Comments for Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work http://shiftchange.org Fri, 04 May 2012 10:37:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on New Preview! Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work by william l fell http://shiftchange.org/new-a-sneak-peek-at-shift-change/#comment-95 william l fell Fri, 04 May 2012 10:37:38 +0000 http://shiftchange.natashadworkin.com/?p=201#comment-95 I am a retired mechanical engineer and have been working to propagate the cooperative idea. I want to embed it into the fabric of the USA since I became aware of Mondragon four years ago. I think it is the future of this country. Thank you for your patriotic work. I am a retired mechanical engineer and have been working to propagate the cooperative idea. I want to embed it into the fabric of the USA since I became aware of Mondragon four years ago. I think it is the future of this country. Thank you for your patriotic work.

]]> Comment on What They’re Saying About SHIFT CHANGE by James Crowfoot http://shiftchange.org/what-theyre-saying-about-shift-change/#comment-85 James Crowfoot Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:26:48 +0000 http://shiftchange.org/?p=492#comment-85 Thank you for doing this documentary. It is a very important topic as our existing undemocratic, exploitative of workers and the environment economy is wobbling and serving well ever fewer workers and customers as owners and management creams off the profits and influence that should be being shared with other stakeholders. I look forward to seeing the full documentary and hopefully using it with my students. Thank you for doing this documentary. It is a very important topic as our existing undemocratic, exploitative of workers and the environment economy is wobbling and serving well ever fewer workers and customers as owners and management creams off the profits and influence that should be being shared with other stakeholders. I look forward to seeing the full documentary and hopefully using it with my students.

]]> Comment on Tips & Resources: Help Us Spread the Word About Shift Change on Kickstarter! by Melissa Young http://shiftchange.org/tips-resources-spreading-the-word-about-shift-change-on-kickstarter/#comment-49 Melissa Young Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:59:16 +0000 http://shiftchange.org/?p=433#comment-49 Hi Mark, Thanks for this post. That is one of the many ways we hope Shift Change will be used - as a new and inspiring educational tool that shows employee ownership as not just a good idea, but as a practical, proven model. Best, Melissa Young, producer Hi Mark,
Thanks for this post. That is one of the many ways we hope Shift Change will be used – as a new and inspiring educational tool that shows employee ownership as not just a good idea, but as a practical, proven model.

Best,
Melissa Young, producer

]]> Comment on New Preview! Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work by Enrico http://shiftchange.org/new-a-sneak-peek-at-shift-change/#comment-47 Enrico Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:55:04 +0000 http://shiftchange.natashadworkin.com/?p=201#comment-47 You can also find useful the printed book "Coop made in USA", that present the same subject with insights to the different governance and organization methods used in the coop movement in the USA. You can also find useful the printed book “Coop made in USA”, that present the same subject with insights to the different governance and organization methods used in the coop movement in the USA.

]]> Comment on Tips & Resources: Help Us Spread the Word About Shift Change on Kickstarter! by Mark Kaswan http://shiftchange.org/tips-resources-spreading-the-word-about-shift-change-on-kickstarter/#comment-46 Mark Kaswan Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:45:06 +0000 http://shiftchange.org/?p=433#comment-46 As an educator, this film looks to be really valuable as a way to inform and inspire students about worker cooperatives. I teach at a university in an impoverished community that has been victimized by empty promises of development by large corporations. When I start talking to students in my class on community and economic development about cooperatives, especially worker cooperatives, their eyes light up. The idea that there could be a different way of doing things is a complete revelation to them. This film will be a really valuable tool to give students a sense of the possibilities--and a sense that there are other people out there who are facing the same kinds of issues they are looking at and who have found an approach that makes a really meaningful change in people's lives. As an educator, this film looks to be really valuable as a way to inform and inspire students about worker cooperatives. I teach at a university in an impoverished community that has been victimized by empty promises of development by large corporations. When I start talking to students in my class on community and economic development about cooperatives, especially worker cooperatives, their eyes light up. The idea that there could be a different way of doing things is a complete revelation to them. This film will be a really valuable tool to give students a sense of the possibilities–and a sense that there are other people out there who are facing the same kinds of issues they are looking at and who have found an approach that makes a really meaningful change in people’s lives.

