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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.78,0:00:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Modern industrial civilization is an astonishing\Ntestament to the power and capacity of organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.42,0:00:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world that we inhabit today is the product\Nof countless generations of planning, innovation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.46,0:00:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and collective human activity, harnessed and\Nchannelled towards the ceaseless pursuit of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.13,0:00:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,productivity and growth.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.50,0:00:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day, the global economy structures and\Ncoordinates the labour of billions of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.60,0:00:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A dizzying array of commodities are engineered,\Nmanufactured, transported to regional distribution
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.01,0:00:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centres and shipped out to retail outlets\Nand people’s doorsteps all around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.24,0:00:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,International supply chains cut across borders\Nand continents, connecting garment workers
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.00,0:00:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam to Wal-Mart shoppers\Nin Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.50,0:01:06.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within this interconnected system, each metropolis forms a teeming hub of activity made up of dozens of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.28,0:01:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighborhoods. These distinct regions are linked together by an intricately designed maze of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.08,0:01:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transportation and telecommunication
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.29,0:01:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infrastructure, as well as the electrical,\Nwater and sewage grids that help ensure the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.08,0:01:21.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sanitation and daily survival of millions\Nof people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.86,0:01:26.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet despite all the meticulous planning\Nand the vast quantities of human skill and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.13,0:01:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toil marshalled towards its execution, more\Nthan a billion people live in squalid, overcrowded
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.28,0:01:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slums, favelas and makeshift refugee camps\N– many of which lack basic access to electricity
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.67,0:01:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or running water. This growing population\Ndraws little benefit from the way society is organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.04,0:01:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is by design as their impoverishment and desperation is integral to the machine's
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.38,0:01:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smooth functioning.To the architects of progress, they are the grease that keeps the gears moving.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.22,0:02:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same could be said, to varying degrees,\Nfor the entirety of the global working class,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.99,0:02:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly migrant labourers and all those\Nworking in the informal, low-wage sectors
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.25,0:02:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the so-called “gig economy”. Because\Nthis world is not organized around the principle
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.06,0:02:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of satisfying people’s needs, but around\Nthe endless accumulation of capital.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.06,0:02:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This organizational imperative is firmly rooted\Nin ruling-class institutions and in the ideologies
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.89,0:02:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and structural violence that underpin them.\NThis dynamic means that sweeping social transformations
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.83,0:02:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are contingent on political crises that can\Nshake and ultimately uproot the entire social
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.25,0:02:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,order. Yet even when this sort of revolutionary\Nchange may seem far off, it’s always possible
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.14,0:02:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to change our conditions for the better. This\Nis where autonomous, grass-roots organizing comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.08,0:02:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next thirty minutes, we’ll take\Na closer look at what this sort of organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.33,0:03:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looks like for anarchists. Along the way,\Nwe’ll talk to a number of individuals as
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.18,0:03:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they share their own experiences of bringing\Npeople together, coming up with strategies,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.90,0:03:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hitting the streets... and making a whole\Nlot of trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.10,0:03:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we're talking about organzing, we're\Nessentially talking about weaponizing human
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.78,0:03:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relatonships. The relationships that you and I\Nand people in our broader community that are
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.98,0:03:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affected by things, that live together, that\Nwork together, that go to school together..
