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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.30,0:00:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us live in the shadow of an ominous\Nfuture. None of us can be certain what the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.59,0:00:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years and decades ahead will bring... but\Nfleeting glimpses have begun to appear in
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.76,0:00:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the here-and-now. And they are terrifying.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.10,0:00:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fires ravaging Brazil and it’s Amazon rainforest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.26,0:00:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Super-typhoon Haiyan has made a direct hit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.87,0:00:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this Mozambique port city of Beira, an\Ninland ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.39,0:00:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Continental Europe is baking.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.17,0:00:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feels like you’re sitting in an oven.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.93,0:00:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For years, climate scientists’ increasingly\Nurgent warnings have fallen on the deaf ears
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.87,0:00:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of capitalist technocrats from the extractive\Nindustries, and their acolytes in the halls
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.14,0:00:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of state power. Faced with the apparent inaction\Nof these decision-makers, environmental activists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.18,0:00:58.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and non-profits have opted to simply shout\Nlouder... seemingly unaware that they’re
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.64,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking the wrong language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most dire predictions of the UN’s Intergovernmental\NPanel on Climate Change, or IPCC, have repeatedly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.46,0:01:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,failed to keep up with the pace and trajectory\Nof ecological devastation. This problem stems
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.41,0:01:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a persistent inability to predict and\Naccount for the cascading, mutually-reinforcing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.33,0:01:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature of runaway feedback loops.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.93,0:01:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With each passing year, this situation gets\Nworse. As glaciers recede and ice-shelves
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.66,0:01:33.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collapse, record-breaking forest fires in\NAlaska and Siberia foreshadow the thawing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.22,0:01:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Arctic permafrost — a volatile wildcard\Nwith the potential to dump more carbon into
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.12,0:01:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the atmosphere than the sum total released\Nduring the past two centuries of human activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.40,0:01:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Heatwaves and droughts claim the lives of\Nmillions of people each year, a majority of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.57,0:01:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whom are children from the Global South. And\Nwhile the great mass of humanity swelters
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.97,0:02:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on land, temperatures are rising even\Nmore rapidly in the oceans. This is leading
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.74,0:02:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mass die-offs in what were once some of\Nthe richest areas of biodiversity on the planet,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.13,0:02:11.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spawning more frequent and violent mega-storms.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.42,0:02:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And yet, despite the incredibly drastic situation\Nthat we face, much of the mainstream discourse
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.68,0:02:21.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around climate change remains aimed at competing\Nwith oil industry propaganda to convince the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.37,0:02:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public that the phenomenon even exists. And\Ndespite the vast amount of time and resources
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.25,0:02:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devoted to this task, millions of people continue\Nto loudly claim that global warming is a hoax,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.08,0:02:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the President of the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.84,0:02:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next thirty minutes, we’ll take\Na closer look at some of the potential implications
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.56,0:02:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and underlying causes of this slowly unfolding\Ndisaster. Along the way, we’ll talk to a
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.05,0:02:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,number of individuals as they share their\Npersonal experiences fighting their alienation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.77,0:02:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the natural world, pushing back against\Necologically-destructive industrial development
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.75,0:03:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,projects... and making a whole lot of trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.60,0:03:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The climate emergency is affecting people\Nhere and now all over the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.43,0:03:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s still this portrayal and thinking\Nalong the lines of “oh, we still have eight
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.46,0:04:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,years or ten years to really respond.” or\Nmaybe even change things, or quote unquote
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.27,0:04:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still hear “save the earth,” which\Nis, an enormous amount of hubris that goes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.84,0:04:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with that, as well as just being factually\Ninaccurate. You can look out your window anywhere
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.24,0:04:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are on the planet right now and see it’s\Nupon us now. We need to behave accordingly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.55,0:04:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of that and not pretend that it’s\Nout in the future and there’s still time
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.47,0:04:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avoid what’s upon us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.04,0:04:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worldwide all of the climates together, they\Nact together. What happens on the other side
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.92,0:04:38.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world affects us here. Climate change,\Nwe’re already seeing the effects on animals
