Daens' Sermon on Universal Suffrage [Priest Daens - 1992]

I'm adding this video, which is an excerpt of a brilliant Belgian movie, for all of my American homies. This movie is absolutely crucial to the middle/high school education of children here in Belgium. Everyone and their mother has seen it here, and thankfully that means that most of us are aware of the horror of unfair working conditions. This one goes out to all the retail workers, nurses, nursing home staff, teachers, service industry peeps, manual laborers,... I hope you vibe with this. Also you deserve so much better. Letterboxd summary: "In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He’s expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman’s rape; children die; prelates play billiards."