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.78,0:03:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weaponizing those relationships, and then\Nusing those relationships to go out and do
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.21,0:04:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something and figuring out how people can\Nphysically put themselves together as material force.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.28,0:04:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that in mind, it's important to understand
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.42,0:04:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this takes time, it takes a lot of trust,\Na lot of love, a lot of passion. It takes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.96,0:04:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time for folks to kind of come together and\Nto start pinpointing what are the issues,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.18,0:04:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are the struggles here within my neighborhood,\Nwithin my community?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.00,0:04:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organizing is, it's a process of building
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.34,0:04:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up your collective strength and your collective power
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.84,0:04:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first step of organizing is to sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.84,0:04:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,break through that social barrier and isolation\Nthat divides us and often this can be as simple
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.19,0:04:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as getting a bunch of people into a room together\Nand starting to talk about the things that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.39,0:05:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have in common, the problems that we share,\Nand from there through the course of talking
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.89,0:05:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about these things we start to come to the\Nrealization that by working together we're
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.20,0:05:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a better position to change things. Organizing\Nis a process that should be transformative.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.84,0:05:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the process of organizing\Nnew bonds of solidarity are formed through
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.10,0:05:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the course of struggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.84,0:05:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the first thing is to \Nfind a group of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.84,0:05:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a community,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.56,0:05:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or people in your area
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.36,0:05:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have a conflict in common.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.12,0:05:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And based on that conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.68,0:05:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to agree to organize among \Nthese people to achieve an objective.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.16,0:05:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organizing is more of an approach to engaging in struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.42,0:06:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People talk about organizing and being an organizer more related to building relationships with
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.10,0:06:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people and focusing on specific groups of people, it could be tenants or students or workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.34,0:06:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in this case the central focus is more on building those relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.46,0:06:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than just on one singular issue and often working to like build power with those people
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.78,0:06:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"After every anarchist attack, a wordy communique - Anarchist graffiti - A Greek anarchist group has attacked
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.40,0:06:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- an anarchist group - anarchist community - these are anarchists!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.04,0:06:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there are a variety of different characteristics that differentiate anarchist organizing from other
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.10,0:06:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,types of organizing. I think some\Nof them entail the scope of the type of organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.83,0:06:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchists engage in. I think by default of\Nbeing an increadibly diverse politics that has
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.62,0:06:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a critique of domination and systems of power\Nthat is so total, means that anarchists focus
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.34,0:07:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a very broad range of different issues\Nand organize amongst many different people.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.44,0:07:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What distinguishes anarchist organizing primarily\Nis the goals of that organizing. So, it's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.42,0:07:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the type of world that anarchists are trying\Nto bring about. Anarchists oppose states and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.42,0:07:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capitalism and all forms of illegitimate authority.\NSo, the process of anarchist organizing is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.96,0:07:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that builds opposition to the insitutions,\Ngroups and individuals that reproduce these
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.31,0:07:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forms of hierarchy in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.06,0:07:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchists engage in a really wide spectrum
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.44,0:07:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of different types of activities. From things\Nthat are illegal to things that are very legal,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.79,0:07:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that are very like non-violent to sometimes\Nthings that could potentially be violent.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.16,0:07:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constructive, destructive, that sort of thing.\NI think, part of what makes anarchism unique
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.00,0:08:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is there's no assumption that legality equals\Nmorality.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.58,0:08:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any party based organization
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.28,0:08:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the most left-leaning\Nto the furthest right-wing
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.70,0:08:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,utilizes a hierarchical structure \Nin its form of organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.34,0:08:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also form part of \Nthe political circus,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.54,0:08:25.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spectacle.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.36,0:08:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's just a lot of people that are fed\Nup with politics as usual. They're fed up
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.17,0:08:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the economic system that really just\Nis ringing them out to dry. They're fed up
