucrats.

363
00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:19,456
It's bubbling up from below -

364
00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:21,492
factory by factory,
shop by shop.

365
00:24:23,762 --> 00:24:26,595
Workers, without ideology,
without trying to prove anything,

366
00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:29,065
<i>Luis Zamora</i>
<i>Member of Parliament</i>

367
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:32,399
out of necessity, are putting
factories back to work.

368
00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:36,464
It's exactly what Capitalism, every
day, tries to prove is impossible.

369
00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:38,907
Bosses are supposed
to be indispensable.

370
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,241
(Klein):
And it's not just factories.

371
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,408
Instituto Comunicationes
Private School

372
00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:49,511
Instituto Comunicationes
Private School
Under Worker Control

373
00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:52,556
Clinica Medrano
Health Clinic

374
00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:56,287
Clinica Medrano
Health Clinic
Under Worker Control

375
00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:05,334
What we've learned is
that in a business,

376
00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:08,463
participatory democracy
is more efficient.

377
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:12,374
Because if you vote often,

378
00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:14,378
you get used to winning,

379
00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:17,609
but you also get used to losing.

380
00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:21,118
Also you learn to accept
the decision of the majority.

381
00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:31,660
Astillero Almirante Brown
Shipbuilding -
Under Worker Control

382
00:25:33,498 --> 00:25:38,299
Ghelco
Ice Cream Factory -
Under Worker Control

383
00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:49,409
Brukman
Suit Factory -
Under Worker Control

384
00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:52,675
We pay ourselves a fair salary.

385
00:25:53,952 --> 00:25:56,887
We discuss how much money
we have, how much to save,

386
00:25:56,955 --> 00:25:58,252
and how much to take.

387
00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:02,356
For us as workers,
accounting is easy.

388
00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:05,658
I don't know why it's so hard
for the bosses...

389
00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:08,631
to pay salaries, buy materials,
and pay the bills.

390
00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:11,931
For me it's easy -
you add and subtract.

391
00:26:23,348 --> 00:26:25,680
(Klein): And now, there's
a new addition to the movement:

392
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:28,014
fresh from their takeover,
the Forja workers

393
00:26:28,086 --> 00:26:30,714
go to their first meeting
of recovered companies.

394
00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:32,814
How are you?

395
00:26:32,891 --> 00:26:34,722
How's it going?

396
00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:39,559
Are you inside already?

397
00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:48,804
Get him to tell you
what happened here.

398
00:26:48,873 --> 00:26:50,670
He's one of the pioneers
of this movement.

399
00:26:50,742 --> 00:26:53,870
He's complaining a lot about
the attitude of some of the companeros.

400
00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:55,776
Here's what bothers me:

401
00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:59,305
You break your back, 30 or 40
guys from the very beginning.

402
00:26:59,384 --> 00:27:02,182
Then the rest come and say
"okay, I'm part of the cooperative."

403
00:27:02,253 --> 00:27:03,242
"I want a job."

404
00:27:03,321 --> 00:27:04,549
No no no.

405
00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:06,147
If there's not enough work for all,

406
00:27:06,224 --> 00:27:08,385
then the first 40 get priority.

407
00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:09,950
Who decides that?

408
00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:12,087
The assembly, the assembly.

409
00:27:12,163 --> 00:27:15,564
If you can do it,
take a militant attitude,

410
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:17,124
beyond just being a worker.

411
00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:19,762
That you are making history.

412
00:27:22,741 --> 00:27:27,235
My name's Freddy Espinosa,
president of Forja San Martin,

413
00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:28,404
an auto parts plant.

414
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:33,782
In the name of Forja, I'm grateful
for all the help you can give.

415
00:27:34,552 --> 00:27:37,544
I think we are all in need
in this process.

416
00:27:37,622 --> 00:27:43,151
I was quite naive - I kept
giving dates to my family.

417
00:27:43,228 --> 00:27:45,924
I told them, "hold on a month
until December 14th."

418
00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:48,158
December 14 arrived: nothing.

419
00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:50,224
"Hold on until January 14th."

420
00:27:50,301 --> 00:27:51,563
January 14th arrived: nothing.

421
00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:54,802
I have a daughter who is seven
and she asks me every day,

422
00:27:54,873 --> 00:27:56,898
"Papa, don't you work?"

423
00:27:57,909 --> 00:28:00,377
And I don't know how
to explain it to her.

424
00:28:02,914 --> 00:28:05,883
Sometimes it crosses my mind
to just give up everything.

425
00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:09,815
Lalo tells me to hang in there,
we're almost there.

426
00:28:10,355 --> 00:28:11,879
But it's hard.

427
00:28:15,126 --> 00:28:17,822
There were days when
all we had was...

428
00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:19,796
eggplant and fried potatoes.

429
00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:21,991
I swear, on my children.

430
00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:38,006
Unfortunately, I thought that
this process would be shorter.

431
00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:42,815
I know most of you
went through this but...

432
00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:47,022
I just wanted to tell you my story.

433
00:28:54,332 --> 00:28:57,028
(cheering and applause)

434
00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:06,309
This movement of recovered
companies...

435
00:29:06,377 --> 00:29:09,835
...has become something
serious.

436
00:29:09,914 --> 00:29:13,907
We're almost 200 companies,
with thousands of jobs recovered.

437
00:29:16,521 --> 00:29:19,547
It's a dignified struggle,
full of beautiful experiences.

438
00:29:20,458 --> 00:29:22,358
But we have a big obstacle.

439
00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:27,831
The same people who dragged us
into misery and unemployment,

440
00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:32,028
those who took everything from us,

441
00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:35,004
are now trying to come back.

442
00:29:35,073 --> 00:29:37,268
And for us it's a major threat.

443
00:29:38,977 --> 00:29:41,502
I know some people
are angry at me...

444
00:29:41,579 --> 00:29:45,413
... because they feel I haven't
given them all I could.

445
00:29:46,584 --> 00:29:48,882
And they are right.

446
00:29:48,953 --> 00:29:51,513
But I was also angry.

447
00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:54,484
God made me face pain.

448
00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:57,027
I confronted adversity.

449
00:29:57,095 --> 00:29:58,892
I was on my knees.

450
00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,453
Now I'm on my feet.

451
00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:02,898
So let's go!

452
00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:05,527
Menem, the third presidency.

453
00:30:06,738 --> 00:30:08,899
The historical one.

454
00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:12,275
(Klein): Yeah, Menem's back.

455
00:30:12,343 --> 00:30:13,810
He's had a rough time

456
00:30:13,878 --> 00:30:15,277
since he left power.

457
00:30:15,346 --> 00:30:17,314
At one point,
he was under house arrest

458
00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:19,577
on corruption charges.

459
00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:22,347
But now, the interim government
has called early elections

460
00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:25,856
and the man who sold the country
has emerged from hiding

461
00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:28,586
to throw his hat in the ring.

462
00:30:29,194 --> 00:30:31,856
We will impose order.

463
00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:34,899
We will saturate the streets
of the Republic.

464
00:30:35,533 --> 00:30:39,162
We will enforce respect
for the State of Law.

465
00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:44,174
Among other things,
the right to private property.

466
00:30:52,917 --> 00:30:54,282
If Menem wins,

467
00:30:54,352 --> 00:30:59,984
there's no way we'll get to run
this factory ourselves.

468
00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:03,986
Menem is like the factory owner.

469
00:31:05,163 --> 00:31:07,631
They represent the same interests.

470
00:31:08,299 --> 00:31:11,097
Rich impresarios,
poor factories and workers.

471
00:31:12,237 --> 00:31:16,071
Rich politicians, and
the people dying of hunger.

472
00:31:17,442 --> 00:31:19,603
They're the same,
the same interests.

473
00:31:19,677 --> 00:31:21,872
And they protect each other.

474
00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:27,113
- What is your relationship
with Menem lately?

475
00:31:28,553 --> 00:31:33,456
I spoke to him,
I visited him in prison.

476
00:31:34,192 --> 00:31:37,127
We saw each other after he got out.

477
00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:40,494
He told me: 'I will change
everything.

478
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,795
I'll give you back your factory.'

479
00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:58,048
We have an occupied business
here - we're unemployed workers.

480
00:31:58,616 --> 00:32:01,881
We're not going to take
propaganda...

481
00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:04,319
...from a guy like Menem,
who swindled the whole country.

