[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.86,0:00:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode of It's the End of the World Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.03,0:00:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As We Know it and I feel Fine Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.42,0:00:12.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was made possible by contributions Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.46,0:00:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from slaves like you. Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.04,0:00:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spank you very much! Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.17,0:00:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This amateur footage Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.39,0:00:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,captured the violence of an attack Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.98,0:00:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on two police officers on Wednesday. Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.60,0:00:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After kicking in the police car's windows, Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.82,0:00:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a protestor threw an explosive Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.42,0:00:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the vehicle... Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.67,0:00:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,setting it alight. Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.50,0:00:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The attack occurred while a protest Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.54,0:00:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was being held BY the police Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.46,0:00:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not far away at Paris' Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.24,0:00:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Place de la Republique. Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.07,0:00:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This spring over 350 of them Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.27,0:00:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been injured by protestors Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.22,0:00:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the Up All Night movement Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.22,0:00:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and anti-Labour Law rallies. Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.52,0:00:44.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few hundred people Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.70,0:00:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,defied a state order Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.92,0:00:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gathered at the same time Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.03,0:00:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to march against police brutality, Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.28,0:00:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chanting Everyone Hates the Police! Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.05,0:01:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Goooooooooood morning slaves Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.41,0:01:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and welcome to another sedition of Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.100,0:01:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the End of the World as we Know it Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.50,0:01:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I Feel Fine... Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.80,0:01:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the show where pigs Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.66,0:01:10.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get reality checks cashed… Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.23,0:01:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free of charge.\N Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.38,0:01:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really poses the question - Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.42,0:01:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you want to do? Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.60,0:01:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want to take a chance Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.82,0:01:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and risk getting KNOCKED OUT? Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.87,0:01:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh my god! Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.30,0:01:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh......wow! Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.57,0:01:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What an idiot! Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.51,0:01:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a loser! Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.84,0:01:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good! Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.46,0:01:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am your host the Stimulator Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.89,0:01:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and though you wouldn't know it from Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.24,0:01:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching the corporate fucking media... Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.17,0:01:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The candidates took to Twitter! Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.01,0:01:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My word! Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.51,0:01:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed there was a lot to discuss. Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.46,0:01:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for months now, peeps in France Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.80,0:01:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been teaching the world Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.26,0:01:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a valuable lesson on how to wage Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.10,0:01:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a popular mothafuckin insurrection. Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.22,0:02:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While a fair amount of attention Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.36,0:02:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been devoted to Nuit Debout Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.100,0:02:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the vibrant movement Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.14,0:02:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of participatory democracy Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.45,0:02:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose participants continue to hold Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.99,0:02:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nightly assemblies in cities Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.38,0:02:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the country, Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.54,0:02:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of these occupations, Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.77,0:02:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a broader decentralized movement Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.73,0:02:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been steadily expanding Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.16,0:02:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a nationwide showcase Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.15,0:02:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of tactical innovation Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.61,0:02:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and militant fucking resistance. Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.64,0:02:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In just one example, Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.86,0:02:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on mothafuckin May Day Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.24,0:02:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,militants in the northern city of Rennes Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.100,0:02:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stormed and occupied La Maison du Peuple Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.82,0:02:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- or House of the People - transforming it\N Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.06,0:02:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a public gathering space Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.02,0:02:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and logistical hub complete with Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.96,0:02:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its very own guerrilla radio station. Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.31,0:02:42.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These badass squatters held down Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.75,0:02:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the occupation for nearly two weeks, Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.62,0:02:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before a heavily militarized Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.08,0:02:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tactical squad managed to take back Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.06,0:02:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the building on May 13th. Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.53,0:02:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buuuuuuuuut rather than accepting defeat, Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.94,0:02:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peeps just said fuck it! Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.28,0:02:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And went ahead and re-occupied Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.61,0:02:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the building on May 27th, Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.04,0:02:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forcing the cops to come back Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.26,0:02:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clear it out again two days later. Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.88,0:03:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yup… France has become Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.58,0:03:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a veritable mosaic of revolt, Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.38,0:03:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tapestry of combative street demos, Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.23,0:03:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occupations, direct actions, Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.82,0:03:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nationwide one-day general strikes. Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.46,0:03:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The latest of these was on May 26th, when Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.30,0:03:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 150,000 people took to the streets Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.26,0:03:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in cities across the country, Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.70,0:03:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with riots and clashes with police Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.76,0:03:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaking out in Toulouse, Nantes, Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.31,0:03:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lyon, and Bordeaux. Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.41,0:03:24.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Paris over 20,000 peeps Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.44,0:03:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took to the streets for a Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.83,0:03:27.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly rowdy demo. Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.17,0:03:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the fracas Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.38,0:03:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a 28 year old photographer, Romain D, Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.66,0:03:31.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was critically injured Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.90,0:03:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a police flashbang grenade Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.39,0:03:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ended up spending Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.48,0:03:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eight days in a coma. Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.58,0:03:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On June 4th a large contingent of antifa Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.30,0:03:43.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hit the streets of Paris Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.64,0:03:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to commemorate the third anniversary Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.67,0:03:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the murder of 18 year old anti-fascist Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.27,0:03:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clément Méric, Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.68,0:03:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was killed by neo-nazi shitbuckets Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.69,0:03:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 2013. Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.23,0:03:54.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a few luxury shops Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.65,0:03:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a real estate agency Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.92,0:03:57.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were smashed the fuck up, Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.30,0:03:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the march quickly descended into Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.08,0:04:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a pitched street battle, Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.23,0:04:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the pigs attacking the demo Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.77,0:04:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with tear gas, flashbang grenades Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.56,0:04:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rubber bullets Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.78,0:04:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and militants responding in turn, with Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.57,0:04:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bottles, bricks and other projectiles Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.56,0:04:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French workers have also thrown down Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.50,0:04:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a serious fucking way, Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.88,0:04:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paralyzing the country with Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.23,0:04:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a series of coordinated strikes Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.77,0:04:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and blockades aimed at Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.10,0:04:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forcing the government to back down Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.56,0:04:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on its package of proposed labour reforms Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.16,0:04:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the so-called Loi de Travail. Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.11,0:04:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given French workers' proud history Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.75,0:04:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of militant wildcat actions, Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.37,0:04:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bossnappings Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.56,0:04:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and industrial fucking sabotage, Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.30,0:04:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the country's tepid union leadership Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.33,0:04:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been forced to go along Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.76,0:04:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with these strikes, Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.76,0:04:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a desperate effort to maintain Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.20,0:04:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their position as Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.38,0:04:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the legitimate negotiating partners Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.97,0:04:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the French State. Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.95,0:04:39.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This wave of labour unrest Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.36,0:04:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has hit the energy and Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.38,0:04:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transportation sectors particularly hard, Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.04,0:04:45.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with workers blockading oil refineries Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.22,0:04:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fuel depots, Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.23,0:04:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shutting down nuclear power stations Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.66,0:04:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causing long line-ups at gas stations Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.79,0:04:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and forcing the government to dip into Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.46,0:04:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,its strategic fuel reserves. Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.08,0:04:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These workers have been joined by Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.51,0:04:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,striking train operators, Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.85,0:04:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dock workers, truck drivers, Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.36,0:04:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,air traffic controllers, Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.78,0:05:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thousands of striking students. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.40,0:05:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pilots with the national airline, Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.95,0:05:05.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Air France, have also joined the fray, Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.19,0:05:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,announcing plans for a three-day strike. Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.44,0:05:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This ongoing unrest Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.63,0:05:10.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes at a particularly bad time for Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.38,0:05:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,France’s shit-sipping socialist president, Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.41,0:05:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Francois Hollande. Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.80,0:05:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of writing, the country Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.59,0:05:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is bracing itself to play host Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.29,0:05:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Euro 2016 Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.73,0:05:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a month-long football extravaganza Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.41,0:05:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will inundate the country Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.88,0:05:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with tourists, Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.77,0:05:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it firmly under Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.98,0:05:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the international spotlight. Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.38,0:05:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the ruling Parti Socialiste Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.49,0:05:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stubbornly refusing to back down, Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.45,0:05:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the national trade unions calling for Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.43,0:05:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another general strike on June 14th, Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.70,0:05:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and intransigent French youth Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.54,0:05:38.