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.67,0:08:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with elections.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.82,0:08:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the face of capitalist catastrophe, \Nin the face of the capitalist devastation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.90,0:08:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is necessary to have this energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.84,0:08:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are those of us who can't
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.68,0:08:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- there are many people who can't \Nstay calm and continue life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.90,0:09:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this "normality"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.46,0:09:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it is evident that \Nthey are exterminating our future.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.20,0:09:27.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In popular discourse, the word anarchy is\Ncommonly used to describe the absence of organization.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.29,0:09:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s the spectre of chaos that fills the\Nvacuum formed by a sudden breakdown of order.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.64,0:09:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A violent free-for-all, where the strong take\Nadvantage of the absence of rules to prey
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.30,0:09:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upon the weak. This vision of anarchy has\Nlong been a useful projection for the ruling
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.35,0:09:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,classes, and every paranoid authoritarian\Nunwilling to distinguish between order and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.40,0:09:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,submission. But it’s a far cry from what\Nanarchists actually believe in, and the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.92,0:09:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we’re fighting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.26,0:10:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is that anarchists take many different\Napproaches and hold a multiplicity of views
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.81,0:10:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it comes to the role of organization\Nand its relationship to struggle. This lack
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.76,0:10:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of orthodoxy has historically set anarchism\Napart from other revolutionary traditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.20,0:10:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Marxist-Leninism, whose multiple competing\Nschools of thought generally agree on the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.20,0:10:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need for a centrally-organized party... just\Ndisagree about who should lead it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.42,0:10:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For more than 150 years, anarchists have experimented\Nwith a wide range of different organizational
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.39,0:10:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forms – from syndicalist trade unions with\Nover a million dues-paying members, to informal
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.02,0:10:44.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,networks of small affinity groups; from federations,\Ncommittees and assemblies, to tightly knit
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.85,0:10:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cells and loosely-structured associations\Nof autonomous individuals. This process of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.56,0:10:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experimentation continues to this day.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.20,0:11:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the beautiful things about Anarchism\Nis that there's not one set blueprint. It's
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.86,0:11:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tension and it's striving towards freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.76,0:11:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchists hold a lot of different views on
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.28,0:11:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organization and the role that organizations\Nplay in struggle. I think this relates to
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.52,0:11:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different positions people hold and things\Naround thinking things happen more spontaneously
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.91,0:11:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to folks who want a higher level of coordination.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.30,0:11:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main split within anarchism over this
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.20,0:11:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,question is between individualist anarchists\Nor egoists and collectivists. Individualist
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.65,0:11:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchists oppose most forms of organization,\Ntheir focus is on building up the autonomy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.28,0:12:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the individual. and they basically see\Norganizations as a hinderance on individual
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.04,0:12:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,autonomy. And then collectivists basically\Nbelieve in organizing collectively and organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.12,0:12:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are often a big component of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.18,0:12:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This also goes hand in hand with different
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.34,0:12:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opinions on the basis of how people are organizing\Nand interacting with each other with some
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.04,0:12:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchists being in favor of more formal organizing\Nand organizations that sort of have a clear
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.33,0:12:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and defined membership usually specific sort\Nof bylaws or different things that like govern
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.92,0:12:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them. Other anarchists can be quite critical\Nof organizations and prefer more informal
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.34,0:12:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing methods sometimes this can entail\Nstill having organizations or groups but having
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.35,0:12:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them form for only one specific purpose or\None specific type of activity then having
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.78,0:12:58.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them dissolve.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.64,0:13:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are obviously pluses and minuses with
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.17,0:13:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both formal, so for instance federations or\Nlabor unions and informal things like affinity
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.27,0:13:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups and cells and stuff like that. But\NI think that there are also really key questions
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.80,0:13:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for anarchists in the 21st century, how we\Ninteract with the public and how people come
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.73,0:13:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into anarchism beyond this supposed dynamic\Nof formal vs informal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.42,0:13:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are different positions.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.00,0:13:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So from more anti-social tendencies,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.42,0:13:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more insurrectionary,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.08,0:13:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there isn't really much of \Na call or direct invitation
