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The Organizer Movie Essay

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The film, The Organizer, takes place in an Italian textile factory during the late 19th century. The factory employs workers of all ages including some older men and a teenager as well. In the first scene, exhaustion has begun to set in towards the end of the workday, and as a result, a man gets his arm caught in one of the machines. The workers at this factory are working fourteen-hour work days with little to no breaks and are working with dangerous machinery. The workers ask management to reduce the workday by an hour to prevent more accidents due to fatigue, but management does not take their pleas seriously and denies their request. The workers then plan a walk out when they hear the bell ring, but when the time comes to leave the workers …show more content…

Marx had an idealistic view of revolution and social change but did not seem to take other factors into account. One big factor being the amount of power that the oppressing class possesses and the inequality between the oppressing and the oppressed. In the movie, working at the factory was the only source of income for many of the workers, so to stop working entirely meant that many families would be struggling. During the month that the workers were on strike, the factory owners were experiencing financial losses, but it did not hinder them to the same extent as the strikers who needed to provide for their families. After weeks had passed since the fight with the replacement workers, the strikers took a vote to end their strike, but the professor urges the men to keep fighting for their rights and to not give in. Because of the persuasiveness of the professor the strikers escalate their agenda and take over the factory, but since the factory owners have political power, the government aids them by sending in army soldiers to guard the perimeter of the

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