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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.82,0:00:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode of It's the end of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.04,0:00:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we know it and I feel fine
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.52,0:00:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was made possible by contributions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.61,0:00:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from slaves like you.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.10,0:00:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spank you very much!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.21,0:00:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bill Clinton had become president
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.26,0:00:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the vision of using political power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.56,0:00:21.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to transform America.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.07,0:00:23.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he had been persuaded
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.68,0:00:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give away that power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.94,0:00:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the financial markets
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.98,0:00:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the promise that this time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.68,0:00:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they would create a new kind of stability.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.91,0:00:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A new kind of democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.57,0:00:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free of the corruption of elite politics.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.18,0:00:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was now becoming clear
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.79,0:00:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in reality, America's political power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.51,0:00:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had just been transferred to another elite
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.51,0:00:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-- the financiers on Wall Street.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.44,0:00:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when faced by a crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.70,0:00:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they had simply used that power
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.66,0:00:53.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rescue themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.44,0:00:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the process,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.45,0:00:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far from creating stability,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.24,0:00:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their actions were leading to a chaotic
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.63,0:01:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and far more unstable world.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.18,0:01:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gooooooooooooooood morning slaves
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.73,0:01:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and welcome to another sedition of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.21,0:01:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s the End of the World as we Know it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.11,0:01:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I Feel Fine... the show where
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.96,0:01:18.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don’t have to be a monk to discover
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.09,0:01:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sound of one hand clapping
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.12,0:01:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Motherfucker!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.14,0:01:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That hit me in the ear!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.77,0:01:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am your host the Stimulator,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.20,0:01:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you’re a Gen-Xer like me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.06,0:01:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y’all probably remember the early 90s
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.05,0:01:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a magical fucking time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.58,0:01:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NAS had just dropped Ill-matic...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.79,0:01:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all over the world peeps were
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.54,0:01:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting fucked up and going to raves...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.18,0:01:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we all got our first taste of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.15,0:01:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surfing the world wide web.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.83,0:01:47.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing that you need to know
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.29,0:01:48.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the Internet is amazing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.88,0:01:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's changing every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.39,0:01:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you've learned how to get
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.63,0:01:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,online yourselves, you'll start seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.02,0:01:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,web pages everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.35,0:01:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TV shows have them, schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.14,0:01:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disney World... even the White House.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.75,0:01:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's a web page...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.17,0:02:00.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something ducks walk on?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.84,0:02:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, to top it off
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.37,0:02:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1993, the United Snake’s smooth
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.87,0:02:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sax-playing President, Billy Clint
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.17,0:02:09.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told us all about a great new trade deal
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.67,0:02:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called NAFTA
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.58,0:02:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was going to make the world a better
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.52,0:02:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more prosperous fucking place.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.60,0:02:16.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have made a decision now,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.28,0:02:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will permit us to create
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.03,0:02:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an economic order in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.54,0:02:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will promote more growth,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.97,0:02:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more equality,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.24,0:02:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better preservation of the environment,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.50,0:02:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a greater possibility of world peace.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.64,0:02:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buuuuuuuuut like all politicians,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.40,0:02:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Slick Willy was full of shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.95,0:02:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blue collar workers in the United Snakes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.77,0:02:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Klanada got totally fucked by NAFTA,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.51,0:02:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with millions losing their jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.40,0:02:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to corporate outsourcing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.43,0:02:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while millions of independent
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.04,0:02:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mexican farmers lost their livelihood,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.39,0:02:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to a crisis of mass migration
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.59,0:02:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has continued, unabated,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.59,0:02:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this fucking day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.70,0:02:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast-forward more than twenty years
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.02,0:02:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and politicians are still
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.67,0:02:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up to the same fucking tricks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.42,0:02:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They confuse the BAD trade deals
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.06,0:02:59.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the past, with this one,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.27,0:03:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the first time when
