The Take is a documentary following the struggle of the workers of a closed factory to take it over and turn into a cooperative.
Reddit recently brought to my attention this little but very uplifting video
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In the comments spgreenlaw mentioned that this was part of a move called The Take. Well, I’ve just watched it and it was brilliant.
The movie is basically about the struggle of the workers of an abandoned factory to take it under worker’s control. It is a real life example of the difficulties that syndicates and cooperatives face when trying to get what most of us would consider as only fair.
If you wish to see what worker’s self-management means and how capitalists will put private property rights over human lives, perhaps you should see it as well.