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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.34,0:00:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greetings Troublemakers. Welcome to Trouble....
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.09,0:00:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my name is not important.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.89,0:00:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This year marks the 50th anniversary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.45,0:00:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the tumultuous events of 1968,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.16,0:00:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when an unprecedented wave of revolt
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.44,0:00:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broke out in multiple countries around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.45,0:00:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sending a collective shiver
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.90,0:00:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down the spines of the ruling class.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.54,0:00:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was arguably the closest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.12,0:00:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that humanity has ever come to a global revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.06,0:00:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the reverberations of this shock
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.03,0:00:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lasted well into the next decade,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.90,0:00:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as capitalists scrambled
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.29,0:00:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restructure the international economy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.19,0:00:33.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and states passed a series of reforms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.46,0:00:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aimed at desperately reasserting their legitimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.04,0:00:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While there were many different local factors
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.17,0:00:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a wide cross-section of participants to the riots of '68,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.76,0:00:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a recurring theme was the leading role
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.02,0:00:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,played by a generation of insurgent youth,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.21,0:00:48.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fed up with the alienation and misery
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.07,0:00:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of everyday life under capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.22,0:00:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the most iconic scenes of '68 played out in Paris,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.68,0:00:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where tens of thousands of university
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.92,0:00:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and high-school students took to the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.17,0:00:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,erected barricades
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.57,0:01:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fought pitched street battles with the cops.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.84,0:01:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inspired by the bravery
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.24,0:01:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and uncompromising militancy of these youth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.68,0:01:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,millions of workers joined the fray,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.35,0:01:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,launching the biggest wildcat strike in history,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.04,0:01:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nearly toppling the French state in the process.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.84,0:01:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students also played a key role
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.49,0:01:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in kicking-off protests that year in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.18,0:01:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Italy, Spain, West Germany,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.80,0:01:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sweden, Poland, Yugoslavia, Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.00,0:01:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brazil, Colombia, Argentina,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.53,0:01:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jamaica, and the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.72,0:01:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.52,0:01:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students at the Athens Polytechnic played a decisive role
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.60,0:01:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in toppling the fascist military junta in Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.24,0:01:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sadly, the revolutionary upsurge of the 60's and 70's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.33,0:01:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was ultimately put down,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.68,0:01:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is now confined to the annals of history.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.64,0:01:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But student unrest has persisted,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.88,0:01:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and today it continues to play a key role
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.97,0:01:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in fomenting political crises
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.68,0:01:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and articulating broader critiques
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.44,0:01:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of capitalism and the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.07,0:01:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next thirty minutes,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.56,0:01:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll explore contemporary student struggles
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.64,0:01:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from so-called Puerto Rico, Montreal and Chile,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.44,0:01:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and speak with current and former student organizers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.92,0:02:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they share their experiences
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.48,0:02:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of launching strikes, occupying buildings,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.98,0:02:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking to the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.19,0:02:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making a whole lot of trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.38,0:02:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Considering that the economic crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.46,0:02:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not only seen in Puerto Rico, but globally,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.60,0:02:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,universities as a whole
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.70,0:02:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in almost all parts of the world are being affected.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.60,0:02:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The case of Puerto Rico
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.96,0:02:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be seen as more problematic
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.86,0:02:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,considering that this country is a colony of the USA.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.02,0:02:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The economic disaster,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.16,0:02:59.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in the empire and in the colony
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.58,0:03:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is exacerbated more in terms
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.84,0:03:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of general education.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.98,0:03:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And mainly in the aspect of higher education,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.42,0:03:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has led to seeing the future as
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.50,0:03:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something very tragic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.50,0:03:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each year there are less students.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.73,0:03:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And obviously that’s because of the crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.72,0:03:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every year more people leave the country
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.94,0:03:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- especially young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.64,0:03:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More youth join the army.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.94,0:03:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go study at institutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.94,0:03:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go study in the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.64,0:03:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Historically, the University of Puerto Rico,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.34,0:03:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the public university of the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.34,0:03:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is and continues to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.00,0:03:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generally speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.00,0:03:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bastion of critical thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.00,0:03:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to talk about the 2010 strike
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.22,0:03:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- or, specifically about how the strike began in 2010 -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.56,0:03:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to go back and talk about the 2005 strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.20,0:03:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2005, a new increase in tuition was taking place.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.13,0:04:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're talking about a 33% tuition increase.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.46,0:04:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The strike was sparked because of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.30,0:04:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was sparked so that education could stay accessible.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.06,0:04:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was also the strike in which the campus was occupied
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.06,0:04:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shut down.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.67,0:04:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The organizing was typical
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.94,0:04:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of traditional leftist socialist political organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.56,0:04:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- very centralized -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.18,0:04:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which created resentments and tensions.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.48,0:04:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We cannot call it a failure,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.28,0:04:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although the tuition freeze was not won.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.90,0:04:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, the tuition hike was carried out...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.62,0:04:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the strike ended in a very chaotic way
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.56,0:04:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it led many to an awareness of what we want.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.34,0:04:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the beginning of 2009
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.66,0:04:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we started to re-organize the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.64,0:04:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We began to realize that we had to break down
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.48,0:04:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these traditional centralized and hierarchical structures.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.62,0:04:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We began to decentralize.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.90,0:04:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We began to form affinity groups