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.26,0:03:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've been able to get one
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.37,0:03:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's even steven.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.43,0:03:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Understandably, folks in labour
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.05,0:03:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some progressives
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.90,0:03:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are suspicious generally,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.59,0:03:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of the experiences they saw
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.20,0:03:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.80,0:03:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, my point is, don't fight
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.98,0:03:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the last war, wait and see
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.87,0:03:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we actually have in THIS deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.39,0:03:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The latest incarnation of NAFTA - the TPP,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.06,0:03:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Totalitarian Proletarian Pulverizer,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.82,0:03:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been expanded to include
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.55,0:03:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an additional nine countries,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.89,0:03:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has been dubbed by its critics
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.26,0:03:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as NAFTA on steroids.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.61,0:03:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After years of top-secret negotiations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.51,0:03:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these Taco Pinching Pandejos
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.26,0:03:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finally released the text of the agreement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.62,0:03:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in November, and since then,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.64,0:03:41.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high-priced corporate trade lawyers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.12,0:03:43.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the United Snakes have added their
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.34,0:03:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,own special brand of legalese shit-varnish
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.68,0:03:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,granting corporations even more protection
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.80,0:03:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for intellectual property rights.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.82,0:03:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hereby inform you under powers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.61,0:03:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entrusted to me under section 47
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.49,0:03:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paragraph 7 of council order #438476,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.02,0:03:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Mr. Buttle Archibald, residing at
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.39,0:04:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,412 North Tower, Shangrila Towers
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.82,0:04:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been invited to assist the Ministry
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.54,0:04:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Information with certain inquiries,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.19,0:04:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that he is liable to certain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.69,0:04:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,financial obligations as specified in
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.33,0:04:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,council order RB/CZ/907/X.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.77,0:04:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sign here please.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.05,0:04:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This subtle re-write will have grave
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.04,0:04:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,implications on the costs of medicine
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.80,0:04:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in poorer countries in South America
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.72,0:04:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Southeast Asia, and will
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.39,0:04:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,force governments in all twelve countries
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.19,0:04:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to criminalize even small
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.43,0:04:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instances of copyright infringement.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.92,0:04:27.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uhh.... Stim.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.71,0:04:29.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I know... Agitator.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.54,0:04:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re going to motherfuckin jail!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.90,0:04:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Downloading films is stealing!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.30,0:04:34.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you do it....
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.79,0:04:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you WILL face the consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.66,0:04:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Throbbing Purple-headed Peoplefucker
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.70,0:04:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was signed on February 4th,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.39,0:04:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Auckland, New Zealand,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.84,0:04:48.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as thousands of peeps hit the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.96,0:04:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to denounce their government
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.18,0:04:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the puppets of the international
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.76,0:04:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,corporate elite that they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.42,0:04:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Massive protests have also rocked the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.10,0:04:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,streets of Chile and Lima, Peru
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.96,0:04:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where 5,000 militants threw down
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.22,0:05:00.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on Thursday February 25th,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.86,0:05:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lobbing molotovs at the pigs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.68,0:05:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who responded with live fucking rounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.99,0:05:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We reject the TPP because it's
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.70,0:05:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another step, another attempt by
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.01,0:05:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the government that bends its knees
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.96,0:05:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before capitalists and global corporations
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.99,0:05:25.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buuuuuut by far the most militant protests
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.73,0:05:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken place in Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.32,0:05:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check this shit out!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.61,0:05:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fucking intense!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.38,0:05:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Transnational Power Project
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.89,0:05:45.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now only needs to be ratified by the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.99,0:05:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,governments of each participating country
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.93,0:05:49.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before it officially becomes law.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.95,0:05:51.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here in Klanada...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.38,0:05:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while Justin Trudeau has yet to officially
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.16,0:05:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make up his mind,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.36,0:05:55.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it’s pretty fucking obvious that he's
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.77,0:05:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to use his Parliamentary majority
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.68,0:05:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pass it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.76,0:06:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, let’s be fucking real...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.49,0:06:02.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Trudeau’s International Trade Minister
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.40,0:06:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chrystia Freeland explains, when
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.52,0:06:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it comes to fucking people over...