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,giving no sign that they're gonna stop Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.57,0:05:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lobbing rocks and bottles at pigs, Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.24,0:05:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and setting shit on fire anytime soon, Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.55,0:05:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the coming days and weeks should make Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.36,0:05:46.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for quite the fucking show.\N Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.92,0:07:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my last sedition, Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.04,0:07:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me and my subMedia slaves Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.37,0:07:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took a fond look back at Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.83,0:07:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mothafuckin Oaxaca Commune, Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.33,0:07:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an epic six-month long uprising Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.35,0:07:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that turns ten years old on June 14th. Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.78,0:07:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my report, I pointed out that Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.55,0:07:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teachers of Section 22 Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.46,0:07:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Coordinadora Nacional Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.100,0:07:16.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,de Trabajadores de la Educación, Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.46,0:07:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or CNTE, Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.48,0:07:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who kicked things off back in '06, Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.43,0:07:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are still holding shit down to this day. Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.58,0:07:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For three years now, Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.60,0:07:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they've spearheaded resistance to Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.91,0:07:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neoliberal education reforms that Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.81,0:07:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mexico's taco-smuggling president, Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.89,0:07:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enrique Peña Nieto, has been trying to Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.20,0:07:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impose on the whole fucking country. Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.92,0:07:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well... this work paid off. Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.50,0:07:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on May 15th - or Mexico’s Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.61,0:07:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,national day of the teacher, Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.29,0:07:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,members of the CNTE launched Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.04,0:07:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an indefinite mothafuckin strike, Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.46,0:07:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and peeps around the country took part Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.34,0:07:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a day of action that saw marches, Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.09,0:07:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rallies and plaza occupations, Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.08,0:07:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or plantóns, Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.49,0:07:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,break out in 23 of Mexico’s 31 states. Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.57,0:07:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since then, this strike has Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.13,0:07:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,totally fucking paralyzed Mexico's Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.00,0:07:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education system, Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.34,0:07:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with thousands of schools shut down Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.29,0:07:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the southern states of Oaxaca, Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.89,0:08:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chiapas, Guerrero, Veracruz and Michoacan Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.17,0:08:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and support going strong in Mexico's Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.01,0:08:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Federal District - where one in five Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.72,0:08:05.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mexicans live. Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.86,0:08:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Chiapas on May 27th, Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.80,0:08:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands of teachers temporarily Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.71,0:08:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took over a number of private radio Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.54,0:08:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and television stations Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.81,0:08:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to call bullshit on the corporate media’s Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.60,0:08:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,framing of the strike, Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.73,0:08:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to get their own message out. Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.12,0:08:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That same day, teachers in Oaxaca, Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.95,0:08:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a truly impressive tactical manuever, Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.02,0:08:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,managed to surround a contingent Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.41,0:08:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hundreds of federal police, Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.09,0:08:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forcing the pigs into Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.54,0:08:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the awkward situation of having to Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.94,0:08:29.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,negotiate their own withdrawal. Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.24,0:08:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the areas most heavily impacted Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.49,0:08:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the strikes, Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.32,0:08:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the teachers enjoy widespread Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.90,0:08:35.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public support. Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.79,0:08:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only are they demanding that Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.46,0:08:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government scrap their proposed Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.75,0:08:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,education reforms, but they're Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.40,0:08:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also calling for increased funding Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.56,0:08:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for education more generally, Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.92,0:08:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom for all political prisoners Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.79,0:08:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prisoners of conscience, Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.34,0:08:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and justice for the 43 missing Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.20,0:08:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Normalista students from Ayotzinapa. Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.80,0:08:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why we're marching together... Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.40,0:08:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our teachers... for our children... Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.40,0:08:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the generations still to come. Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.60,0:08:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a bit further south, Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.74,0:09:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colombia has also been Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.99,0:09:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought to a standstill, Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.34,0:09:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this case by a Paro Nacional, Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.23,0:09:05.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or national strike, Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.50,0:09:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initiated on May 30th by a broad-based Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.40,0:09:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coalition of Indigenous groups, Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.97,0:09:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Afro-Colombians, farmers, truck drivers, Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.04,0:09:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teachers, students and precarious workers. Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.48,0:09:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As part of the Paro, Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.81,0:09:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an estimated 100,000 people Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.34,0:09:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken part Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.48,0:09:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in over 100 blockades, occupations Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.91,0:09:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so-called points of concentration Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.81,0:09:24.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the country.