Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work tells the little known stories of employee-owned businesses that compete successfully in today’s economy while providing secure, dignified jobs in democratic workplaces. With the long decline in US manufacturing and today’s economic crisis, millions have been thrown out of work, and many are losing their homes. The usual economic …
The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 Republican National Convention, is a dramatic tale of idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal. Better This World follows the radicalization of these boyhood friends from Midland, Texas, under the tutelage of revolutionary activist Brandon Darby. The results: eight homemade bombs, multiple …
An intimate look at Detroit – America’s first major post-industrial city – as it struggles to deal with the consequences of a broken economic system.
Firmly establishing the urgency of the global water crisis as the central issue facing our world this century, Last Call at the Oasis illuminates the vital role water plays in our lives, exposes the defects in the current system, and shows communities already struggling with its ill-effects. Featuring activist Erin Brockovich, respected water experts including Peter …
First General Motors shuts down their century-old plant in Janesville, Wisconsin. Then the state blows up in political turmoil over the future of unions. The filmmakers follow workers and town leaders as they try to go on with their lives (and reinvent their town) amid an economic and political crisis that grips their community and …
"WE’RE NOT BROKE"
Tuesday, October 30, 7 pm
Marquee Theater, Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St., Madison
Join Director Karin Hayes and Bruce Speight of WISPIRG for a discussion of the issues raised in the film immediately following the screening.