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.34,0:06:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is my job... and the job
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.28,0:06:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,great Canadian companies.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.83,0:06:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in other news, on Saturday
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.81,0:06:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,February 27th in Anaheim California,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.06,0:06:16.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anti-racist militants confronted
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.67,0:06:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,several members of the KKK
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.73,0:06:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their way to a racist fucking rally,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.88,0:06:22.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beating the living shit out of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.67,0:06:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the fracas, several comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.43,0:06:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were stabbed -- one with the
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.69,0:06:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharpened business end of a flagpole --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.46,0:06:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seven were arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.11,0:06:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Copwatch Santa Ana,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.31,0:06:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the LA Anarchist Black Cross are
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.39,0:06:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,currently accepting donations to help
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.85,0:06:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cover these comrades
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.93,0:06:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,medical and legal bills.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.34,0:06:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For more info on how you can help,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.84,0:06:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,check out my fucking website:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.50,0:07:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last October, so-called South Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.36,0:07:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was rocked by a powerful student movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.56,0:07:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which paralyzed the country with
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.13,0:07:51.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three weeks of intense protests
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.65,0:07:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sparked by a proposed tuition increase.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.77,0:07:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under the banner of #FeesMustFall,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.73,0:07:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands of pissed off students
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.77,0:08:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stormed a parliamentary precinct
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.50,0:08:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Cape Town,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.33,0:08:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and marched on the headquarters of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.86,0:08:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the African National Congress, or ANC,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.56,0:08:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Durban and Johannesburg.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.38,0:08:10.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This wave of struggle culminated
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.32,0:08:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on October 23rd, when tens of thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.99,0:08:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of protestors rallied outside the office
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.22,0:08:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the country's corrupt,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.35,0:08:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neoliberal strongman, Jacob Zuma,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.44,0:08:20.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throwing down with the pigs
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.08,0:08:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and torching several porta-potties.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.77,0:08:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Faced with the protestors'
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.24,0:08:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unwavering determination,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.65,0:08:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the sheer fucking size of the crowds,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.91,0:08:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zuma backed down.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.77,0:08:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There will be a zero increase
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.38,0:08:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of university fees.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.97,0:08:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buuuuuuuuuuuut rather than settling
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.75,0:08:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this minor concession,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.49,0:08:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,student organizers have kept their eye
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.52,0:08:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the motherfuckin prize....
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.22,0:08:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,namely, free universal education
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.50,0:08:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an end to the deep structural racism
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.86,0:08:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that continues to divide the nation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.09,0:08:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into haves and have-nots.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.53,0:08:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the fall of Apartheid in 1994,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.49,0:08:54.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,South Africa remains one of the most
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.98,0:08:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economically polarized countries on earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.09,0:09:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, under the ANC, inequality has
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.82,0:09:02.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only gotten worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.69,0:09:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost 80% of its population
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.70,0:09:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are indigenous Africans, yet
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.26,0:09:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thanks to the nation's colonial history
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.08,0:09:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whites still own over 70%
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.33,0:09:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the fucking land.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.57,0:09:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And despite being the second largest
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.18,0:09:15.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,economy in Africa,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.40,0:09:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,millions of its inhabitants live
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.25,0:09:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in sprawling rural slums, struggling to
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.48,0:09:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,survive on less than a dollar per day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.62,0:09:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is very rough.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.27,0:09:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are more than 40 of us
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.87,0:09:26.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sharing one toilet and a tap.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.91,0:09:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zuma has been on the ropes since 2013,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.27,0:09:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after it was discovered that he spent
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.39,0:09:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shit-tons of public skrilla
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.12,0:09:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on opulent renovations to his casa.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.61,0:09:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In recent months, a growing movement
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.62,0:09:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been calling for him to be impeached,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.83,0:09:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for an end to the ANC's
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.11,0:09:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,twenty-two year rule.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.66,0:09:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So... within this context
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.01,0:09:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of political crisis, the student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.92,0:09:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploded back on the scene
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.20,0:09:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in mid-February to remind peeps
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.34,0:09:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that shit is still fucking on.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.33,0:09:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On February 15th,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.62,0:09:55.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students at the University of Cape Town
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.34,0:09:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,erected a corrugated tin shack on campus
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.16,0:09:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to highlight the lack of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.92,0:10:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affordable housing available for students.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.98,0:10:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pigs responded with flash bang grenades,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.19,0:10:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which kicked things off.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.98,0:10:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Militants soon torched two vehicles,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.25,0:10:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including a university shuttle bus,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.96,0:10:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then proceeded to engage the po-po
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.10,0:10:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in pitched street battles
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.37,0:10:14.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,late into the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.41,0:10:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On February 22nd,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.72,0:10:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students and campus workers
