This Land is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons

[Greg Pace]

Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 7:30 PM. Free Press Fourth Tuesday Free Film Night: This Land is Our Land: The Fight to Reclaim the Commons - Followed by discussion. "You'll never be the same after watching the mind-opening film This Land is Your Land because you will see the diverse wealth -- the commonwealth -- that you own with other Americans, how it has been seized, despoiled and corporatized.  But you all still own these immense public assets and you can regain control of them for now and for posterity.  David Bollier has outdone himself once again!" ~ Ralph Nader.  For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast airwaves and our most important intellectual and cultural works.  In This Land is Our Land, acclaimed author David Bollier, a leading figure in the global movement to reclaim the commons, bucks the rising tide of anti-government extremism and free market ideology to show how commercial interests are undermining our collective interests.  Placing the commons squarely within the American tradition of community engagement and the free exchange of ideas and information, Bollier shows how a bold new international movement steeped in democratic principles is trying to reclaim our common wealth by modeling practical alternatives to the restrictive monopoly powers of corporate elites.  Co-sponsored by the Free Press, DSCO, Central Ohio Green Education Fund, & the Drexel Theater.  Location:  Drexel Theater 2254 E. Main Street, Bexley.  For more information, contact: tr...@freepress.org or 253-2571.