Faceless
13th April 2009, 23:24
Hi all, I just watched this video on the Revolutionary Front of Occupied Factories (FRETECO) in Venezuela. In total it's about 40 mins long and about 140MB... or there abouts. From start to finish it's Spanish with English subtitles. The documentary is composed of a series of interviews and discussions between different workers/groups of workers whose factories are under occupation.
The level of class consciousness that the workers display is striking - they discuss all manner of things from abolishing the division between "mental" and "manual" labour in their workplaces, transforming the trade unions into schools for socialism, organising production on a national scale, spreading their experiences to other sections of the working class... and all the other things that most of us just talk about in theory! This is the real thing and a must watch for all serious revolutionaries. Sadly the quality of the video isn't the best. Personally I'm going to get my copy of the DVD as soon as I can scratch together the cash!
A new film on the Venezuelan Revolution (http://www.wellredusa.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24). Produced by Vive TV in Venezuela, this new documentary on FRETECO explores the movement of occupied factories and workers' control in Venezuela.
From the Mitsubishi auto plant to the Inveval valve plant; from the Gotcha T-Shirt factory to the INAF hardware factory, workers young and old, male and female, tell their stories and explain why they came to the realization that demanding nationalization under workers' control is the only way forward.
With examples explaining how factory and workers' councils function, the role of the communal councils, and the movement for "trade unionism of a new type," this video provides a living, breathing look at a crucial aspect of the Venezuelan Revolutionary process. Spanish with English subtitles by U.S. HOV:
documentary here:
http://www.marxist.com/video-freteco-occupied-factories.htm
or on google video here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3120055233630014320
The level of class consciousness that the workers display is striking - they discuss all manner of things from abolishing the division between "mental" and "manual" labour in their workplaces, transforming the trade unions into schools for socialism, organising production on a national scale, spreading their experiences to other sections of the working class... and all the other things that most of us just talk about in theory! This is the real thing and a must watch for all serious revolutionaries. Sadly the quality of the video isn't the best. Personally I'm going to get my copy of the DVD as soon as I can scratch together the cash!
A new film on the Venezuelan Revolution (http://www.wellredusa.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=24). Produced by Vive TV in Venezuela, this new documentary on FRETECO explores the movement of occupied factories and workers' control in Venezuela.
From the Mitsubishi auto plant to the Inveval valve plant; from the Gotcha T-Shirt factory to the INAF hardware factory, workers young and old, male and female, tell their stories and explain why they came to the realization that demanding nationalization under workers' control is the only way forward.
With examples explaining how factory and workers' councils function, the role of the communal councils, and the movement for "trade unionism of a new type," this video provides a living, breathing look at a crucial aspect of the Venezuelan Revolutionary process. Spanish with English subtitles by U.S. HOV:
documentary here:
http://www.marxist.com/video-freteco-occupied-factories.htm
or on google video here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3120055233630014320