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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.71,0:00:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greetings troublemakers... welcome to Trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.13,0:00:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is not important.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.22,0:00:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you see them as punitive sites of enforced isolation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.42,0:00:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set up to protect the public and deter criminal behaviour,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.20,0:00:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or oppressive and entirely illegitimate institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.87,0:00:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that need to be abolished and systematically razed to the ground...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.77,0:00:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone pretty much agrees that jail is a horrible place
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.20,0:00:23.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you wanna avoid if at all possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.08,0:00:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alongside police and the courts,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.70,0:00:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prison forms one pillar of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.07,0:00:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the brutal apparatus of state control
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.92,0:00:30.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often called the criminal justice system.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.21,0:00:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as if this three-part system wasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.98,0:00:33.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intimidating enough on its own,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.67,0:00:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it forms only one part of the broader prison-industrial-complex
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.94,0:00:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- a sprawling, self-propelled conveyor belt of human misery,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.11,0:00:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose primary beneficiaries include politicians, lobbyists,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.26,0:00:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,correctional workers’ unions (that is, prison guards, or screws),
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.82,0:00:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probation officers, construction companies, and private contractors.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.32,0:00:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whenever we take meaningful action that breaks the rules
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.72,0:00:54.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set out by the powers-that-be,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.20,0:00:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a chance that we will be subjected to a gauntlet of punishment
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.87,0:00:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that begins with our violent arrest,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.55,0:01:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,continues through legal proceedings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.06,0:01:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are often lengthy and definitely stressful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.35,0:01:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and could potentially end with us serving long prison sentences.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.40,0:01:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a pretty daunting thing to come to terms with.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.73,0:01:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if we hope to be successful in our efforts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.66,0:01:11.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's important for each of us to be aware of the risks
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.79,0:01:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in the actions we take.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.24,0:01:15.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether you prefer working in a small affinity group,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.02,0:01:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as part of a larger network, be proactive,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.55,0:01:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and take the necessary steps to prepare for the repression you might face.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.54,0:01:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without being properly prepared,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.86,0:01:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we risk being set against one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.51,0:01:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isolated and paralyzed into inaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.36,0:01:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is exactly what our enemies want.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.20,0:01:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With that in mind, over the next thirty minutes
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.90,0:01:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll share the voices of a number of individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.80,0:01:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are helping people navigate complicated legal situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.52,0:01:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offering crucial support to jailed comrades,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.50,0:01:37.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building infrastructure for collective defence
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.40,0:01:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... and making a whole lot of trouble!
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.82,0:02:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The political climate in the US right now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.05,0:02:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really bad for the radical left,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.75,0:02:12.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very dangerous for us as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.67,0:02:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only are we facing the state repression that we've been so used to,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.34,0:02:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're also facing increasing threats from the right,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.05,0:02:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether that is alt-right trolls and doxxing
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.46,0:02:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and live-streamers at protests and rallies
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.40,0:02:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outing people to be targeted online,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.23,0:02:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or it's ultra-violent and murderous actions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.09,0:02:33.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as in Portland most recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.94,0:02:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also the threats from the police,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.80,0:02:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are working very clearly and very blatantly
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.57,0:02:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the far-right in order to target
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.98,0:02:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radical left organizers and activists.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.93,0:02:45.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think we're at a time right now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.85,0:02:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the stakes are really high for people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.40,0:02:50.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is really widespread resistance,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.63,0:02:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only to the Trump administration
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.29,0:02:57.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to a rise in white supremacist organizing and fascism across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.76,0:02:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot of resistance that's going on
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.44,0:03:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to police murder, police violence...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.32,0:03:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also to extraction projects.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.83,0:03:06.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I think that as resistance is growing,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.55,0:03:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the repression that's coming from the government is increasing as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.22,0:03:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since the election,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.52,0:03:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there have been hundreds of new felony defendants across the country
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.16,0:03:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ranging from everything that's happening over at Standing Rock,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.98,0:03:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the inauguration in DC.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.49,0:03:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,May Day in different places
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.83,0:03:22.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was a good number of felony arrests as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.68,0:03:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people are arrested in political situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.98,0:03:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems to be that the charges are becoming much higher
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.69,0:03:29.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a lot of us are used to...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.25,0:03:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with J20 being a really good example of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.03,0:03:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On January 20th 2017,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.40,0:03:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during an anti-capitalist, anti-fascist march in Washington DC,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.87,0:03:40.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 200 people, myself included
