Every Acre, Every Factory

It is getting hot in our antechamber of barbarism, so much is clear. It's time to agree on a new political strategy. Time for a reconstitution of the communist project. ‘Every Acre, Every Factory’ is a film about how we can establish a sustainable mode of production and get rid of the current one. Comrades told us about their experiences of how the system was last challenged in the 1970s and how the state and capital managed to defeat the movement. Other comrades describe what the transition to a liberated society could look like. Workers who have been working in essential industries for decades explain what is harmful and pointless about their work and how it could be organised sensibly. From this thread of history, theoretical anticipation and everyday experience, we ask the question anew: What is to be done?

A film by Labournet TV and AngryWorkers

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The current global moment is marked by a classic systemic crisis: those in power don’t know how to proceed; they are entangled in spirals of senseless wars, a new arms race, and desperate attempts to squeeze just enough out of depleted soils and greenwashed bullshit jobs so they don’t have to declare an official recession. New technologies and knowledge are being squandered on socially meaningless or destructive projects, while the masses of workers continue to struggle on low wages. The signs point to collapse. What we need is a collective discussion on how we can avoid despair and instead prepare for radical change.

With our film, we want to contribute to this collective discussion about systemic change. We have interviewed dozens of people who, in the international movements of the 1970s, plunged the system into crisis from below. We give a voice to people who critically engage with the legacy of the Soviet Union and have interviewed workers who are currently toiling in vegetable fields, driving subways, building power plants, working in car factories, or caring for the sick. Where can we go from here, and how can we tackle it?

Cast

Director, editor, producer:
Johanna Schellhagen / Labournet TV

Idea, screenplay, research:
Marco Bauer / AngryWorkers

Graphics:
Zoff Berlin

Music:
Steve Molchanski

Sound design and mixing:
Studio Lärm

Color granding:
Kim El Ouadi

Animation:
Julien Bach

PR:
mm-Filmpresse

Protagonists

Contemporary witnesses who participated in the revolutionary movements of the 1970s
Sergio Bologna, Marxist historian, Milan
Francisco Moreno, retired dock worker in Barcelona,
Ana Barradas, revolutionary, Lisbon
Bob Myers, retired worker,, Manchester
Emilio Mentasti, retired worker, historian
Vincenzo Miliucci, retired energy worker
Graziella, retired hospital worker and activist, trans feminist, Rome

Workers
Anna, auto worker, Germany
Lars Hirsekorn, VW worker, Germany
Lutz, electrical engineer, substations, Germany
Hauke, warehouse worker, water treatment, Germany
Matthias, Deutsche Bahn, Germany
Jakob, farm worker, Germany
Elena, postal worker, Spain
Noel, London Underground
Matthias, nurse, Germany
Marco, hospital worker, UK
Fleur, farm worker, Germany
José Nivoi, dockworker, USB union member, Genoa, Italy

Historians, activists, and authors
Jasper Bernes, professor and author, USA
Ricardo Noronha, historian, Portugal
Nick Chavez, engineer and author, USA
Heide Lutosch, translator, author, Germany
Annika, activist, Lichtenrade Solidarity Neighborhood Union, Germany
Susi, André, and Sebastian, Initiative for Democratic Working Time Accounting, Germany