482
00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:08,621
We're ripping these down so
people don't have to read this shit.

483
00:32:11,529 --> 00:32:13,861
(Klein): But Menem
has a powerful card to play:

484
00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,298
he ruled the country
during an economic boom.

485
00:32:16,367 --> 00:32:19,200
That means
he can sell nostalgia.

486
00:32:19,270 --> 00:32:21,204
Vote Menem and he'll bring back

487
00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:23,900
the good old days
of '90s über-capitalism.

488
00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:25,943
Drinks all around.

489
00:32:27,845 --> 00:32:31,042
Come back Carlos,
come back now!

490
00:32:31,582 --> 00:32:34,244
Come back Carlos,
come back now!

491
00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:36,310
Come back Menem...

492
00:32:36,387 --> 00:32:39,845
...to live in the new Argentina!

493
00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:48,596
(Lewis): Menem's main rival
in the race is Nestor Kirchner,

494
00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:51,601
an obscure state governor
from Patagonia.

495
00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:54,695
A win by Kirchner could save
the occupied factories

496
00:32:54,772 --> 00:32:57,104
from the crackdown
that Menem is promising.

497
00:32:57,175 --> 00:33:00,338
But many in the movement
see the entire election circus

498
00:33:00,411 --> 00:33:02,276
as a distraction

499
00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:04,542
from the real work of building
an alternative economy.

500
00:33:06,017 --> 00:33:11,319
This says: "Our dreams don't
fit on your ballots."

501
00:33:11,389 --> 00:33:14,358
And that's what I feel.

502
00:33:14,425 --> 00:33:17,155
That's what brought me to
the decision not to vote.

503
00:33:17,462 --> 00:33:20,363
(Klein): Maty is new
at Zanon Ceramics.

504
00:33:20,431 --> 00:33:23,889
Hers is one of the first jobs
created under worker control.

505
00:33:25,970 --> 00:33:28,268
She was hired, along with
several other young activists,

506
00:33:28,339 --> 00:33:30,933
from the local movement
of the unemployed.

507
00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:34,843
They live in neighbourhoods
where the jobless rate is 60%.

508
00:33:36,247 --> 00:33:39,876
This is the porcelain workshop,

509
00:33:39,951 --> 00:33:43,751
one of the many our organization
runs for the unemployed.

510
00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:49,588
Maty's part
of a new impatience,

511
00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:51,651
one we've seen around the world.

512
00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:54,530
Not only to say "no" to eviction...

513
00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:59,434
But also to go to the legislature
and say "approve our bill now."

514
00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:00,801
It's been a year already.

515
00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:04,034
Let's go on the offensive.

516
00:34:04,108 --> 00:34:07,168
If we say, "please, don't evict
us," we're dead.

517
00:34:07,245 --> 00:34:09,770
Forget polite government
lobbying.

518
00:34:09,847 --> 00:34:13,339
It's all about direct action
and direct democracy.

519
00:34:14,352 --> 00:34:16,912
From the moment we got together,

520
00:34:16,988 --> 00:34:20,515
we were able to get
this factory in production.

521
00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:24,118
And now it's a national
movement.

522
00:34:25,029 --> 00:34:27,930
In our last national meeting,

523
00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:30,991
it was clear that a new
politics is emerging.

524
00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:36,003
And more than just feeling
part of it,

525
00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:38,235
we feel like pioneers.

526
00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:41,069
(heartbeat)

527
00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:47,813
My baby's not going to
believe in a saviour.

528
00:34:47,885 --> 00:34:51,719
I don't know what he'll believe later,

529
00:34:51,789 --> 00:34:54,917
but what I'll try to teach him
is that he can do it on his own.

530
00:34:54,992 --> 00:34:58,359
And that he doesn't have
to follow anyone.

531
00:34:58,429 --> 00:35:01,796
No political boss, king, or saviour.

532
00:35:08,306 --> 00:35:10,297
(Lewis):
Here's the true threat

533
00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:13,810
to the fragile new politics of
the occupied-factory movement:

534
00:35:16,547 --> 00:35:19,607
behind the candidates,
the bosses and the courts,

535
00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:22,244
is the culture
of the old politics itself.

536
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:26,723
The party machines in Argentina
take the very same people

537
00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:29,954
who are the casualties
of the economic model

538
00:35:30,027 --> 00:35:32,791
and pay them to help elect
the same old politicians.

539
00:35:34,832 --> 00:35:37,164
With so much of the country
facing starvation,

540
00:35:37,235 --> 00:35:40,568
the going price
is a sandwich and a Coke.

541
00:35:42,907 --> 00:35:45,205
Maty knows
all about this process.

542
00:35:45,276 --> 00:35:49,007
It has a way of showing up
in her own backyard.

543
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,708
(speaking Spanish)

544
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:59,053
That son of a bitch Menem,
I don't even want to see him.

545
00:36:01,092 --> 00:36:03,117
Of course we don't want
to see him.

546
00:36:03,794 --> 00:36:05,557
Kirchner.

547
00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:07,154
Even less.

548
00:36:07,999 --> 00:36:09,899
What are you doing with
that thing?

549
00:36:09,967 --> 00:36:11,229
Kirchner.

550
00:36:12,537 --> 00:36:14,732
There are lots like him.

551
00:36:14,805 --> 00:36:16,238
They have "Kirchner"
stickers...

552
00:36:17,141 --> 00:36:19,371
...because they're paid
15 pesos a day,

553
00:36:21,078 --> 00:36:25,242
to be politically active
and round up votes.

554
00:36:25,316 --> 00:36:26,715
Today he has a Kirchner
sticker,

555
00:36:26,784 --> 00:36:28,945
last week he was putting up
Menem posters.

556
00:36:30,488 --> 00:36:33,685
I don't blame him: I blame
the person who hires him.

557
00:36:34,992 --> 00:36:39,588
That's the jerk who's screwing him.

558
00:36:40,665 --> 00:36:42,394
But there's a...

559
00:36:42,466 --> 00:36:44,457
Ah... you noticed it.

560
00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:47,834
What about that in your house?
<i>en tu casa?</i>

561
00:36:47,905 --> 00:36:50,430
What's this doing in my house?

562
00:36:50,508 --> 00:36:53,841
One of the jerks I criticize,
who hires guys like him,

563
00:36:53,911 --> 00:36:55,003
is my mom.

564
00:36:56,581 --> 00:36:58,674
Hi boys, how are you?

565
00:37:02,186 --> 00:37:05,053
Canadians. A bunch of Canadians.

566
00:37:06,157 --> 00:37:07,749
Welcome guys, welcome.

567
00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:09,950
I'm a Peronist.

568
00:37:11,963 --> 00:37:14,158
We have a Peronist family.

569
00:37:15,766 --> 00:37:18,530
The one who presides over
this house is Evita.

570
00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:23,366
What I want, what I need,

571
00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:26,774
I'm not going to get by voting.

572
00:37:26,844 --> 00:37:29,039
No, I don't understand it.

573
00:37:29,113 --> 00:37:31,445
I don't understand not voting.

574
00:37:38,589 --> 00:37:40,113
(Lewis): We can relate
to the tension

575
00:37:40,191 --> 00:37:42,250
between Maty and Anna.

576
00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:44,226
For Maty,

577
00:37:44,295 --> 00:37:46,957
government has always been
a force that tears things down

578
00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:48,862
and sells them off.

579
00:37:48,933 --> 00:37:51,401
But Anna,
like our parents' generation,

580
00:37:51,469 --> 00:37:54,905
remembers a time when government
was about building things.

581
00:37:54,972 --> 00:37:57,805
A national project,
a strong public sphere.

582
00:37:58,442 --> 00:38:00,603
Girls, go with Pachi.

583
00:38:00,778 --> 00:38:02,405
And for Anna,

584
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,812
that vision of social change
hasn't changed.

585
00:38:05,883 --> 00:38:08,044
Well, that's it Pachi,
you're in charge.

586
00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:09,586
Go straight there.

587
00:38:10,521 --> 00:38:13,684
Be alert on the bus:
don't get lost!

588
00:38:13,924 --> 00:38:16,859
Making his entrance now...

589
00:38:18,829 --> 00:38:23,198
the candidate for president
of all Argentines...

590
00:38:26,604 --> 00:38:28,435
Nestor Kirchner.

591
00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:31,669
The next president of Argentina.