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.04,0:04:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- they were called action committees.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.62,0:05:00.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From there came the idea of creating a university union.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.34,0:05:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Action committees were organized by faculty,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.31,0:05:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the case of the Rio Piedras campus.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.76,0:05:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they allowed us to have a strike committee
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.08,0:05:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overnight, without even having a strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.80,0:05:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we started to push the assembly to strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.06,0:05:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the assembly, it was already organic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.94,0:05:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were no longer going with the purpose
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.30,0:05:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of convincing people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.22,0:05:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were going to vote for the strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.22,0:05:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the strike started.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.96,0:05:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the strike was like a snowball.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.91,0:05:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the snowball kept rolling, it kept growing.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.96,0:05:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from there 11 campuses were occupied.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.19,0:05:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to carry out the strike and be successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.98,0:05:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had to sacrifice our studies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.66,0:05:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the occupation of the campuses,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.66,0:05:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of each of the faculties, was that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.66,0:05:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To create the impossibility for normality.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.00,0:05:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're on strike... therefore there are no classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.68,0:05:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making a fortress of the Rio Piedras campus
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.10,0:05:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- as did our comrades did in the other campuses -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.28,0:06:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was done to avoid a confrontation with the cops
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.96,0:06:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That would have kicked us out,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.04,0:06:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the strike would have ended.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.14,0:06:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That still happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.89,0:06:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But inside, there was an atmosphere of freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.38,0:06:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An atmosphere of coexistence
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.90,0:06:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and social transformation.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.99,0:06:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where that idea comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.40,0:06:16.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learned to make barricades.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.18,0:06:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learned to confront the police like never before.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.54,0:06:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Out! Out! Cops get out!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.84,0:06:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learned to think strategically.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.32,0:06:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learned to attract the people, the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.26,0:06:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only was the campus taken,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.26,0:06:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the streets were taken too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.11,0:06:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that 2010 and 2011 transformed people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.26,0:06:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It allowed the strike of 2017
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.54,0:06:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a different strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.54,0:06:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a consciousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.54,0:06:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the genie was out of the bottle.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.86,0:06:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,<
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.34,0:06:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the so-called ‘PROMESA’ bill,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.34,0:06:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would establish a means for Puerto Rico
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.00,0:06:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restructure its 72 billion dollars in debt
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.84,0:06:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but would also impose a Financial Control Board
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.76,0:06:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- or what I and other people call it -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.35,0:07:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a colonial control board
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.82,0:07:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the commonwealth of Puerto Rico.>>
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.18,0:07:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Fiscal Control Board
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.18,0:07:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,overrules the government of Puerto Rico
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.12,0:07:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decides the austerity measures to be imposed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.12,0:07:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.63,0:07:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the first things it did
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.75,0:07:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was propose cuts to the University of Puerto Rico.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.98,0:07:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cuts - first they were $300 million
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.96,0:07:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now they are $450 million.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.30,0:07:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that was discussed in the fiscal plan
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.06,0:07:28.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a tuition increase.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.82,0:07:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2016, when us students found this out,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.68,0:07:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we began to organize.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.16,0:07:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we went on strike
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.24,0:07:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2010-11 committees were organized by faculty.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.26,0:07:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2017, we did the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.18,0:07:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But new committees were created,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.80,0:07:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the athlete's committee,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.80,0:07:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed-garden committee,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.40,0:07:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other committees and working groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.88,0:07:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the gender working group.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.91,0:08:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The strike was also connected to the crisis
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.54,0:08:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the country was going through.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.96,0:08:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was tied to the fight against the Fiscal Control Board,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.86,0:08:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the struggle for independence.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.84,0:08:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The majority of our protests
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.32,0:08:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were outside the university.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.82,0:08:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that we were on strike
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.94,0:08:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped a lot with organizing May Day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.30,0:08:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the tactics that were used.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.20,0:08:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black bloc tactics were used,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.38,0:08:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and striking students were able to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.34,0:08:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organize that black bloc.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.76,0:08:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were able to make contacts with other people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.14,0:08:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were not students,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.14,0:08:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but who could participate in the strike, because
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.32,0:08:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it was a student strike
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.48,0:08:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was open to the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.97,0:08:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On May 22nd 2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.07,0:08:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 200,000 people took to the streets of Montreal,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.16,0:08:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the largest act of civil disobedience
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.39,0:08:57.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ever occur in the territories ruled
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.23,0:08:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Canadian state.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.52,0:09:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This demonstration was part of the so-called Maple Spring,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.36,0:09:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a massive general strike involving over 300,000 students
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.96,0:09:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Quebec's universities and CEGEP's,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.07,0:09:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Collèges d'enseignement général et professionnel,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.40,0:09:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a province-wide network
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.80,0:09:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of publicly-funded vocational colleges.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.96,0:09:15.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like many other demos that occurred
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.43,0:09:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the weeks and months that followed,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.36,0:09:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the May 22 manif was illegal.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.28,0:09:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those marching that day were doing so
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.23,0:09:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in open defiance of the so-called Special Law,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.68,0:09:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bill 78, a repressive piece of legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.72,0:09:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had recently been passed by the Liberal government,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.20,0:09:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which had sought to criminalize all demonstrations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.85,0:09:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose routes were not submitted to the police in advance.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.56,0:09:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quebec has a long and storied history of student radicalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.88,0:09:39.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the province has seen no less than ten