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.05,0:03:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were assaulted with chemical weapons,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.86,0:03:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surrounded and trapped using a technique known as kettling
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.78,0:03:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.72,0:03:48.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were all charged with one count of felony rioting,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.30,0:03:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which later became eight or more felonies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.39,0:03:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including engaging in a riot,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.01,0:03:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inciting a riot,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.26,0:03:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conspiracy to riot
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.75,0:03:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and several counts of property damage.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.68,0:03:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sum of these charges carries a maximum sentence
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.09,0:04:00.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of 75 years in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.63,0:04:03.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To put this clearly, we are facing the rest of our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.45,0:04:05.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind bars for going to a protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.21,0:04:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conspiracy charges are one of the prosecutors'
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.21,0:04:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,favourite tools because they're basically a thought crime.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.38,0:04:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's a way of the prosecutors to put blanket charges on people
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.35,0:04:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make them all responsible for actions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.52,0:04:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe only one person took.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.65,0:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically they're saying that
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,200 people were equally responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.81,0:04:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for breaking a handful of windows.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.43,0:04:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see conspiracy charges being used
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.51,0:04:28.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to really brutal effect in the so-called War on Terror,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.29,0:04:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is mostly targeted against Arab Muslims here in the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.45,0:04:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see a lot of conspiracy charges in the so-called War on Drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.07,0:04:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,targeted against both inner-city populations
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.60,0:04:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as a lot of rural populations.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.38,0:04:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mass arrest and prosecution is nothing new.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.70,0:04:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What sets our legal cases apart
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.75,0:04:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the state has charged so many protestors
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.63,0:04:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with so many serious felonies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.65,0:04:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the first political arrest of the Trump presidency.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.29,0:04:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This case is about giving the government more power
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.29,0:04:55.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to criminalize and shut down protest.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.41,0:04:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Initially it was just answering questions
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.05,0:05:00.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about knowing your rights
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.04,0:05:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and advising people about risks and consequences of actions...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.81,0:05:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when we had our first mass arrest,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.86,0:05:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then it became a much more intense situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.84,0:05:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the course of a year there were over 800 people who were arrested,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.27,0:05:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with really varying levels of charges.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.52,0:05:20.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Early on it was things like criminal trespass.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.33,0:05:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know, as people were going to work sites
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.91,0:05:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and attempting to disrupt the work that was happening on the pipeline itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.50,0:05:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as those months dragged on,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.92,0:05:32.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as more and more people were getting arrested,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.22,0:05:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the charges then increased quite a bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.15,0:05:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that the special prosecutor
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.87,0:05:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladd Erickson has said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.21,0:05:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a motion, he writes:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.02,0:05:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no relevance to any testimony or evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.44,0:05:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regarding historical treaty, tribal sovereignty,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.30,0:05:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the merits of the Dakota Access Pipeline, climate change,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.47,0:05:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sacred sites, corporate power, corporate media
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.28,0:05:58.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any other social or political cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.45,0:06:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meaning he is attempting to discredit the resistance efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.50,0:06:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the water protectors
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.58,0:06:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the merits of the power of prayer
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.88,0:06:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the responsibility to protect our first medicine...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.97,0:06:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our water.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.77,0:06:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also seven people who are facing federal charges,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.09,0:06:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Red Fawn Fallis being one of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.07,0:06:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is facing upwards of 25 years in federal prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.99,0:06:25.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she is currently still being held in custody pre-trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.54,0:06:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she'll be awaiting trial
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.41,0:06:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while still in the custody of the US marshals
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.41,0:06:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up there in North Dakota.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.74,0:06:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also six other people who are facing federal charges.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.53,0:06:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of those people are facing the same charges of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.34,0:06:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Civil Disorder and Use of Fire in a Civil Disorder.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.26,0:06:45.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So these people are facing up to fifteen years
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.12,0:06:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in federal prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.10,0:06:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All seven of those people are Indigenous water protectors.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.90,0:06:51.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While the people who are facing state charges
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.86,0:06:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come from a wide array of identities,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.12,0:06:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems that the federal repression matrix
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.58,0:06:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really centered on Indigenous people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.09,0:07:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their resistance and their assertion of their own sovereignty