592
00:38:31,742 --> 00:38:34,267
The time has come to produce.

593
00:38:34,345 --> 00:38:36,108
The time has come to work.

594
00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:38,774
The time has come
for workers to be valued.

595
00:38:38,849 --> 00:38:43,946
The time for auctioning off
our patrimony and our dignity is over.

596
00:38:44,021 --> 00:38:45,852
Thank you very much.

597
00:38:45,923 --> 00:38:49,256
(military marching song)

598
00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:54,294
Peron, Peron, how great you are!

599
00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:58,461
My general, how precious too!

600
00:38:58,536 --> 00:39:02,233
Peron, Peron, great leader!

601
00:39:02,306 --> 00:39:05,969
You are first among workers.

602
00:39:11,148 --> 00:39:13,241
(Klein): So much nostalgia

603
00:39:13,317 --> 00:39:15,615
for a time
when everyone had a job,

604
00:39:15,686 --> 00:39:17,950
an education, a future.

605
00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:21,048
But Peron's golden age
was a pyramid.

606
00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:22,717
All power and benefit

607
00:39:22,793 --> 00:39:26,058
flowed down
from the saviour at the top.

608
00:39:26,130 --> 00:39:29,122
In the new politics
of the occupied factories,

609
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:32,226
the pyramid has been replaced
with a network:

610
00:39:32,303 --> 00:39:35,966
occupied workplaces
that help each other out.

611
00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:45,947
(Lewis): And Freddy and Lalo
need some help.

612
00:39:46,016 --> 00:39:48,177
If they're going to convince
the judge to let them

613
00:39:48,252 --> 00:39:50,914
run the factory,
they need a business plan.

614
00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:52,546
They need customers.

615
00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:56,557
They go on a pilgrimage

616
00:39:56,627 --> 00:39:58,857
to a tractor factory
run by its workers.

617
00:40:10,007 --> 00:40:12,475
Everything smells new!

618
00:40:20,551 --> 00:40:23,315
(Klein): Here at Zanello,
the workers formed a partnership

619
00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:26,788
with a group of former managers
as well as the dealers

620
00:40:26,857 --> 00:40:28,791
who sell the tractors.

621
00:40:28,859 --> 00:40:30,793
Unlike at Forja, they decided

622
00:40:30,861 --> 00:40:33,261
not to pay everyone
the same salary.

623
00:40:33,330 --> 00:40:37,357
This is no one-size-fits-all model.

624
00:40:37,435 --> 00:40:41,064
Every occupied workplace
writes its own rules.

625
00:40:46,076 --> 00:40:49,705
The truth is that for all of us,

626
00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:52,112
this factory is like Mecca.

627
00:40:54,919 --> 00:40:58,355
How do you see the possibility
of us working with you?

628
00:41:01,459 --> 00:41:04,622
I don't think there will be a problem.

629
00:41:05,596 --> 00:41:08,531
We need forged pieces.

630
00:41:11,368 --> 00:41:13,393
Well, this is a big help.

631
00:41:25,115 --> 00:41:27,640
Freddy - could you guys
make those?

632
00:41:27,718 --> 00:41:29,948
These? I can do these
with my eyes closed.

633
00:41:30,454 --> 00:41:32,422
This is what we've achieved.

634
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:35,459
We've agreed that they'll
send us the raw material,

635
00:41:35,526 --> 00:41:38,825
we'll forge it,

636
00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:42,059
deliver it to them, and begin
to do business like this,

637
00:41:43,267 --> 00:41:45,667
for 87% of the forged pieces
that the tractors have.

638
00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:49,098
If the judge, Dr. Fernandez,
understood this,

639
00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:52,734
she would understand that
we can self-manage the factory.

640
00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:59,945
I hope that one day, if things
turn around and we start producing,

641
00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:04,147
I'll be the first to help
other cooperatives.

642
00:42:04,221 --> 00:42:06,348
You can bet on that.

643
00:42:21,105 --> 00:42:23,403
(siren wailing)

644
00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:38,410
"Madame Judge: In your decision
lies the future of our children."

645
00:42:42,893 --> 00:42:44,588
(Lewis): In Argentina,

646
00:42:44,662 --> 00:42:46,823
shuttered factories
are silent battlegrounds.

647
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:51,995
The workers' co-op
is a direct threat

648
00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:53,730
to the creditors
and bankruptcy courts,

649
00:42:53,804 --> 00:42:56,398
who see factories like Forja

650
00:42:56,473 --> 00:42:59,567
as so much scrap metal
to be auctioned off.

651
00:42:59,643 --> 00:43:02,237
When Freddy and Lalo
get back to their plant,

652
00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:04,440
they find they have a visitor.

653
00:43:10,421 --> 00:43:12,855
So what's happening here,
who are these people?

654
00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:15,756
This man is the trustee.

655
00:43:15,826 --> 00:43:19,159
He's the middle man between
the judge and buyers on one side,

656
00:43:20,297 --> 00:43:22,128
and the workers on the other.

657
00:43:24,068 --> 00:43:26,730
Is he the one who sold
all the raw materials?

658
00:43:26,804 --> 00:43:28,738
Exactly. He's the guy
who sold everything.

659
00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:31,066
Is he an enemy?

660
00:43:31,141 --> 00:43:33,268
Yes, yes...

661
00:43:33,344 --> 00:43:36,438
I don't think he's supposed
to be on anyone's side,

662
00:43:36,513 --> 00:43:37,878
but for us he is an enemy.

663
00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:42,343
We were planning to
start work on Monday.

664
00:43:45,155 --> 00:43:48,716
We were thinking that Monday
we would start working.

665
00:43:50,728 --> 00:43:52,559
Really?

666
00:43:52,630 --> 00:43:53,790
OK...

667
00:43:56,967 --> 00:43:59,367
It's important for us to know...

668
00:43:59,436 --> 00:44:02,428
your opinion of this process
we're in.

669
00:44:02,506 --> 00:44:05,031
We have no experience.

670
00:44:05,109 --> 00:44:09,546
All we want to do is fight
for what's fair...

671
00:44:09,613 --> 00:44:13,845
I think it would be best
if you got all your answers...

672
00:44:13,917 --> 00:44:17,444
...in the audience with the judge.

673
00:44:29,066 --> 00:44:31,296
Who is the representative
of the cooperative?

674
00:44:31,368 --> 00:44:35,202
Sir, that would be me.
Pleased to meet you.

675
00:44:35,272 --> 00:44:38,105
Is there a union
representative?

676
00:44:38,175 --> 00:44:41,702
Yes. Mr. Murua, from the movement.

677
00:44:41,779 --> 00:44:43,713
OK, please come in.

678
00:44:56,927 --> 00:45:00,624
Judge: Let us theorize.

679
00:45:03,801 --> 00:45:09,205
To manage anything
with an occupied factory...

680
00:45:10,340 --> 00:45:13,002
...is practically impossible.

681
00:45:13,811 --> 00:45:19,511
Nobody will make an offer for a
plant which has been taken over.

682
00:45:21,485 --> 00:45:24,420
Now, what would you like to say?
I'm listening.

683
00:45:24,488 --> 00:45:28,424
Lalo: I'm grateful that you are
listening, Your honour.

684
00:45:28,492 --> 00:45:30,858
For us it was important...

685
00:45:30,928 --> 00:45:36,525
...that our assembly decided to take
over the factory to save the premises...

686
00:45:38,535 --> 00:45:40,901
Judge: Excuse me,
but they are guarded.

687
00:45:40,971 --> 00:45:42,768
As you have seen,
there is nothing missing.

688
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,569
Lalo: No, that is not the case,
Your honour.

689
00:45:45,709 --> 00:45:49,509
We have testified before that
there were things missing.

690
00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:52,674
Judge (to Trustees): Gentlemen,
is there anything missing?

691
00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:56,083
Trustee: We know of absolutely
no change...

692
00:45:56,153 --> 00:45:58,815
Judge: And we have a signed
inventory...

693
00:45:58,889 --> 00:46:03,622
Trustee: Your honour, this is
the first I've heard of any of this.

694
00:46:04,595 --> 00:46:08,929
Nobody has ever said even a single
word to us about anything missing.

695
00:46:08,999 --> 00:46:11,365
Lalo: Excuse me, but I was present...

696
00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:15,394
Trustee: And I can attest
to this with absolute certainty,

697
00:46:15,472 --> 00:46:18,270
because it deals with
the responsibility of the trustees.