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.81,0:04:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are in our region that don’t normally\Nlive here. We also have a great deal of changes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.59,0:04:50.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the water temperatures, so it affects salmon\Nnumbers. The habitats of the salmon are being
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.15,0:04:56.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changed with soil erosion as well as deforestation\Nfrom industry. Most of these industries don’t
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.09,0:04:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clean up any of their messes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.74,0:05:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it’s the amazon or if it’s the\Narctic, all of those different ecosystems
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.78,0:05:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are now as a result, moving outside of the\Nequilibrium that they’ve been in for, say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.97,0:05:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,several hundred thousand years
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.52,0:05:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have allowed us to live on this planet
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.40,0:05:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way that we do in this kind of harmony.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.68,0:05:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means huge shifts in the now and where\Nhumans and other animals area able to live.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.84,0:05:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This process is being exacerbated by capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.24,0:05:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Glaciers receding around the planet dramatically\Nis the perfect illustration of the impact
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.30,0:05:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that industrialization and corporate capitalism\Nis having. Just in the Himalayas alone, there’s
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.55,0:05:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1.5 billion people that at current rates of\Nice loss in the Himalayas and in the Hindu
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.83,0:05:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kush specifically, that by 2100 may not have\Nany water for drinking and irrigation. And
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.15,0:05:59.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that’s just talking about glaciers, I mean\Nwe could say similar things when we talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.64,0:06:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ocean acidification, the warming of the oceans,\Nsea level rise, all these other really, really
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.72,0:06:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dramatic and obvious impacts of the climate\Ncrisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.60,0:06:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The latest now, on that state of emergency\Nin Venice. Water levels are even higher this
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.60,0:06:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,morning, the city’s worst flooding in more\Nthan 50 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.20,0:06:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Indonesian capital Jakarta is slowly sinking. \NBy 2030, half of the city will be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.12,0:06:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,below sea level.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.60,0:06:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The simplest way to explain a feedback loop\Nis, the more something happens, the more something
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.30,0:06:37.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happens. The most famous and easy to explain\Nfeedback loop perhaps is the loss of summer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.92,0:06:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sea ice in the arctic. So when the sea ice\Nis there, it reflects most of the sun rays
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.62,0:06:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back into space and that solar radiation,\Nthe heat, with it. As the atmosphere warms
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.93,0:06:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sea ice melts, then the ocean around\Nit more is exposed and it absorbs more of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.42,0:07:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that sunlight and heat, which then makes the\Nice melt faster which then means the ocean
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.44,0:07:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absorbs more heat, and so it goes.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.76,0:07:13.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to a new report experts say that\Nwe have until 2030 to avoid catastrophe. It
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.73,0:07:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also says if unprecedented changes are not\Nmade soon, there will be irreversible damage
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.42,0:07:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the planet. The report focuses on what\Ncould happen if global temperatures rise by
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.40,0:07:29.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than 1.5 degrees Celcius, or 2.7 degrees\NFahrenheit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.16,0:07:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is the IPCC fails to include the\Nrapidity of the feedback loops and the non-linear
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.03,0:07:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nature. So it’s not just things are increasing\Nlike this, but they're increasing like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.15,0:07:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that’s a concept that’s very\Nimportant for people to understand, and also
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.07,0:07:50.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one that unfortunately a lot of people don’t\Nunderstand, and it’s because their simply
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.100,0:07:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not being told by the corporate press.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.80,0:08:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s this idea that climate disaster\Nis going to level systems of power. That we
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.31,0:08:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are going to be affected at the same rate\Nand thus have the ability to build power as
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.52,0:08:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politicians and elites are simultaneously\Ndis-empowered. But this is not how it’s
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.03,0:08:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked so far. People who have the incentive\Nto fight against climate change are going
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.66,0:08:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be fighting the rise of fascists and militant\Ncitizen groups trying to hoard and protect
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.44,0:08:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resources, as well as the militarization of\Nthe state and natural disasters.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.40,0:08:37.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dealing with climate change means dealing\Nwith inequality, means dealing with systems
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.75,0:08:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of injustice. The impacts are disproportionate\Nand intersectional right. The impacts of the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.62,0:08:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate emergency are especially felt by low-income\Ncommunities, by racialized communities, by
