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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.05,0:00:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode of It's the End of the World
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.99,0:00:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as We Know it and I Feel Fine
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.41,0:00:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was made possible by contributions from
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.77,0:00:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slaves like you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.90,0:00:15.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spank you very much!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.68,0:00:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}We have to maintain law and order{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.87,0:00:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}or we might as well be back in the jungle{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.78,0:00:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Daws.... the ghetto is a jungle{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.30,0:00:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}always has been{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.91,0:00:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}understand? You cannot cage people{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.98,0:00:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}like animals and not expect them{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.30,0:00:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to fight back some day.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.96,0:00:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It has always been an army occupation{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.24,0:00:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}here... with police, badges and uniforms.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.95,0:00:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}You and me... a cop and a social worker?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.90,0:00:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}We are keepers of this goddamned zoo.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.64,0:00:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Streets have to be safe.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.34,0:00:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Safe for who?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.86,0:00:46.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}You're here to protect property,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.79,0:00:47.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}not lives.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.50,0:00:49.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Well that's what it's all about{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.67,0:00:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}isn't it?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.71,0:00:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}You worked hard to get what you got,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.41,0:00:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}didn't ya?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.21,0:00:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}And you wanna keep it{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.50,0:00:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}just like I do.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.30,0:00:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Bullshit!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.17,0:00:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Listen. You think because you got a badge{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.12,0:01:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and I got a couple of degrees{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.62,0:01:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that makes a difference?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.26,0:01:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Do you know what white folks{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.08,0:01:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}call people like you and me in private?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.77,0:01:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Niggers, Daws.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.40,0:01:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Niggers.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.42,0:01:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gooooooooooood morning slaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.53,0:01:24.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and welcome to another sedition of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.29,0:01:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the End of the World as We Know it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.10,0:01:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I Feel Fine,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.51,0:01:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the show that believes in showing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.94,0:01:30.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,proper respect for the dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.45,0:01:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Into CNN to bring you{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.85,0:01:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}some very sad breaking news{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.16,0:01:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}on the death of US Supreme Court{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.40,0:01:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Justice Antonin Scalia{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.51,0:01:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}He died in his sleep, of natural causes{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.50,0:01:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}overnight.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.09,0:01:47.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am your host the Stimulator,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.34,0:01:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I gotta say me and my subMedia slaves
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.58,0:01:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have had a fucking hoot sifting through
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.01,0:01:55.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mountains of hate mail we received
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.59,0:01:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from ancaps and Bernie Sanders
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.62,0:01:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporters, pissed off by our
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.22,0:02:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last two shows...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.33,0:02:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Well, you got egg on my face!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.37,0:02:03.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buuuuuuuuuuut
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.37,0:02:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while it's tempting to take yet
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.81,0:02:06.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another swipe at a low-hanging fruit,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.65,0:02:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this week there’s more pressing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.49,0:02:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,matters at hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.88,0:02:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Namely... actual motherfuckin resistance!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.23,0:02:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, with that in mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.33,0:02:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we turn first to Hong Kong,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.56,0:02:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where on February 9th,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.25,0:02:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,residents of the scrappy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.68,0:02:31.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working-class neighbourhood of Mong Kok,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.05,0:02:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided to ring in the Lunar New Year
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.64,0:02:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by getting into a giant fucking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.83,0:02:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,street brawl with the mothafuckin pigs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.03,0:02:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shit kicked off when the po-po moved in
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.87,0:02:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to try and clear out illegal vendors,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.09,0:02:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hawking food
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.99,0:03:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and assorted New Years trinkets.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.71,0:03:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the heavy clashes that followed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.07,0:03:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,militants hurled bricks, garbage
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.78,0:03:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other random debris,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.46,0:03:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and beat cops the fuck down,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.00,0:03:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with sticks, poles
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.91,0:03:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and motherfuckin street signs,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.86,0:03:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,injuring nearly 90 of them!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.61,0:03:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mong Kok