698
00:46:19,810 --> 00:46:23,576
Lalo: I'm sorry, perhaps I am
not addressing you properly...

699
00:46:24,748 --> 00:46:28,184
Judge: No problem, you are
addressing me perfectly.

700
00:46:28,252 --> 00:46:30,311
I am clearing things up because
you're confused.

701
00:46:31,522 --> 00:46:36,653
I am fighting for you to get
paid and get working,

702
00:46:36,727 --> 00:46:39,753
and you're getting in my way
by taking over the factory!

703
00:46:39,830 --> 00:46:44,824
I am not interested in your
proposals until you show good faith,

704
00:46:44,902 --> 00:46:46,870
and end the occupation.

705
00:46:53,610 --> 00:46:55,043
(Klein): Argentina's old guard

706
00:46:55,112 --> 00:46:57,478
is regaining
some of the confidence it lost

707
00:46:57,548 --> 00:47:00,449
when the economy crashed
and the people rebelled.

708
00:47:06,557 --> 00:47:09,890
Carlos Menem has gone
from last place in the poles

709
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:11,518
to first.

710
00:47:16,366 --> 00:47:18,857
It seems there are still plenty
of people in Argentina

711
00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:20,801
looking for a saviour.

712
00:47:20,871 --> 00:47:23,305
And Menem is happy
to play the part.

713
00:47:23,707 --> 00:47:26,471
The same thing happened...

714
00:47:26,543 --> 00:47:29,341
...with our Lord, Jesus Christ,

715
00:47:29,413 --> 00:47:35,113
who provoked great hatred
great love, and ended up crucified.

716
00:47:35,185 --> 00:47:37,312
Although I don't want
to compare myself to him,

717
00:47:37,387 --> 00:47:38,979
I too...

718
00:47:49,399 --> 00:47:51,458
Menem's campaign
is so successful

719
00:47:51,535 --> 00:47:54,231
that, to our surprise,
we even discover

720
00:47:54,304 --> 00:47:57,865
a closet Menem supporter
at the Forja factory.

721
00:47:57,941 --> 00:47:59,932
(Lewis): How can you vote
for Menem? How?

722
00:48:01,211 --> 00:48:02,508
Why?

723
00:48:04,815 --> 00:48:07,409
Because we have to change...

724
00:48:07,484 --> 00:48:11,181
what's going on under
the interim government.

725
00:48:11,255 --> 00:48:13,621
We need change.

726
00:48:13,690 --> 00:48:18,457
I think that with Menem there
is going to be more stability,

727
00:48:18,528 --> 00:48:21,088
there's going to be work,

728
00:48:21,164 --> 00:48:25,191
and we're not going to have
to beg for 150 pesos a month.

729
00:48:25,269 --> 00:48:27,328
How long are we going
to keep lazing around?

730
00:48:27,404 --> 00:48:29,964
- Why does that cause you
so much pain?

731
00:48:31,208 --> 00:48:34,109
First of all, let's start
with an easy point.

732
00:48:34,177 --> 00:48:38,113
He says he wants to open
factories, Menem closed factories.

733
00:48:38,181 --> 00:48:40,479
He privatized,
and the debt went up.

734
00:48:40,550 --> 00:48:43,110
So Menem, no.

735
00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:46,280
Menem sold everything,
he sold the country.

736
00:48:48,859 --> 00:48:51,419
The politicians want us to believe...

737
00:48:51,495 --> 00:48:53,963
...that through elections we'll
fix everything,

738
00:48:54,031 --> 00:48:56,898
and have justice for all.

739
00:48:56,967 --> 00:49:02,530
But today, the whole IMF team
is at the Sheraton hotel,

740
00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:07,669
keeping an eye on the political
situation in our country.

741
00:49:07,744 --> 00:49:10,542
And it's there where the
decisions are being made, really.

742
00:49:19,823 --> 00:49:21,347
(Lewis): Anoop Singh,

743
00:49:21,425 --> 00:49:24,394
director of the IMF's
Western Hemisphere Department,

744
00:49:24,461 --> 00:49:26,429
has arrived in Buenos Aires

745
00:49:26,496 --> 00:49:28,555
to set conditions
for a new loan.

746
00:49:28,632 --> 00:49:31,931
A loan, that is, to pay interest
on previous loans.

747
00:49:33,971 --> 00:49:36,064
The IMF is calling
for more of the same.

748
00:49:36,139 --> 00:49:38,073
Cuts to public programs

749
00:49:38,141 --> 00:49:41,110
and huge increases in the price
of water and electricity,

750
00:49:41,178 --> 00:49:44,204
demanded by privatized
utility companies.

751
00:49:46,249 --> 00:49:48,809
(Klein): And just as the IMF
is offering this advice,

752
00:49:48,885 --> 00:49:51,217
a Fund official is arrested
in Buenos Aires

753
00:49:51,288 --> 00:49:53,256
on corruption charges.

754
00:49:53,323 --> 00:49:56,781
The IMF is not exactly popular
in Argentina.

755
00:50:01,765 --> 00:50:03,699
With the election
just weeks away,

756
00:50:03,767 --> 00:50:06,565
the Fund is also meeting with
all the presidential candidates.

757
00:50:06,636 --> 00:50:08,194
These meetings are secret -

758
00:50:08,271 --> 00:50:11,138
the IMF doesn't do
press conferences

759
00:50:11,208 --> 00:50:13,608
or interviews in-country.

760
00:50:18,015 --> 00:50:20,006
(Lewis): Hello, Mr. Singh.
- Yeah?

761
00:50:20,083 --> 00:50:22,677
- How are you?

762
00:50:22,753 --> 00:50:24,687
- Exactly, exactly.

763
00:50:24,755 --> 00:50:26,689
- Is Argentina
treating you well?

764
00:50:26,757 --> 00:50:29,089
- Aye! Yeah, it's nice.
It's warm.

765
00:50:29,159 --> 00:50:31,559
How are you?
- Very well.

766
00:50:31,628 --> 00:50:33,562
- Where are you from?
- From Canada.

767
00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:35,564
- Which network?
- From CBC.

768
00:50:35,632 --> 00:50:37,964
Can you tell me who
you've been meeting with

769
00:50:38,035 --> 00:50:39,593
this week,
while you've been here?

770
00:50:39,669 --> 00:50:41,899
- It's a routine visit.
We're seeing the economic team,

771
00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:43,906
we're seeing others...
- Presidential candidates?

772
00:50:43,974 --> 00:50:46,306
- We've seen a wide range
of people, yes.

773
00:50:46,376 --> 00:50:48,503
Did you have dinner
with Carlos Menem last night?

774
00:50:48,578 --> 00:50:51,240
- No. We did not have dinner.
- What did you have?

775
00:51:02,993 --> 00:51:06,087
I would so much love to ask you
a few more questions,

776
00:51:06,163 --> 00:51:08,097
but it's terribly difficult
to get an interview

777
00:51:08,165 --> 00:51:11,828
with people from the IMF.
- We'll do it soon.

778
00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:16,304
"IMF: who's controlling them?"

779
00:51:16,373 --> 00:51:19,103
(Lewis): Later, the IMF told us
that it was meeting

780
00:51:19,176 --> 00:51:21,440
with the candidates
during the election

781
00:51:21,511 --> 00:51:25,140
to insure macroeconomic
stability in Argentina.

782
00:51:25,215 --> 00:51:27,877
In other words, no matter
who wins the election,

783
00:51:27,951 --> 00:51:30,351
the country will be stuck
with the same economic policies

784
00:51:30,420 --> 00:51:32,388
most people blame

785
00:51:32,456 --> 00:51:35,186
for creating the crisis
in the first place.

786
00:51:43,834 --> 00:51:45,961
(Klein): The Forja workers
are stuck.

787
00:51:46,036 --> 00:51:48,163
They can't get
their factory running

788
00:51:48,238 --> 00:51:51,537
until they win the legal right
to manage the plant.

789
00:51:51,608 --> 00:51:54,099
Since the judge has already
slammed the door,

790
00:51:54,177 --> 00:51:55,940
they now have to appeal directly

791
00:51:56,012 --> 00:51:58,139
to the most discredited people
in Argentina:

792
00:51:58,215 --> 00:52:00,183
the politicians.