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.64,0:08:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people in the global south.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.84,0:08:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People of color, indigenous people in particular,\Nare most likely the most impacted by climate
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.30,0:09:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change and industrial disasters.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.64,0:09:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what we’re now starting to realize\Nis that climate change is more than just about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.36,0:09:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carbon. it’s about a way of life, a way\Nof being, it’s about an understanding of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.20,0:09:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world, the understanding of nature, the\Nunderstanding of who we are. And what we’re
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.10,0:09:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting to realize is that in order for us\Nto change our approach to the climate, we
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.25,0:09:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really have to change everything that we do.\NLooking at climate change, looking at solutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.24,0:09:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a lot more than just thinking about techno\Nfixes, it’s about re-writing our entire
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.90,0:09:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,operating system.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.84,0:09:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Friday September 20th, 2019, millions of\Npeople from more than 160 countries took to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.88,0:09:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the streets, in what’s been described as\Nthe largest climate protests in human history.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.88,0:10:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These rallies and demonstrations were led\Nby young people, particularly high school
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.55,0:10:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students responding to 16 year old Swedish\Nactivist Greta Thunberg’s call to skip class
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.81,0:10:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and participate in what was dubbed a ‘climate\Nstrike’.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.02,0:10:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thunberg, who has been skipping class herself\Nevery Friday for the past year to protest
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.93,0:10:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,politicians’ inaction on climate change,\Nis an impressive figure.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.88,0:10:36.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her withering speeches to world leaders, in which she berates them for their shameless
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.57,0:10:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insincerity and their crimes against future generations, resonate with a public that has grown increasingly
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.96,0:10:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frustrated by their so-called leaders’ inability\Nto stop this slow-moving apocalypse.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.79,0:10:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as impressive as this massive upsurge\Nin mobilization and awareness has been, these
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.25,0:10:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rallies will accomplish very little in and\Nof themselves, other than provide yet another
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.00,0:11:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exercise in recuperation and an opportunity\Nfor political re-branding. And that is because
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.60,0:11:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are premised on a comforting, naive,\Nand ultimately false conception of
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.00,0:11:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how the world works.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.92,0:11:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The true mechanisms of power that are driving\Nus down the path of climate destruction are
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.60,0:11:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not swayed by protests. Capitalism, as it\Nturns out, also has a pretty strong survival
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.22,0:11:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instinct. And its drive for self-preservation\Nis based on perpetual economic growth... a
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.88,0:11:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,principle that every single state and the\Nentire architecture of global finance exists
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.76,0:11:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to uphold.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.00,0:11:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ridding ourselves of the fairy tale notion\Nthat we can somehow avoid the worst effects
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.83,0:11:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of global warming if we organize a big enough\Nrally does not necessarily entail giving up,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.34,0:11:48.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or succumbing to fatalistic despair. Instead\Nit can and should serve as a sobering call
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.95,0:11:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to brace ourselves to the harsh reality that\Npoliticians aren’t going to save us.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.90,0:11:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that we need to start acting accordingly.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.56,0:12:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Climate change is like the earth going into\Nshock from a gunshot wound. And it makes no
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.56,0:12:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sense to try to talk about solving the problem\Nwithout talking about the bullet, which is
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.32,0:12:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our current capitalist, extractive resource-dependent\Ncivilization.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.40,0:12:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don’t see us rapidly changing soon enough\Nto stop climate change. It’s not just running
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.84,0:12:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a vehicle that’s creating climate change.\NThe mass amount of industrialization and disconnect
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.87,0:12:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our planet is what’s creating the climate\Nchange. We just feel that ‘oh, I’m entitled
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.93,0:13:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this.’ That the way we live today in\Na modern life—that that has to keep existing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.60,0:13:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People know the basics of climate change and\Necological destruction at this point, and
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.71,0:13:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we need to abandon this insistence\Non education, or raising awareness. Education
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.10,0:13:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is great, for a while, but I think what is\Nneeded is groups of people who trust each
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.88,0:13:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other to feel empowered and act. And supported\Nwhen they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.84,0:13:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean does anyone really, taking a sober\Nassessment of the situation in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.14,0:13:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today politically, think that any pressure\Ncan be brought to bear to change a system
