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Opinions of workers of the textile industry on the theses of the XIII Labor Congress of the CTC.

"I often say sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defence. Basically, you use it to defend yourself, without having the right to use it for unfair attacks." (Pierre Bourdieu) The world has witnesses who speak out loud what others keep to themselves. They are neither gurus, nor masters, but those who consider that the city and the world can be thought out. The sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu is one such witness." Over a three- year period, Pierre Carles' camera followed him through different situations: a short conversation with Günter Grass, a lively conference with the inhabitants of a working-class suburb, his relations with his students and colleagues and his plea that sociology be part of the life of the city. His thinking has a sort of familiarity, which means it is always within our reach. It is the thinking of a French intellectual who has chosen to think his times.

Monique and Michel Pinçon-Charlot are a couple of French sociologists, famous for their work on the uber-rich. They have been in love for more than fifty years, and they enjoy a comfortable retirement in their lovely home in the Paris suburbs. They could live a quiet life, but how do you get some rest when there is capitalism to fight against?

Adapting one of the most groundbreaking and powerful books of our time, Capital in the 21st Century is an eye-opening journey through wealth and power, breaking the popular assumption that the accumulation of capital runs hand in hand with social progress, and shining a new light on the world around us and its growing inequalities. Traveling through time from the French Revolution and other huge global shifts, to world wars and the rise of new technologies today, director Justin Pemberton assembles accessible pop-culture references coupled with interviews with some of the world's most influential experts. The result is an insightful and empowering journey through the past and into our future.

An examination of the ideology of Anarchism

The history of the European working class, from the early 18th century to the present day.

2017 film directed by Raoul Peck

A French documentary on how groups of youth in Paris generated a backlash against the NeoNazi skinhead subculture, and by doing so earned themselves the nickname Chasseurs de Skins or 'Skinhead Hunters'.

David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalition of liberals, communists and anarchists, so he joins the POUM militia and witnesses firsthand the betrayal of the Spanish revolution by Stalin's followers and Moscow's orders.

2008 film by Steven Soderbergh

2008 film by Steven Soderbergh

2000 film by Peter Watkins

A retrospective look at the anarcho-syndicalist and anarcho-communist experience in Spain from 1930 until the end of the Civil War in 1939.

2016 film by Gilles Perret

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world).

As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities, many citizens-led protests are being repressed with an ever-increasing violence. In this documentary, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State.

1981 film by Jean-Pierre Thorn

Le film donne à voir et à entendre les hommes et les femmes qui ont mené la grève ouvrière la plus emblématique de l'après 68, celle des usines LIP à Besançon. Un mouvement de lutte incroyable, qui a duré plusieurs années, mobilisé des foules entières en France et en Europe, multiplié les actions illégales sans céder à la tentation de la violence, porté la démocratie directe et l'imagination à incandescence. Des récits entrecroisés, des portraits, une histoire collective, pour essayer de comprendre pourquoi cette grève porta l'espoir et les rêves de toute une génération. C'est possible, les Lip l'ont fait.

En 2011, les ouvriers de Ford à Blanquefort sauvent leur usine et ses mille emplois. La joie de la victoire laisse rapidement place à de nouvelles craintes de fermeture. Celles-ci finissent par devenir une réalité, jusqu’à l’arrêt définitif des chaînes de montage en 2020. Il nous reste la colère retrace leur dernière année de combat, dressant le portrait d’un groupe emmené par Philippe Poutou.

A mix of Rock and Roll and Blues are the secret for successful rebellion. When I took my camera to the middle of France where the GM&S factory was threatened by a permanent shut down, I felt like something extraordinary was about to take place. And it did. The lyrics were written by workers who have had enough! The tune was composed by people not afraid to go against even the rules of revolt! The volume was loud enough to attract the media. Their working-class concert spread across France like wild fire. I sat out of sight, camera in hand, filming like catching fish in a barrel.