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.17,0:03:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the site of some of the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.51,0:03:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fiercest resistance during last year's
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.35,0:03:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Umbrella Revolution,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.69,0:03:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when for two months,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.26,0:03:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pro-democracy activists set up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.80,0:03:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occupations and barricaded major streets
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.82,0:03:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.82,0:03:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crushing of this movement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.95,0:03:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only increased the palpable animosity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.10,0:03:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many Hong Kong residents feel
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.88,0:03:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards the totalitarian regime in Beijing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.13,0:03:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the year that has followed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.02,0:03:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tensions have continued to build.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.57,0:03:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite being technically ruled
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.29,0:03:38.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by jack-booted Commies,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.99,0:03:40.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hong Kong is a major artery
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.57,0:03:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of global capitalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.04,0:03:43.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some of the highest levels
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.81,0:03:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of inequality found anywhere in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.07,0:03:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The city boasts over
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.89,0:03:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,200,000 fucking millionaires,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.12,0:03:51.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while 20 percent of its population
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.89,0:03:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lives in poverty,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.97,0:03:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over 50,000 of its residents
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.30,0:03:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,live in literal fucking cages.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.90,0:04:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As this powder keg of social contradiction
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.86,0:04:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,develops, hopefully Hong Kong's proles
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.35,0:04:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be able to avoid the lure
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.23,0:04:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of right-wing nationalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.74,0:04:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and begin to join forces
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.42,0:04:10.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the insurgent workers and peasants
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.43,0:04:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kicking shit off in mainland China.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.64,0:04:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}I think there's been a massacre{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.40,0:04:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}of workers rights{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.35,0:04:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}for pensions.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.36,0:04:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}People will die, and they will never{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.09,0:04:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}get a pension.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.48,0:04:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}That's why there is mass resistance{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.26,0:04:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}against this policy.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.57,0:04:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, on February 4th,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.51,0:04:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,workers in Greece
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.63,0:04:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staged their third general strike
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.04,0:04:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in four months,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.10,0:04:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with 40,000 peeps taking to the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.09,0:04:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protest looming pension reforms,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.11,0:04:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have been demanded
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.23,0:04:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the motherfuckin vampires
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.05,0:04:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the so-called Troika,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.74,0:04:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a precondition to the latest
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.38,0:04:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,injection of cash into Greece's
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.03,0:04:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cash-starved economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.45,0:04:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once the demonstrations reached Parliament
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.49,0:04:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchists threw down hard,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.91,0:04:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lobbing rocks and molotov cocktails
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.79,0:04:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Athens riot pigs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.04,0:04:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who responded with tear gas
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.71,0:04:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and flash grenades
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.90,0:04:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in what has by now become
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.24,0:04:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an almost ritualistic display
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.76,0:04:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mutual fucking hatred.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.88,0:05:02.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never gets old.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.76,0:05:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.20,0:05:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by now the Greek left's love affair
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.29,0:05:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Syriza,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.06,0:05:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its weaselly fuck of a leader,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.10,0:05:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alexis Tsipris, is long fucking over.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.73,0:05:12.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite this, Tsipiris is still trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.63,0:05:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,play shit off like he's cool in the gang,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.58,0:05:16.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expressing his support for the strikes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.89,0:05:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being carried out against the very
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.41,0:05:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,policies that his government
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.22,0:05:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been ramming down peeps' throats.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.04,0:05:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buuuuuuuut the Greek people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.61,0:05:24.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't fucking stupid, and they
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.75,0:05:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are well aware that they're being fleeced.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.07,0:05:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Syriza's latest capitulation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.35,0:05:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the country's insatiable creditors
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.16,0:05:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes in the form of a steep hike