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.93,0:09:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,student-led general strikes in the past fifty years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.76,0:09:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the 2012 strike lasted nearly eight months,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.76,0:09:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making it by far the longest,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.48,0:09:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and largest such strike in Quebec history.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.68,0:09:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The social upheaval provoked by this movement
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.95,0:09:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ended up toppling the provincial government of Jean Charest,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.68,0:09:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rolling back the proposed tuition increase
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.88,0:09:58.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it had originally been launched to oppose.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.96,0:10:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet... the fact that the end of the strike
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.13,0:10:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still felt like a crushing defeat,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.60,0:10:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite ostensibly achieving its goals,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.84,0:10:06.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a testament to the conviction
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.49,0:10:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it had inspired in its participants
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.28,0:10:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that an entirely new world was within their grasp.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.61,0:10:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Quebec specifically,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.85,0:10:16.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the student movement is a big political force
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.82,0:10:19.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has a continuity through history
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.84,0:10:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of social and political organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.72,0:10:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The francophone student movement in Quebec
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.34,0:10:24.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goes back to the 60's,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.72,0:10:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where in Quebec we had this movement
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.60,0:10:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called “the Quiet Revolution”.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.43,0:10:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because most of the universities were controlled
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.43,0:10:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either by the Church,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.67,0:10:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or by the anglophones.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.05,0:10:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So only really rich francophones could go
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.49,0:10:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to universities and colleges.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.86,0:10:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The CEGEPs were founded by actual occupations of colleges
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.62,0:10:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demanding for accessible schooling.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.85,0:10:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it led to a huge wave of francophones and poor people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.21,0:10:52.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting access to so-called higher education.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.38,0:10:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the interesting aspects
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.85,0:10:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Quebec student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.34,0:10:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that there's a certain level of institutionalization
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.89,0:11:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of student unions.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.26,0:11:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students are able to follow through
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.58,0:11:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from struggle to struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.19,0:11:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example in 2005,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.13,0:11:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where students might have been involved
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.81,0:11:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the CGEP level, at the college level
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.98,0:11:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– in 2012 they would have been at the university level
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.50,0:11:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they could have been involved
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.84,0:11:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in transferring their experience
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.50,0:11:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their knowledge to younger generations of activists.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.86,0:11:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has had a lot of impact on the youth in general,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.46,0:11:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the way school is held in Quebec.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.07,0:11:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ASSE is a federation of local student unions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.54,0:11:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was created in 2001 to fight off the influence
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.42,0:11:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the two other main student union federations,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.98,0:11:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were more on the political lobbying scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.42,0:11:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ASSE has always seen the government as an enemy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.71,0:11:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that needs to be combated.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.86,0:11:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't wanna negotiate with these people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.40,0:11:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanna force them to act.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.84,0:11:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What ASSE is about is really grouping together
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.61,0:11:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local student unions and providing spaces
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.18,0:11:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which these local student unions
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.27,0:12:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are able to interact with each other, exchange information
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.53,0:12:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,— and most importantly, take collective action.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.90,0:12:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how it works is that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.83,0:12:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got many different colleges and universities
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.58,0:12:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are members of the ASSE, and in between
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.31,0:12:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– like in colleges and universities specifically –
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.66,0:12:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unions are separated by faculties.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.33,0:12:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a student union wants to become a member of ASSE,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.63,0:12:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has to organize on the principle of direct democracy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.54,0:12:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no talk of doing lobby work with politicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.10,0:12:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.11,0:12:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no talk of even doing a demo
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.56,0:12:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without it being voted in a GA.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.72,0:12:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think striking would have been possible
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.09,0:12:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without this kind of organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.86,0:12:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A general assembly, or a GA,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.94,0:12:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just the practice of getting together as a group
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.96,0:12:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discuss matters at hand that concern you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.62,0:12:50.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody can come in and can vote
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.81,0:12:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and propose whatever they want.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.27,0:12:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There has to be some procedures,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.08,0:12:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the idea is to have the structure as open as possible
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.14,0:12:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for everybody to be able to speak
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.88,0:13:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on different subjects and matters
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.30,0:13:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and propose what they want.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.38,0:13:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's so important that students have this space
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.20,0:13:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet and organize together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.74,0:13:11.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having a general assembly go on strike
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.05,0:13:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means that the whole faculty goes on strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.06,0:13:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole collective is bound to that decision.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.99,0:13:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that meant we could block the whole campus.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.06,0:13:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was one of the people you could say
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.18,0:13:24.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was politically born in 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.76,0:13:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As was the case for thousands of people in Quebec.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.09,0:13:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happened then was magical.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.27,0:13:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a social upheaval like you don't see very often,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.56,0:13:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it schooled us to street politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.62,0:13:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to radical democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.92,0:13:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to what can really be obtained
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.02,0:13:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by making strong bonds and fighting together.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.16,0:13:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 2012 strike was a result of, I would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.55,0:13:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least three years of grassroots organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.12,0:13:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We knew in 2009
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.26,0:13:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the government was planning to raise up tuition fees.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.44,0:13:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we had time to prepare.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.02,0:13:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our goal was to go step-by-step,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.26,0:14:03.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then to have increasingly radical actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.49,0:14:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.17,0:14:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the government decided to raise the tuition,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.34,0:14:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were able to tell the people
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.46,0:14:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“we've done everything.”