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.11,0:07:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over their lands and their waters.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.86,0:07:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Due process is not going to be delivered to these water protectors
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.56,0:07:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the way the trials have been set up.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.72,0:07:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a continuing grand jury that was convened
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.56,0:07:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to investigate the activities of water protectors.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.20,0:07:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've been used historically as a means of political repression.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.81,0:07:21.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a way of shutting down resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.71,0:07:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of starting to tear communities apart by spreading paranoia,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.62,0:07:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suspicion, getting people to self-isolate.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.07,0:07:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most clear wins that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.49,0:07:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in regards to the movement defence work
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.57,0:07:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's happening at Standing Rock
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.01,0:07:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is around this grand jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.22,0:07:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We found out about the grand jury,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.78,0:07:39.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we very quickly organized,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.28,0:07:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only with the person who'd been subpoenaed,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.56,0:07:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also spreading - within the same day –
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.15,0:07:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,information and resources throughout the camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.03,0:07:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then also put together a month-long tour
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.83,0:07:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reach water protectors across the country as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.92,0:07:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US Attorney's Office, the FBI, the ATF, the JTTF,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.43,0:08:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other federal law enforcement bodies had a really clear vision
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.77,0:08:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how that grand jury process was gonna unfold for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.72,0:08:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that we fucked it up for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.85,0:08:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think we did a really good job of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.10,0:08:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people who've never had a first-hand experience
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.62,0:08:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a defendant in the criminal justice system
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.98,0:08:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend to have a pretty skewed idea of what to expect going into it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.40,0:08:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And given the way that the legal process is generally depicted
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.19,0:08:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in movies, in TV shows
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.82,0:08:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sensationalist corporate media accounts,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.99,0:08:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s understandable that when people think of court proceedings,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.86,0:08:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they usually imagine two sharply-dressed lawyers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.98,0:08:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,squaring off in a courtroom,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.44,0:08:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each arguing the merits of their position in front of a stern judge
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.54,0:08:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an undecided and apprehensive jury.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.44,0:08:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-I hereby order Ruben Carter released from prison.\N- <>
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.86,0:08:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the whole process is less like a John Grisham novel,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.38,0:08:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more like something dreamt up by Franz Kafka.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.50,0:08:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are privileged enough to make bail,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.28,0:08:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which, by the way, most people aren't....
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.52,0:08:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can look forward to a long stretch of time
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.92,0:09:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when your legal case will severely impact your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.35,0:09:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This might be months...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.67,0:09:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you wanna actually take the charges to trial, years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.15,0:09:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either way, you’re looking at a steady stream of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.35,0:09:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seemingly pointless court appearances,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.24,0:09:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plus regular meetings with your lawyer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.04,0:09:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More often than not, the process is entirely confusing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.15,0:09:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stressful and expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.79,0:09:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have co-defendants,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.98,0:09:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get used to not communicating with them unless your lawyers are present...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.27,0:09:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if they're your partner, your close friend or your comrade.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.24,0:09:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're lucky, your lawyer will respect your agency,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.81,0:09:27.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and might even be sympathetic to your politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.100,0:09:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have the support of some solid comrades,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.11,0:09:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might even be able to come up with a way
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.70,0:09:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of advancing your struggle through the court proceedings themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.17,0:09:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And who knows... the charges might even get dropped out of the blue.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.66,0:09:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes for reasons nobody can really explain.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.02,0:09:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In very kind of basic terms,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.87,0:09:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a legal defence would be what somebody is saying
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.51,0:09:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in response to the state's allegations of them having broken a law.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.30,0:09:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if somebody is charged with destroying property
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.32,0:09:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as breaking a window,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.68,0:09:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a legal defence could be 'not guilty',
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.16,0:09:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as in that person did not do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.14,0:09:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Political defence, in contrast, would be about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.34,0:10:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at the political climate and figuring out
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.62,0:10:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are the different leverage points that can be used
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.81,0:10:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring the politics of the case
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.80,0:10:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the politics of the movement that's being targeted
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.45,0:10:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the forefront.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.74,0:10:13.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your political defence is really based off of:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.41,0:10:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“what are your goals politically for your movement?”
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.34,0:10:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas a legal defence is based off of:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.63,0:10:19.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“what are your goals...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.70,0:10:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have the least harm through the legal system as possible?”
