Shot on the frontlines of
struggles on five continents
--
where the mainstream media cannot go
--
scenes from the "war on terror" are
shown drawn from conflicts in
Mexico, Argentina, South Africa,
Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq,
and Korea to Seattle, Genova, and
New York. But the purpose of
this documentary is its inspiring
portrayal of stories of men and
women around the world who resist
being annihilated in this war.
While our airwaves are crowded with
talk of a new world war, narrated by
generals and filmed from the noses
of bombs, the human story of this
global conflict remains untold.
This daring and famous film brings
together the images and voices of
the war on the ground. It
realistically reveals a war without
end and those who resist it.
It reveals a terrifying system of
global violence in which we are all
caught, but more importantly, it
introduces us to the men and women
with whom we share this planet:
men and women who will stop this
war.
The product of over two years of
filming on the inside of movements
on five continents, this is a film
that would have been unimaginable at
any other moment in history.
This is two fascinating
documentaries on one DVD. In
the first Part anarchism is
mapped as a distinctly
American tradition; the film
implies that anarchism is
deeply rooted in American
character and tradition,
more so than other
countries. A diverse cast of
characters is interviewed
from "ordinary" truckers and
farmers to famous anarchists
like Kenneth Rexroth, Ursula
LeGuin, and Murray Bookchin.
The film shows a hostile
split in anarchism between
"right" (free-market) and
"left" (socialist)
anarchists, each claiming
that the other faction
doesn't deserve to be called
"anarchist," and treats both
philosophies as equally
valid.
The Second Part traces the
history of a Yiddish
anarchist newspaper,
The Free Voice of Labor, —
publishing its final issue
after 87 years as told by
its now elderly, but
decidedly unbowed staff.
Also included are first-hand
accounts of the labor
organizing, propaganda,
educational experiments, and
monumental contributions
from these cherished, if
largely unsung, heroes of
the American anarchist
movement.