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.84,0:14:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know, we've done petitions. We've sent letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.02,0:14:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We called everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.67,0:14:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We did all these things that we knew wouldn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.02,0:14:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now the only thing we have left to do
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.89,0:14:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to go on a general strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.28,0:14:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's this whole build up
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.58,0:14:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was really important to the success of that strike.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.26,0:14:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the student strike does,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.06,0:14:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by massively shutting down campuses
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.86,0:14:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in universities and colleges
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.86,0:14:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it frees up students to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.62,0:14:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only organize within the struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.52,0:14:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also think about the issues that are outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.55,0:14:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at the beginning, people were saying
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.38,0:14:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“oh, y'know... these people are striking against tuition fees.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.30,0:14:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very student-centric struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.64,0:14:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They only want to protect themselves.”
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.31,0:14:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But eventually they saw that what we wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.54,0:14:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was more radical than just striking against tuition hikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.31,0:14:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were for a really different society.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.64,0:14:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the strike was only a representation of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.88,0:15:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The context of 2012 really opened space,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.30,0:15:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opened cracks within people's daily lives
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.22,0:15:07.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to consider other methods of struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.01,0:15:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other methods of organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.62,0:15:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 2012 strike was about student debt,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.56,0:15:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is incredibly high for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.82,0:15:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then it also gave us a chance
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.69,0:15:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to touch on debt in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.26,0:15:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is everybody so in debt?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.77,0:15:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is everybody so poor,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.02,0:15:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're working all their lives away?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.16,0:15:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the summer of 2012
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.97,0:15:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we saw the emergence of assemblies,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.16,0:15:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of, like, neighbourhood assemblies,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.81,0:15:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were called APAQs
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.20,0:15:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– Assemblées Populaire Autonome de Quartier.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.45,0:15:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically autonomous neighbourhood assemblies.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.42,0:15:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it was a gateway for
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.28,0:15:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of more in-depth thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.80,0:15:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the current situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.41,0:15:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which everybody shares.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.70,0:15:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody can realize, y'know, we're being fucked over.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.60,0:15:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.64,0:15:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after maybe five months of all the universities
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.61,0:15:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the colleges being paralyzed,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.64,0:15:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government decided to pass a special law
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.56,0:15:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,banning public demonstrations.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.56,0:15:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.57,0:16:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People started banging pots on their balconies one night,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.93,0:16:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the night afterwards,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.99,0:16:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody was in the streets banging pots
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.96,0:16:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the general law.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.52,0:16:11.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Jean Charest is sending Quebeckers to the polls.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.72,0:16:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We really faced a wall when the government decided
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.17,0:16:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they couldn't go on,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.55,0:16:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and decided to call an election.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.17,0:16:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was taken back from us by sold-out politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.34,0:16:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that gained capital on our struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.73,0:16:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people just thought... we had won.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.48,0:16:29.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everybody was gonna vote on something,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.55,0:16:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and elections would solve everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.12,0:16:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to beware of elections as a way to solve struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.69,0:16:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it didn't solve anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.95,0:16:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Following 2012 there was three years
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.58,0:16:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of very brutal repression in the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.66,0:16:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,specifically targeting student organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.88,0:16:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hopes of breaking down the student movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.02,0:16:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so in 2015,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.20,0:16:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was an independent group that formed
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.40,0:16:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the walls of UQAM
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.05,0:16:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– Université du Québec à Montréal –
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.89,0:16:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to start organizing again and fight back.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.46,0:16:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an anarchist strike,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.100,0:17:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the sense that it was a refusal to let the institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.09,0:17:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the corporations instrumentalize us
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.96,0:17:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put words in our mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.89,0:17:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 2015 was really about the heritage of 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.13,0:17:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was also a message to the ones coming up
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.19,0:17:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it was still possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.54,0:17:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still have the structures to get up and fight together.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.22,0:17:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without a doubt
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.28,0:17:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most sustained student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.84,0:17:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the so-called Americas
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.24,0:17:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be found in the territories ruled by the Chilean state.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.40,0:17:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the 2006 protests
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.16,0:17:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,popularly known as the Penguin's Revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.78,0:17:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Chilean Winter of 2011-2013,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.96,0:17:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continuing to today,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.52,0:17:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Chilean student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.87,0:17:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has represented a consistent pole of radical activity
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.81,0:17:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the southern Andean country,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.32,0:17:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drawing in hundreds of thousands of participants
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.64,0:17:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helping to topple multiple governments,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.45,0:17:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seemingly without breaking stride.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.20,0:17:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While its roots lie
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.37,0:17:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the militant youth wings
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.80,0:17:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the socialist and communist parties
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.00,0:17:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that once formed an important pillar of support
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.36,0:17:59.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for former president Salvador Allende,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.52,0:18:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,student radicalism was effectively suppressed in Chile