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.52,0:13:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people to join up or \Nto start believing in anarchist ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.82,0:13:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than being convinced,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.46,0:13:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those groups have participants \Nbecause of their own ideas and feelings.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.88,0:13:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are comrades \Nwhose political work is more social,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.42,0:13:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more based in people-power, \Nwho believe in organizing from below
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.22,0:13:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and neighborhood organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.54,0:14:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the insurrectionary period in the United\NStates from like 2008 and 2009 on, a lot of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.92,0:14:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,us kind of glommed on to this idea that quality\Nis better than quantity, which I would fundamentally
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.79,0:14:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agree with, but at the same time, we need\Nto find a way to actually meet people where
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.33,0:14:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're at, engage them and bring them into\Nour projects and our movements so we actually
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.05,0:14:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can grow. You know in the past couple decades,\Npeople were coming into anarchism through
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.14,0:14:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like punk rock or other subcultures\Nor from different movements such as like animal
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.56,0:14:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rights and things like that. And in the post\Nanti-globalization era, anarchists have also
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.32,0:14:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- at least in the United States, have really\Ndepended on kind of new cycles of struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.01,0:14:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring people in. So there's the anti-war\Nmovement, you get a new generation of anarchists,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.10,0:14:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's "Occupy" there's the Ferguson rebellion,\Nyou get a new generation coming in. We can't
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.77,0:14:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always depend on something popping off and\Nthen benefiting from that wave of new people.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.40,0:14:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think here in Chile, \Nwe've had a chance to experience
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.16,0:14:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a broad range of anarchist and \Nanti-authoritarian practices and tactics.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.28,0:15:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Between territorial assemblies, \Nbetween affinity groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.82,0:15:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between liberated spaces and squats,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.18,0:15:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between labor unions, \Nbetween independant workers,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.44,0:15:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among professionals \Nand among people who live on the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.92,0:15:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchism happens in subtle ways all the time.\NAnd we may not think of it that way because
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.00,0:15:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like it's not the concept that we're used\Nto thinking, but it's still anarchism. When
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.10,0:15:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people think of anarchism they have this Eurocentric\Nidea of what it is, the word itself, it hasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.88,0:15:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been around for that long but if you go by\Nthe textbook definition of what anarchism
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.46,0:15:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is, indigenous people have been practicing\Nanarchism and mutual aid for fuckin thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.58,0:15:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.10,0:15:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In these territories we are fortunate that\Nmany, many of us have Mapuche ancestry.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.76,0:15:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also have that duality,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.86,0:16:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that ability to position\Nourselves politically like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.84,0:16:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the point of view of anarchists
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.62,0:16:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- but at the same time not forgetting\Nthat we have our own history.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.58,0:16:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we have our own individuality.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.66,0:16:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we are from this territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.52,0:16:11.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That we come from a colonized territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.50,0:16:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That our history and our practices\Nand our visions of anarchism
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.26,0:16:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't going to be 100% the same \Nas the anarchist comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.40,0:16:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Palestine, \NRojava, or Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.34,0:16:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or from other parts of Latin America.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.12,0:16:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know when people are faced with really\Nhorrible things in their everyday life, whether
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.17,0:16:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's eviction, watching people be deported,\Nstuff that's happening on their job, a pipeline
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.74,0:16:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going through their land... We really want\Nto have people know that there's a community
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.36,0:16:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of people in revolt that they can turn to,\Nthat they can then organize with to fight
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.94,0:16:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back and to really hurt their enemies to the\Npoint at least where they're not able to do
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.45,0:16:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they're trying to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.52,0:17:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A good organizer has many tools in their toolbox.\NThe trick is to know which tool to use when,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.08,0:17:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to replace them when they stop working.\NThis applies just as much to anarchists as
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.26,0:17:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it does any other type of organizer. The main\Ndifference is what we’re trying to build.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.06,0:17:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchism is based on the principle of self-organization.\NThis is directly connected to the type of