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.08,0:13:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where fascists essentially rule the White\NHouse, the Supreme Court and the Senate?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.05,0:13:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does it make sense to use traditional methods of\Ninformation-spreading and organization to
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.11,0:13:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try to apply pressure to an authoritarian\Nregime? Would it make a whole lot of sense
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.82,0:14:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for there to be a traditionally-organized\Nenvironmental movement in Russia trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.88,0:14:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apply pressure to President Putin to have\Nbetter climate policy? And anyone that’s
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.51,0:14:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gonna really argue differently about that\Nin this country is just not taking a very
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.68,0:14:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,clear, honest look at the situation this country’s\Nalready in.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.92,0:14:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Movements in other countries know that politicians\Ndon’t willingly give up their power. Incapacitating
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.80,0:14:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,systems that harm them is really what changes\Nthings.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.76,0:14:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say my main critique of the mainstream\Nenvironmental movement in general is that
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.98,0:14:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s too liberal. The mainstream environmental\Nmovement, at least as we see it on television,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.31,0:14:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really a movement that features people\Nwho are fairly comfortable with the status
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.55,0:14:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,quo—with capitalism, with colonialism and\Nall these other things. And don’t really
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.76,0:14:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,want to challenge them.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.12,0:15:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s exciting to see momentum around the\Nurgency of climate change, but it’s also
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.94,0:15:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important to recognize that groups like Extinction\NRebellion are still operating from the basic
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.77,0:15:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,idea that appealing to power is an effective\Nway to bring about change.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.48,0:15:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really, XR I think needs to be able to engage\Nmuch more closely with the communities that
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.64,0:15:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are affected by these disruptions to understand\Nwhat kinds of activities would they support.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.10,0:15:45.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means broadening the discussion around\Nclimate change, so that people can begin to
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.52,0:15:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see it’s not just about extinction in a\Nfar-flung future. That it’s something a
Dialogue: 0,0:15:49.82,0:15:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bit abstract to think about. That that same\Nsystem is destroying lives here and now. That’s
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.95,0:16:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the system that people are worried about.\NY’know, they’re struggling to pay their
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.57,0:16:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bills. They’re kind of reeling under the\Nimpacts of austerity. It’s that same system
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.17,0:16:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is basically destroying the planet, and\Ndestroying our ecosystems.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.81,0:16:13.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The large climate marches that we’ve seen\Nmore recently—these marches of hundreds
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.49,0:16:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of thousands of people—show me that we have\Nenough human beings who care. The question
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.38,0:16:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is whether those people are willing to use\Nthe tactics necessary. Whether they’re willing
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.12,0:16:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and able to learn from other movements in\Nhistory, and from more grassroots,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.08,0:16:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,direct-action oriented movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.84,0:16:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The premise of direct action is that you are\Nnot appealing to a larger power than yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.93,0:16:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enact change. You’re taking power into\Nyour own hands instead of trying to figure
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.73,0:16:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out what you could do that would help someone\Nelse make that change happen for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.38,0:16:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Direct action from Indigenous-led land defence\Nand water defence has proven over time that
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.95,0:17:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can go back to humble ways of living. We\Ncan reduce our consumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.72,0:17:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It requires a smaller number of people, but\Nit requires a higher level of risk. And that’s
Dialogue: 0,0:17:05.92,0:17:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often why people from a more comfortable background\Ndon’t want to do that kind of action.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.00,0:17:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mothers in marginalized communities have historically\Nbeen on the forefront, because marginalized
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.40,0:17:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communities are often receiving the first\Nblow of the horrors of our ecological and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.71,0:17:26.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social and economic collapse.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.79,0:17:32.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The project of fighting climate change in\Nthe long term also means essentially getting
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.04,0:17:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rid of capitalism. That we have to move to\Nother economic systems and overturn the legacy
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.16,0:17:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of colonialism that was the original way to\Nimpose capitalism on most of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.92,0:17:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to look at how we can dismantle these\Nkinds of systems. We have it in us to turn
