Argentinian workers take the power back in a new documentary film called The Take which examines the economic collapse in 2001 and the effects and future of globalization...
"The Take" premiers this week in New York at the Film Forum on Wednesday night, where it will run for 2 weeks. It already took Venice by storm, but not so much at the official Venice Film Festival, where the film was in competition. "The Take" headlined a counter-festival called "The Global Beach" that took place not far from the official film festival. It was held on a beach occupied by squatters and activists and featured films with a social-justice feature. (Democracy Now)

In the wake of Argentina's spectacular economic collapse in 2001, Latin America's most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act —The Take —has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.