793
00:52:09,426 --> 00:52:11,724
(speaking Spanish)

794
00:52:39,789 --> 00:52:41,882
(dog barking)

795
00:52:45,362 --> 00:52:46,659
Hi.

796
00:52:48,932 --> 00:52:50,456
Is it so cold?

797
00:52:52,936 --> 00:52:53,868
She's frightened.

798
00:52:56,506 --> 00:52:58,406
We went to La Plata.

799
00:52:58,475 --> 00:53:01,842
And they gave us
the runaround, as usual.

800
00:53:01,912 --> 00:53:03,903
We're going back on Thursday.

801
00:53:03,980 --> 00:53:05,880
Yes, I see that you all came back.

802
00:53:05,949 --> 00:53:09,407
No. This is going to take
a long time.

803
00:53:09,486 --> 00:53:10,885
What a pity.

804
00:53:12,656 --> 00:53:16,217
He says it's only been three months.

805
00:53:16,293 --> 00:53:19,524
Three months? For me, it's been
three years already.

806
00:53:19,596 --> 00:53:21,860
It's long, the struggle.

807
00:53:24,668 --> 00:53:26,602
You know, the virgin I pray to
is deaf.

808
00:53:26,670 --> 00:53:29,605
I have a virgin back there,
poor thing,

809
00:53:29,673 --> 00:53:31,971
she doesn't want
to listen anymore.

810
00:53:32,042 --> 00:53:34,033
She can't take it any more.

811
00:53:34,110 --> 00:53:36,840
Yes, I'm tired.

812
00:53:38,248 --> 00:53:41,115
We've lost all the material things.

813
00:53:41,184 --> 00:53:43,846
Outings with the girls, vacations.

814
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:47,378
But to share a maté, a plate of food,

815
00:53:47,457 --> 00:53:49,049
a game with the girls,

816
00:53:49,125 --> 00:53:52,822
this we've both tried not to lose.

817
00:53:52,896 --> 00:53:55,160
Even if he comes home tired,

818
00:53:55,232 --> 00:53:59,896
he always has five minutes
to spend with our girls.

819
00:53:59,970 --> 00:54:05,135
No, there are things that they are
not going to steal from us easily.

820
00:54:06,142 --> 00:54:11,239
They may have stolen our dignity,

821
00:54:11,314 --> 00:54:13,111
his above all.

822
00:54:13,183 --> 00:54:16,550
The saddest thing is a man
without work.

823
00:54:16,620 --> 00:54:18,144
A humiliated man.

824
00:54:21,925 --> 00:54:26,885
But I think he's going to get
it all back.

825
00:54:26,963 --> 00:54:30,330
We're here so that he can get
it back.

826
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:33,130
He, and his companeros behind him.

827
00:54:59,029 --> 00:55:00,428
(Lewis): Election day.

828
00:55:19,015 --> 00:55:21,347
(Klein): Menem is holding
a slim lead.

829
00:55:23,386 --> 00:55:25,684
It seems his messianic marketing
is working.

830
00:55:29,659 --> 00:55:31,957
But the hatred for him
an what he did to the country

831
00:55:32,028 --> 00:55:33,791
is also deep.

832
00:55:43,306 --> 00:55:45,274
Kirchner is close behind.

833
00:55:47,310 --> 00:55:49,403
With five candidates
on the ballot,

834
00:55:49,479 --> 00:55:51,413
the elections will almost
certainly go

835
00:55:51,481 --> 00:55:53,415
to a second round.

836
00:55:53,483 --> 00:55:56,247
The country holds its breath.

837
00:56:01,057 --> 00:56:03,025
(Avi Lewis):
At Maty and Anna's,

838
00:56:03,093 --> 00:56:05,960
election day is a well-rehearsed
family ritual.

839
00:56:06,029 --> 00:56:08,361
The house becomes
a Peronist headquarters.

840
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:12,561
(speaking Spanish)

841
00:56:14,604 --> 00:56:16,538
Neighbours come to find out
where to vote

842
00:56:16,606 --> 00:56:18,540
<i>and who to vote for</i>.

843
00:56:18,608 --> 00:56:20,576
Today, Maty isn't out
protesting,

844
00:56:20,643 --> 00:56:22,634
but dutifully lending a hand.

845
00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:26,982
We're for Kirchner here,
grandmother.

846
00:56:27,050 --> 00:56:29,245
What do you think of him?

847
00:56:30,820 --> 00:56:32,412
Do you think he's all right?

848
00:56:32,489 --> 00:56:33,683
Yes.

849
00:56:33,757 --> 00:56:37,693
I'm going to give you
the ballot. This is the ballot.

850
00:56:38,361 --> 00:56:39,794
Kirchner - Scioli.

851
00:56:39,863 --> 00:56:41,125
Yes.

852
00:56:41,197 --> 00:56:44,655
I'm not going.
I'm not going to vote.

853
00:56:47,404 --> 00:56:49,338
- But that's illegal, isn't it?
- Yes.

854
00:56:50,907 --> 00:56:53,967
"Voters: It is forbidden to
distribute ballots within 80 metres

855
00:56:54,043 --> 00:56:56,910
of the polling station"

856
00:56:59,783 --> 00:57:01,114
What's up?

857
00:57:01,184 --> 00:57:03,152
How are you Graciela?

858
00:57:07,857 --> 00:57:10,792
I'm just waiting for a companera
that I came to pick up.

859
00:57:12,462 --> 00:57:14,726
Hey, who are you going to vote for?

860
00:57:14,798 --> 00:57:15,992
For Menem?

861
00:57:16,065 --> 00:57:17,464
I don't know.

862
00:57:17,534 --> 00:57:19,502
Take this, you idiot.

863
00:57:22,439 --> 00:57:25,670
Vote for Kirchner.

864
00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:53,235
According to the exit polls,
Menem is winning.

865
00:58:05,882 --> 00:58:08,350
Lend me your spoon?

866
00:58:08,418 --> 00:58:10,443
I don't want to leave to get one.

867
00:58:16,459 --> 00:58:17,687
It's a blow.

868
00:58:18,428 --> 00:58:20,225
It's a blow because...

869
00:58:22,098 --> 00:58:25,397
...the 19th and 20th was
for "Que Se Vayan Todos,"

870
00:58:25,468 --> 00:58:26,935
every one of them should go."

871
00:58:27,003 --> 00:58:29,403
And there they all are.

872
00:58:29,472 --> 00:58:35,377
Those five candidates there are
the ones that we wanted gone.

873
00:58:37,180 --> 00:58:38,738
Sad.

874
00:58:39,415 --> 00:58:40,905
Very sad.

875
00:58:41,150 --> 00:58:47,851
You can see that Argentines
from 1976 up to now,

876
00:58:47,924 --> 00:58:49,824
have erased their memories.

877
00:58:49,893 --> 00:58:51,690
And they have erased
such recent memories...

878
00:58:51,761 --> 00:58:55,162
... of everything that's
happened to us.

879
00:58:55,231 --> 00:58:59,668
And the one directly responsible is
Menem, for this whole disaster.

880
00:59:01,070 --> 00:59:06,599
In first place, Menem - Romero.
In second place, Kirchner - Scioli.

881
00:59:07,076 --> 00:59:12,013
Scioli being the first candidate
to admit that there will be a runoff.

882
00:59:28,798 --> 00:59:32,529
The guys are cleaning
the factory area by area.

883
00:59:32,602 --> 00:59:35,469
With hope, always thinking
positively.

884
00:59:35,538 --> 00:59:39,736
But underneath there's the chance
that they could evict us at any time.

885
00:59:39,809 --> 00:59:43,142
There's always that danger
stalking us.

886
00:59:43,212 --> 00:59:46,841
We're really afraid: that's
something we can't hide.

887
00:59:48,952 --> 00:59:53,787
"Order, Security.
With Menem, it's guaranteed"

888
00:59:53,856 --> 00:59:55,255
(Lewis): We've heard
that Menem's Mafia

889
00:59:55,325 --> 00:59:57,987
in the courts and police
is actually creating conflicts

890
00:59:58,061 --> 01:00:00,427
to bolster
its law-and-order campaign.

891
01:00:05,802 --> 01:00:08,635
We get a midnight phone call,
but it's not from Freddy.

892
01:00:08,705 --> 01:00:10,832
Another factory
has been evicted:

893
01:00:10,907 --> 01:00:13,102
the Brukman suit factory.