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.74,0:17:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world that anarchists seek to create. A world\Nin which people can come
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.50,0:17:37.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collective decisions and take action autonomously,\Nwithout waiting for orders or permission from above.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.10,0:17:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchist organizing begins with the fostering\Nof self-directed struggle. It involves agitating
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.28,0:17:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and encouraging people to to take action directly\Nto solve their problems. Without appealing to those
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.38,0:17:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,higher up the social ladder. From this starting
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.78,0:17:56.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point, there are many different paths that\Nyou can take. Wherever you decide to go, the
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.84,0:17:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most important step is your first.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.78,0:18:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Strategy and tactics are intimately connected,\Nyet separate things.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.20,0:18:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start off with a specific goal or a vision.\NSomething that you want to accomplish, or
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.03,0:18:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,achieve, or want to challenge. And then your\Nstrategy is your plan of how you want to achieve
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.54,0:18:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goal. And then the tactics would be all\Nthe specific actions, activities and approaches
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.90,0:18:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would sort of come together to help you\Nin meeting that goal.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.46,0:18:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The strategy that you choose will determine\Nthe type of activity that you engage in. When
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.36,0:18:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your tactics are successful, or if they repeatedly\Nfail, go back and make adjustments to your
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.91,0:18:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strategy. Once you’ve made those adjustments\Nto your strategy, you will then try to come
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.83,0:18:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up with different tactics.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.96,0:18:52.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things have to reinforce each other,\Nand we have to also constantly be evaluating
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.23,0:18:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back and forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.72,0:18:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to just do it. You gotta do it. You\Ngotta kind of be there on the front lines,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.98,0:19:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,putting in that work.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.90,0:19:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the one hand, we visualize, \Ntheorize, develop our politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.14,0:19:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically thinking on what it is we want\N- what we're seeking.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.10,0:19:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, \Nwe start taking action
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.50,0:19:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we see how specifically \Nwe can make those ideas real.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.08,0:19:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all individuals. \NBut everyone has their role.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.02,0:19:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Chile we're lucky,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.24,0:19:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhat ironically,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.08,0:19:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we have a history full of conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.34,0:19:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A history of political persecution
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.00,0:19:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of riots.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.88,0:19:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So conflicts and objectives \Nhave always been present.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.36,0:19:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The strategies and tactics \Nthat have been used in general
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.94,0:19:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been pretty broad.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.34,0:19:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tactics that are winning these days\Ncan be inspired by other struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.22,0:19:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example the tactics \Ninspired by the conflict in Hong Kong.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.16,0:19:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of using lasers
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.00,0:19:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of using water jugs \Nto put out tear gas cannisters.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.78,0:20:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are internationally used\Nresistance and street fighting practices.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.66,0:20:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there's blocking the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.08,0:20:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are barricades \N- different kinds too.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.82,0:20:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's barricades of fire, \Nor barricades of stones.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.56,0:20:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are comrades who rescue\Nand help those who are injured.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.58,0:20:38.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world that we live in, how we engage with\Nthings, even how we come to think about things
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.37,0:20:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going to necessarily be influenced by the\Nmaterial conditions that we exist in.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.56,0:20:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kind of classic Marxist quote: “People change\Nhistory, but not in the conditions of their
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.34,0:21:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,own choosing.” That it is these conditions,\Nthese material realities, that impact not
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.79,0:21:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only people’s lives, but also their consciousness.\NAnd that you can’t just think your way outside
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.13,0:21:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of those things–or that there is no outside\Nof it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.00,0:21:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Capitalism is constantly changing the face\Nof work, of social life, of the way people
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.74,0:21:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are alienated from each other. So we need\Nto be constantly kind of reevaluating, y’know...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.90,0:21:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,‘what is life like?’ And what are the\Npossibilities for revolt against the kind
