in Maria Full of Grace

I saw Maria Full of Grace the other day which reminded me of a whole chapter of thought that I want to cover. The movie starts with Maria working in a rose factory. We see her frustration, when the manager refuses to let her go to the bathroom. Her wages are low. The dangers are high. Eventually she gets recruited to become a mule- a woman who transports compressed tablets of cocaine in order to smuggle them into the US.

The movie highlighted how "development" sometimes means complete dislocation inside factories, where multinationals own the land, and where unions don't have a voice. "At least we get them jobs" my friend commented the other day. This is true, in part. But in terms of the human side of things. The fact that most of things we buy were produced and manufactured in another country does not justify that it should continue this way in the future.
Exploitation of the third world is downplayed so much in the news I can't explain it.

At times, there are unions that are so angry about their living conditions, they put their life on the line. Why aren't these events shown "en evidence" in the US? I think its because they don't want to emphasize or validate any kind of revolutionary tendencies. They speak of freedom as if we have it. They don’t explain how you have to fight for it, and how it takes time to achieve it.

Action must now replace words. Prudence would say to stop it.