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.10,0:10:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it is throwing down against racist cops,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.22,0:10:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or locking down against earth-destroying machines,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.27,0:10:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you get arrested it's not just you that's on trial
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.50,0:10:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... it's your struggle too.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.95,0:10:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A successful defence campaign draws on both legal and political tactics
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.34,0:10:36.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to mitigate the potential repercussions the case can have
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.87,0:10:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on individuals and the movement at large.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.97,0:10:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your legal defence is based off of the confines of the legal system
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.54,0:10:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the goal of defence is to get you off of charges.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.99,0:10:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make sure that you're acquitted at trial,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.53,0:10:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you negotiate a plea that's favourable to you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.97,0:10:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and avoid going to trial if that might be the best thing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.47,0:10:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your particular legal situation.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.88,0:11:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whereas a political defence can sometimes actually
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.22,0:11:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,butt up against that normal legal defence.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.08,0:11:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's different costs that can be involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.86,0:11:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also a lot that can be gained
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.37,0:11:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through taking a political approach.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.93,0:11:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This approach moves away from the realm
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.59,0:11:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what is deemed legal by lawmakers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.75,0:11:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and steps into the larger realm of ethics, morality,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.33,0:11:16.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and liberation from all forms of oppression.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.34,0:11:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can also include defendants deciding that
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.75,0:11:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're not going to cooperate with the proceedings against them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.56,0:11:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notably different Puerto Rican independence fighters
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.15,0:11:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some Black Liberation Army soldiers back in the 70s and 80s
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.29,0:11:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decided that they were taking a Prisoner of War approach to their cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.60,0:11:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they rejected the legitimacy of the US government
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.50,0:11:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to file and press charges against them,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.64,0:11:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and refused to cooperate in the proceedings at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.98,0:11:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those prisoners of war were convicted despite their lack of participation,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.56,0:11:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many of them sentenced to decades in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.75,0:11:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a good number of who are still serving that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.68,0:11:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can also mean trying to put pressure onto the legal system itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.23,0:11:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calling campaigns, reaching out to the prosecutor's office, or the judge.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.95,0:12:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Writing letters to the judge from people all over the country
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.09,0:12:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or all over the world about this particular defendant
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.07,0:12:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or group of co-defendants.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.97,0:12:06.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last number of years
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.95,0:12:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there have been a number of successful uses of political defence.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.66,0:12:13.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of those are also unfortunately, also mixed victories
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.76,0:12:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we were able to win in certain respects and lose in other respects.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.08,0:12:20.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An example that comes to mind is the Cece McDonald case in Minnesota.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.89,0:12:24.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cece is a Black trans woman who was attacked
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.10,0:12:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while walking to the grocery store late one night.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.26,0:12:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the fight that ensued,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.01,0:12:30.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the attackers was stabbed near the heart
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.51,0:12:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and died on the scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.68,0:12:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was later found to have a swastika tattoo on his chest
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.63,0:12:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which he received while involved in white supremacist gangs in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.64,0:12:42.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cece was the only one who was charged in that incident at first,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.13,0:12:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was initially facing 20 years on a murder charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.06,0:12:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a certain amount of time in her case
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.24,0:12:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was offered a plea agreement to around ten years.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.92,0:12:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she rejected that,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.22,0:12:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the prosecutors added on a higher level murder charge
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.73,0:12:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that upped the amount of time she was facing to 40 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.100,0:12:59.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was involved in her defence committee
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.12,0:13:02.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were able to get a lot of support and solidarity for her
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.87,0:13:05.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from across the country and across the world
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.39,0:13:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and helped expose that prosecution for being a continuation of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.88,0:13:11.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the racist transphobic attack against Cece
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.89,0:13:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the white supremacists in the streets had begun,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.51,0:13:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by attacking Cece and her friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.05,0:13:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a result of that pressure campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.16,0:13:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in combination with her defence that her legal team was working on,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.92,0:13:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was able to accept a plea agreement
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.74,0:13:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a lower-level felony charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.78,0:13:31.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had to serve about an additional year of prison time,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.29,0:13:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she's been released for a number of years now
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.15,0:13:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has been involved in a lot of public organizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.38,0:13:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,public speaking and pursuit of justice for trans people,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.77,0:13:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,particularly Black trans women.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.12,0:13:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of the large numbers of trans folks,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.19,0:13:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Black trans women in particular,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.14,0:13:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are assaulted, targeted and murdered in the streets.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.06,0:13:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The legal system is meant to really individualize people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.00,0:13:54.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to isolate you from one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.03,0:13:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's good at doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.48,0:13:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the more that we can
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.65,0:13:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maintain communication with one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.92,0:14:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more that we can maintain our solidarity with one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.83,0:14:04.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are plenty of people who are charged criminally
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.35,0:14:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that'll fold on somebody else in order to save their own self.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.82,0:14:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if that's something that is absolutely against
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.02,0:14:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your values and your politics,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.99,0:14:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to find an attorney who also is gonna uphold