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.22,0:05:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to taxes and social security contributions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.59,0:05:37.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will have many Greeks
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.17,0:05:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,poneying up to three-quarters
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.84,0:05:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their wages
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.61,0:05:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards paying off the country's debt.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.03,0:05:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Farmers in Greece
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.05,0:05:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been protesting these reforms now
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.78,0:05:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.66,0:05:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blockading major highways,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.87,0:05:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sealing off the country's borders
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.42,0:05:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Turkey and Macedonia.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.99,0:05:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On February 12th, a convoy of
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.02,0:05:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pissed off farmers descended
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.41,0:05:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,onto the streets of Athens,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.58,0:05:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and attempted to storm the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.18,0:05:56.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ministry of Agriculture,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.36,0:05:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to yet more clashes with the cops.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.40,0:05:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check this shit out!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.96,0:06:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the situation continues to get
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.05,0:06:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even more fucking dire in Greece,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.96,0:06:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with no solution to the country's
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.81,0:06:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economic clusterfuck in sight,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.42,0:06:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s a safe fucking bet that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.58,0:06:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the footage of flaming riot cops
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.34,0:06:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the country has become
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.73,0:06:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world famous for
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.94,0:06:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won’t be stopping anytime soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.97,0:07:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in the United Snakes and Klanada,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.81,0:07:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,February is celebrated as
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.17,0:07:29.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black History Month,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.17,0:07:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where for one month of the year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.94,0:07:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tens of thousands of white elementary
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.96,0:07:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and high school teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.10,0:07:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present awkward, obligatory,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.20,0:07:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kinda fuckin racist lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.10,0:07:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their students,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.84,0:07:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on historical Black figures,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.67,0:07:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Frederick Douglas
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.75,0:07:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Martin Luther King…
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.84,0:07:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Who invented the air conditioner?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.86,0:07:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}A Black man.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.40,0:07:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then explain how George Washington
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.60,0:07:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carver invented peanut butter.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.37,0:07:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Well Doctor Carver's{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.64,0:07:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}two dinner guests...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.75,0:07:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Edward "Skippy" Williamson{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.85,0:07:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and Frederick "Jiff" Armstrong{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.77,0:07:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}-- two white men.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.42,0:08:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Stole George Washington Carver's{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.02,0:08:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}recipe for peanut butter,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.09,0:08:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}copyrighted it, and reaped{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.11,0:08:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}untold fortunes from it.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.65,0:08:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the tense state of racial dynamics
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.94,0:08:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the post-Ferguson United Snakes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.10,0:08:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this year's Black History Month
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.01,0:08:12.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been more political than most.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.45,0:08:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All around the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.16,0:08:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black peeps are rising up,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.49,0:08:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reconnecting with past histories
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.51,0:08:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of struggle, and publicly challenging
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.37,0:08:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the racist status fucking quo.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.83,0:08:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even the holy grail of American spectacles
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.13,0:08:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- the motherfuckin Super Bowl,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.94,0:08:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,featured a half-time lesson
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.60,0:08:27.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Black history,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.65,0:08:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compliments of none other than
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.53,0:08:31.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mrs. Black Bill Gates in the making
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.27,0:08:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,herself, Beyonce,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.60,0:08:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who performed alongside dozens of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.34,0:08:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back-up dancers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.43,0:08:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dressed in Black Panthers regalia.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.26,0:08:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It was really outrageous...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.35,0:08:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}that she used it as a platform{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.19,0:08:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to attack police officers.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.02,0:08:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Oh fuck! Fuck me in the dick!{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.92,0:08:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buuuuuuuuuut
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.78,0:08:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while the right-wing corporate media
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.38,0:08:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,endlessly debates
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.38,0:08:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether Beyonce’s performance was racist
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.70,0:08:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the nuanced difference
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.16,0:08:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between the Panthers and the KKK….