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.14,0:17:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things around, but there’s a lot to let\Ngo of.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.87,0:17:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to get very very real about the situation\Nthat we’re in. And that’s gonna call on
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.55,0:18:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something different within each one of us,\Nas far as how committed are we to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.60,0:18:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walking our talk?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.28,0:18:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That’s the action that these kids are really\Nmarching for. That’s the real action that
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.68,0:18:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needs to happen. A complete overhaul and dismantling of society.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.28,0:18:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to official statistics from the\NUN Refugee Agency, 16.1 million people were
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.96,0:18:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,displaced due to weather-related events in\N2018 alone. Notably, this figure does not
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.90,0:18:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,include those forced from their homes by armed\Nconflicts triggered, or worsened by climate-related
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.86,0:18:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,factors.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.32,0:18:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new study, released in October of 2019,\Nsuggests that the number of people that will
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.69,0:18:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be affected by rising sea levels in the coming\Ndecades is more than three times what was
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.11,0:18:59.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,previously thought. The updated report projects\Nthat 300 million people will experience annual
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.69,0:19:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flooding by the year 2050, meaning that many\Ncoastal cities will need to be evacuated altogether.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.36,0:19:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These figures are based on countries meeting\Nthe emission reduction targets outlined in
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.76,0:19:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Paris Climate Accord, which isn’t going\Nto happen... meaning that the actual figures
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.12,0:19:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are likely to be even higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.32,0:19:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much of the displacement from sea level rise\Nis expected to occur in heavily-populated
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.12,0:19:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regions in Asia. In Bangladesh alone, the\Nhomes of 42 million people are at risk. Given
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.94,0:19:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rise of Hindu nationalism and the acute\Nthreat of ethno-religious sectarianism in
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.70,0:19:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the neighbouring state of India, the prospects\Nof a mass exodus from Bangladesh are particularly
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.72,0:19:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grim. But it’s far from the only potential\Ngeopolitical flashpoint.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.92,0:19:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The racist anxieties conjured up by the spectre\Nof unchecked migration has been a windfall
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.32,0:20:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for fascist, third-positionist and identitarian\Nmovements, nationalist politicians, police
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.42,0:20:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forces, military planners and other advocates\Nof increased border militarization
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.12,0:20:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.16,0:20:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, over the coming years and decades,\Nthis trend is likely going to get
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.24,0:20:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much, much worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.20,0:20:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The climate crisis is causing and affecting\Na refugee crisis, or at least adding dramatically
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.11,0:20:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to already existing refugee crises. For example,\Nwe look at the Arab Spring. One of the foundational
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.58,0:20:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causes of the Arab Spring was drought, regional\Ndrought. We can remember the Arab Spring was
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.56,0:20:54.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caused by a fruit vendor in Tunisia doing\Nself-immolation, and that was because of food
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.46,0:20:59.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prices and because what’s happening to crops,\Nand because of governments not stepping in
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.28,0:21:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help in anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.72,0:21:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A series of global climate linked food basket\Nfailures before the 2011 Arab Spring led to
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.43,0:21:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these big food price spikes in the year before\Nthe riots broke out. And it was those food
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.34,0:21:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,price spikes that made basic food, like bread,\Nalmost unaffordable for many people in those
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.11,0:21:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of the world, which was one of the major\Ntriggers for the outbreak of riots.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.64,0:21:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People were literally not eating and farmers\Nwere literally not making it, and that spread
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.99,0:21:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the whole region, and look at what’s\Nhappened today. There’s a huge immigration
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.06,0:21:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crisis of people going across the Mediterranean,\Ndrowning in boats, and trying to get to Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.60,0:21:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying to get to safer countries.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.72,0:21:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number of migrants and refugees who have\Nlost their lives in the Mediterranean in 2019
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.49,0:21:59.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is up to 900.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.01,0:22:01.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... declared a state of emergency.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.20,0:22:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The summit that’s taking place next week\Nwill be looking for new ways to tackle the
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.32,0:22:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continent’s biggest influx of migrants since\Nthe second world war.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.70,0:22:13.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The number of asylum seekers are very high.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.84,0:22:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Police now decide who stays and who moves\Non deeper into Europe and into uncertainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.92,0:22:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we’re already seeing governments around\Nthe world move in a direction of policing