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.67,0:14:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those same values and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.05,0:14:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not push you to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.65,0:14:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because it might be better for your individual case.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.46,0:14:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you have co-defendants,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.38,0:14:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you wanna make sure that your plea agreement,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.94,0:14:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any statement of facts that you have to sign
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.40,0:14:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aren't going to harm or incriminate other people
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.60,0:14:34.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they're y'know, known co-defendants
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.99,0:14:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– especially if they're {\i1}not{\i0} known co-defendants.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.70,0:14:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know, if the state doesn't know something
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.30,0:14:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we wanna keep it that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.38,0:14:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is important that we understand the implications
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.49,0:14:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and consequences of snitching
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.27,0:14:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do our best to ensure that all defendants
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.28,0:14:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel supported and do not buckle under the state's pressure
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.30,0:14:51.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and coercion to comply with their demands.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.79,0:14:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Non-cooperation agreements are meant to establish trust
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.33,0:14:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and solidarity between co-defendants
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.43,0:14:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make it clear that defendants will refuse to help the state
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.99,0:15:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its efforts to prosecute us.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.73,0:15:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the case of J20,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.93,0:15:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over half of the defendants have agreed to points of unity,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.83,0:15:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which include a non-cooperation agreement,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.09,0:15:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,refusing to snitch on each other or otherwise cooperate with the state
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.15,0:15:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in targeting and isolating their co-defendants.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.47,0:15:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This agreement also includes a commitment
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.32,0:15:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to sharing resources and working together
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.10,0:15:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for our collective defence.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.40,0:15:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people facing charges from all over the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.11,0:15:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And people that maybe didn't know each other before,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.67,0:15:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and communities that weren't necessarily very well connected to one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.77,0:15:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are better connected now.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.57,0:15:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so while the state thinks they can use things like this to tear us apart,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.66,0:15:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's actually an opportunity for us to grow stronger
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.35,0:15:38.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we are willing to be bold.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.23,0:15:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky once wrote
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.23,0:15:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you want to understand a society,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.01,0:15:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should look inside its prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.63,0:15:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a former prisoner himself,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.44,0:15:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he understood that the ways in which power operates
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.66,0:15:55.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a given society determine who the state locks up,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.32,0:15:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under what conditions, and for what ends.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.47,0:15:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take, for example, the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.63,0:16:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Its lofty modern day position atop the global economy
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.54,0:16:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has its roots in the nation's lucrative plantation system,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.48,0:16:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built through the unpaid labour of generations of enslaved Africans.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.25,0:16:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slavery in the US never really went away.... it just transformed.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.93,0:16:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, there is literally an 'except' in the 13th Amendment.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.65,0:16:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.53,0:16:20.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.12,0:16:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except as punishment for crime,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.10,0:16:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shall exist within the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.44,0:16:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today it is manifested in the country's system of mass incarceration,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.88,0:16:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which one out of every three Black males
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.79,0:16:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is imprisoned at some point in their lifetime,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.95,0:16:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prisoners of all races are forced to work for almost no money,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.11,0:16:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helping to pad the profit margins of an array of wealthy companies,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.39,0:16:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from McDonalds to Verizon.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.92,0:16:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US prison system is a byproduct of a specific society
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.04,0:16:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a specific history,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.38,0:16:46.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as are prisons everywhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.28,0:16:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no matter where they’re located,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.96,0:16:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prisons have at least one thing in common.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.71,0:16:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Namely... they're full of people who have plenty of reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.33,0:16:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to hate the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.22,0:16:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The history of the Anarchist Black Cross begins in Russia
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.75,0:17:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the period of 1900 to 1905,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.73,0:17:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support the comrades that were being persecuted and jailed
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.04,0:17:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the context of the struggle against the Czar.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.23,0:17:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Mexico, the first one was established in the mid 90’s.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.62,0:17:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way in which we decide which comrades to support
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.68,0:17:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainly it has to do with affinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.55,0:17:27.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there’s an anarchist comrade who is jailed,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.84,0:17:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless if they are “guilty” or “innocent”,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.95,0:17:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they did it or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.57,0:17:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us that’s not relevant.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.57,0:17:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What’s important is that it’s an anarchist comrade
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.10,0:17:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.12,0:17:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of them is Fernando Barcenas,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.99,0:17:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a youth who has been imprisoned for three years,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.62,0:17:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accused of having burned a Coca Cola Christmas tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.69,0:17:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The work that we do with jailed comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.22,0:17:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,includes keeping up with how they are doing inside,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.33,0:17:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physically and emotionally.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:59.62,0:18:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visiting them to establish a relationship based in solidarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.36,0:18:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is done with the intent of stopping the destruction of personality
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.48,0:18:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that prison tends to achieve.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.37,0:18:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to maintain a channel of communication
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.54,0:18:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through letter writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.75,0:18:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the actions that have been done from inside prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.78,0:18:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we have supported,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.80,0:18:24.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been for example, hunger strikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.31,0:18:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, a coordinated hunger strike
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.77,0:18:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from different prisons
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.26,0:18:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by four anarchist comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.84,0:18:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were in separate jails.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.93,0:18:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The objective of the hunger strike was to denounce