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.15,0:10:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the University of Free State
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.77,0:10:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disrupted a school rugby match,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.77,0:10:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to demonstrate their opposition to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.36,0:10:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staff outsourcing, and to show solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.11,0:10:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with striking workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.31,0:10:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soon after the disruption, a mob
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.24,0:10:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of white spectators swarmed the field
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.56,0:10:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began attacking the protestors,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.46,0:10:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a gross display of racist violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.98,0:10:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two days later
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.00,0:10:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at North West University in Mafiking,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.24,0:10:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the school administrator appointed a new
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.98,0:10:42.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Student Representative Council,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.50,0:10:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after dissolving the previous one
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.32,0:10:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being too fucking radical.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.78,0:10:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the protests that followed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.36,0:10:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a private security guard opened fire
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.40,0:10:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with live ammunition,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.69,0:10:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with some reports suggesting that
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.34,0:10:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a student was killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.24,0:10:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In response, militants torched
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.22,0:10:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,several campus buildings,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.33,0:11:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to a total suspension of classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.09,0:11:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time of this writing,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.58,0:11:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protests are continuing in
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.90,0:11:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,numerous universities across the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.67,0:11:06.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and show no signs of stopping
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.90,0:11:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anytime soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.01,0:11:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To learn more about this situation
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.54,0:11:16.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recently caught up with Alex Hotz,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.62,0:11:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a member of #RhodesMustFall,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.58,0:11:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a grassroots student group
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.10,0:11:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that came together in March of 2015
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.01,0:11:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which has been a major force in the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.20,0:11:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,student movement ever since.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.88,0:11:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey Alex... how the fuck are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.11,0:11:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ummm... it's a very loaded question.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.43,0:11:32.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm surviving.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.46,0:11:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For viewers who might not know,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.01,0:11:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was Cecil Rhodes?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.40,0:11:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why do people want his statue removed
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.41,0:11:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the University of Cape Town campus?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.38,0:11:41.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cecil John Rhodes is a symbol of
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.45,0:11:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white supremacy. He was a colonizer...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.33,0:11:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was one of the first British governors
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.45,0:11:51.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in colonized South Africa, and he
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.71,0:11:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plundered the resources of this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.06,0:11:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,genocided millions of Black people
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.40,0:12:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enslaved them, if not killed them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.36,0:12:03.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But also was the founder of racialized
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.36,0:12:05.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capitalism in this country, because he
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.87,0:12:08.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started the first huge mining companies
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.55,0:12:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which used and exploited the cheap labour
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.02,0:12:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Black people.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.05,0:12:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In recent years, university and
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.82,0:12:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high school students from
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.87,0:12:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so-called Quebec to Chile have
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.36,0:12:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shown that when students get organized,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.74,0:12:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can be a serious fucking force
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.50,0:12:22.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be reckoned with.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.69,0:12:24.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you tell us a bit about how
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.53,0:12:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the current student movement
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.80,0:12:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has spread throughout South Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.27,0:12:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how it is organized?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.51,0:12:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've seen the South African government
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.45,0:12:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become a very repressive government that
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.70,0:12:40.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost kind of mimics the Apartheid state.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.24,0:12:42.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there's a lot of repression...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.69,0:12:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police brutality, a clampdown on activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.69,0:12:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's been a bit difficult
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.06,0:12:51.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be coordinated in the same way in which
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.61,0:12:53.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it seems the Chilean students,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.33,0:12:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the students of India, Montreal etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.06,0:12:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what you find now, is a country that is
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.00,0:13:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deeply polarized and students who are
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.44,0:13:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entering institutions that have had
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.62,0:13:06.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no change.. they're almost the exact same
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.62,0:13:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institutions. They exist in the same way
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.54,0:13:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they did under Apartheid.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.14,0:13:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now Black students having to go into
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.66,0:13:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these institutions and experience
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.75,0:13:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredible psychological and epistemic
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.32,0:13:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,violence, but also physical violence...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.91,0:13:24.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we've seen recently from white students
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.20,0:13:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,management of the university, and police.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.38,0:13:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So... it's been amazing to see how
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.00,0:13:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these protests have spread.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.78,0:13:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started... at first it moved to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.83,0:13:36.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we had a national shutdown, which we
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.48,0:13:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coordinated through WhatsApp and, y'know...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.08,0:13:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facebook, etc, etc. And obviously that's
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.53,0:13:46.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting a little bit more difficult to do
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.64,0:13:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we know that the state, through
