Film and television celebrities express support for striking writers

The writers and their supporters packed the sidewalks outside Universal’s main gates, several thousand strong. The noise of car and truck horns was deafening. The mood was buoyant, but determined. The performers spoke in quite defiant terms about the giant conglomerates that dominate their industry.

Veteran film actor Elliott Gould told us:

“The World Socialist Web Site—great, cool! What I think about the strike is that we’re up against multinational corporations. You have major conglomerates that are controlling the content of what is being fed to the general public. It’s terrible and it’s somewhat fascistic, and it has dire consequences for culture.