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.69,0:08:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another story is going largely
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.39,0:08:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under-reported…
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.62,0:09:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Climatologists are saying
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.03,0:09:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this past year's El Niño
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.82,0:09:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the strongest on record,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.63,0:09:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's having devastating effects
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.68,0:09:07.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on weather patterns across the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.63,0:09:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas in southern California,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.41,0:09:10.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has led to heavy rains
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.99,0:09:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have replaced the region's
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.41,0:09:13.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long-standing drought
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.80,0:09:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with widespread flooding,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.29,0:09:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Haiti, on the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.94,0:09:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has exacerbated an existing drought,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.86,0:09:21.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to widespread crop failures
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.16,0:09:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and food shortages,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.16,0:09:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which have put millions of people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.02,0:09:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at risk of starvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.32,0:09:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Every day is getting worse.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.08,0:09:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}It is difficult to grow crops,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.62,0:09:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}because of lack of water.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.01,0:09:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Many are malnourished{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.31,0:09:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and they don't have food.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.52,0:09:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the scale of the problem
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.62,0:09:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is even more fucking dire
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.06,0:09:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in South-eastern Africa…
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.53,0:09:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where El Niño, combined with the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.75,0:09:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pre-existing effects
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.25,0:09:40.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of global climate change,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.75,0:09:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have set the stage for a looming famine
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.56,0:09:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of biblical fucking proportions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.32,0:09:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with up to 14 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.76,0:09:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,already suffering from food and/or
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.27,0:09:51.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water shortages,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.36,0:09:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some experts predicting
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.20,0:09:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that up to 49 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.47,0:09:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are ultimately at risk of starvation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.86,0:10:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just let those numbers sink in for a second.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.51,0:10:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Everyone is in hardship.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.36,0:10:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}We all have so little to eat{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.80,0:10:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}because there was no harvest this season.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.01,0:10:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scorching hot temperatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.35,0:10:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combined with an almost complete lack
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.51,0:10:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of rainfall,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.32,0:10:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has turned large areas of the region
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.29,0:10:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a parched wasteland,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.72,0:10:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decimating agriculture in South Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.18,0:10:20.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Mozambique,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.99,0:10:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zambia, Madagascar, Malawi,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.85,0:10:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Ethiopia,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.20,0:10:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where upwards of 8.5 million people
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.01,0:10:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are facing food shortages,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.30,0:10:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 1 million children
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.82,0:10:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are struggling with acute malnutrition.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.56,0:10:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This tragic situation
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.39,0:10:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a bleak fucking reminder
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.99,0:10:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the ways in which white supremacy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.69,0:10:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is interwoven into the very fabric
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.24,0:10:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of globalized capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.65,0:10:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While rich fucking countries in the west
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.39,0:10:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throw out an unconscionable amount
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.12,0:10:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of perfectly good food
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.06,0:10:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every fucking day,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.93,0:10:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,large areas of the world are
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.32,0:10:50.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starving to death
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.25,0:10:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of our very eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.76,0:10:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Capitalism is a man-made fucking disaster,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.41,0:10:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which makes it that much harder
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.44,0:10:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for poorer countries to cope
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.09,0:11:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with changes in weather patterns,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.64,0:11:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are only going to get worse
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.04,0:11:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as climate change continues
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.66,0:11:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do its thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.80,0:11:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the scale and scope
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.02,0:11:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these problems can be hard
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.30,0:11:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wrap one's head around,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.67,0:11:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are ultimately connected
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.51,0:11:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to resistance to white supremacy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.15,0:11:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and capitalism here at home,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.66,0:11:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they represent the global consequences
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.82,0:11:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these hierarchal systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.50,0:11:19.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,projected abroad via imperialism
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.91,0:11:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and neo-colonial trade policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.91,0:11:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.53,0:11:23.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn more about some of the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.89,0:11:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,local struggles against white supremacy
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.15,0:11:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in Klanada,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.86,0:11:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how they’re connected to
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.38,0:11:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the bigger picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.58,0:11:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recently caught up with Ajamu Nangwaya,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.22,0:11:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an anarchist, educator and writer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.71,0:11:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Toronto,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.68,0:11:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an organizer with the Network
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.56,0:11:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Elimination of Police Violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.14,0:11:40.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey Ajamu, how the fuck are ya?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.74,0:11:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm pretty good.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.02,0:11:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just battling a cold....