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.82,0:21:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of lives that we’re forced to lead?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.20,0:21:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How can we really get to the nitty gritty\Nof, like, alright... what’s going on here?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.78,0:21:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are we gonna fix it?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.41,0:21:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People change the world around them through\Ntheir actions. And so we can have an effect
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.24,0:21:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on our material conditions, and we can change\Nthem—through struggle. The flip-side to
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.45,0:21:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is that the state can change conditions\Nin order to remove the fuel for struggles.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.44,0:22:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it’s important to understand how\Npower is organized, and the specifics of how
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.96,0:22:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it operates.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.18,0:22:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kind of world that we want doesn’t exist\Nyet. It can only be built on the ashes of
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.29,0:22:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one. But at the same time, we’re trying\Nto create new ways of relating to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.83,0:22:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New ways of solving problems, new ways of\Nengaging in action, new ways of carrying out
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.09,0:22:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things like work that look towards the possibilities\Nof new forms of life that don’t exist yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.38,0:22:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want a future society that is free\Nform hierarchy and domination, if you want
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.94,0:22:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a future society where people have autonomy\Nand are treated equally, how you’re engaging
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.79,0:22:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today has to reflect these values.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.94,0:22:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we kinda have to take these chances\Nand these risks, and try these alternative
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.14,0:22:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ways of doing things.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.74,0:23:01.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Follow conflicts around the world\Nthat can also serve as inspiration.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.94,0:23:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we can have new experiences.\NNew ways of attacking.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.74,0:23:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New forms of resistance \Nwithin the territories in conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.22,0:23:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the extent possible, revolutionary movements\Nshould be creating a counter-society and removing
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.02,0:23:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,themselves from state and capitalist institutions\Nas much as possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.84,0:23:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically what we can do is orient our efforts\Ntowards building competing centres of legitimacy
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.40,0:23:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are communal. That exist in opposition\Nto the state, to the police and to capital.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.20,0:23:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We wanna prefigure the world that we wanna\Nsee and the relationships that we’re building.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.79,0:23:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both in terms either of, y’know, building\Nsome sort of dual power or autonomous power
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.72,0:23:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the ground-up to meet our everyday needs,\Nbut also in terms of the struggles that we’re
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.02,0:23:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engaging in. You know, those relationships\Nshould prefigure a different kind of mode
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.00,0:24:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of life. And also, y’know, bring people\Ninto new ways of engaging with each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.97,0:24:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new ways of talking, new ways of solving problems.\NInsurrection and dual power of course need
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.16,0:24:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each other. As the saying goes, ‘the force\Nof insurrection is social, not military.’
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.35,0:24:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to create a social force requires, y’know,\Nreal infrastructure and space that we can
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.35,0:24:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call our own. And the ability to use that\Nspace in order to fight back.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.23,0:24:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On December 1st, 2019, a 55 year old resident\Nof Hubei province walked into a hospital in
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.38,0:24:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wuhan with an apparent case of pneumonia.\NThis was the first documented instance of
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.76,0:24:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,COVID-19, a novel strain of Corona Virus that\Nhas since swept across the globe and turned
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.73,0:24:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,daily life upside-down for billions of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.12,0:24:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time these words are being written,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.21,0:24:57.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we appear to be at the precipice of a mass\Nsocial and economic breakdown on a scale not
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.83,0:25:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seen in the past century. If nothing else,\Nthis pandemic has exposed the myth of capitalism’s
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.91,0:25:11.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infallibility and laid its weaknesses bare.\NIt has also demonstrated the need to be able
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.53,0:25:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to quickly adapt our strategies and tactics\Nto confront rapidly changing realities. Slowly
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.56,0:25:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at first, and then all of a sudden, our mobility\Nand ability to associate have been curtailed,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.83,0:25:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and time-honoured tactics such as rallies,\Nmarches, door-knocking and even handing out
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.36,0:25:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flyers have been taken away.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.86,0:25:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as the saying goes, necessity is the mother\Nof invention. In times of social and political
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.37,0:25:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,upheaval, hold fast to your principles. Rid\Nyourself of dogmatism. Keep your eyes on the
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.76,0:25:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prize. And brace yourself to meet whatever\Nchallenges come your way.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.78,0:25:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchism is a beautiful, amazing thing and\Nhas done a lot of great things historically.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.34,0:26:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, it's often something that fails. And,\NI think failure is okay, and there is often