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.42,0:18:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the long years of the Pinochet dictatorship.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.96,0:18:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today's student movement is still struggling
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.90,0:18:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the economic legacies of this period,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.04,0:18:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the regime embraced neoliberal shock doctrines
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.86,0:18:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that led to one of the most heavily privatized
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.76,0:18:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education systems in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.76,0:18:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the demands of today's reconstituted student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.68,0:18:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began with relatively humble requests,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.72,0:18:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as free bus passes
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.44,0:18:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the waiving of onerous fees
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.97,0:18:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for university admission tests,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.54,0:18:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have since evolved into militant calls
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.63,0:18:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for free post-secondary education
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.52,0:18:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have brought the entire capitalist system into question.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.92,0:18:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Education in Chile is deeply segregated by class.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.82,0:18:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The level of privatization caused students to go into debt.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.24,0:18:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Families would be spending such a large portion
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.72,0:18:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their earnings to pay for education
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.72,0:18:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that people started to realize that it was a right
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.49,0:18:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they were being deprived of
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.26,0:18:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that they had to begin to mobilize.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.58,0:19:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Traditional universities, especially state universities,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.44,0:19:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a long tradition of student organizing and mobilizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.28,0:19:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where student federations are established organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.73,0:19:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are “accepted” by the rectories
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.14,0:19:16.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the government as a valid interlocutor
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.47,0:19:18.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when discussing student issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.92,0:19:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The private universities that were established in 1981
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.86,0:19:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are institutions that,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.36,0:19:25.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generally speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.84,0:19:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have only had university federations since the 2000s.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.42,0:19:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was at that moment that the students began
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.03,0:19:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to demand their right to organize
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.86,0:19:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a federation that was legitimized
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.28,0:19:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the rectories of those institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.18,0:19:39.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The university federations are grouped in CONFECH.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.86,0:19:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The CONFECH is the federation of Chilean students
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.12,0:19:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is like the main body
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.37,0:19:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bringing together the different university federations
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.79,0:19:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the majority of Chilean universities,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.65,0:19:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether they be private or public.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.24,0:20:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The movement of 2011 was a really defining moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.30,0:20:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People felt and believed in a struggle of their own,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.42,0:20:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seeing that the demonstrations
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.59,0:20:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to attract many students,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.68,0:20:11.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a much deeper analysis began to take form
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.16,0:20:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with regards to education.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.56,0:20:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main slogans that guided the mobilization
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.33,0:20:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cover different areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.30,0:20:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first has to do with free education,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.30,0:20:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the demand that higher education
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.60,0:20:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be free and accessible for all students,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.40,0:20:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of the socio-economic level of their families.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.70,0:20:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second has to do
Dialogue: 0,0:20:30.00,0:20:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the forgiveness of debts incurred by Chilean families
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.44,0:20:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the process of educating their children.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.44,0:20:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third has to do with the orientation
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.47,0:20:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that education has in our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.58,0:20:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, the CONFECH’s demand
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.48,0:20:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to advance the creation
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.44,0:20:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a national development project,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.46,0:20:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which the universities
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.30,0:20:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– and in particular the public and state universities –
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.98,0:20:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play a strategic role in the design of public policies,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.18,0:20:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in conjunction with the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.84,0:21:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was at that point that secondary students
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.82,0:21:08.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also came together with their own demands,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.46,0:21:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the need to coordinate
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.17,0:21:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with high school students was sparked,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.50,0:21:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since they also had been resisting, since 2006
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.37,0:21:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– which was known as the Penguin's Revolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.34,0:21:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could see a level of support
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.93,0:21:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that no other kind of social movement
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.88,0:21:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the last decades had seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.88,0:21:25.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the end of the dictatorship.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.76,0:21:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were even polls that pointed to
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.00,0:21:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 80% of the population supporting student demands.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.06,0:21:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw demonstrations
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.38,0:21:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of up to one million people in the capital,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.14,0:21:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with entire families participating,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.23,0:21:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with workers' unions participating,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.36,0:21:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people in the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.84,0:21:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were not affiliated
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.84,0:21:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with any political organization supporting.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.34,0:21:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The student demands
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.82,0:21:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had resonated with a great majority of the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.82,0:21:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the fight against indebtedness,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.80,0:21:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the struggle for a less classist educational system
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.82,0:21:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that contributes to the development of the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.36,0:22:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not just to the profits of the ruling class.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.44,0:22:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within what was called the anarchist movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.70,0:22:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was thought that the participation of anarchists
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.08,0:22:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within the dynamics of the student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.90,0:22:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– for example in the election leaders,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.89,0:22:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participation in voting,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.16,0:22:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,participation in assemblies, etc –
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.16,0:22:18.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something that did not correspond
