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Thread #122128 Message #2674282
Posted By: mark gregory
07-Jul-09 - 08:16 PM
Thread Name: Japanese protest singer film: LaborFest
Subject: Japanese protest singer film: LaborFest
July 10 (Friday) 7:00 PM (Donation) Niebyl Proctor Library - 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland (also showing July 12)
Tanaka-San Will Not Do Calisthenics (75 min.) 2008 Australia By Maree Delofski
This striking film shows the struggle of Japanese Oki Electric Manufacturing worker and singer Tetsuro Tanaka. Tanaka refused to accept the militarization of his job through calisthenics and the mind control of the company. As result, he is harassed and fired by the company. Rather than giving up, he decides to sing every day in front of the factory. He has continued this battle for 28 years, and in the process, has exposed the nature of this corporate management system. Tanaka has been to LaborFest before, and his music continues to ring out. His words "Never import the corporate fascism of Japan!" continue to have meaning.