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.60,0:26:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of value in things that I’ve come\Nto take away even in times there has been
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.14,0:26:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,big failures or struggles. Saying you’re\Nanarchist, and you’re getting involved in
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.58,0:26:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchist organizing and struggle, whatever\Nthat looks like, you are declaring yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.83,0:26:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be very openly against many of the things\Nthat currently exist, like the state, the
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.70,0:26:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police and capitalism. And, you should just\Nrealize from the beginning that that sometimes
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.13,0:26:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.52,0:26:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take yourself seriously. Once you declare\Nyourself an enemy of the state, the state
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.32,0:26:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will take that very seriously as a threat.\NJail sucks and once you have a criminal record
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.74,0:26:53.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes things more difficult for you in\Nthe future, so you should take adequate steps
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.68,0:26:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try to protect yourself and avoid unnecessary\Narrests.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.38,0:27:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the major things going around that\Nyou could actually impact with people that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.97,0:27:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're close to, that you have a relationship\Nwith. And whether that’s at your workplace
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.71,0:27:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that’s at your school, whether that’s\Nin the neighbourhood, you know something going
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.78,0:27:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the police, something going on with massive\Namounts of gentrification, whether there’s
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.98,0:27:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a resource extraction project happening on\Nthe land base that you’re on. From that
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.30,0:27:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding that analysis, then going about\Nhow would you begin to organize and bring
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.13,0:27:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people together and begin to act and begin\Nto engage in such a way that begins to push
Dialogue: 0,0:27:26.93,0:27:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back that, you know, puts your own interest\Nforward and starts to attack those of the
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.38,0:27:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dominant class.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.54,0:27:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Police
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.36,0:27:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Judges
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.76,0:27:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The State
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.18,0:27:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The President
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.26,0:27:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The oppressive state is the rapist
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.56,0:28:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rapist is you
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.34,0:28:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certain groups want to assert their power\Nand ownership over you, and over your body,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.20,0:28:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you have to say. This is not about ownership,\Nthis is not about who owns the revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.68,0:28:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or who owns the struggle, like were all in\Nthis shit together. And if somebody is not
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.52,0:28:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,willing to struggle it out, like let’s say\Nyou’re calling them out on patriarchy or
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.06,0:28:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever the fuck it is, if they’re not\Nwilling to struggle it out with you than that
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.84,0:28:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shows that obviously that individual or that\Nentity or whatever… like, they don’t give
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.50,0:28:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a fuck. If people are truly invested in the\Nstruggle than when shit comes about you’re
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.34,0:28:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to be able to struggle it out. Even\Nif it takes time, even if you have to stop
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.52,0:28:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing for a bit until you work shit out.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.84,0:29:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would invite fellow anarchist comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.00,0:29:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to realize that we have the potential\Nto organize ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.46,0:29:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hold positions and politics\Nthat are intersectional
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.42,0:29:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people who may not \Nnecessarily be anarchists.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.00,0:29:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To those who embrace \Nanti-speciesist ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.12,0:29:20.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To those who embrace \Nanti-patriarchal ideas.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.56,0:29:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To those who embrace \Nideas and spirituality.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.62,0:29:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To those who rescue some of the ancestry\Nlost to these centuries of colonization
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.08,0:29:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that European, western, white\Nhetero-patriarchy has imposed on us
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.10,0:29:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- has snatched.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.74,0:29:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’re saying you’re against all these\Nthings, and you’re going to be fighting
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.48,0:29:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against all these things. Obviously, sometimes,\Nthere’s pushback, and there’s difficulties
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.88,0:29:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stuff in your life that you’re going\Nto have to push through.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.96,0:29:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After you do an action, you know, take some\Ntime with your comrades and sit down and reflect
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.19,0:29:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,critically on what you did well, and what\Nyou could have done better. And then, try
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.19,0:30:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to incorporate the lessons you’ve learned\Nthrough your own experiences into your future
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.73,0:30:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.73,0:30:07.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we really got to think about, like, “okay,\Nwhen we do this, how do we actually win?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.88,0:30:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, we wanna actually be able to do damage against\Npeople that are hurting us, we wanna be able