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.85,0:22:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migrants, in particular, because of the climate\Nemergency and because of its impact. There
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.88,0:22:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a real essential connection and an essential\Noverlap between the migrant crisis and authoritarianism.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.92,0:22:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see in North America, and many parts\Nof the world, that authoritarians or would-be
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.48,0:22:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,authoritarians are using the migrant crisis\Nas an excuse to whip up xenophobia and racism.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.12,0:23:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And using it as an excuse to crack down at\Nborders and crackdown on undocumented people.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.38,0:23:08.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We look at what’s happening in the United\NStates where so many people coming to the
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.73,0:23:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,southern border coming up through Mexico are\Nfarmers from Central America that just can’t
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.89,0:23:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make it- that’s because of drought, that’s\Nbecause of extreme weather events and things
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.68,0:23:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that never used to happen at the level that\Nthey’re happening now.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.08,0:23:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another factor is rising sea-levels. The hard\Nfact is that the amount of sea-level rise
Dialogue: 0,0:23:33.76,0:23:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that right now is already baked into the system;\Nmeaning, if we stopped all C02 emissions on
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.50,0:23:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dime, we have meters of sea-lvel rise that\Nare inevitable now, that means every major
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.78,0:23:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coastal city on the planet is gone. The question\Nis not, “if,” it is “when”. So, where
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.14,0:23:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all those hundreds of millions of people\Ngoing to go?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.32,0:24:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are becoming more and more paranoid\Nand afraid, thus this human population is
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.07,0:24:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming more and more fragile. And with that\Nfragility comes more fear-based expansion
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.44,0:24:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the militaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.44,0:24:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the moment, most governments who are looking\Nat climate change... where we’re seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.12,0:24:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the real action is that most governments are\Ndoing it through the lense of national security.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.24,0:24:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will look at all the different ways that\Nclimate change can amplify traditional security
Dialogue: 0,0:24:28.35,0:24:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threats- how will climate change amplify conflict?\NHow will climate change destabilize different
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.96,0:24:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countries due to impact on water or impact\Non food? And that sort of thing, so all of
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.48,0:24:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the focus ends up expanding... you know you’ll\Nhave militarization and police state power
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.36,0:24:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to be prepared for what happens when\Nclimate destabilizes your soc iety. After the
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.12,0:25:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Arab spring, we had this massive seismic shifts\Nin politics, very rapidly across the Western
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.39,0:25:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world. The election of Donald Trump, the Brexit\Nreferendum, the increase in popularity of
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.57,0:25:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far-right groups in Europe. And what we know \Nis that this sort of thing is
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.04,0:25:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,likely to continue happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.00,0:25:25.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re gonna see capitalism and neo-fascism\Nboth exacerbating and causing these disasters,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.68,0:25:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being involved in the aftermath whether\Nthat be militias or hate crimes occurring.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.52,0:25:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western world. Fortress Europe. Fortress Britain.\NIs that the politics we have in store? Are
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.76,0:25:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we seeing this worst-case scenario of where\Ndoing nothing about climate change leads to
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.44,0:25:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rise of different forms of fascism, and\Npossibly even a form of even eco-fascism...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.92,0:25:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who knows?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.68,0:26:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given its incredibly vast scale and complexity,\Nand the existential threat that  it poses to
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.96,0:26:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the future of life on this planet, the spectre\Nof climate catastrophe can take a serious
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.44,0:26:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toll on our individual and collective mental\Nhealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.20,0:26:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately, matters aren’t helped by\Nthe heavily ingrained Western tendency to
Dialogue: 0,0:26:34.00,0:26:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frame issues in stark, moralistic, all-or-nothing\Nterms. Environmental non-profits repeatedly
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.06,0:26:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,claiming that humanity has ‘one more chance\Nto save the world’ may encourage people
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.72,0:26:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come out to a rally or a march... for a\Nwhile. But it doesn’t do much to equip people
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.47,0:26:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the inevitable disillusionment that comes\Nwhen the world isn’t saved, and business
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.17,0:27:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues as usual. The question is... what\Ncomes next?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.85,0:27:07.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thankfully, the struggle isn’t a zero-sum\Ngame. We need to accept that the effects of