\N Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.92,0:09:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the third Paro this year, Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.59,0:09:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each time they've gotten Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.96,0:09:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more fucking intense. Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.29,0:09:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A defining tactical feature Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.66,0:09:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these strikes has been Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.83,0:09:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the coordination of mass highway blockades Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.58,0:09:36.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by rural peasants, aimed at paralyzing Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.10,0:09:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the national transportation networks\N Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.97,0:09:40.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to force government concessions. Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.27,0:09:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the current Paro, participants Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.09,0:09:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have raised a number of demands, Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.09,0:09:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of which focus on the ongoing Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.03,0:09:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,privatization of state assets Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.86,0:09:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and national resources, Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.40,0:09:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the failure of Colombia’s Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.86,0:09:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lizard-faced fuck of a president, Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.65,0:09:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Juan Manuel Santos, Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.12,0:09:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live up to previous agreements Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.98,0:09:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with social movements, Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.16,0:09:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the horrific fucking state Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.79,0:10:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human rights in the country Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.13,0:10:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– where disappearances and assassinations Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.96,0:10:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of organizers and land defenders Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.62,0:10:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are still common practice. Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.25,0:10:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So.... to learn more about just Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.83,0:10:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the fuck's going down in Colombia, Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.68,0:10:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recently caught up with Marcela Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.25,0:10:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of las Organizaciones Sociales de Arauca Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.86,0:10:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- or the Social Organizations of Arauca. Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.77,0:10:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey Marcela... how the fuck are you? Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.07,0:10:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a lot of violence Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.46,0:10:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the people. Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.47,0:10:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we are not doing well. Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.98,0:10:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On May 30th, peeps in Colombia Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.81,0:10:26.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staged a Paro National, Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.52,0:10:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a nationwide blockage, Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.21,0:10:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhat akin to a general strike. Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.57,0:10:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What led people to take this action?\N Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.29,0:10:35.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, principally it's the economic model. Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.65,0:10:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people are tired of the same Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.91,0:10:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic policies that the government Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.86,0:10:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been implementing for decades. Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.90,0:10:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the same policies that generated Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.85,0:10:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the armed conflict in the country, Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.47,0:10:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they have also has generated Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.22,0:10:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social issues that the people can Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.97,0:10:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no longer continue to tolerate. Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.84,0:10:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is what has provoked this Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.50,0:10:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,national agrarian, peasant, ethnic Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.87,0:10:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and popular strike. Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.77,0:10:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How was this Paro organized? Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.41,0:10:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what has the state's response been? Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.14,0:11:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the social movements are Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.90,0:11:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connected to a platform called Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.40,0:11:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Agrarian Summit, Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.85,0:11:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which includes participation from Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.53,0:11:07.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peasant, indigenous and afro-descendent Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.89,0:11:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizations. Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.43,0:11:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there has also been dialogue with Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.48,0:11:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other members of social sectors, Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.37,0:11:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the truck drivers, Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.87,0:11:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transporters, labor unions, Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.19,0:11:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other trade unions. Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.04,0:11:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people have been protesting for Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.80,0:11:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few years now and the government has Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.04,0:11:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made promises that it has not fulfilled. Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.19,0:11:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This new strike is demanding Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.66,0:11:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fulfilment of these prior agreements. Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.06,0:11:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the response from the government is Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.03,0:11:32.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on one hand, to try and draw out Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.91,0:11:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this dialogue, prolong these negotiations, Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.38,0:11:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the other to repress. Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.77,0:11:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To repress the people who are Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.25,0:11:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mobilizing on the highways Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.75,0:11:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the lands of Colombia. Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.54,0:11:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the issues that organizers Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.21,0:11:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Paro Nacional have raised Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.67,0:11:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the National Development Plan Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.37,0:11:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being proposed by Colombia's president Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.37,0:11:50.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Juan Manuel Santos. Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.94,0:11:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this plan entail? Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.22,0:11:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why are people so opposed to it?\N Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.31,0:11:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The National Development Plan is Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.26,0:11:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a deepening of the economic policies Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.36,0:12:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the government. Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.83,0:12:02.