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.46,0:11:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm getting better.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.34,0:11:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So... it’s February,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.84,0:11:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means it’s Black History Month.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.70,0:11:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past, you've been critical
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.37,0:11:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this term, and the way it's
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.08,0:11:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,framed by the media, government officials
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.01,0:11:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and social justice advocates alike.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.17,0:11:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.42,0:11:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a cultural celebration... and it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.100,0:12:02.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not focused on the need for
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.16,0:12:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social emancipation.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.41,0:12:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore, it is a time for us to
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.94,0:12:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engage in a name change - but
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.37,0:12:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beyond the name change is the need
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.48,0:12:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to focus on political ideology,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.19,0:12:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,political organizing... for us to expose
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.84,0:12:20.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fact that there's still a need for us
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.02,0:12:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight against capitalism, racism,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.09,0:12:24.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,homophobia... in the present time
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.78,0:12:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and.. we haven't achieved emancipation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.08,0:12:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which history kind of focuses on the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.94,0:12:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not the present and the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.01,0:12:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were an early member of
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.92,0:12:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Black Action Defense Committee,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.38,0:12:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or BADC,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.01,0:12:38.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Toronto-based organization
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.94,0:12:41.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,active in struggles against racist
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.28,0:12:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police terror in the 1980s and 1990s.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.79,0:12:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For viewers who might not be familiar
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.09,0:12:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this group or its history,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.74,0:12:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you give us a quick run-down?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.55,0:12:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes.. the Black Action Defense Committee
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.26,0:12:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was created in August 1988.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.49,0:12:55.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a response to the killing
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.68,0:12:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of an elderly African man
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.60,0:12:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with mental health issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.30,0:13:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, a number of activists came together
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.46,0:13:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and said "we need an organizational
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.20,0:13:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,response to the act of police violence."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.87,0:13:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that led to BADC. And it is is
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.40,0:13:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the late 80s and 1990s,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.25,0:13:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most prominent group in Ontario
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.43,0:13:19.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was pushing for police accountability
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.03,0:13:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was organizing against
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.36,0:13:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.40,0:13:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Up here in Klanada,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.23,0:13:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of the news and analysis that we hear
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.86,0:13:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about police brutality comes from the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.81,0:13:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is the operation of white supremacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.80,0:13:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as it relates to state violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.41,0:13:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different in both countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.01,0:13:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in what ways is it the same?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.64,0:13:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say, fundamentally,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.21,0:13:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no real difference between
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.84,0:13:42.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police violence in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.23,0:13:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.10,0:13:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we experienced slavery
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.32,0:13:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Canada. And the police, as always
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.62,0:13:50.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are the coercive element in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.24,0:13:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, the police, the military
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.33,0:13:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has always worked against African people.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.39,0:13:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the US and also in Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.69,0:13:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So our relationship with
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.76,0:14:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,law enforcement, as well as the judicial
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.01,0:14:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,system and prison system, has always
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.17,0:14:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been a negative, oppositional one.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.14,0:14:09.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a similar note,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.12,0:14:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many peeps in this country are generally
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.58,0:14:12.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,familiar with the history of
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.92,0:14:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Civil Rights
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.74,0:14:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Black Liberation movements in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.62,0:14:17.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more recent historical examples,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.82,0:14:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the LA Riots of 1992...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.08,0:14:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buuuuuuuut are often less familiar
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.54,0:14:25.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the history of struggles against
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.07,0:14:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anti-Black racism here at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.97,0:14:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you think this affects
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.78,0:14:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the perspective of revolutionaries
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.50,0:14:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here in Klanada,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.29,0:14:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are there specific movements
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.85,0:14:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and events that you think peeps
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.50,0:14:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here would benefit
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.64,0:14:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from learning more about?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.71,0:14:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The media dominates our perception
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.66,0:14:41.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.77,0:14:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And African Americans are living in
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.47,0:14:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the centre of world imperialism - the
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.56,0:14:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.44,0:14:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, whatever they do gets projected
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.16,0:14:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the world. In Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.13,0:14:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Latin America...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.43,0:14:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of us end up using African Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.89,0:14:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as our reference point.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.40,0:15:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, whatever African Americans do,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.37,0:15:02.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tend to pick it up