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.96,0:18:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the existence of prison themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.28,0:18:39.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the social function of prisons
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.75,0:18:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of the disciplinary regime
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.60,0:18:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of society in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.63,0:18:48.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also try to support small organizing projects
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.60,0:18:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that deal more with everyday life inside prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.13,0:18:55.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was one collective that was focused on this,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.72,0:18:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilitating music workshops, creative writing workshops
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.90,0:19:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and also workshops on health care,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.54,0:19:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on music, and some other things
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.26,0:19:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have had results.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.68,0:19:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s a newspaper of chronicles.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.67,0:19:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They even recorded a punk album.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.44,0:19:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the “La Fuga” (jailbreak) coordinating committee.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.20,0:19:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have been around since 2015
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.04,0:19:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we began as a coordinating collective
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.47,0:19:29.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between small groups and individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.61,0:19:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have an anti-prison and anti-systemic perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.76,0:19:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mainly we organize awareness-building actions
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.91,0:19:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- especially street actions like marches, and assemblies
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.06,0:19:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in different places.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.05,0:19:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Days of awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.63,0:19:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This can be in city squares, universities, or in high schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.94,0:19:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The days of actions are mainly in the streets and in public places.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.56,0:19:57.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also mobilize against state terror.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.19,0:20:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This has to do with principle of international solidarity,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.62,0:20:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have protested at different embassies
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.26,0:20:06.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring awareness to prisoners,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.03,0:20:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also state terrorism and repression.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.54,0:20:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a horizontal structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.88,0:20:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flexible, and by affinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.91,0:20:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our operation is dynamic.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.34,0:20:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are no pre-determined functions,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.36,0:20:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead it has to do with the initiative of each individual
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.25,0:20:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what each wants to bring to the table for a specific action.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.00,0:20:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just facilitate the coordination of desires
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.08,0:20:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than a set structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.88,0:20:43.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.22,0:20:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a committee of the IWW.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.36,0:20:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was inspired by George Jackson's call
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.33,0:20:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a prison labour union back in the day
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.42,0:20:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- he's an old Black Panther prisoner
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.64,0:20:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was assassinated by the guards in California –
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.02,0:20:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by recent struggles and uprisings.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.37,0:21:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a big strike in Georgia in 2010,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.63,0:21:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then the Free Alabama Movement
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.27,0:21:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were shutting prisons down left and right
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.08,0:21:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so a couple of members within the IWW
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.57,0:21:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are formerly-incarcerated got excited about
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.35,0:21:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forming the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.12,0:21:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have over 800 members currently on the inside
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.40,0:21:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have people who are coming out
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.13,0:21:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and staying with the union and staying with the organizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.63,0:21:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really informing it a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.12,0:21:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The structure is really experimental
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.16,0:21:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the day-to-day activities vary from state to state
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.78,0:21:28.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and different locals.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.57,0:21:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some places we're trying to build inside branches
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.53,0:21:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by connecting all the prisoners across the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.22,0:21:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other places they're focusing on single communities
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.59,0:21:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and single facilities, or even units.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.36,0:21:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of the day-to-day activity is correspondence.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.52,0:21:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Writing and trying to facilitate communication
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.30,0:21:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the bars and the fences.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.72,0:21:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,September 9th of 2016 was the largest prison strike in history.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.04,0:21:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tens of thousands of prisoners participated all across the country
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.62,0:22:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and engaged in a wide variety of different tactics and actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.01,0:22:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was called for by prisoners in Alabama, Ohio and elsewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.49,0:22:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it went down was they wrote up a call to action,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.95,0:22:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we distributed as broadly and widely as we could.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.70,0:22:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And prisoners all across the country got it.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.37,0:22:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then at the same time we organized on the outside
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.40,0:22:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do solidarity actions and demos.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.84,0:22:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And many many facilities were shut down
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.46,0:22:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of either strikes or rumours of strikes,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.00,0:22:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as individual prisoners engaging in kinda
Dialogue: 0,0:22:32.23,0:22:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spontaneous or unexpected actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.92,0:22:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were hunger strikes in Ohio and Wisconsin
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.60,0:22:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and work stoppages all across Texas and the Pacific North West
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.05,0:22:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Florida and Michigan there were a couple of actions
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.45,0:22:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where prisoners kind of wilded out
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.60,0:22:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and tore shit up inside their facility.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.65,0:22:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As individuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.68,0:22:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we all have different experiences with the legal system
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.17,0:23:01.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our odds of ending up in prison are shaped
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.19,0:23:02.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a number of factors.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.29,0:23:05.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the most important determining factors are based on identities,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.24,0:23:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as nationality, race, and gender, that are inscribed on us at birth.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.96,0:23:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others are based on our personal experiences of trauma,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.31,0:23:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medical diagnoses, poverty, and class position,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.09,0:23:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which often help to determine our habits and drastically limit our options.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.53,0:23:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some are based on the strength of our political convictions,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.56,0:23:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our refusal to betray them.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.13,0:23:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's one factor that we do have control over...