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Among other things, it allows Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.58,0:12:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the land to be concentrated, Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.29,0:12:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than it already is, Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.12,0:12:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the property of businessmen, Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.87,0:12:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cattle breeders, Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.16,0:12:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and owners of agro-business. Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.88,0:12:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It privileges mining, mineral extraction Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.36,0:12:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hydro-carbon extraction Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.95,0:12:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above protecting the environment... Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.65,0:12:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above maintaining Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.92,0:12:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,environmental equilibrium. Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.46,0:12:22.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So basically it prioritizes extraction Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.31,0:12:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the cost of the resources and wealth Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.58,0:12:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Colombian people produce, Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.53,0:12:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which exist in Colombian territory. Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.49,0:12:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this obviously negatively affects Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.15,0:12:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the quality of life of the population. \N Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.47,0:12:34.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is why the people are against Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.41,0:12:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the National Development Plan. Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.26,0:12:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 1998, Billy Clint launched Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.58,0:12:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plan Colombia -a bilateral agreement Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.86,0:12:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,framed as an effort to help Colombia Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.72,0:12:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fight a so-called War on Drugs. Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.19,0:12:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This arrangement has continued under Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.47,0:12:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both the Bush and Obama administrations Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.74,0:12:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has since served as a model\N Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.65,0:12:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the current war on drugs in Mexico. Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.72,0:12:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What material effects has Plan Colombia Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.79,0:12:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had on social movements in your country? Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.87,0:12:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The consequences have been more poverty Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.79,0:13:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more militarization. Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.73,0:13:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, drugs were just an excuse, Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.57,0:13:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because here the drug problem Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.99,0:13:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has not been resolved. Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.16,0:13:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was gained through Plan Colombia Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.96,0:13:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a massive increase to the budget Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.54,0:13:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resources required to finance the war, Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.10,0:13:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to finance the state security forces, Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.62,0:13:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to militarize the territories, the cities, Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.28,0:13:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the countryside... Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.50,0:13:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so a consequence is that today Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.37,0:13:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peoples lives are more heavily controlled. Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.40,0:13:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now the private sphere Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.83,0:13:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been militarized, Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.96,0:13:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the schools have been militarized, Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.62,0:13:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civil life in general Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.89,0:13:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been militarized. Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.08,0:13:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the consequence of Plan Colombia. Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.34,0:13:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the phenomenon of narco trafficking Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.61,0:13:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the production of crops Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.88,0:13:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with illegal uses, Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.14,0:13:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues basically the same. Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.79,0:13:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How have the recent peace negotiations Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.47,0:13:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the government Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.69,0:13:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and guerrilla groups like the FARC Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.11,0:13:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ELN affected the overall Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.60,0:13:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,political atmosphere in Colombia? Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.14,0:13:49.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the impact has been pretty negative Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.42,0:13:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because on one hand, Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.88,0:13:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the talks are not focused on resolving Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.59,0:13:54.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the grave social issues that exist Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.21,0:13:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in Colombia. Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.38,0:13:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What it has generated, on the other hand, Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.42,0:13:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is polarization between Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.84,0:14:00.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different sectors of the right-wing. Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.55,0:14:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The neoliberal right-wing Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.01,0:14:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the industrial bourgeoisie, which is Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.29,0:14:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connected to transnational corporations Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.96,0:14:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been supporting the peace process, Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.81,0:14:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's a convenient solution Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.93,0:14:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to pacify the territories, Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.96,0:14:14.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to guarantee Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.27,0:14:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the extraction of natural resources. Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.64,0:14:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the ultra right-wing, that is Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.16,0:14:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,closer to the cattle-breeding sector, Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.52,0:14:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the oligarchy that is more closely aligned Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.05,0:14:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the land and landowners... Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.16,0:14:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has not supported this process, Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.32,0:14:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they still believe that the state Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.43,0:14:31.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has the military and economic capacity Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.83,0:14:34.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to terminate and eliminate the guerrillas. Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.16,0:14:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this has been a small difference Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.86,0:14:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of the specific methods that Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.10,0:14:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the right-wing and the oligarchy advocate Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.81,0:14:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for ending the country's insurgency. Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.14,0:14:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so what the peace talks have done Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.48,0:14:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to polarize public opinion Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.40,0:14:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the two right-wing positions. Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.80,0:14:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as for the position of resolving, Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.74,0:14:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a structural way, Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.11,0:14:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the problems facing the people Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.11,0:14:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living in bad conditions... Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.50,0:14:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this position is isolated, Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.02,0:15:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neutralized and invisibilized. Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.23,0:15:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a precursor to Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.34,0:15:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the current peace process, Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.59,0:15:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 2003 the government of Álvaro Uribe Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.77,0:15:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began negotiations aimed at Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.68,0:15:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demobilizing right-wing paramilitary Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.79,0:15:12.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,death squads, such as Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.09,0:15:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.29,0:15:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or AUC. Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.46,0:15:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This process was supposed to have Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.93,0:15:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finished in 2006. Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.47,0:15:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did these groups actually demobilize? Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.68,0:15:21.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happened to Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.78,0:15:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the members of these groups? Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.74,0:15:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, really it is not them... Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.27,0:15:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paramilitarism is not a group of people. Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.07,0:15:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paramilitarism is a strategy, Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.23,0:15:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or mechanism of extrajudicial violence. Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.48,0:15:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of dirty war. Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.83,0:15:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paramilitarism was implemented Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.81,0:15:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the Colombian government, Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.25,0:15:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by private armed groups, Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.51,0:15:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also by members of Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.85,0:15:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the state security forces - the police, Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.00,0:15:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,army, security organisms, DAS - Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.46,0:15:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to carry out Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.84,0:15:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,undercover operations. Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.42,0:15:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what paramilitarism is... Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.78,0:15:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a mechanism that claims to be Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.76,0:15:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a third actor, external to the government, Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.00,0:15:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that carries out grave crimes Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.90,0:16:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as tortures, Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.09,0:16:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disappearances, massacres etc. Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.70,0:16:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is logical that if there are Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.36,0:16:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private individuals who participated Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.39,0:16:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these structures, they could have Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.97,0:16:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been demobilized in a dialogue Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.72,0:16:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with President Uribe. Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.22,0:16:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of these people were. Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.77,0:16:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But others continue carrying out this role Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.37,0:16:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- so knowing that, what had to be Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.36,0:16:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eliminated was not Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.63,0:16:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the individuals involved, but precisely Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.66,0:16:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mechanism of illegal violence Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.73,0:16:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has been implemented by Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.35,0:16:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Colombian state since the 70s, Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.21,0:16:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when paramilitarism began. Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.54,0:16:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this has not been resolved. Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.13,0:16:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paramilitarism continues to exist Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.28,0:16:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those in power continue to use it. Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.52,0:16:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is the clear case of the Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.35,0:16:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disappearances of activists demanding Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.11,0:16:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Land Restitution for displaced people. Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.77,0:16:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the fact that Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.89,0:16:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these paramilitary groups no longer Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.97,0:16:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,officially exist, these people Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.50,0:16:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continue to be assassinated. Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.59,0:16:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they continue to be assassinated Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.00,0:16:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the same reasons. Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.40,0:16:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For decades Colombia has been known Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.23,0:16:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one of the most dangerous countries Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.26,0:16:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world for trade unionists. Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.50,0:16:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the current situation Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.96,0:17:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facing workers in Colombia? Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.74,0:17:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The situation is grave. Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.36,0:17:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You no longer hear statistics Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.82,0:17:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hundreds of dead labour unionists... Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.05,0:17:10.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they have already been killed. Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.61,0:17:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So... with this violent aggression Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.16,0:17:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against the labour union sector, Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.62,0:17:15.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unions have become divided Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.53,0:17:17.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the people have been dissuaded Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.31,0:17:19.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from joining these labour unions. Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.19,0:17:20.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the few that still exist Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.53,0:17:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are always threatened. Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.01,0:17:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They live controlled by the state, Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.74,0:17:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repressed by their bosses Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.56,0:17:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- like the cases of Coca Cola, Nestle, Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.81,0:17:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Drummond - where it was proved Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.60,0:17:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these companies used Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.31,0:17:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paramilitarism to control and eliminate Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.45,0:17:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,labour leaders. Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.76,0:17:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The result is that we don't even have Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.55,0:17:38.