Less than a year out, and it\'s already a motion picture! \'Locked Out\' is a David and Goliath story about the 560 ILWU borax miners in Boron, CA who were locked out of their jobs by Rio Tinto, a major multinational mining corporation, in January 2010.
The story was reported in The Nation:
http://www.thenation.com/article/labor-war-mojave
It was also on Democracy Now.
And here\'s an interview with Mike Davis about the situation:
http://www.jonwiener.com/?p=800
The screening is free. DVDs will be for sale.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 6:00 PM
WHERE: Warner Grand Theater, 478 West 6th Street (at Pacific), San Pedro, CA 90731
For more information, call 310-458-6566.
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