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.10,0:27:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate change are already upon us, and they\Nwill continue to get worse for the foreseeable
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.18,0:27:17.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,future. In order to stem and begin to reverse\Nthis tide, we need to overthrow capitalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.62,0:27:22.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remove the ceaseless drive for profit as the\Ncentral organizational pillar of the global
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.79,0:27:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economy, and build a new, more sustainable\Ncivilization in its place. This monumental
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.58,0:27:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,task is too much for any of us to do on our\Nown. It is a historic challenge that will
Dialogue: 0,0:27:33.68,0:27:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,require a massive shift in global consciousness,\Nand the combined, unshakable determination
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.54,0:27:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of millions of people willing to risk their\Nlives. All that each of us can do is play
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.32,0:27:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our own small part in this bigger whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.78,0:28:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make it a point to not give suggestions\Nor advice to people about what to do about
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.36,0:28:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the climate crisis. Instead I tell people\Nthe most important thing to do is to get really
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.63,0:28:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really quiet and listen. And really really\Nask to be shown what is it that I need to
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.62,0:28:48.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do to try to serve and take care of the earth.\NWhat is the sense of justice that's really
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.97,0:28:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calling to me, that I need to go act upon.\NI think each one of us is going to get a very
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.32,0:29:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very different message. It might be feeling\Na deep calling to go create music, or be a
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.08,0:29:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doctor, or go join extinction rebellion or\Ngo do something even
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.80,0:29:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much more radical than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.52,0:29:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a big question is what people can do to\Nget involved and take action. Building networks
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.10,0:29:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people you trust right now. Learn skills\Nand share them with people you love. And fight
Dialogue: 0,0:29:25.82,0:29:32.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infrastructure projects in our community.\NAnd take care of yourself. Recognize the ways
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.85,0:29:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all struggles for liberation are intertwined.\NAnd I think primarily supporting people in
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.40,0:29:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,retaining or getting ownership of their land\Nback is one place to start by supporting indigenous
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.97,0:29:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggles. The highest levels of biodiversity\Nthat still exist on this planet are the places
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.95,0:29:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people still live or have returned to\Nwho are indigenous to that area.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.08,0:30:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For folks who are used to and conditioned\Nto having great amounts of advantages, just
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.00,0:30:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand that a lot of your advantages most\Nlikely came from our devastation. There's
Dialogue: 0,0:30:11.45,0:30:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of changes that are going to be coming\Nvery soon. There's going to be a lot of things
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.88,0:30:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you're not going to like hearing. It\Nmight involve folks that are disadvantaged
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.09,0:30:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,picking up on some advantages for once in\Ntheir lives. Support them. Support those movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.97,0:30:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,support those populations. The capitalist\Nplanet is not going to build a big massive
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.82,0:30:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ship for us to escape and get to another planet.\NWe don't have any other options. This is our
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.20,0:30:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one option. This is our one chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.70,0:30:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have to start from scratch, we don't\Nhave to reinvent the wheel. Our planet has
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.10,0:30:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a rich tradition, a rich history of social\Nmovements and of resistance movements, on
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.95,0:31:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this continent and around the world on many\Ndifferent time scales. And if we can understand
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.94,0:31:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn from and celebrate those movements,\Nthen we can learn the things that we need
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.30,0:31:12.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to learn in the time that we have to take\Naction. One of the primary shortcomings of
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.43,0:31:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mainstream environmental movement has\Nbeen its focus on individual action. And individualism
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.13,0:31:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really limits what we're able to accomplish.\NThings like flying less or using less gasoline,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.21,0:31:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean these are all fine things to do, consuming\Nless if you're a kind of an affluent, privileged
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.29,0:31:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,person, but they only go so far. And if we\Nreally want to change society and stop catastrophic
Dialogue: 0,0:31:39.77,0:31:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate change, that means collective action,\Nthat means organizing into groups of people
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.09,0:31:51.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can confront injustice in really tangible\Nways. And that means building those groups
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.12,0:31:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also into powerful movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.32,0:32:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really easy to get lost in the sense\Nof overwhelming chaos that's going on in the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.76,0:32:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,world every day. And to realize that you can't\Nchange all of those things as one person.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.72,0:32:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what you can do, fundamentally and what\Nno one else can take away from you, is you
