«While some of our members have differed in the
past on some of the specific issues in the New NY Agenda, the Executive Committee unanimously takes this position because we understand and accept Andrew's point that this is a pivotal moment in the
history of this state, similar to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis, when leaders in the
labor, civic, business and political arena must put aside their individual agendas for the good of the entire state.»
Fusing the «presentness» of his own footage with the
past evoked by archival footage, Chieh - jen points to the oversights of official
history and its collusion with capitalism's unrelenting movement toward greater profitability, whether through technological advancement or the perpetual search for cheaper
labor.