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.85,0:22:21.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the principles of the anarchist movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.18,0:22:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As of 2003, we decided that it was something
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.93,0:22:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that did not correspond to our current reality,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.92,0:22:27.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that as a libertarian movement
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.61,0:22:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had the responsibility to nourish the student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.88,0:22:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our political perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.88,0:22:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that if it meant that our comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.82,0:22:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had to take on representational roles
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.00,0:22:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an attempt to to democratize those spaces,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.66,0:22:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it had to be done.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.82,0:22:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were different visions.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.82,0:22:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the one hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.90,0:22:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were groups that were very, like, platform based,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.46,0:22:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who called themselves anarchists.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.94,0:22:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they were groups that, after all,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.88,0:22:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also sought leadership positions.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.33,0:22:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.52,0:22:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were young people who were looking
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.34,0:23:00.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a much more horizontal organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.54,0:23:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a much more direct manifestation, or, direct action.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.76,0:23:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beginning with small affinity groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.62,0:23:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a movement that unites from below.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.56,0:23:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it served to effectively keep up the pressure.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.84,0:23:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that it wasn’t so easy to impose the direction
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.94,0:23:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this movement could take.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.10,0:23:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was already super distorted
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.30,0:23:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the filters of the political parties
Dialogue: 0,0:23:24.14,0:23:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that directed the assemblies in some way.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.16,0:23:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,f we did not resist in some way,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.27,0:23:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were going to let it be much easier
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.30,0:23:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to control things.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.34,0:23:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.62,0:23:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you realized that it served to link you with other people
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.02,0:23:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were not even part of your student organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.62,0:23:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But who also had their own networks.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.62,0:23:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it allowed you to see what the mistakes were,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.09,0:23:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the things that don't really make sense
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.86,0:23:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the spaces in which people were mobilizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.37,0:23:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's possible to draw several lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.68,0:23:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the experience the Chilean student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.94,0:23:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has accumulated during the last decade and a half.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.84,0:24:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them has to do with the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.64,0:24:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the student movement and its political organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.40,0:24:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect its internal democratic structures.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.00,0:24:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That allows students in the country
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.43,0:24:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be represented democratically,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.44,0:24:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and grants legitimacy to their spaces of representation.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.80,0:24:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other lesson has to do with the need to move
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.56,0:24:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from economic demands to political demands.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.16,0:24:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Questioning not only the way in which neoliberalism
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.30,0:24:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expresses itself concretely in terms of education,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.48,0:24:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by questioning the foundations
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.90,0:24:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of neoliberal educational policy.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.80,0:24:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what that means, is questioning, for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.88,0:24:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the role that banks and the private sector
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.01,0:24:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play in education to the detriment of the public sector.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.14,0:24:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another lesson has to do with the ability
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.03,0:24:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the student movement to exercise,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.76,0:24:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or establish ties of solidarity with other social movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.40,0:24:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During 2011-2012,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.18,0:24:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we forged a process of coordination
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.64,0:24:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and relationship with labour unions,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.16,0:25:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with neighbourhood organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.16,0:25:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with environmental organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.50,0:25:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with organizations that fought for
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.86,0:25:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and demanded gender equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.76,0:25:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with an endless number of other social groups
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.00,0:25:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within Chilean society
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.12,0:25:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that share with us a critique of neoliberal society.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.68,0:25:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that allows their political demand
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.66,0:25:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to be exhausted within the educational demand,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.47,0:25:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather to be projected into a political project
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.51,0:25:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that overcomes the student struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.18,0:25:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is ultimately related to
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.21,0:25:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the struggle against the neoliberal model
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.38,0:25:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– and therefore to the construction
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.22,0:25:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a different political alternative.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.36,0:25:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Students that go to school in areas without
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.18,0:25:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an established radical student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.96,0:25:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often face structural and political obstacles
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.41,0:25:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the types of grassroots organizing required
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.69,0:25:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call general strikes,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.20,0:25:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or otherwise coordinate mass mobilizations
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.68,0:25:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of thousands of rowdy youth
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.84,0:25:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eager to throw down against the cops.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:54.84,0:25:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In so-called Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.89,0:25:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,student unions outside of Quebec
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.83,0:26:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are run according to the logic of representative democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.72,0:26:03.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereby decision-making is heavily concentrated
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.30,0:26:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the hands of a small executive body,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.48,0:26:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose members are elected to annual terms.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.72,0:26:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These schools also lack institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.87,0:26:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of popular participation and direct democracy,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.40,0:26:13.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the general assemblies
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.65,0:26:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proved so crucial to helping to kick off
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.59,0:26:17.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 2012 student strike in Quebec.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.84,0:26:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Making matters even worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.44,0:26:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of these local student unions are grouped into large,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.28,0:26:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reformist student blocks like the CFS,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.53,0:26:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Canadian Federation of Students,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.63,0:26:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are heavily invested in the status quo.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.04,0:26:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each year, the CFS national executive