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.14,0:30:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hit back in such a way that expands our influence,\Nour confidence, you know, the spaces that
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.32,0:30:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we hold. We need to actually find ways of\Nintersecting with people that are interested
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.46,0:30:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then bringing them on board, involve them\Nin struggle, and have them be forced to pick
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.71,0:30:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a side that literally supports illegal, anti-capitalist\Nmodes of action, and gets people thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.40,0:30:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the possibilities of what they could\Ndo if there was a movement behind them to
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.74,0:30:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better their own lives and conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.64,0:31:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a time when despair comes easily.\NA steady flow of bad news keeps us constantly
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.01,0:31:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on edge. Massive fires ravage Australia for\Nmonths on end. Police departments outfit their
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.33,0:31:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,body cameras with AI-driven facial recognition\Nsoftware. A family in Idlib freezes to death
Dialogue: 0,0:31:13.25,0:31:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after their makeshift refugee camp is bombed.\NEmergency ordinances outlaw all public gatherings
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.62,0:31:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of three or more people. Confronted with all\Nthis, there’s no shortage of reasons why
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.14,0:31:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any rational person might feel viscerally\Ndiscouraged and utterly depressed. And that
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.02,0:31:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is especially true for revolutionaries who\Nconsistently find our hopeful idealism swallowed
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.31,0:31:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up by feelings of bitter resignation and defeat.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.69,0:31:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when this despair comes, it is important\Nto remember that we are not alone. That there
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.46,0:31:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are many other people who share our sense\Nof grief, anxiety... and most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.29,0:31:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outrage. That we are part of a long and proud\Nlineage of struggle. And that victories are
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.21,0:32:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still possible. Armed with this knowledge,\Nand conscious of our own capabilities, opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.85,0:32:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and limitations, we can turn our attention\Nback to the task at hand, which is, as always,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.92,0:32:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build our collective power, and increase\Nour shared capacity to resist.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.46,0:32:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point, we’d like to remind you\Nthat Trouble is intended to be to be used
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.10,0:32:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a resource to promote discussion and collective\Norganizing. Are you interested in stepping
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.09,0:32:26.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up your organizing game? Looking to launch\Na new initiative, but not quite sure where
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.51,0:32:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to begin? Consider connecting with some comrades,\Norganizing an online viewing party of this
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.84,0:32:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,film, and discussing where to get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.42,0:32:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interested in running regular screenings of\NTrouble at your campus, infoshop, community
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.66,0:32:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centre, or even just at home with friends?\NWell don’t! We appreciate the support, but
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.22,0:32:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s probably not a great idea right now.\NInstead, why not set up a discussion group
Dialogue: 0,0:32:50.14,0:32:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some friends, each watch the episode\Non your own screens at home, and then go through
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.48,0:32:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the online screening kit on our website for\Nlinks to additional resources, and some questions
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.54,0:33:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help frame your conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.90,0:33:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also just a reminder that here at subMedia,\Nwe depend entirely on donations from our viewers
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.26,0:33:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to keep things going... so if you’re able\Nto pitch in to help support us, please do
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.74,0:33:19.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so at sub.media/donate. If you can’t afford\Nto support us financially, no worries! You
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.14,0:33:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can stream and/or download all our content\Nfor free off our website: sub.media/trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.92,0:33:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode would not have been possible\Nwithout the generous support of Josh, Murph,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.22,0:33:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sam, Tal, La Conxa, and the good folks at\NIGD.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.73,0:33:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lastly, we’re sad to announce that this\Nwill be the last episode of Trouble for the
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.68,0:33:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,foreseeable future. It’s been an awesome\Nrun, but the subMedia crew has decided that
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.61,0:33:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s time to move onto new projects. And\Nto make that possible, we’ve decided to
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.12,0:33:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pull the plug on Trouble. Given that we can’t\Nmeet up in person for the foreseeable future,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.96,0:34:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems like the perfect time to make this\Nchange. We want to assure all you Troublemakers
Dialogue: 0,0:34:01.29,0:34:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out there that we have some exciting new plans\Nin the works that we think you’re going
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.90,0:34:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to love... so stay tuned! And to everyone\Nwho has organized screenings, sent us ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.95,0:34:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for show topics, constructive criticism or\Npositive feedback about the show... thank
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.64,0:34:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you from the bottom of our hearts! Your support\Nhas been truly humbling, and we hope that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.74,0:34:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 24 episodes that we’ve cranked out will\Ncontinue to serve as useful organizing tools
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.92,0:34:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for years to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:26.21,0:34:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now get out there…. and make some trouble!