Film: “This Land Is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons” (46 minutes, Jeremy Earp & Sut Jhally, 2010)
With Craig Salins, Executive Director of Washington Public Campaigns
For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons–everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast airwaves and our most important intellectual and cultural works. In “This Land is Our Land,” acclaimed author David Bollier, a leading figure in the global movement to reclaim the commons, bucks the rising tide of anti-government extremism and free market ideology to show how commercial interests are undermining our collective interests. Placing the commons squarely within the American tradition of community engagement and the free exchange of ideas and information, Bollier shows how a bold new international movement steeped in democratic principles is trying to reclaim our common wealth by modeling practical alternatives to the restrictive monopoly powers of corporate elites.
With the short film: “The Story of Citizens United vs. FEC” (8 min, Annie Leonard, 2011) by the folks that brought you “The Story of Stuff”
Join us following the films for a community discussion with Craig Salins on reclaiming the commons! Event is FREE and open to the public, but donations are kindly accepted.