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.42,0:23:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's whether or not, when the time comes,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.40,0:23:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have each others' backs.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.88,0:23:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The criminal justice system is designed to keep us divided,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.72,0:23:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when we're isolated, we're weaker.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.09,0:23:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does this through a crude mixture of fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.04,0:23:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,self-interest and reliance on social hierarchies
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.13,0:23:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,formed by, and reinforced through systemic oppression.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.37,0:23:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we are serious about building movements
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.94,0:23:43.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capable of dismantling the ideological institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.49,0:23:46.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of white supremacy, patriarchy, ableism,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.45,0:23:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the capitalist states they uphold,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.04,0:23:50.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we need to focus on the physical institutions
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.27,0:23:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they play out.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.33,0:23:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means building movements that can provide meaningful solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.32,0:23:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those most affected by the state's repressive apparatus,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.99,0:23:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while building up infrastructure of collective defence
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.36,0:24:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can help us weather the struggles to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.21,0:24:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If one wants to confront the state,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.95,0:24:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the immediate response from the state is going to be repression,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.91,0:24:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the basic ethic of any movement has to contemplate that.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.31,0:24:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has to contemplate the necessity to support
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.89,0:24:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and include the comrades that are being persecuted.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.78,0:24:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's actually really counter-intuitive is that
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.21,0:24:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're facing that kind of repression,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.23,0:24:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of your strongest tools that you have in your community
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.55,0:24:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as part of your movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.21,0:24:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually to make that shit public.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.33,0:24:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Defendants are in need of considerable support,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.53,0:24:40.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as each of us is facing the prospect of long legal battles,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.64,0:24:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands of dollars in fines,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:42.31,0:24:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and potentially prison sentences.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.46,0:24:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us have been thrown together by the state
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.76,0:24:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into an incredibly stressful legal situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.54,0:24:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now must figure out how to coordinate political and legal strategies
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.84,0:24:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will keep us all out of jail.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.46,0:24:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That support can manifest in tabling at an event,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.02,0:25:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing fundraisers,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.68,0:25:04.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing social media blasts to bring prominence to the case
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.24,0:25:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let people know what's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.74,0:25:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also letting people know, like what implications this case has
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.36,0:25:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.91,0:25:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This case is very significant in terms of being such a massive case,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.72,0:25:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unprecedented in many ways that it happened
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.50,0:25:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right on Trump's first day in the presidency.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.48,0:25:23.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a coincidence that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.86,0:25:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're going so hard against these defendants.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.71,0:25:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not a coincidence that this is a case that's trying to set the tone
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.88,0:25:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for what state repression looks like under Trump.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.09,0:25:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The charges that Morton County State's Attorney's Office
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.39,0:25:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has brought against water protectors...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.31,0:25:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are over 569 pending cases in Morton and Burleigh County.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.72,0:25:46.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when we're talking about that number of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.62,0:25:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the insurmountable financial liability by retaining attorneys,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.68,0:25:56.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,posting bail, getting cars out of impound,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:56.42,0:25:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,horses that were impounded,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.98,0:25:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dogs that were impounded,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.14,0:26:00.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kayaks that were impounded...