]]> Comment on New Preview! Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work by eLiz http://shiftchange.org/new-a-sneak-peek-at-shift-change/#comment-42 eLiz Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:18:22 +0000 http://shiftchange.natashadworkin.com/?p=201#comment-42 It is my wholehearted belief that worker cooperatives are a huge part of the solution for the world's woes (for the 99%). The end of publicly held corporations and the equity market is an essential piece of the reform necessary. The centralization of corporate power and wealth must cease. Worker coops offer something to workers that they can't get from big business. I believe that when people see this alternative to cube farms and life-deadening work environments, there will be an explosion of worker coops, drawing the good, the bright, and the cooperative. ** One goal is to put in place a blueprint for potential cooperatives to look to for clear, structured guidance. It is my wholehearted belief that worker cooperatives are a huge part of the solution for the world’s woes (for the 99%). The end of publicly held corporations and the equity market is an essential piece of the reform necessary. The centralization of corporate power and wealth must cease. Worker coops offer something to workers that they can’t get from big business. I believe that when people see this alternative to cube farms and life-deadening work environments, there will be an explosion of worker coops, drawing the good, the bright, and the cooperative. ** One goal is to put in place a blueprint for potential cooperatives to look to for clear, structured guidance.

]]> Comment on New Preview! Shift Change: Putting Democracy to Work by Anne Mosness http://shiftchange.org/new-a-sneak-peek-at-shift-change/#comment-28 Anne Mosness Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:18:49 +0000 http://shiftchange.natashadworkin.com/?p=201#comment-28 At a time when so many feel they have little control over their financial futures and that businesses operate solely for profit, Mark and Melissa have given us a beautiful gift... showing flourishing worker cooperatives, shared owner responsibilities, pride of workmanship, generations of security. Another extraordinary documentary from Moving Images that provides a blueprint many may follow. At a time when so many feel they have little control over their financial futures and that businesses operate solely for profit, Mark and Melissa have given us a beautiful gift… showing flourishing worker cooperatives, shared owner responsibilities, pride of workmanship, generations of security. Another extraordinary documentary from Moving Images that provides a blueprint many may follow.

]]> Comment on Inspired by Mondragon, Chicago works to bring back world class manufacturing by cheap xrumer blast http://shiftchange.org/inspired-by-mondragon-chicago-works-to-bring-back-world-class-manufacturing/#comment-24 cheap xrumer blast Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:16:05 +0000 http://shiftchange.org/?p=162#comment-24 Hi! I've been reading your website for a long time now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Austin Tx! Just wanted to tell you keep up the excellent work! Hi! I’ve been reading your website for a long time now and finally got the courage to go ahead and give you a shout out from Austin Tx! Just wanted to tell you keep up the excellent work!

]]> Comment on About the Film by Patrick Chalmers http://shiftchange.org/about/#comment-7 Patrick Chalmers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:45:21 +0000 http://puttingdemocracytowork.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-7 The film is of interest in any case - with or without subtitles. I wouldn't rule out being able to help with a French version, though more to find people to help than to do it. My French is pretty fluent though not native, and it is always better to translate into your own language, particularly for the idioms required for subtitles. I do know people who subtitle some of the Promedios Chiapas/zapatista films into French from Spanish and English. They might be able to help with this. As for French conventional screenings, the small cinema chain Utopia is doing good work, I think Anne-Marie Faucon is the person you might speak to there, via this link: http://www.cinemas-utopia.org/U-blog/toulouse/index.php?contact My personal interest is for the monthly screenings in a rural French village south of Toulouse, where our audiences range from 20 to a few dozen depending on the subject. The film is of interest in any case – with or without subtitles.

I wouldn’t rule out being able to help with a French version, though more to find people to help than to do it. My French is pretty fluent though not native, and it is always better to translate into your own language, particularly for the idioms required for subtitles. I do know people who subtitle some of the Promedios Chiapas/zapatista films into French from Spanish and English. They might be able to help with this.

As for French conventional screenings, the small cinema chain Utopia is doing good work, I think Anne-Marie Faucon is the person you might speak to there, via this link: http://www.cinemas-utopia.org/U-blog/toulouse/index.php?contact

My personal interest is for the monthly screenings in a rural French village south of Toulouse, where our audiences range from 20 to a few dozen depending on the subject.

]]> Comment on About the Film by movingimages1 http://shiftchange.org/about/#comment-6 movingimages1 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:22:13 +0000 http://puttingdemocracytowork.wordpress.com/?page_id=2#comment-6 Thanks for your interest. Our distributor BULLFROG FILMS does make films available to activists for non-commercial use at a very low cost rate, and they plan to do so with SHIFT CHANGE. As for a French subtitled version, we had not planned to release one, but perhaps we should. Spanish, yes, since all of our films are released in both English and Spanish, and nearly all of the Mondragon interviews were conducted in Spanish, as were some interviews at coops in the U.S. Is a French versiuon something with which you could assist us? Thanks for your interest. Our distributor BULLFROG FILMS does make films available to activists for non-commercial use at a very low cost rate, and they plan to do so with SHIFT CHANGE. As for a French subtitled version, we had not planned to release one, but perhaps we should. Spanish, yes, since all of our films are released in both English and Spanish, and nearly all of the Mondragon interviews were conducted in Spanish, as were some interviews at coops in the U.S. Is a French versiuon something with which you could assist us?

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