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.38,0:13:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the National Intelligence Agency,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.47,0:13:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is trying to infiltrate our movements,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.68,0:13:56.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to spy on many of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.73,0:13:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last year saw an incredible level of
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.08,0:14:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,student mobilization for the
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.47,0:14:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#FeesMustFall movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.37,0:14:04.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which ultimately succeeded in rolling back
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.54,0:14:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planned tuition increases.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.37,0:14:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How were peeps involved in this movement
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.15,0:14:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able to keep momentum going after
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.04,0:14:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,achieving its initial aims?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.48,0:14:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think for us, and for many of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.79,0:14:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was never just about the 0% increase.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.06,0:14:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were calling for free education,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.74,0:14:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and still call for free education, and an
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.07,0:14:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ending of outsourcing at all of these
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.96,0:14:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.26,0:14:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so while, that has been a victory
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.33,0:14:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's been used to de-mobilize,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.07,0:14:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, masses of students who supported
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.06,0:14:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and were active in #FeesMustFall, it was
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.83,0:14:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interesting to see the masses of students
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.17,0:14:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who joined #FeesMustFall, and I think
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.52,0:14:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was because it never necessarily
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.25,0:14:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,articulated a radical politic, in the way
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.58,0:14:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which we do in #RhodesMustFall,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.60,0:14:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we have ideological pillars like
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.25,0:15:00.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black consciousness, Pan-Africanism,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.52,0:15:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black radical feminism...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.37,0:15:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it was able to galvanize masses of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.22,0:15:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,students who not necessarily - who had
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.58,0:15:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,never been politicized before, and where
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.85,0:15:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was like, their first kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.14,0:15:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entering of marches, or protest actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.87,0:15:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it was useful to start in that
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.56,0:15:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of mobilization for the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.43,0:15:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for South Africans to see
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.80,0:15:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the police brutality and management
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.94,0:15:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brutality that students faced for such
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.16,0:15:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,simple, nonviolent demands, and how that
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.72,0:15:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was met with the violence of the state
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.88,0:15:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the violence of the institution.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.89,0:15:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's been very difficult, but I think
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.94,0:15:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is clear in a country with such high
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.05,0:15:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inequality and poverty, and racism
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.42,0:15:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Black students are completely
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.17,0:15:53.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,alienated and marginalized from the
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.88,0:15:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institutions, that free education
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.82,0:15:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,must happen in 2016 in order for the
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.47,0:16:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black majority in this country to be able
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.90,0:16:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to enter these institutions and not be
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.02,0:16:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,excluded.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.06,0:16:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of its historic role
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.69,0:16:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the struggle against Apartheid,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.51,0:16:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the African National Congress or ANC
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.35,0:16:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is seen by many people around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.68,0:16:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a torch-bearer for anti-colonial struggles
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.32,0:16:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more broadly.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.38,0:16:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet many people, including members of the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.26,0:16:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,#RhodesMustFall movement, feel the ANC
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.50,0:16:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has betrayed their original mission.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.84,0:16:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is that?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.82,0:16:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We went through a negotiated settlement
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.08,0:16:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Apartheid regime,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.06,0:16:30.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means that many of the
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.90,0:16:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oppressive instruments that existed
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.54,0:16:35.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this country to repress, alienate,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.64,0:16:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exploit and marginalize Black people,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.98,0:16:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and oppress Black people, were left intact
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.05,0:16:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--especially the economy of the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.46,0:16:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, mining stayed intact.... agriculture
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.90,0:16:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bit of people retained the wealth,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.47,0:16:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white people retained the wealth.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.15,0:16:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,White people retained the land...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.54,0:16:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you never saw--Black people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.64,0:16:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this day have not seen any kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.42,0:17:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,redistribution, or even compensation
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.53,0:17:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or reparation for what has happened to us
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.92,0:17:06.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.04,0:17:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think, for me the ANC continues
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.20,0:17:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and has always been, like a buffer
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.22,0:17:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a gate-keeper for white supremacy
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.60,0:17:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--white supremacist capitalist patriarchy.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.49,0:17:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And their position now
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.80,0:17:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as Fanon would speak of, is they are
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.99,0:17:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the comprador class, the middle-man
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.17,0:17:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between those who still retain power
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.20,0:17:28.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Black majority.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:28.35,0:17:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ANC is currently facing a challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.66,0:17:32.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the left, coming from a new party
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.73,0:17:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the Economic Freedom Fighters,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.49,0:17:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or EFF.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.11,0:17:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the relationship between
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.96,0:17:39.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the student movement and the EFF?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.90,0:17:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And do you feel that the betrayal of