894
01:00:13,176 --> 01:00:15,167
(chanting in Spanish)

895
01:00:20,850 --> 01:00:22,875
The police have fenced in
the entire block

896
01:00:22,952 --> 01:00:25,512
and they're welding shut
the factory gate.

897
01:00:27,790 --> 01:00:30,884
<i>Matilde Adorno</i>
<i>Brukman Worker</i>

898
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,520
I got home from mass
at midnight.

899
01:00:33,596 --> 01:00:37,589
I changed into pyjamas
and turned on the TV.

900
01:00:37,667 --> 01:00:40,329
That's when the phone rang.

901
01:00:40,403 --> 01:00:43,201
I jumped up, knocking over
everything in my path.

902
01:00:43,272 --> 01:00:46,207
My co-worker Elisa said:
"Matilde..."

903
01:00:46,275 --> 01:00:49,244
And that was it. I knew it.

904
01:00:53,249 --> 01:00:56,912
This eviction notice probably
comes from the National government,

905
01:00:56,986 --> 01:01:01,480
maybe with the help of Menem,
with support from the bosses.

906
01:01:01,557 --> 01:01:03,923
- They are trying to put us...

907
01:01:03,993 --> 01:01:06,928
<i>Silvia Delfino</i>
<i>Political activist</i>

908
01:01:06,996 --> 01:01:09,988
in the position of fighting back.
And, actually, the forces are so uneven,

909
01:01:10,066 --> 01:01:12,000
that their oppression
is going to be very hard.

910
01:01:12,068 --> 01:01:15,560
But for us, it's like
the moment of truth, really.

911
01:01:15,638 --> 01:01:18,402
Because actually,
what we are trying to defend

912
01:01:18,474 --> 01:01:22,171
is the main core
of our democratic struggle

913
01:01:22,245 --> 01:01:24,975
at this very site.

914
01:01:27,950 --> 01:01:29,850
Brukman belongs

915
01:01:29,919 --> 01:01:31,750
to the workers!

916
01:01:31,821 --> 01:01:33,618
And those who don't like it...

917
01:01:33,690 --> 01:01:34,850
can screw themselves!

918
01:01:35,124 --> 01:01:36,716
can screw themselves!

919
01:01:54,944 --> 01:01:56,707
(Klein): If there's panic
in the air tonight,

920
01:01:56,779 --> 01:01:59,077
it's because
this isn't just any factory -

921
01:01:59,148 --> 01:02:01,207
it's the one
that started it all.

922
01:02:08,091 --> 01:02:10,651
(Lewis): This is what the
Brukman factory looked like

923
01:02:10,727 --> 01:02:12,820
when we first visited it
a year earlier.

924
01:02:12,895 --> 01:02:17,662
(Klein): It left
an indelible impression on me.

925
01:02:17,734 --> 01:02:19,668
Here was an old-school
garment factory

926
01:02:19,736 --> 01:02:22,899
taken over
by its 58 seamstresses.

927
01:02:22,972 --> 01:02:25,770
I've visited my share
of garment factories

928
01:02:25,842 --> 01:02:29,278
in the developing world.
What pervades them all

929
01:02:29,345 --> 01:02:32,109
is a sense of powerlessness.

930
01:02:32,181 --> 01:02:34,479
If workers demand
better conditions,

931
01:02:34,550 --> 01:02:37,849
multinationals simply
shut down and move.

932
01:02:37,920 --> 01:02:40,582
Before their occupation,
the women of Brukman

933
01:02:40,656 --> 01:02:43,250
were in exactly that dilemma.

934
01:02:43,326 --> 01:02:45,385
The owners
had slashed their salaries

935
01:02:45,461 --> 01:02:47,793
and were threatening
to shut down.

936
01:02:47,864 --> 01:02:50,094
One day, the owners simply
abandoned the factory.

937
01:02:50,166 --> 01:02:52,930
The workers decided
to keep it running

938
01:02:53,002 --> 01:02:54,970
and the rest is history.

939
01:02:57,840 --> 01:03:01,503
History is history - there have always
been bosses and workers.

940
01:03:01,577 --> 01:03:05,479
But we are fighting for worker control.

941
01:03:05,548 --> 01:03:07,106
And I think it's possible.

942
01:03:07,183 --> 01:03:10,949
I don't know if I'm getting
ahead of myself here,

943
01:03:11,020 --> 01:03:13,545
but maybe we can run
the country this way.

944
01:03:16,626 --> 01:03:19,094
(Lewis): The Brukman women
became a beloved symbol

945
01:03:19,162 --> 01:03:21,858
of Argentina's new politics.

946
01:03:21,931 --> 01:03:24,559
They were adopted by the
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo,

947
01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:26,932
the famous human-rights
crusaders

948
01:03:27,003 --> 01:03:30,734
who lost their children in
the last military dictatorship.

949
01:03:30,807 --> 01:03:32,934
And the factory
became an activist beacon,

950
01:03:33,009 --> 01:03:36,137
with meetings by the sewing
machines on weekends

951
01:03:36,212 --> 01:03:37,873
and concerts in the street
at night.

952
01:03:38,447 --> 01:03:40,813
I can see it now!

953
01:03:41,551 --> 01:03:43,985
I can see it now!

954
01:03:45,021 --> 01:03:48,149
Brukman and Zanon,

955
01:03:48,224 --> 01:03:50,818
under worker control!

956
01:03:50,893 --> 01:03:53,418
Now Brukman
and all it represents

957
01:03:53,496 --> 01:03:55,589
is on the line.

958
01:03:59,202 --> 01:04:01,932
(chanting in Spanish)

959
01:04:08,744 --> 01:04:10,473
Brukman belongs

960
01:04:10,546 --> 01:04:12,343
to the workers!

961
01:04:12,415 --> 01:04:14,178
And those who don't like it...

962
01:04:14,250 --> 01:04:15,410
can screw themselves!

963
01:04:21,023 --> 01:04:23,253
I'm going back to the front.

964
01:04:23,326 --> 01:04:25,487
You stay here and calm things:
it's getting really hot.

965
01:04:25,561 --> 01:04:26,755
Yeah, the people are all angry.

966
01:04:26,829 --> 01:04:29,354
Companeros! Stay calm,

967
01:04:29,432 --> 01:04:31,832
because they're in there
negotiating with the judge.

968
01:04:31,901 --> 01:04:34,699
Please, try not to get worked up...

969
01:04:34,770 --> 01:04:37,364
... until we see what comes
of that meeting.

970
01:04:38,140 --> 01:04:44,909
Our national constitution gives
unrestricted protection...

971
01:04:44,981 --> 01:04:46,949
...to property rights.

972
01:04:47,016 --> 01:04:50,042
<i>Judge Jorge Rimondi</i>
<i>Ordered Brukman eviction</i>

973
01:04:50,119 --> 01:04:54,180
And we judges are here
to ensure that people comply...

974
01:04:54,257 --> 01:04:56,191
with that constitution
and those laws.

975
01:05:03,366 --> 01:05:04,993
(Klein): By day three
of the standoff,

976
01:05:05,067 --> 01:05:07,228
word has gone out
around the country

977
01:05:07,303 --> 01:05:09,464
and all the social movements
send contingents

978
01:05:09,538 --> 01:05:11,631
to help get the factory back.

979
01:05:13,910 --> 01:05:16,435
(Lewis): Do you believe
that you're gonna get back

980
01:05:16,512 --> 01:05:18,002
in that building
right behind us?

981
01:05:19,148 --> 01:05:22,549
Yes, yes, we're going to return.

982
01:05:22,618 --> 01:05:26,384
We have no doubt.

983
01:05:26,455 --> 01:05:30,084
And I invite you to come inside
to continue filming once we do.

984
01:05:30,159 --> 01:05:32,093
(Klein): The Brukman women
are now flanked

985
01:05:32,161 --> 01:05:34,095
by a crowd of thousands,

986
01:05:34,163 --> 01:05:36,222
separated from their factory

987
01:05:36,299 --> 01:05:39,962
by just a few meters of street,
but a whole army of police.

988
01:05:41,904 --> 01:05:45,567
Police Chief!
We want to talk to you.

989
01:05:48,177 --> 01:05:51,271
We're asking the police to leave.

990
01:05:51,347 --> 01:05:56,444
We're not going to leave because
there's a judicial order.

991
01:05:56,519 --> 01:05:58,510
We're staying here until
the judge tells us to go.