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.40,0:32:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can completely change yourself,  and you can\Nact within the domain around you and change
Dialogue: 0,0:32:24.40,0:32:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that. When you look at your networks when\Nyou look at your friend circles, when you
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.72,0:32:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at the communities that you operate in\Nwhen you look at your skills and your resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.60,0:32:40.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,however limited they might be, what that process\Nof assessment does is it allows you to see
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.56,0:32:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that actually you're far more powerful than\Nyou might think you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:46.56,0:32:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Avoid getting into climate nihilism. There\Nare definitely a lot of weaknesses in the
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.52,0:33:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capitalist and resource extraction machine.\NI think that folks should just find the easiest
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.60,0:33:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploit for them to go after and find some\Nfolks who wanna shut shit down, organize around
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.60,0:33:19.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that exploit and go forth with insurrectionary\Noptimism.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:21.04,0:33:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think these are very critical life and death\Ndecisions and each one of us needs to take
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.93,0:33:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this very very seriously. Because these are\Ndecisions that a lot of us are gonna make
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.23,0:33:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to literally go put our bodies on the line\Nand try to save what's left of the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:33.62,0:33:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why I would never try to tell somebody\Nwhat to do I think that's something that each
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.84,0:33:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of us has to take full responsibility\Nin making that decision for ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.76,0:33:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are entering a new era – one that will\Nbe inevitably characterized by increasingly
Dialogue: 0,0:33:58.69,0:34:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hostile weather patterns, rising sea levels,\Nshortages of fresh water, and historically
Dialogue: 0,0:34:04.48,0:34:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unprecedented levels of forced human migration.\NOver the coming decades, these pressures will
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.63,0:34:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lead to the sudden collapse of states, further\Nexacerbating the cycle of displacement and
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.73,0:34:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering a political justification for the\Nentrenchment of nativist reaction and the
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.46,0:34:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,further militarization of borders in the Global\NNorth.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.42,0:34:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be a period of profound social,\Neconomic and political strife... and if history
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.75,0:34:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is any guide, it will be ugly. Yet even in\Nthe tragedy, chaos and bloodshed brought about
Dialogue: 0,0:34:35.47,0:34:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by these seismic geopolitical shifts, there\Nwill be opportunities for solidarity and mutual
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.33,0:34:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aid. Humanity has faced incredible hardships\Nbefore, and we have persevered. As always,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.76,0:34:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the specific form that our future takes will\Ndepend, in large part, on our willpower, ingenuity,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.05,0:34:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,level of preparation, and capacity to resist.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.32,0:35:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point, we’d like to remind you\Nthat Trouble is intended to be watched in
Dialogue: 0,0:35:01.06,0:35:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups, and to be used as a resource to promote\Ndiscussion and collective organizing. Are
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.52,0:35:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you interested in incorporating a more radical\Nenvironmental analysis into an existing organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.32,0:35:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,project, or in starting a campaign against\Nan ecologically destructive development in
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.26,0:35:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your area? Consider getting together with\Nsome comrades, organizing a screening of this
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.65,0:35:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,film, and discussing where to get started.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.73,0:35:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interested in running regular screenings of\NTrouble at your campus, infoshop, community
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.32,0:35:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centre, or even just at home with friends?\NBecome a Trouble-Maker! For 10 bucks a month,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:31.19,0:35:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’ll hook you up with an advance copy of\Nthe show, and a screening kit featuring additional
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.16,0:35:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resources and some questions you can use to\Nget a discussion going.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.24,0:35:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can’t afford to support us financially,\Nno worries! You can stream and/or download
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.39,0:35:54.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all our content for free off our website:\Nsub.media/trouble. If you’ve got any suggestions
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.01,0:35:59.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for show topics, or just want to get in touch,\Ndrop us a line at trouble@sub.media.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.76,0:36:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode would not have been possible\Nwithout the generous support of Michael, Carla,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.62,0:36:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jimmer and the good folks at the Earth First!\NJournal Collective.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.77,0:36:12.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’ll be taking off a month for the holidays,\Nbut stay tuned in early 2020 for Trouble 24,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.88,0:36:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we plan on taking a closer look at anarchist\Ntheories, strategies and tactics for organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.40,0:36:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean most of the time you see them when\Nthey riot. Couple 30 second clips, and that’s
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.32,0:36:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about it. What is it like inside these groups...\Nand what motivates their members?
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.24,0:36:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now get out there…. and make some trouble!