[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.12,0:00:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world that we inhabit bears the indelible\Nscars of centuries of colonial violence. Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.32,0:00:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The legacy of this historic violation\Nlies at the root of many of today’s Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.72,0:00:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most intractable problems. Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.40,0:00:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colonization is the military, economic,\Npolitical and cultural subjugation Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.06,0:00:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one nation by another. Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.20,0:00:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the domination of one people by another. Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.74,0:00:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there are few places on earth fortunate\Nenough to have escaped its reach. Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.74,0:00:45.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For thousands of years,\Nland has changed hands according to Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.08,0:00:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the aims and whims of conquering armies. Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.56,0:00:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But beginning in the 15th century, the character\Nand scope of this warfare shifted. Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.56,0:01:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Europe’s genocidal invasion and pillage\Nof the so-called ‘New World’ was an apocalypse Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.64,0:01:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the continents’ original inhabitants. Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.28,0:01:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from the ashes of\Nthese ancient civilizations Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.48,0:01:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,arose capitalism and the\Nmodern system of nation states. Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.72,0:01:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Subsequent waves of European expansion saw\Nthe colonization of Australia and New Zealand, Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.80,0:01:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with large swathes of Africa and Asia. Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.32,0:01:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these colonies were chosen for mass\NEuropean settlement, while others were delegated Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.14,0:01:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as sources of hyper-exploited \Nlabour and resource extraction. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.54,0:01:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colonial borders, drawn up by foreign aristocrats\Nand dignitaries, were agreed upon through Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.38,0:01:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diplomatic treaties and internecine wars. Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.16,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of these arbitrary lines persist to this\Nday, cutting blindly across tribes and major Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.18,0:01:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ethnic groups, scattering peoples like the\NKurds and Tuaregs over multiple states, and Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.64,0:02:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planting the seeds for bitter sectarian rivalries\Nand civil wars. Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.55,0:02:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Successive national liberation struggles waged\Nin the decades following World War II allowed Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.62,0:02:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much of the world to cast off the shackles\Nof the old colonial arrangement. Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.85,0:02:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet in case after case, national aspirations\Nfor self-determination have been thwarted Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.10,0:02:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the emergence of a new neo-colonial ruling\Nclass, whose members remain subservient to Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.15,0:02:33.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the imperial systems of global finance controlled\Nby the colonial masters of yesteryear. Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.48,0:02:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not to say that older forms of colonialism\Nhave disappeared, or that the flames of Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.16,0:02:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anti-colonial revolt have died out. Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.06,0:02:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next thirty minutes, we’ll take\Na closer look at two such sites of active Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.94,0:02:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,settler colonialism and anti-colonial resistance:\Nnamely, the areas around the Great Lakes region Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.63,0:03:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that make up the historic homeland of the\NSix Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.06,0:03:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the militarily-occupied \Nterritories of Palestine. Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.52,0:03:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along the way, we’ll talk to a number of\Nindividuals as they share their own experiences Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.74,0:03:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of navigating colonial dynamics, fighting\Nfor self-determination... Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.06,0:03:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making a whole lot of trouble. Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.28,0:03:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indians, Natives, Aboriginal... there’s\Nso many different terms that people use Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.58,0:04:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to address who we are. Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.12,0:04:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I feel that we need to address ourselves\Nthe way we believe we should be addressed. Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.26,0:04:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for me, I say I’m Kanienʼkehá꞉ka. Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.76,0:04:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not Mohawk. Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.90,0:04:16.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not an Indian. Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.70,0:04:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m not an aboriginal. Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.54,0:04:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y’know... these are all different terms\Nthat have come after. Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.53,0:04:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These terms decolonization and anti-colonial,\NI had to google them Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.78,0:04:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don’t use those terms a lot. Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.58,0:04:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have no English terms \Nto use but what’s there. Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.01,0:04:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in our own language \Nwe have all the words that we need. Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.10,0:04:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to explain it to someone who doesn’t\Nhave the language is what gets difficult. Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.22,0:04:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Decolonization has become such a buzzword\Nused by a variety of organizations, institutions... Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.28,0:04:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the federal government \Nis using the word. Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.80,0:04:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it certainly has been watered down in\Nthe context of universities and academics Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.96,0:05:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clinging to this buzzword. Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.74,0:05:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in reality, decolonization is a very \Nunsettling and disruptive force. Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.72,0:05:11.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when I think about what that means\Nto me, and how I should relate to it as Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.64,0:05:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a non-Indigenous anarchist, \NI don’t have any straight-forward answers. Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.84,0:05:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have some reflections. Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.06,0:05:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re always changing. Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.56,0:05:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Decolonization is a very large \Nand complex issue for me. Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.22,0:05:30.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It involves decolonizing the way we think. Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.70,0:05:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way that we’re sort of \Nwired to experience reality, Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.28,0:05:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ideologies in which we’re saturated. Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.38,0:05:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And taking steps to rectify the wrongs \Nthat were done, so that we can have Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.50,0:05:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a just and equal society. Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.60,0:05:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a rich society, a diverse society, \Nand a society that benefits Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.36,0:05:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the wisdom of Indigenous cultures. Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.26,0:06:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For Palestinians that means the Israeli occupation\Nthat started in 1948 should be stopped, Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.74,0:06:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Palestinian people should have \Ntheir own rights for freedom, justice Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.20,0:06:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and control of themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.08,0:06:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like all nations in the world. Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.60,0:06:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fundamentally, the Arab world lives in the\Naftermath of the colonial project. Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.72,0:06:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reason why these states are there \Nis because of colonialism. Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.53,0:06:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The borders were drawn up not by the people\Nwho live there, but by Sykes-Picot. Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.16,0:06:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the British and the French. Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.52,0:06:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There would be no Israel without colonialism. Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.26,0:06:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a western colony in the Arab world. Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.92,0:06:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like Apartheid South Africa \Nwas a western colony in Africa. Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.56,0:06:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Europe treats Israel as a European \Ncolony in the Middle East. Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.88,0:06:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in terms of the trade agreements that give\Nit preferable conditions in trading. Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.58,0:07:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y’know, the arms that are \Nbeing bought and sold. Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.00,0:07:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Europeans are partners in the Zionist project. Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.02,0:07:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are responsible. Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.12,0:07:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the west sees Israel, they see themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.26,0:07:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the United States sees Israel, \Nthey certainly see themselves. Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.93,0:07:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a state where western white people\Ncame in and threw the native population Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.43,0:07:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off the land — it’s a little baby America. Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.20,0:07:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rectifying the wrongs of the colonization\Nof Palestine would first of all involve the Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.62,0:07:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,return of the Palestinian refugees and reparations\Nfor the suffering from being ethnically cleansed Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.89,0:07:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their homeland. Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.18,0:07:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Palestinians, when they were forced \Nto emigrate from here as refugees, Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.54,0:07:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were 800,000 at that time. Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.48,0:07:49.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will become around 8,000,000 now, after\Nseventy or eighty years of occupation. Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.72,0:07:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we’re talking about colonialism \Nin relation to the Canadian settler-colonial state, Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.80,0:08:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it’s important to understand\Nthat the state is not a completed political Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.78,0:08:08.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and economic entity. Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.86,0:08:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the Canadian state \Nis quite weak and vulnerable. Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.44,0:08:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you need to understand is \Nthat if you look at each reservation, Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.26,0:08:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are, \Nyou need to poke a hole in that map. Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.64,0:08:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we’re not a part of Canada, \Nand we’re not a part of the United States. Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.16,0:08:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Mohawk people are a nation. Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.84,0:08:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole Haudenosaunee \NConfederacy are all nations. Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.05,0:08:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what the United States and Canada wanna\Nbe is they wanna be a nation. Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.71,0:08:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanna be like the Mohawks and the Seneca. Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.40,0:08:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they came on their ship, they brought\Nthat government and those ideologies with them. Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.78,0:08:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn’t start nothing new. Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.18,0:08:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn’t make up their own language. Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.60,0:08:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn’t make up their own \Ngovernment here. Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.70,0:08:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They copied ours and brought theirs with them. Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.62,0:08:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they can’t say that \Nthey’re their own nation. Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.34,0:09:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have no idea what it is to actually listen\Nto us, and to listen to the reasons why Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.12,0:09:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this land is so important to us. Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.74,0:09:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’ll never know. Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.48,0:09:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they don’t even want to \Nhear what we have to say. Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.93,0:09:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To them, it’s like it’s all about money. Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.50,0:09:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Who the fuck gives a shit about \Nwhat these Indians want with the land?” Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.04,0:09:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is their attitude. Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.86,0:09:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y’know, it’s like \N“Oh, sit down and negotiate.” Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.54,0:09:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sit down and negotiate. Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.54,0:09:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What negotiations? Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.68,0:09:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You sit down and it’s all of what they want,\Nand everything that we come back with Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.18,0:09:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— the importance of our culture, our land \N...it don’t mean fuck all to them. Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.98,0:09:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn’t mean a thing to them. Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.46,0:09:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human history is a steady stream of \Nmassacres and bloodshed. Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.10,0:09:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when it comes to scope and scale \Nof atrocities, nothing compares to Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.14,0:10:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the colonization of the so-called Americas. Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.02,0:10:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is now tacitly acknowledged as a genocide\Nagainst the continents’ original inhabitants, Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.78,0:10:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was in fact a series of dozens, if not hundreds\Nof different genocides carried out against Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.50,0:10:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,distinct nations by Spanish, Portuguese, French\Nand British armies, who were aided in this Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.52,0:10:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,task by the copious and often deliberate spread\Nof European-borne diseases. Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.36,0:10:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While there’s no single definitive figure,\Nmost historians estimate that between Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.34,0:10:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 and 112 million Indigenous people \Nwere killed during the invasion and settlement Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.34,0:10:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the so-called Americas, \Nor nearly 95% of the local population. Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.06,0:10:42.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many nations were entirely wiped out. Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.92,0:10:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s also no recorded figure for the\Nnumber of Africans killed during the four Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.21,0:10:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centuries of the transatlantic slave trade,\Nbut most estimates range from 14 to 60 million. Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.94,0:10:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This includes an estimated two million people\Nthat died on slave ships, Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.94,0:11:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only to be unceremoniously dumped into the ocean. Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.12,0:11:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The echoes of these crimes continue \Nto reverberate to this day. Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.90,0:11:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Great Lakes region of so-called North\NAmerica, Dutch, French and British colonizers Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.55,0:11:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first encountered the Haudenosaunee Confederacy,\Na powerful alliance of five indigenous nations: Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.95,0:11:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca\N– with a sixth nation, the Tuscarora, Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.66,0:11:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,joining in 1722. Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.56,0:11:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These settlers were fascinated by the Haudenosaunee’s\Nsystem of governance, which was much more Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.78,0:11:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sophisticated than any found \Nduring that time in Europe. Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.60,0:11:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much so, that many of its principles eventually\Nfound their way into the US Constitution. Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.36,0:11:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet despite signing treaties of mutual respect\Nand co-existence with the Haudenosaunee, most Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.85,0:11:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notably the Two-Row Wampum, or Guswhenta,\Nsettler populations in the territories now Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.23,0:12:05.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ruled by the American and Canadians states\Nhave repeatedly failed to live up to their obligations. Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.58,0:12:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has been the source of sustained tensions,\Nand several stand-offs that have galvanized Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.24,0:12:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indigenous anti-colonial resistance \Nacross Turtle Island. Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.46,0:12:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up seeing land struggles and struggles\Nabout land and being involved in it as a child. Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.24,0:12:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother’s family were very, very involved\Nin a lot of political struggles away from Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.22,0:12:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the band council system. Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.59,0:12:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I grew up hearing stories from my aunt and\Neverybody about everything that happened. Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.20,0:12:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever I really started to get passionate\Nabout everything, I was like 16. Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.87,0:12:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I got pregnant so that’s \Nwhat put that off to the side. Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.10,0:12:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ten years down the road, I’m in a place\Nin my life when I can actually do something Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.14,0:12:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that’s what brought me together with\Nsome like-minded people. Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.44,0:13:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re not following band council, we’re not\Nfollowing Canada, and we’re not following Quebec. Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.78,0:13:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re following our own rights as \Nindigenous people, as native people, Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.20,0:13:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Kanienʼkehá꞉ka people. Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.40,0:13:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don’t all agree on everything, but at\Nthe same time we bring our strengths together. Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.62,0:13:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we’re taking back our land. Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.18,0:13:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mayor of Oka came and brought this proposal\Nand said they wanna expand the golf course Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.00,0:13:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the pine forest where right at the line\Nof where the golf club ends and the pine forest Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.98,0:13:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,begins, we have a graveyard there of graves\Nthat have been there for hundreds of years. Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.78,0:13:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the pine forest is like, thousands of\Nyears old, I mean the pines are huge. Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.79,0:13:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The native people in Kanehsatake said “No. Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.45,0:14:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re not building a golf course and tearing\Nup our graveyard and cutting down all the pines." Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.00,0:14:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer was no immediately. Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.06,0:14:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that’s what sparked everything. Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.52,0:14:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t go to the meetings in the beginning\Nbut by May, I jumped in a car with a bunch Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.84,0:14:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ladies and we all took off \Nand went to Kanehsatake. Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.22,0:14:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my early twenties I was trying to give\Nmy son at the time who was just only like Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.47,0:14:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2-3 years old a better example \Nof what a role-model that I could be. Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.89,0:14:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That time came to stand there and say “I’m\Ngonna be part of this because now I’m a Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.90,0:14:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,woman, I’m not a child \Nwhere my mother had to just bring me.” Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.88,0:14:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can’t stop fighting for this because\Nland is like, one of the most important things Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.94,0:14:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to native people. Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.10,0:14:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you practice a culture \Nwhen you don’t have a land base? Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.49,0:14:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do your survive a culture \Nwhen you don’t have a land base? Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.28,0:14:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what we used to teach \Nour children and our people. Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.22,0:15:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just a regular day. Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.58,0:15:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like really early in the morning, \Npeople weren’t even really awake yet. Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.06,0:15:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a few people puttering around or\Nwhatever you know, either fixing a fire or Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.38,0:15:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making coffee or doing something you know\Nnot everyone was awake at the time. Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.68,0:15:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, all I remember the women telling\Nme is that they just heard cars and car doors Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.92,0:15:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they looked up towards the highway,\Nbecause they were in the pines, Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.92,0:15:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they looked up towards the highway. Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.60,0:15:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was just SQ cars. Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.28,0:15:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just kept pulling up, \Npulling up, pulling up, pulling up. Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.68,0:15:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they just started getting out of\Nthe cars fully dressed with all their bulletproof Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.44,0:15:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vests and their assault rifles. Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.62,0:15:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women just looked and they were like \N“what the fuck is going on?” Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.58,0:16:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they just decided to run to the front\Nand they all locked arms and they stood across Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.05,0:16:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dirt road that came into the pines, and\Nthe police were telling them “you have to Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.87,0:16:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get out, you have to leave.” Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.70,0:16:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they said “we’re not leaving. Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.42,0:16:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re not going anywhere. Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.94,0:16:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re staying right here, this is our land\Nwe’re not leaving.” Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.68,0:16:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course they didn’t listen to them\Nyou know, they just started throwing tear Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.72,0:16:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gas and I think that’s \Nwhen all hell broke loose. Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.96,0:16:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reporter: I don’t know \Nif you can hear any of that. Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.36,0:16:29.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,News Anchor: Yes. Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.44,0:16:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds like shots. Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.06,0:16:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reporter: Uhh they launched, I don’t know, \Nabout half a dozen or a dozen canisters of tear gas. Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.82,0:16:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s smoke. Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.06,0:16:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anchor: Ivan, as much as you can see \Nare the warriors pulling back now? Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.26,0:16:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reporter: Oh, uhm, everybody was. Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.68,0:16:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean we’re cars, we’re moving tents,\Nwe’re moving people. Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.48,0:16:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh reporters are- Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.74,0:16:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,News Anchor: Are those shots? Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.78,0:16:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ivan? Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.48,0:16:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello? Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.78,0:17:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a bloody day at the Mohawk Indian \Ncommunity in Oka, Quebec near Montreal. Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.53,0:17:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Provincial police in riot gear stormed the\Nbarricades the Mohawks had set up. Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.92,0:17:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were clouds of tear gas, \Na hail of bullets, Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.18,0:17:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the midst of the battle\Na policeman was killed. Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.68,0:17:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us as Ongwehonweh, or native people that\Nhave already been here. Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.31,0:17:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a culture, we have a way of life,\Nand we have a connection. Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.44,0:17:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of that is a combination of what we\Nstand for and how we stand up for our beliefs. Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.36,0:17:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And going as far as having a physical confrontation\Nwith police forces, Swat teams, Army, Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.58,0:17:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’ve done it.\NAnd succeeded. Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.94,0:17:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You got other people trying to say there’s\Nno place for the warriors or no place for Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.90,0:18:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weapons and we’re all peaceful forever. Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.23,0:18:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s not how it’s supposed to be. Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.48,0:18:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re not here to kill people. Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.41,0:18:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re here to protect our land, we’re\Nhere to protect ourselves and that’s always, Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.74,0:18:12.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always the goal. Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.40,0:18:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it comes to those extreme cases like in\N1990, of course people are gonna have weapons. Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.29,0:18:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the weapons are not to be used. Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.07,0:18:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is our understanding that \Nwe have in our culture. Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.10,0:18:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re not there to hurt, we’re not there\Nto kill anybody. Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.66,0:18:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my belief, I’m traditional, \Nand that’s all there is to it. Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.50,0:18:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, what comes with being traditional? Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.28,0:18:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes with the political aspects and it\Ncomes with the ceremonial aspects Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.42,0:18:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we have to take care of both. Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.32,0:18:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practising sovereignty \Nis not holding a band card. Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.08,0:18:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn’t mean anything, it means that\Nyou have a number form the government to say Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.07,0:18:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you’re registered \Nand you’re on their list. Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.86,0:19:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practising sovereignty is practising your\Nculture, your beliefs and you’re standing Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.62,0:19:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up for what you believe in. Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.48,0:19:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are few geopolitical conflicts more\Nintractable than the decades-long struggle Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.95,0:19:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the establishment of a Palestinian homeland\Nin the areas claimed by the Israeli state. Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.07,0:19:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fertile lands between the Jordan River\Nand the Mediterranean, have been fought over Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.64,0:19:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for thousands of years. Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.08,0:19:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their capital, Jerusalem, is considered holy\Nby all three Abrahamic religions Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.72,0:19:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.36,0:19:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zionism, an ideological movement based around\Nthe imagined return of Jews to their biblical Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.38,0:19:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homeland, Israel, began to \Npick up steam in the early 20th century. Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.10,0:19:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was seen at the time as a potential solution\Nto the centuries of anti-semitic persecution Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.20,0:20:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Jewish people had faced \Nat the hands of European Christians. Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.65,0:20:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following the horrors of the Holocaust, in\Nwhich two-thirds of European Jews were killed, Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.43,0:20:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support within the colonial ruling classes\Nswung behind the establishment Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.32,0:20:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a Jewish homeland. Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.54,0:20:20.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But rather than establish it within the restructured\Nborders of Europe, the Zionist movement was Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.84,0:20:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,granted a sliver of the Arab World, in an\Narea the Ancient Greeks referred to as Palestina. Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.52,0:20:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since then, the Israeli state has methodically\Nexpanded its borders, while tightening restrictions Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.21,0:20:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on its internal Arab population. Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.94,0:20:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under the unquestioned protection of the Trump\Nregime, they have largely abandoned any pretense Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.20,0:20:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of seeking a lasting peace with their Palestinian\Nneighbours, seeking instead to increase the Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.59,0:20:54.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pace of settlement construction in \Nthe territories they occupied in 1967. Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.51,0:21:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Palestinians displaced during the Nakba\Nof 1948 have never given up their dreams of Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.61,0:21:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,returning to their homeland. Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.56,0:21:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the brave resistance of \Nthe Palestinian people to Israeli occupation Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.67,0:21:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is famous all around the world. Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.82,0:21:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born in Tel Aviv a long time ago. Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.22,0:21:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Growing up, \Ninitially I bought everything that I was told. Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.88,0:21:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we, the Jewish people, \Nwere constant victims. Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.96,0:21:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’d never harmed anyone. Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.22,0:21:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, as I was getting close to the age\Nwhere every Israeli is supposed to go to the Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.38,0:21:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,army – every Jewish Israeli – I started\Nhearing about things that were happening. Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.18,0:21:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it... uhhh... yeah it was incredibly painful. Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.76,0:21:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really ripped up my illusions about what\NI was a part of, and what my people were doing. Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.64,0:21:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I did not understand much. Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.16,0:22:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I knew that people were \Nfighting for their freedom. Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.53,0:22:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we were killing them for it. Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.02,0:22:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Palestine is not just about statehood. Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.84,0:22:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s about the return of the \NPalestinians to their historic homeland, Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.04,0:22:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is from the Jordan River \Nto the Mediterranean. Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.68,0:22:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Jewish colony in Palestine — the Jewish\Nstate — was created by the British, Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.97,0:22:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who promised the Palestinian land, \Nthat they had colonized, to Jews. Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.86,0:22:38.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this colonial act, the fact that Britain\Nfelt that they could promise this land to Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.29,0:22:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whoever they wanted \Nwas the kind of original sin here. Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.28,0:22:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the same time the British were crushing\Npopular Palestinian uprisings. Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.72,0:22:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between 1936 and 1939 – it’s called the\NGreat Revolt – ten percent of the male population Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.52,0:22:56.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Palestine was either exiled or killed. Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.76,0:22:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by 1948, the population was depleted. Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.84,0:23:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that’s how thirty percent of the population\Nof Palestine, which by that time was Jewish, Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.60,0:23:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could overpower, and displace, \Nand disenfranchise, and throw out Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.12,0:23:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Palestinian people from these areas. Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.04,0:23:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That the security of the Israeli people will be\Nreconciled with the hopes of the Palestinian people, Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.90,0:23:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this brave gamble that the future\Ncan be better than the past, must endure. Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.70,0:23:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a big mistake that the PLO \Nmade this foolish Oslo agreement. Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.08,0:23:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Palestinian Authority, in entering into\Nthe Oslo Accords, effectively surrendered Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.55,0:23:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its right to armed struggle. Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.68,0:23:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from that moment on, they’ve worked\Nwith the Israeli state to control and actually Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.08,0:23:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dampen popular resistance inside Palestine. Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.52,0:24:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They took the role of local affairs. Dialogue: 0,0:24:01.02,0:24:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the main issues – the borders, the independent\Nstate, the settlements, Jerusalem, water even... Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.50,0:24:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,energy – and sixty percent of the lands\Nstayed in the hands of the Israeli occupation. Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.94,0:24:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing changed. Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.66,0:24:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no legal system in \Nthe Palestinian Authority. Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.82,0:24:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The security forces here – which have different\Nnames, different factions, different brigades Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.74,0:24:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— they just... without any kind of law,\Nthey arrest people. Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.06,0:24:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Israelis? Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.62,0:24:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a system... not a real system, \Nbut a military system. Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.98,0:24:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They charge the Palestinians \Nfor any reason, a long time. Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.46,0:24:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as the Palestinian Authority arrests\Nwhoever Israel tells them to arrest, Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.26,0:24:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shares intelligence, proves its worth\N... it’s allowed to exist. Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.18,0:24:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the role of the Palestinian Authority becomes\Nlike this, only taking the dirty work from Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.72,0:25:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the occupation, \Nit becomes a very corrupted authority. Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.24,0:25:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thousands of demonstrators advanced on the\Nborder fence that separates Gaza from Israel. Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.18,0:25:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Israeli military accused some \Nin the crowd of being terrorists. Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.78,0:25:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soldiers opened fire, killing more than fifty\NPalestinians, including eight children. Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.80,0:25:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Great March of Return is a popular act\Nof resistance that’s organized by Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.12,0:25:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a large swathe of actors within Gaza. Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.56,0:25:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is popular resistance, and it has been\Nslightly misrepresented as somehow being created Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.42,0:25:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Hamas, which it was not. Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.33,0:25:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the protesters that go out every week\Nare not members of Hamas. Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.04,0:25:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people killed are from all political parties,\Nand many are not affiliated with a political party. Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.04,0:25:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y’know, not to mention the number of children\Nwho have been murdered that are not, obviously, Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.52,0:25:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politically affiliated. Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.62,0:26:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People go to protest because the situation\Nis unbearable. Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.06,0:26:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they do it even when \Nthey’re told not to. Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.56,0:26:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they see no other option. Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.34,0:26:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no other option of \Na life with dignity right now in Gaza. Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.81,0:26:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it’s accepting a life without dignity,\Nor trying to fight for a different life. Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.82,0:26:20.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These decentralized, but coordinated actions\Ngo back to the First Intifada, which is why Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.38,0:26:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the First Intifada was so special. Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.03,0:26:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This moment of popular resistance. Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.89,0:26:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A groundswell of resistance from all sectors\Nof Palestinian society. Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.02,0:26:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regardless of class, gender\N... everyone was involved. Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.46,0:26:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Second Intifada started, after a few months,\Nto become an armed resistance. Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.58,0:26:41.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they discovered that it \Ncannot lead to anything. Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.88,0:26:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even Hamas, which is dependent on military\Nresistance, or armed resistance, Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.64,0:26:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found that in order to continue \Ntheir control, their position, Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.32,0:26:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need to depend on popular resistance. Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.34,0:27:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the First Intifada is the big example for\Nthe coming future for the Palestinian community. Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.30,0:27:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the West Bank, I think the situation is\Ngoing to be the Third Intifada. Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.21,0:27:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this situation will not remain \Nas it is for a long time. Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.54,0:27:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s this continuity of Palestinians\Nresisting occupation since 1948. Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.38,0:27:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Twenty percent of Israeli citizens are Palestinian. Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.84,0:27:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously Palestinians live in the West Bank,\NJerusalem – which is their capital – Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.58,0:27:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Gaza. Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.78,0:27:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there are Palestinians living in\Nrefugee camps throughout the Arab world. Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.04,0:27:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of course the global diaspora. Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.38,0:27:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is one people. Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.62,0:27:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Palestinians are one people. Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.11,0:27:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Palestinians know that. Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.94,0:27:43.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Palestinian Revolution \Nis there to break the status quo. Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.71,0:27:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the status quo won’t crush them. Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.56,0:28:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchists have a mixed history \Nwhen it comes to anti-colonial struggle. Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.46,0:28:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are generally critical of nationalism,\Nseeing it as an ideology that allows for the Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.54,0:28:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,papering over of other contradictions \Nwithin a given society. Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.04,0:28:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to this line of thought, buried\Nwithin the national aspirations that animate Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.16,0:28:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anti-colonial struggle, are the seeds for\Nthe reproduction of oppressive hierarchies, Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.26,0:28:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ultimately a new state. Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.34,0:28:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That said, this criticism has, unsurprisingly,\Nbeen markedly less common among non-European Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.12,0:28:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchists with first-hand \Nexperience of national oppression. Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.86,0:28:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the famous Indian \Nrevolutionary Bhagat Singh, Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.62,0:28:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Cuban revolutionary \NCamilo Cienfuegos... Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.20,0:28:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many prominent anti-colonial figures have\Neither identified as anarchists, Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.76,0:28:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or drawn inspiration from anarchist teachings. Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.02,0:28:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And countless other lesser-known anarchists\Nhave participated in struggles for national Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.46,0:29:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-determination, or continue to do so today...\Nfrom those waged by the Mapuche in Wallmapu Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.28,0:29:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Kurds of Rojava. Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.50,0:29:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the international solidarity movement is\Ninternational volunteers that come to support Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.04,0:29:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Palestinian popular struggle. Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.26,0:29:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yesterday there were homes under threat of\Ndemolition, the volunteers were in the homes Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.78,0:29:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the families trying to, you know, resist\Nthem being removed from their homes. Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.34,0:29:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are demonstrations. Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.02,0:29:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Areas of Hebron that are under Israeli control,\NTel Rumeida, the children are under constant Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.84,0:29:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,risk of attack and harassment, the volunteers\Ntake the kids to school and bring them back Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.14,0:29:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from school. Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.24,0:29:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see that those activists in solidarity with\Nthe Palestinian people helps give us hope Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.34,0:29:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we are not alone, opens the eyes of the\Nworld about the human rights issues and the Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.91,0:29:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occupation happening in Palestine. Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.80,0:30:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there's a problem with Western and\Nwhite particular anarchists, that they're Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.86,0:30:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not able to distinguish identity from national\Naspirations. Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.32,0:30:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchists tend to say, well they're anti-national\Nso why do you want to fight for a nation state? Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.46,0:30:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an incredibly facile and white way\Nof looking at things. Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.58,0:30:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also arrogant. Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.00,0:30:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fannon understood the importance of national\Nliberation struggles as defined as national Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.84,0:30:33.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liberation struggles, because that is how\Nthey were confronted by settler-colonial regimes. Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.68,0:30:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were controlled as Bantu, as Algerian\NArabs, as Palestinians, as whatever. Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.84,0:30:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You become those identities, all our identities\Nare constructed, but those are the identities Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.14,0:30:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the Palestinians are acting now. Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.30,0:30:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I feel it's impossible to talk about the dangers,\Nright now, you know of Palestinian nationalism. Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.52,0:31:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Palestinians are stripped of their agency\Nto determine so many aspects of their lives Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.24,0:31:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their self-determination... Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.32,0:31:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When power shifts, and Palestinians are in\Ncontrol of their lives and of their land and Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.22,0:31:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their state, uh... then maybe we can revisit\Nthis..? Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.82,0:31:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't feel that it's relevant to the\Ncurrent situation Dialogue: 0,0:31:22.12,0:31:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you achieve your rights, justice, freedom\Nand others, you can think how to deal with Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.64,0:31:29.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your neighbor. Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.00,0:31:32.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe united, cooperating... Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.16,0:31:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I dunno. Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.52,0:31:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But without this solution happening, nothing. Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.00,0:31:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That conflict will continue. Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.24,0:31:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more racist Israelis will be going, and\Nthe more religious or Salafist under the occupation Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.70,0:31:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in the Palestinian situation. Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.20,0:32:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Palestine is the litmus test of a true revolutionary\Nin this country. Dialogue: 0,0:32:00.02,0:32:04.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're not one hundred percent on board,\Nthen shut the fuck up. Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.68,0:32:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that goes for fucking anarchists, and\NI don't care, or any sort of leftists. Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.58,0:32:12.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shut up and listen, and listen to the people\Non the ground, listen to the people conducting Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.38,0:32:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the BDS, listen to the revolutionaries in\NPalestine. Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.30,0:32:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the way you do it. Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.10,0:32:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't start something you can't finish. Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.26,0:32:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know? Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.76,0:32:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't start trying to be something you're\Nnot either, so whatever you're good at, find Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.08,0:32:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if that's what you're passionate about and\Nfind a way to mix it with your talents so Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.16,0:32:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're enjoying yourself because it does get\Nhard. Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.52,0:32:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know it's emotionally exhausting and there\Ncomes a point where you just have to take Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.32,0:32:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a step back and to remember to take care of\Nyourself. Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.04,0:32:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchist have to be careful to nuance how\Nthey relate to the concept of sovereignty. Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.04,0:32:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shouldn't be fixed. Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.38,0:32:59.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It needs to be a dynamic understanding of\Nthe ways struggle demands from non-indigenous Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.86,0:33:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchists to constantly rethink and reevaluate\Ntheir relationship to a set of ideas and practices. Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.22,0:33:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be aware of how whiteness functions in various\Nspaces of struggle. Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.36,0:33:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be super down, and you can have a\Ngreat understanding of how whiteness operates Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.74,0:33:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world, but you don't have control over\Nhow people react to your whiteness. Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.06,0:33:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you've gotta be humble and understand that\Nno matter who you are, whiteness will always Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.14,0:33:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be triggering for some people. Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.28,0:33:33.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So know when to step back, when to be quiet\Nand know when just to walk away. Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.56,0:33:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, the way I envision it is like two\Nbraids. Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.00,0:33:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like you have the boat here and you've got\Nlike all your intermingling and all your people Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.76,0:33:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ideas, and over here we have our braid\Ngoing on. Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.52,0:33:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people have to realize that it's not just\None straight and narrow path that everyone Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.92,0:33:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to take, there's a weaving going on and\Nwe're all connected one way or another. Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.08,0:33:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to get away from colonialism's way\Nof thinking and you have to start thinking Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.84,0:34:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on your own. Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.44,0:34:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main intention is not yourself as the\Npriority. Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.66,0:34:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main intention for this to work is the\Npriority of the other generations coming, Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.38,0:34:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we keep this equality and peaceful practices\Ngoing for them, not just for me. Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.42,0:34:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Capitalism continues to fuel the aggressive\Nextractive projects snaking across the continent. Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.08,0:34:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchists fighting against exploitative processes\Nof capitalism should think about how important Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.88,0:34:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is to link their struggle to anti-colonial\Nresistance. Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.48,0:34:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for many, I think this means rethinking\Npost-revolutionary ideas of industrial societies. Dialogue: 0,0:34:43.84,0:34:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to go back to the beginning, to the\NRoyal Proclamation, if we're going to get Dialogue: 0,0:34:47.94,0:34:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rid of Canada, that's what it comes down to. Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.14,0:34:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if they're not upholding their agreements\Nthen they need to leave. Dialogue: 0,0:34:54.12,0:34:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That government system, I'm not saying all\Nnon-native people have to leave, but that Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.86,0:35:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,political structure and that government system\Nneed to go. Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.74,0:35:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Zionist State, Israel, would have to be\Ndismantled and a new system based on equality, Dialogue: 0,0:35:09.60,0:35:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equal rights would have to be created. Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.50,0:35:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One in which we could all live together as\Nequals. Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.02,0:35:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I believe that, I mean, I know how wonderful\Nthat can be because my life is an example Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.22,0:35:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of that. Dialogue: 0,0:35:22.86,0:35:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm really looking forward for that day,\Nfor the refugees to return, the prisoners Dialogue: 0,0:35:26.86,0:35:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be freed and the occupation to end and\Napartheid to be dismantled, where I can meet Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.32,0:35:37.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my friends from Gaza on the beach of Haifa, and have a cappuccino Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.30,0:35:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a date for that day. So, we're looking forward to it. Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.34,0:35:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are few struggles with higher stakes\Nthan those waged by Indigenous peoples against Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.32,0:35:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their colonial occupiers. Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.81,0:36:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is because the assertion of collective\Nself-determination that they represent is Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.66,0:36:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a direct attack on the legitimacy of the dominant\Ncolonial power structure. Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.40,0:36:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For states, they are therefore existential\Nthreats... and tend to be treated as such. Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.04,0:36:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The intense level of conflict that often result\Nfrom these clashes can in turn rupture the Dialogue: 0,0:36:21.97,0:36:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illusion of social peace. Dialogue: 0,0:36:24.56,0:36:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This poses opportunities for revolutionaries,\Nbut also considerable risks. Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.92,0:36:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It draws clear battle lines, allowing states\Nto mobilize their own national identities, Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.51,0:36:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to allow for the intensification\Nof repression. Dialogue: 0,0:36:40.14,0:36:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Non-indigenous anarchists must be well aware\Nof these dynamics, both in order to anticipate Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.24,0:36:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help combat nationalist reaction, and\Nto be able to act in complicity with all those Dialogue: 0,0:36:51.15,0:36:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who take up determined struggle against our\Nmutual enemies within the ruling class. Dialogue: 0,0:36:57.39,0:37:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point, we’d like to remind you\Nthat Trouble is intended to be watched in Dialogue: 0,0:37:01.40,0:37:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups, and to be used as a resource to promote\Ndiscussion and collective organizing. Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.48,0:37:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you interested in getting more involved\Nwith Indigenous solidarity work in your area, Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.26,0:37:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or starting a group to provide sustained material\Nsupport to folks on the ground in Palestine? Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.08,0:37:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider getting together with some comrades,\Norganizing a screening of this film, and discussing Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.10,0:37:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where to get started. 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Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.13,0:38:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode would not have been possible\Nwithout the generous support of Chelsea, Whitney, Dialogue: 0,0:38:35.52,0:38:40.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,B, Mos'ab and the good folks at the International\NSolidarity Movement. Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.42,0:38:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay tuned next month for Trouble 22, as we\Ntake a closer look at the rising tide of xenophobic Dialogue: 0,0:38:46.48,0:38:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anti-migrant hysteria sweeping the so-called\NUnited States... Dialogue: 0,0:38:50.78,0:38:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...they want all the rights and privileges\Nof being United Sates citizens and they don't Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.72,0:38:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have those rights and privileges, they're\Nhere illegally. Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.02,0:39:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...and what people are doing to fight back. Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.20,0:39:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now get out there…. and make some trouble!