992
01:05:58,587 --> 01:06:01,351
Are you thinking
about shedding blood?

993
01:06:01,424 --> 01:06:02,686
No! You are!

994
01:06:02,758 --> 01:06:08,060
The City Government is contacting
the Ministry of Labour.

995
01:06:08,130 --> 01:06:12,965
So you're going to have
to wait for the results of that.

996
01:06:13,035 --> 01:06:15,560
No, Ma'am, you cannot
come in. No.

997
01:06:15,638 --> 01:06:18,607
I'm telling you,
you're not getting in.

998
01:06:24,647 --> 01:06:29,778
Companeros! Help us and give us
your support. Please!

999
01:06:29,852 --> 01:06:33,879
We're staying here
and keeping watch.

1000
01:06:33,956 --> 01:06:36,516
And when the moment seems right...

1001
01:06:36,592 --> 01:06:39,152
...we're going to try to get in
companeros!

1002
01:06:57,580 --> 01:06:59,775
(Lewis): Far from the crowd,
the Forja workers

1003
01:06:59,849 --> 01:07:02,409
are feeling the heat
from the Brukman eviction.

1004
01:07:04,820 --> 01:07:07,050
If they don't win
their law of expropriation,

1005
01:07:07,123 --> 01:07:09,091
they could be next.

1006
01:07:10,493 --> 01:07:13,257
OK guys, once again
we have to go to La Plata

1007
01:07:13,329 --> 01:07:17,163
to put some pressure on
the politicians to pass our law.

1008
01:07:17,233 --> 01:07:19,497
I know you're tired, and some
think it's pointless

1009
01:07:19,568 --> 01:07:22,230
to go back to the legislature.

1010
01:07:22,304 --> 01:07:24,602
But we have to go and pressure.

1011
01:07:24,673 --> 01:07:27,369
It's the only way
to get our expropriation.

1012
01:07:27,443 --> 01:07:29,308
Are we all in agreement?
Yes.

1013
01:07:39,989 --> 01:07:41,980
(Lewis):
This is their last chance.

1014
01:07:44,026 --> 01:07:46,722
Their bill is finally
being put to a vote.

1015
01:07:58,641 --> 01:08:02,509
We'll vote on the project:
all in favour?

1016
01:08:04,113 --> 01:08:06,980
Passed unanimously.

1017
01:08:07,049 --> 01:08:09,347
Approved. The bill will be sent
to the chamber of deputies.

1018
01:08:10,653 --> 01:08:12,621
-<i>Gracias, Senor Presidente</i>.

1019
01:08:14,356 --> 01:08:17,792
I'd like to thank everyone
for your support.

1020
01:08:17,860 --> 01:08:18,952
And Lalo...

1021
01:08:19,028 --> 01:08:22,361
I trusted him when he came
to my house and said,

1022
01:08:24,733 --> 01:08:26,291
that this was possible.

1023
01:08:27,470 --> 01:08:29,768
And it's true, it is possible.

1024
01:08:29,839 --> 01:08:31,136
It happened.

1025
01:08:33,476 --> 01:08:36,309
Hola, it's Miguel.

1026
01:08:39,849 --> 01:08:42,613
Hi Dad, how's it going?

1027
01:08:45,855 --> 01:08:47,288
Hang on.

1028
01:08:57,133 --> 01:08:58,896
Yes, listen to me.

1029
01:08:58,968 --> 01:09:01,300
I'm in La Plata.

1030
01:09:01,370 --> 01:09:06,672
Two minutes ago they passed
the expropriation law for us.

1031
01:09:06,742 --> 01:09:11,805
Yes, and soon I think it will
be approved by the deputies too.

1032
01:09:19,421 --> 01:09:22,219
Look, I can't talk a lot.

1033
01:09:25,261 --> 01:09:29,493
Don't worry Dad,
tell Mom I'm fine.

1034
01:09:31,567 --> 01:09:33,933
The law is practically ours.

1035
01:09:34,003 --> 01:09:36,801
It all worked out. First in the
senate, now to the deputies...

1036
01:09:36,872 --> 01:09:38,339
...who I believe will pass it
tonight.

1037
01:09:39,642 --> 01:09:40,870
Bye.

1038
01:10:27,990 --> 01:10:31,551
I think we workers know
how to do it,

1039
01:10:31,627 --> 01:10:35,028
we've put our hearts into this,
and god willing...

1040
01:10:35,097 --> 01:10:36,621
this factory is going
to start running,

1041
01:10:36,699 --> 01:10:39,259
but run by the workers.

1042
01:10:46,008 --> 01:10:50,172
This is a short song that fits
with the time we're living in.

1043
01:10:53,115 --> 01:10:56,084
Please, put your hands
together!

1044
01:11:03,692 --> 01:11:05,717
It's by Mercedes Sosa.

1045
01:11:07,963 --> 01:11:10,022
And it goes like this...

1046
01:11:10,099 --> 01:11:14,058
Who said that all is lost?

1047
01:11:19,174 --> 01:11:21,005
More clapping!

1048
01:11:26,115 --> 01:11:28,345
Did you like it or not?

1049
01:11:32,921 --> 01:11:36,288
"Who said that all is lost?

1050
01:11:39,561 --> 01:11:42,792
I come to offer my heart

1051
01:11:46,602 --> 01:11:50,936
So much blood washed
away by the river

1052
01:11:55,377 --> 01:11:57,607
I come to offer my heart

1053
01:11:59,014 --> 01:12:01,539
It won't be easy

1054
01:12:01,617 --> 01:12:04,780
But it will pass

1055
01:12:06,055 --> 01:12:10,424
It won't be as simple
as I thought at first

1056
01:12:12,728 --> 01:12:17,097
Like opening one's chest
and pulling out one's soul

1057
01:12:20,402 --> 01:12:23,337
Like a stab of love"

1058
01:12:27,976 --> 01:12:30,444
Open up a path!

1059
01:12:30,512 --> 01:12:32,002
We're going in - just us.

1060
01:12:33,282 --> 01:12:36,217
<i>No será tan fáci</i>

1061
01:12:36,285 --> 01:12:38,753
<i>Ya sé qué pasa</i>

1062
01:12:38,821 --> 01:12:42,279
<i>No será tan simple</i>

1063
01:12:42,358 --> 01:12:46,419
<i>Como pensaba</i>

1064
01:12:46,495 --> 01:12:48,963
<i>Como abrir el pecho</i>

1065
01:12:49,031 --> 01:12:51,795
<i>Ysacar el alma</i>

1066
01:12:53,836 --> 01:12:58,239
<i>Una cuchillada del amor</i>

1067
01:13:01,877 --> 01:13:05,142
<i>Luna de los pobres</i>
<i>siempre abierta</i>

1068
01:13:07,316 --> 01:13:12,379
<i>Yo vengo a ofrecer</i>
<i>mi corazón</i>

1069
01:13:15,624 --> 01:13:18,821
<i>Como un documento</i>
<i>inalterable</i>

1070
01:13:21,864 --> 01:13:25,527
<i>Yo vengo a ofrecer</i>
<i>mi corazón</i>

1071
01:13:26,735 --> 01:13:29,898
<i>Y uniré las puntas</i>

1072
01:13:29,972 --> 01:13:32,532
<i>De un mismo lazo</i>

1073
01:13:32,608 --> 01:13:36,942
<i>Yme iré tranquila</i>

1074
01:13:37,012 --> 01:13:39,879
<i>Yme iré despacio</i>

1075
01:13:39,948 --> 01:13:42,712
<i>Y te daré todo</i>

1076
01:13:44,753 --> 01:13:48,553
<i>Yme darás algo</i>

1077
01:13:48,624 --> 01:13:52,993
<i>Algo que me alivie</i>
<i>un poco más</i>

1078
01:13:56,298 --> 01:14:00,234
<i>Cuando no haya nadie</i>
<i>cerca o lejos</i>

1079
01:14:03,605 --> 01:14:06,540
<i>Yo vengo a ofrecer</i>
<i>mi corazón</i>

1080
01:14:09,978 --> 01:14:14,210
<i>Cuando los satélites</i>
<i>no alcancen</i>

1081
01:14:14,550 --> 01:14:17,178
It's okay, it's okay. Be calm.

1082
01:14:17,486 --> 01:14:20,148
<i>Yo vengo a ofrecer</i>
<i>mi corazón</i>

1083
01:14:20,222 --> 01:14:21,985
Let's go over there,
where there's no police.