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.41,0:26:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collects millions of dollars out of students' tuition fees,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.20,0:26:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which they then funnel into harmlessly lobbying politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.22,0:26:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and paying their own bloated salaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.32,0:26:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only do groups like the CFS
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.93,0:26:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occupy a space where a potentially revolutionary
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.75,0:26:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,national student federation could exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.81,0:26:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they often employ a ruthless mix of lawyers,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.18,0:26:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fear-mongering campaigns
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.72,0:26:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and procedural red tape in order to maintain their control
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.64,0:26:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ensure that no radical threats to their position
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.90,0:26:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are allowed to emerge.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.00,0:26:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But resistance has to start somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.04,0:27:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The secret is discovering where to begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.74,0:27:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are very transforming times in one's life.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.68,0:27:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a time to learn how to act together
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.24,0:27:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take control on the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.90,0:27:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which needs you.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.26,0:27:13.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's going bad out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.64,0:27:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is such poor political culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.86,0:27:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the only way to break that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.61,0:27:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to learn to speak to one another on common grounds
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.50,0:27:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find what can spur us towards action.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.65,0:27:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's really a deep interconnection
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.77,0:27:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between student organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.32,0:27:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anti-capitalist and anarchist organizing in Montreal.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.72,0:27:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The student movement in Quebec
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.13,0:27:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has existed and has organized grassroots struggles
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.64,0:27:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long before student unions were officially recognized.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.93,0:27:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And certainly within the student movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.98,0:27:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these ideas of direct democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.86,0:27:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– they don't come out of the ether.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.61,0:27:51.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the coming years,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.88,0:27:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we will confront the austerity measures
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.42,0:27:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Fiscal Control Board
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.42,0:28:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and US Congress.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.33,0:28:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think that we're stronger now
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.76,0:28:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because students are more organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.01,0:28:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think one of the things, also,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.51,0:28:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that anti-capitalists can bring to the student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.31,0:28:14.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– and they have brought it, and it's been welcomed, also –
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.05,0:28:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this analysis that striking for student issues
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.16,0:28:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really important.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.55,0:28:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ultimately, blocking a tuition hike
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.09,0:28:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't going to overthrow society.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.61,0:28:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not going to overthrow capitalism
Dialogue: 0,0:28:26.11,0:28:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not gonna really solve
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.49,0:28:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the day-to-day problems that students face.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.18,0:28:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the student movement does,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.73,0:28:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by organizing a political struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.05,0:28:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it exposes the state, and its policies
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.77,0:28:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the government for what they really are.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.47,0:28:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be able to defend the right to mobilize,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.96,0:28:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to be capable of formulating a political discourse
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.92,0:28:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows us to count on
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.78,0:28:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the substantial support of the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.08,0:28:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that our demands are understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.08,0:28:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that the tactics utilized
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.08,0:28:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- be they street battles,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.70,0:28:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,street demonstrations,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.09,0:29:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or university building occupations,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.64,0:29:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is understood by the citizens.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.78,0:29:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To achieve that, it's important to
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.78,0:29:06.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,publicize our objectives.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.78,0:29:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To publish videos explaining why we are mobilizing
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.34,0:29:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the reasons why we are mobilizing -
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.32,0:29:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and connect the demands of the students
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.30,0:29:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the hardships that workers endure every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.20,0:29:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we don't fight to transform our country,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.87,0:29:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we won't be able to fight for a real education.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:28.88,0:29:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The independence of Puerto Rico would be
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.88,0:29:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one aspect of our success.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.22,0:29:35.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Quality public education is
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.22,0:29:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one aspect of our struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.22,0:29:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The education of the street is
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.22,0:29:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another aspect of our struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.22,0:29:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can say that many of the comrades who
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.69,0:29:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were involved in the 2010-11 strike,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.94,0:29:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the one in 2017,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.94,0:29:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understood that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.16,0:29:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why they are organizing alternative projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.66,0:29:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New organizations emerge
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.66,0:29:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were not tied to past political groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.23,0:30:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These new organizations emerge
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.86,0:30:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to meet the needs of the students.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.72,0:30:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Give priority to grassroots organizing more than
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.98,0:30:12.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups that direct from the top.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.12,0:30:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Otherwise it becomes an imaginary mobilization.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.50,0:30:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the big stumbling blocks, I think,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.93,0:30:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has to be broken down elsewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.99,0:30:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that representative student democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.79,0:30:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really just a breeding ground for politicians.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.91,0:30:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know, like, what politicians are about.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.23,0:30:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're not about defending students
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.82,0:30:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and defending student issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.82,0:30:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to bring a new student union