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10% of the unionized workers Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.62,0:17:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we had 20 years ago. Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.35,0:17:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything else you wanna add? Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.64,0:17:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, what the peasants are demanding Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.64,0:17:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the peasants, indigenous people, Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.63,0:17:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,afro-descendant people, and the other Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.91,0:17:50.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sectors that have joined this strike - Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.78,0:17:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the minimum that any inhabitant Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.00,0:17:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this country could demand... Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.63,0:17:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live in dignified conditions. Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.71,0:17:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not asking for the government Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.42,0:17:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fulfil the impossible. Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.97,0:18:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the economic sectors that obviously Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.09,0:18:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold the political power in Colombia Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.24,0:18:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do not want to cede absolutely anything. Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.92,0:18:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want to continue accumulating all of Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.16,0:18:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wealth that the country produces. Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.31,0:18:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wealth of the natural resources, Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.71,0:18:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also the wealth that is produced Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.76,0:18:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the workers. Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.96,0:18:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of this, they won't even Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.54,0:18:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allow for a decrease in the price of fuel, Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.41,0:18:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a lowering in the price of Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.98,0:18:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,agricultural supplies. Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.60,0:18:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They won't even invest Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.73,0:18:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a couple million pesos to fix the roads, Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.02,0:18:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ones used by the peasants to bring Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.34,0:18:32.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their products to the principle cities. Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.79,0:18:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They won't do it and we don't know Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.62,0:18:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how long the people will have to protest Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.76,0:18:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to force the government Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.02,0:18:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come to the table. Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.64,0:18:40.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks Marcela. Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.97,0:18:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that about does it for this sedition Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.89,0:18:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it’s the end of the world Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.37,0:18:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we know it and I feel fine. Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.09,0:18:48.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’d like to give a huge mothafuckin Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.14,0:18:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcome to the newest member of Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.77,0:18:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the subMedia.tv family. Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.02,0:18:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weighing a whooping 10 pounds, Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.16,0:18:56.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the person known as Agent Charlie Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.48,0:18:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be producing a mustard-like Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.40,0:19:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,substance, and keep us awake at night Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.36,0:19:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the next few months. Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.07,0:19:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To the elites of the world, Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.75,0:19:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’d like to say - watch the fuck out! Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.08,0:19:08.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Agent Charlie is already training Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.18,0:19:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a lean mean fascist-killing machine. Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.95,0:19:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bienvenido al mundo mi hijo!\N Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.90,0:19:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don’t forget that if you would like Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.50,0:19:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to know the names of the songs we played, Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.27,0:19:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the samples we used, Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.66,0:19:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to subscribe to our podcast, Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.48,0:19:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sign up to our email list Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.04,0:19:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to send me diaper changing techniques Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.14,0:19:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just visit my fuckin website: Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.42,0:19:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that said, this recital of Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.10,0:19:30.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reactionary rethoric is made possible Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.81,0:19:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because slaves like you kick down Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.27,0:19:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few bucks to help us keep the lights on. Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.30,0:19:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many muthafuckin thanks to Mathew, Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.31,0:19:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jennifer, Banjamin, John, Francois, Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.18,0:19:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dylan, Kyle, Steven, Jonathan, Shannon, Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.04,0:19:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Margaret, Derrick, Marten, Meghsha, Max, Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.25,0:19:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregory, Breton, David, Maciej, Ricky, Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.24,0:19:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Andrew, Alexanda, Roma, Sebastian, Yifan, Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.47,0:19:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mason, Christopher, Reto, Jeremy, Gavin, Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.71,0:19:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Willie, Justyna, Kirk, Michael , Marisol, Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.10,0:19:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joseph, Sawyer, Raul, Sky, Andrew, Lauren, Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.95,0:19:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sebastien, Coby, Juliano, Stephen, Bruno, Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.18,0:19:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabriel and William.\N Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.76,0:19:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tortas! Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.74,0:20:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also would like to welcome Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.25,0:20:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the newest members of the taconspiracy: Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.89,0:20:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raul, Sawyer, Marten and Crystel.\N Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.70,0:20:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Janitzio! Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.83,0:20:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finally I’d like to send a shout out Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.26,0:20:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Blandine and Milene for facilitating Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.78,0:20:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our coverage in Mexico and Colombia, Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.02,0:20:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to our incredible translation team Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.33,0:20:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for taking the time to interpret the word Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.56,0:20:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fuck in many muthafuckin languages. Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.93,0:20:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Domo Arigato! Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.35,0:20:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay tuned next time for more news Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.71,0:20:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the global muthafuckin resistance. Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.86,0:20:28.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hasta la pasta compañeros!