1084
01:14:22,591 --> 01:14:25,822
<i>Yhablo de países</i>

1085
01:14:25,894 --> 01:14:27,987
<i>Yde esperanzas</i>

1086
01:14:28,063 --> 01:14:30,497
<i>Hablo por la vida</i>

1087
01:14:30,566 --> 01:14:33,364
<i>Hablo por la nada</i>

1088
01:14:35,404 --> 01:14:39,898
<i>Hablo de cambiar ésta</i>
<i>nuestra casa</i>

1089
01:14:42,511 --> 01:14:47,073
<i>De cambiarla</i>
<i>por cambiar nomás</i>

1090
01:14:50,719 --> 01:14:55,850
<i>Quién dijo</i>
<i>que todo está perdido</i>

1091
01:14:57,893 --> 01:15:02,853
<i>Yo vengo a ofrecer</i>
<i>mi corazón</i>

1092
01:15:09,404 --> 01:15:13,135
These workers have been
helping my sister,

1093
01:15:13,208 --> 01:15:15,642
who worked with them.

1094
01:15:15,711 --> 01:15:20,580
She's sick with cancer.

1095
01:15:20,649 --> 01:15:23,743
They've been helping her:
my sister can't work.

1096
01:15:23,819 --> 01:15:27,016
These are the supposed
"bad guys."

1097
01:15:27,089 --> 01:15:30,388
Meanwhile, the Brukman bosses
would deduct a day's pay...

1098
01:15:30,459 --> 01:15:34,054
...when my sister would go for
chemotherapy and radiation.

1099
01:15:34,129 --> 01:15:36,222
They would dock her a day's pay.

1100
01:15:36,298 --> 01:15:40,530
These workers are the ones who
are going to get the country going.

1101
01:15:40,602 --> 01:15:42,263
These are the people
we should support.

1102
01:15:44,206 --> 01:15:49,041
The factory has never been
run the way that they run it.

1103
01:15:49,111 --> 01:15:52,171
Nobody is the owner.

1104
01:15:52,247 --> 01:15:55,148
It's each one of them.

1105
01:15:55,217 --> 01:15:58,209
And what's most beautiful is
that they haven't forgotten...

1106
01:15:58,287 --> 01:16:00,653
...their sick companera.

1107
01:16:00,722 --> 01:16:05,955
And what's beautiful is that they
collect their own pesos to help her.

1108
01:16:06,028 --> 01:16:10,465
Because otherwise we wouldn't
be able to continue the treatments.

1109
01:16:10,532 --> 01:16:12,397
These are the people that count.

1110
01:16:12,467 --> 01:16:14,628
These are the people of Brukman.

1111
01:16:20,108 --> 01:16:21,575
Thank you.

1112
01:16:49,938 --> 01:16:52,099
(Klein): When we first arrived
in Buenos Aires,

1113
01:16:52,174 --> 01:16:55,701
something strange happened:
out of the blue,

1114
01:16:55,777 --> 01:16:59,076
a man handed me a letter;
it read like a warning.

1115
01:17:02,050 --> 01:17:04,518
- "We are the mirror
to look into.

1116
01:17:04,586 --> 01:17:06,918
"The mistake to avoid.

1117
01:17:11,893 --> 01:17:14,361
"Argentina is the waste
that remains

1118
01:17:14,429 --> 01:17:16,522
"of a globalized country.

1119
01:17:19,134 --> 01:17:22,968
We are where the rest
of the world is going."

1120
01:17:28,644 --> 01:17:30,578
(Klein): But what we saw
in Argentina

1121
01:17:30,646 --> 01:17:33,513
was a country trying to learn
from its mistakes.

1122
01:17:35,550 --> 01:17:37,609
As the election runoff
draws near,

1123
01:17:37,686 --> 01:17:40,917
anger at Menem and all
he represents resurfaces.

1124
01:17:40,989 --> 01:17:43,389
It's too strong for him to beat.

1125
01:17:45,127 --> 01:17:47,721
The great majority of
Argentines...

1126
01:17:47,796 --> 01:17:50,094
...understood that Menem's
model was exhausted.

1127
01:17:50,165 --> 01:17:55,102
Menem realized that he was
going to lose the second round,

1128
01:17:55,170 --> 01:18:00,767
because the people were
saying no to him and "the model."

1129
01:18:00,842 --> 01:18:02,503
So he dropped out.

1130
01:18:04,479 --> 01:18:06,709
Why did you quit?

1131
01:18:08,884 --> 01:18:12,047
I won in the first round,
now I'm leaving.

1132
01:18:18,460 --> 01:18:21,520
"You are history"

1133
01:18:27,269 --> 01:18:31,638
"With this news we're going
live to Nestor Kirchner."

1134
01:18:32,507 --> 01:18:35,704
I will take on with courage
and decisiveness...

1135
01:18:35,777 --> 01:18:38,337
the responsibility of
governing the republic.

1136
01:18:39,314 --> 01:18:41,373
Now he's president, guys.

1137
01:18:46,188 --> 01:18:48,713
I believe that the president
will have to help us,

1138
01:18:48,790 --> 01:18:52,021
that he'll help cooperatives.

1139
01:18:53,862 --> 01:18:55,489
And not multinationals,

1140
01:18:55,564 --> 01:18:59,694
because they put their money
in, do what they want, then leave.

1141
01:18:59,768 --> 01:19:04,705
And this president, I believe,
will start like this - from below

1142
01:19:05,941 --> 01:19:07,932
With respect to the IMF,

1143
01:19:08,009 --> 01:19:11,877
we'll see if they like the idea
that we are a cooperative.

1144
01:19:14,382 --> 01:19:19,479
They might say,
'leave it to the market,

1145
01:19:19,554 --> 01:19:22,079
and fuck the worker.'

1146
01:19:22,157 --> 01:19:26,685
This is what we're doing here
today, this cooperativism.

1147
01:19:26,762 --> 01:19:30,789
is our way of making a new world.

1148
01:19:30,866 --> 01:19:32,231
To sweep away the old one.

1149
01:19:41,276 --> 01:19:44,507
It makes me sad that
you're leaving now,

1150
01:19:44,579 --> 01:19:48,777
and our story doesn't have
a happy ending.

1151
01:19:48,850 --> 01:19:50,841
It's going to be like
the Matrix.

1152
01:19:50,919 --> 01:19:52,511
"To be continued..."

1153
01:19:52,587 --> 01:19:53,576
The Sequel.

1154
01:19:58,226 --> 01:20:01,286
You know the sequel
would be beautiful.

1155
01:20:07,402 --> 01:20:10,838
With Forja working full time,
with 100 or more employees,

1156
01:20:10,906 --> 01:20:16,071
noise at night, during the day,
Saturdays, Sundays.

1157
01:20:18,780 --> 01:20:23,410
It would be nice when you film
the sequel if you could see...

1158
01:20:24,085 --> 01:20:27,384
everything that Forja was,

1159
01:20:27,455 --> 01:20:29,685
and everything it will be.

1160
01:20:30,759 --> 01:20:32,624
Why not?

1161
01:20:40,202 --> 01:20:43,228
Six months later...

1162
01:21:34,389 --> 01:21:37,415
Now, every time the machines stop,

1163
01:21:37,492 --> 01:21:39,016
everyone comes to see
what's going on.

1164
01:21:39,094 --> 01:21:43,724
It's only been three days that
we've been hearing the noise again.

1165
01:21:43,798 --> 01:21:47,393
It's incredible what's
happening to us.

1166
01:21:47,469 --> 01:21:50,529
Because we missed this noise.
The truth is we really missed it.

1167
01:22:01,917 --> 01:22:05,182
Zanon Ceramics has increased
production and hired new workers.

1168
01:22:21,536 --> 01:22:23,470
Despite his fiery rhetoric,
President Kirchner signed

1169
01:22:23,538 --> 01:22:25,597
a new deal with the IMF.

1170
01:22:26,875 --> 01:22:29,867
It looks a lot like the old deals.

1171
01:22:35,450 --> 01:22:38,385
The city legislature of Buenos
Aires gave the factory back

1172
01:22:38,453 --> 01:22:40,148
to Brukman workers.

1173
01:24:14,883 --> 01:24:16,373
(laughter)

1174
01:24:28,997 --> 01:24:31,966
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