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Plutocracy: Divide et Impera (Divide and Rule) includes sections on Mother Jones, the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction; Industrialization; the evolution of the police; the robber barons; early American labor unions; and major mid-to-late 19th Century labor events including the uprising of 1877, the Haymarket Affair, the Homestead strike and the New Orleans General Strike.
Year: 2015
Country: USA
Writer / Director: Scott Noble
Part I: The introduction examines the West Virginian coal wars of the early 20th Century, culminating in the Battle of Blair Mountain.
Part II: “Solidarity Forever,” covers the late 19th Century to the early twenties.
Part III: is titled “Class War.”
Part IV: is titled “Gangsters of Capitalism.” Scott Noble writes of Part IV:
“More than any other entry in the series so far, this film is directly relevant to current events. With some notable exceptions, most of the strikes I covered in parts 1-3 merely set the stage for the next phase of labor struggle — they didn’t usually result in triumphant victories. Oftentimes it was more a case of one step forward, two steps back. Here, I cover a number of militant, highly organized and often ingenious labor actions that collectively compelled great changes at the state level. We can thank these activists for the very existence of the American middle class. I should also stress that Gangsters includes some truly remarkable and harrowing footage of labor strikes and battles between workers and police (especially during the pivotal year of 1934), much of which was only made available in the last few years.”
Part V: is titled, “Subterranean Fire.”
About part 5, Scott writes, “Subterranean Fire is my longest film to date, a full two hours, divided into three parts”.
Part II
Part III
Plutocracy III - Class War from Scott N on Vimeo.
Part IV
Plutocracy IV - Gangsters for Capitalism from Scott N on Vimeo.
Part V
Plutocracy V: Subterranean Fire from Scott N on Vimeo.