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.53,0:15:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our own spaces.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.95,0:15:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we also, here in Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.90,0:15:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a history of struggle and
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.75,0:15:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resistance, which is documented
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.96,0:15:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's not as widely known
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.79,0:15:14.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.35,0:15:16.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, we know about
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.07,0:15:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the LA rebellion, or the Rodney King
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.74,0:15:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rebellion in April-May 1992.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.73,0:15:23.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're not aware of the Yonge Street
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.75,0:15:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rebellion that took place around
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.28,0:15:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.58,0:15:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A march took place
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.34,0:15:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was a solidarity march
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.06,0:15:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what's going on in LA at the time...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.57,0:15:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was also a march to protest
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.96,0:15:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police killing of a young
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.40,0:15:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,African man, you know, during the
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.10,0:15:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same time.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.00,0:15:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we had a rebellion here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.81,0:15:42.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not as widely known
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.39,0:15:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of Canada
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.02,0:15:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- even inside of Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.41,0:15:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the past couple of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.50,0:15:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black Lives Matter has burst
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.96,0:15:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,onto the political scene,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.00,0:15:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as a popular rallying cry
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.77,0:15:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for racial equality in the United Snakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.81,0:15:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also an active chapter
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.88,0:15:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Toronto, which has employed tactics
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.08,0:15:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similar to their US counterparts,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.20,0:16:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as highway blockades,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.71,0:16:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protest police killings.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.63,0:16:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your take on Black Lives Matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.28,0:16:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what role do you see them
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.84,0:16:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,playing as struggles against
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.35,0:16:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white supremacy intensify?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.69,0:16:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Initially when the movement came out
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.12,0:16:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the scene, I was more openly critical
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.93,0:16:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.79,0:16:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But at the same time, in terms of its
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.93,0:16:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideological direction, it's emphasis
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.48,0:16:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on more mobilizing people in the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.34,0:16:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,street, and not necessarily
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.26,0:16:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing people who live in
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.61,0:16:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communities - whether it's working-class,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.94,0:16:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,highly segregated communities in the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.79,0:16:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we work with people to build their
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.92,0:16:36.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,independent organization to struggle...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.29,0:16:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've kind of, tempered my critique
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.94,0:16:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the group, because a lot of folks
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.77,0:16:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are drawn into it are young people.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.60,0:16:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're becoming involved
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.90,0:16:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an organizational context
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.48,0:16:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time... and
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.85,0:16:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to remember that young people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.29,0:16:53.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to make mistakes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:53.47,0:16:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No doubt you’ve seen the clips
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.91,0:16:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Beyonce’s Super Bowl performance
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.86,0:16:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by now.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.66,0:16:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Generally speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.51,0:16:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are your thoughts
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.46,0:17:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the role that Black celebrities
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.27,0:17:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can play in helping to frame
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.78,0:17:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,popular dialogues on race?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.17,0:17:05.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, it's not so much
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.91,0:17:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Black celebrities", but to me, it's
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.03,0:17:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the role that African artists
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.51,0:17:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and artists in general
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.86,0:17:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must play in the struggle for
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.90,0:17:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,liberation. Especially if you're
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.01,0:17:18.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from an oppressed community.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.08,0:17:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have an obligation to use
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.40,0:17:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your work to advance the stuggle.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.65,0:17:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To raise questions in the minds of the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.14,0:17:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the thing that's very clear to me
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.48,0:17:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that artists, in a lot of ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.78,0:17:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cup what's going on around them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.05,0:17:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you notice in the 60's, even people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.74,0:17:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were doing like pop music,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.65,0:17:44.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were reflecting themes
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.83,0:17:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the movement around them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.15,0:17:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, what we see recently,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.28,0:17:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with Lamar performing about the
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.40,0:17:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prison Industrial Complex,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.81,0:17:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,referencing Africa as a place of origin...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.55,0:18:00.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Beyonce... Beyonce like exposing
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.50,0:18:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,young people to the presence
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.29,0:18:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Black Panther Party,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.03,0:18:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this year being the 50th
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.61,0:18:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anniversary of it's founding....
