We had about ten people present at our screening of the film. We started with a potluck dinner and short discussion of the issues and then watched the film. Afterwards, we discussed the issues raised in the film and what action people were already taking/or could take.
Overall, there was a feeling that the Walmart film was something we could do about locally. In fact, as a result, several of us were active in preventing Walmart from opening a store in West Asheville (although shortly thereafter they opened outside of the city limits where there are less stringent restrictions.)
However, few of us saw anyway of taking direct local action. Most of us do not trust the Democratic Party. They may not be the CAUSE of the problems we face, but they have enabled them to happen by not standing up. We did not participate in the conference call because John Kerry was involved during the time slot we were hosting our film, and all we could ask him, is what happened to his backbone and why do democrats like he and Gore only found their backbone AFTER elections. Does it have something to do with the campaign funding he received from corporations who have little interest in changing the status quo. Will Hillary Rodham Clinton offer working people any alternatives? Her record makes it clear. NO WAY!
So although we will all hold our nose a vote for national democrats, we hope that we can host events that help us organize new parties not tied to corporate interests.