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.65,0:26:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only that, but travel expenses.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.19,0:26:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need support from people who care about this issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.98,0:26:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who care about destroying capitalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.62,0:26:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wanna erode, and y'know, believe in the strategy
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.53,0:26:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of corroding the glue that holds capitalism
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.30,0:26:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white supremacy and patriarchy together
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.98,0:26:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- which is the prison system.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.03,0:26:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For us the strategy is always strong coordination,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.73,0:26:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to stay away from sectarianism,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.33,0:26:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be capable of establishing,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.40,0:26:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between different small groups and individuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.47,0:26:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the creation of potent and permanent organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.06,0:26:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is very seldom going to be a handbook to follow
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.39,0:26:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a playbook to follow that will say:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.73,0:26:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“if you do A, B & C, then you'll fully support the defendants
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.69,0:26:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they'll win at trial, and then they'll walk home free."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.73,0:26:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would encourage people to not be intimidated by
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.97,0:26:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of the, like, legal jargon and y'know... specifics
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.36,0:27:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the legal system in and of itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.65,0:27:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's complicated.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.66,0:27:07.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while attorneys like to view themselves as being experts,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.34,0:27:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even attorneys aren't experts at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.51,0:27:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the state is constantly trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.73,0:27:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,switch the way that it's utilizing its own language and rules
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.62,0:27:16.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to its own benefit.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.25,0:27:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Situations in prisons vary state by state,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.36,0:27:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facility by facility.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.06,0:27:25.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's not one single thing to do
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.67,0:27:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can apply across the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.16,0:27:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead you gotta plug in with local organizers
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.92,0:27:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find things that are appropriate
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.69,0:27:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and connect with what's going on
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.65,0:27:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the inside in the places that you're at.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.54,0:27:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of times I think people get burnt out very easily,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.83,0:27:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or overwhelmed very quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.48,0:27:47.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with how much there is to learn about the criminal legal system
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.80,0:27:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and can feel stalled out in their work.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.99,0:27:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when people are working,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:52.62,0:27:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or engaging in this defence work,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.75,0:27:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they need to really approach it with the idea of
Dialogue: 0,0:27:57.16,0:28:00.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entering into the unknown in order to fight a battle
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.38,0:28:04.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is designed for the defendants to lose
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.33,0:28:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to figure out how to create space
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.74,0:28:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to either not give the state a full victory,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.65,0:28:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or ideally to give us a victory instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.92,0:28:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We think that one of the best ways
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.10,0:28:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create solidarity with jailed comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.26,0:28:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to not forget that they are there for fighting.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.08,0:28:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to forget that they are there because
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.93,0:28:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they decided to face the system,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.31,0:28:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it’s necessary to continue the struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.62,0:28:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and continue fighting against the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.69,0:28:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is important for people to consider that solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.06,0:28:33.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't just responding to repression by raising money and awareness.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.21,0:28:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also means continuing the struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.60,0:28:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's important that people not be scared away
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.57,0:28:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by what is happening to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.25,0:28:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The necessity of resistance hasn't gone away
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.86,0:28:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just because 200+ people are facing felonies.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.99,0:28:47.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anything, it is just further evidence
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.03,0:28:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how rotten this system is.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.73,0:28:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a whole we're facing a lot of state repression.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.36,0:28:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're facing a lot of threats from the right.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:54.87,0:28:59.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're also organizing resistance and solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.19,0:29:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in really remarkably effective ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.33,0:29:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can always strengthen that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.74,0:29:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can always come together more.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.30,0:29:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can always get better at how
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.37,0:29:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are handling those different threats...
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.84,0:29:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's a lot of inspiring actions happening
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.88,0:29:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of inspiring organizing to bring people together
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.04,0:29:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the face of all these threats.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.52,0:29:16.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hopefully we'll come out stronger
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.37,0:29:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result of all that organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.77,0:29:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same kind of... fire that motivates people
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.63,0:29:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get out into the streets,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.73,0:29:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to plan actions,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.40,0:29:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or drop a banner in the middle of the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.79,0:29:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sabotage something,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.31,0:29:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the same kind of fire that motivates you
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.25,0:29:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to protect the people that you're in resistance with.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.64,0:29:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As resistance to nationalist reaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.76,0:29:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soaring inequality
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.95,0:29:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rampant resource extraction continues to gain steam,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.80,0:29:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our movements will face more waves of state repression.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.71,0:29:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether this ultimately strengthens our movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:49.74,0:29:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or crushes them,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.83,0:29:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will depend a great deal on our capacity to develop
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.07,0:29:55.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tools, resources, and infrastructure necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.86,0:29:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to strengthen our collective defence,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.90,0:29:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our ability to thwart the state's efforts
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.93,0:30:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to isolate our comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:30:01.30,0:30:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind walls of steel and concrete.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.06,0:30:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point, we’d like to remind you
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.92,0:30:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Trouble is intended to be watched in groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.77,0:30:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be used as a resource to promote discussion
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.84,0:30:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and collective organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.44,0:30:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are no local legal defence
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.04,0:30:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or prisoner support initiatives in your area,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:13.84,0:30:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please consider getting together with some comrades,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.08,0:30:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,screening this film and discussing what steps
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.14,0:30:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be involved in starting one up.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.67,0:30:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hosting fundraisers
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.43,0:30:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and letter-writing nights for political prisoners
Dialogue: 0,0:30:22.04,0:30:23.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a great place to start.
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