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.50,0:30:46.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was used to the more lobbying sphere,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.54,0:30:48.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a more grassroots organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.32,0:30:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you have to organize.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.02,0:30:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to mobilize people.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.53,0:30:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot of work, but it's also very rewarding.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.75,0:30:55.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You talk to people, you politicize them,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.81,0:30:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you have the impression you're really changing things.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.53,0:31:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This mindset is very different from
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.82,0:31:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other big student federations in Canada and Quebec
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.55,0:31:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tends to see the government as,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.51,0:31:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not an ally, but something that can be reasoned with.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.82,0:31:15.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've heard about how CFS has used legal devices
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.13,0:31:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lawyers and courts
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.11,0:31:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and keep student unions under control.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.84,0:31:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think it's becoming more and more clear
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.05,0:31:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to students across Canada that the CFS is really
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.16,0:31:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more about control and money
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.11,0:31:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than actual student organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.89,0:31:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organizing with the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.45,0:31:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having a broad movement
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.64,0:31:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a really strong thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.43,0:31:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might sound cheesy,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.70,0:31:46.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I truly believe that it can be a gateway
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.32,0:31:48.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for better friendships,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:48.19,0:31:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deeper relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.85,0:31:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the people you share your life with,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.29,0:31:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your spaces with... your neighbourhood with.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.28,0:31:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the massive student movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.34,0:32:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus the support of the people for our political demands
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.38,0:32:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allowed us to confront the repression
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.24,0:32:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a violence of self-defense
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.74,0:32:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was legitimized
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.63,0:32:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a large group of the population.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.98,0:32:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Police and state repression
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.44,0:32:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transformed us.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:19.14,0:32:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It radicalized us.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.14,0:32:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Changing us from student fighters
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.84,0:32:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into street fighters.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.46,0:32:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do it!
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.33,0:32:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You guys are what's coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.02,0:32:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the global political climate
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.61,0:32:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues to accelerate from bad to worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.03,0:32:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prospects for our collective future
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.46,0:32:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are looking pretty bleak.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.91,0:32:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today's generations are faced
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.79,0:32:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a myriad of seemingly intractable problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.81,0:32:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rooted in an increasingly authoritarian
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.96,0:32:50.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repressive international capitalist regime,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.36,0:32:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whose dire consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.09,0:32:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pose existential threats to the planet
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.97,0:32:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even humanity itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.60,0:32:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of the radicals of '68
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.38,0:33:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have now been incorporated into the very systems of control
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.25,0:33:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they once rose up to oppose.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.68,0:33:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we hope to alter the dangerous trajectory
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.64,0:33:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we now find ourselves on,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.98,0:33:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is vital that a new generation of revolutionaries
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.53,0:33:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rise up to address these challenges head-on.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.58,0:33:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point, we’d like to remind you
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.41,0:33:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Trouble is intended to be watched in groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.44,0:33:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be used as a resource
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.86,0:33:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to promote discussion and collective organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.32,0:33:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you a student that's interested in carrying out
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.12,0:33:21.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revolutionary anti-capitalist organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.19,0:33:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on your university or college campus,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.13,0:33:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even in your high school?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.36,0:33:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider getting together with some comrades,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.19,0:33:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing a screening of this film,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.96,0:33:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discussing a strategy for where you might get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.56,0:33:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interested in running regular screenings of Trouble
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.83,0:33:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at your campus, infoshop, community center,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.19,0:33:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or even just at home with friends?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.76,0:33:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Become a Trouble-Maker!
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Dialogue: 0,0:33:39.40,0:33:41.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’ll hook you up with an advanced copy of the show,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:41.36,0:33:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a screening kit featuring additional resources
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.73,0:33:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some questions you can use to get a discussion going.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.16,0:33:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can’t afford to support us financially, no worries!
Dialogue: 0,0:33:49.00,0:33:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can stream and/or download
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.44,0:33:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all our content for free off our website:
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Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.68,0:33:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or just want to get in touch,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.38,0:34:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,drop us a line at trouble@sub.media.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.64,0:34:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're stoked to announce
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.64,0:34:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we reached our fundraising goals
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.87,0:34:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the upcoming year,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.04,0:34:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning that we've been able to grow the subMedia team.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.52,0:34:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next couple of months
Dialogue: 0,0:34:08.51,0:34:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be a bit of an adjustment period,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.04,0:34:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can all look forward
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.24,0:34:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Stim's return with a brand new show
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.25,0:34:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometime in the not-too-distant future,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.36,0:34:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as an increased output of videos
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.55,0:34:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout 2018 and beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.44,0:34:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're really excited about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.00,0:34:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and wanna give a big shout-out
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.11,0:34:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all those who kicked in to make it possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.08,0:34:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay tuned for part two of this series next month,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.27,0:34:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we take a closer look at another batch
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.18,0:34:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of student movements from around the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.68,0:34:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode would not have been possible
Dialogue: 0,0:34:31.60,0:34:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the generous support of Josh and Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.28,0:34:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now get out there... and make some trouble!