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.30,0:18:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These things are happening
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.58,0:18:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's like a rumbling
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.76,0:18:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the ground, or there's a
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.67,0:18:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conscientized section of the African
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.83,0:18:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,population in the US
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.17,0:18:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are pushing... politically.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.59,0:18:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these people are
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.96,0:18:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,picking these things up.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.34,0:18:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything else you wanna add?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.77,0:18:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As anarchists, we need to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.55,0:18:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organize with, and among the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.41,0:18:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anarchism is the solution
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.22,0:18:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to oppression in society,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.45,0:18:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we need to be among the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.46,0:18:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, we need to approach them
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.83,0:18:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a pragmatic way, that we may not even
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.15,0:18:46.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell them that anarchism is the solution,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.20,0:18:48.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we're working with the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.24,0:18:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're looking at "how do we
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.96,0:18:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organize?" and you start to propose
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.28,0:18:55.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a program of broad participation,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.58,0:18:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we can introduce anarchist
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.48,0:18:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,principles to the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.90,0:19:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then later on... as they become more
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.82,0:19:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politically developed, or they come to our
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.56,0:19:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meetings, they'll realize that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.72,0:19:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my God... we've been practicing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.02,0:19:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchism for so long we didn't know
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.78,0:19:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what we were doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.92,0:19:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I believe that we need to be strategic,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.71,0:19:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tactical in introducing anarchism
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.05,0:19:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.90,0:19:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks Ajamu.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.50,0:19:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that about does it for this sedition
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.33,0:19:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of It’s the End of the World as we Know it
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.12,0:19:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I Feel Fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.14,0:19:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it happens with most guests,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.49,0:19:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it breaks my fucking heart
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.18,0:19:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to edit the interview down
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.58,0:19:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fit the format.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.76,0:19:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really recommend that y'all listen
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.78,0:19:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to my entire conversation with Ajamu.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.54,0:19:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His insight into movement and
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.82,0:19:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,power building are super solid.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.38,0:19:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do so, just visit my fuckin website:
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.26,0:19:46.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that said, building this show
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.95,0:19:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the past 9 years is possible
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.15,0:19:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through a lot of hard fuckin work
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.50,0:19:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also through small donations
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.17,0:19:53.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from wage slaves like you.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.61,0:19:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this week I want to give a shout out to
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.35,0:19:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Laura, Justin, Robin, Guillaume,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.18,0:20:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ranko, Hansen, Roman, Raul,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.20,0:20:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Max, Stephen, Karlis, Blade, Steve,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.13,0:20:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jonathan, Jan, Jane, Samantha, Andrew,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.15,0:20:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Per, Flyn, Michael, Bear,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.17,0:20:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leandre, Jesse, Agatha, Inca,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.05,0:20:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scott, and Daniel
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.03,0:20:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Empanadas
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.28,0:20:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also want to give a warm welcome
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.29,0:20:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the newest members of the taconspiracy
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.64,0:20:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sebastian and Anonymous
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.54,0:20:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay tuned to this space
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.40,0:20:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for more insurrectionary news
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.93,0:20:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the global muthafuckin resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.58,0:20:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See you next time suckers.