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.56,0:17:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ANC has soured many South Africans'
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.95,0:17:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opinions on traditional electoral politics
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.69,0:17:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the EFF, the rise of the EFF, I think
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.25,0:17:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is incredibly important in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.57,0:17:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to challenge this notion that this
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.80,0:17:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generation is apathetic, or apolitical.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.22,0:18:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can see the EFF, over a very short
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.17,0:18:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,period of time gained huge support.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.91,0:18:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I suppose the EFF, just like the ANC
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.30,0:18:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has an incredible amount of contradictions
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.12,0:18:14.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... so many of them come from the ANC
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.21,0:18:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have grown up in the ANC, and in
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.100,0:18:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other movements that are very close to
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.27,0:18:23.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ANC, like [inaudible], and the Young
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.72,0:18:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communist League, and the ANC League
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.98,0:18:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are all kind of linked to the ANC.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.46,0:18:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, you know they talk about economic
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.00,0:18:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,freedom, etc, and nationalizing
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.19,0:18:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the economy, but there's the challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.88,0:18:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how within that organization
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.21,0:18:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,materialism through its leadership is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.12,0:18:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kind of accepted, and it goes unchallenged
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.10,0:18:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,South Africa has a variety of other powerful
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.69,0:18:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,social movements, such as the country's
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.76,0:18:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trade unions, and the shack dwellers
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.66,0:18:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo or AbM,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.39,0:19:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I understand has a large section
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.46,0:19:01.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Cape Town.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.66,0:19:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Has there been much overlap and solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.51,0:19:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between students and some of these
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.16,0:19:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other social movements?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.43,0:19:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think for us, to see the rise
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.51,0:19:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in social movements like
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.57,0:19:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abahali baseMjondolo, and the way in which
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.05,0:19:17.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they raised and put the issue of housing
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.76,0:19:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and land to the fore of political
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.02,0:19:24.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discussion and debates has been
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.22,0:19:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,incredibly important.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.59,0:19:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think what's also been really
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.96,0:19:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interesting in our engagements as young
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.58,0:19:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people with these political organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.80,0:19:35.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and social movements, to say that as young
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.27,0:19:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people... from one generation to another,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.21,0:19:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, "We are forging our own struggle
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.25,0:19:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we are fighting our own battles...
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.48,0:19:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would like your support.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.43,0:19:49.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in a way that is not patronizing,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.89,0:19:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not telling us what to do, but really
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.34,0:19:55.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being able to learn together and
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.36,0:19:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unlearn together and build a bigger
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.47,0:20:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broader movement. Because we know that
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.07,0:20:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cannot do this by ourselves."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.91,0:20:04.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anything else you'd like to add?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.31,0:20:06.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe just to say that I think
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.46,0:20:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's critical that we build genuine
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.74,0:20:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trans-national solidarity as young people
Dialogue: 0,0:20:16.15,0:20:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as students across the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.38,0:20:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to support the students of India,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.72,0:20:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support the students of Chile, Brazil,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.06,0:20:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,South Africa, Canada, Kenya...
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.26,0:20:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are struggling for the same things
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.23,0:20:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are... in countries where we are
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.28,0:20:37.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repressed, brutalized, etc.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.63,0:20:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we can learn a lot from each other,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.21,0:20:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and support each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.75,0:20:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thanks Alex!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.88,0:20:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that about does it for this sedition
Dialogue: 0,0:20:45.06,0:20:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of It's the End of the World as we Know it
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.69,0:20:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I feel Fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.84,0:20:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you'd like to find out the names of the
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.64,0:20:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,songs we played, the movies we sampled,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.40,0:20:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to subscribe to our podcast,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.78,0:20:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or email list.... just visit my
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.51,0:20:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fuckin website:
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.37,0:21:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In case you didn't know, this show is
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.24,0:21:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,funded by micro-donations from wage slaves
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.93,0:21:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who'd rather get their news from this
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Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.24,0:21:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So... my undying love this week goes out
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.75,0:21:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the following slaves: Marisol, Joseph,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.49,0:21:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kirk, Willie, Gerrard, Justina, Jeremy,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.14,0:21:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reto, Renzo, Yvanne, Sebastien,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.71,0:21:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christopher, Alexandra, Ricky, Andrew,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.98,0:21:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jason, Dylan, Mason, Massiege, Sara,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.45,0:21:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gregory, Jennifer, Martin, Jonathan, Max,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.76,0:21:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gomo, Jonathan, Kyle, Stephen, Miguel
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.56,0:21:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and... Shannon.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.79,0:21:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Teguino!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.90,0:21:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would also like to welcome the newest
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.71,0:21:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,members of the taconspiracy...
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.37,0:21:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christopher, Stinsky and Daniel.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.43,0:21:36.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chermole!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:36.50,0:21:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stay tuned next time, for more news
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.72,0:21:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the global motherfuckin resistance!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.76,0:21:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Que la passen chingon camaradas!