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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.68,0:00:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greetings troublemakers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.16,0:00:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to Trouble… my name is not important.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.86,0:00:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The past couple of years have been a real
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.30,0:00:11.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kick in the teeth for those of us who dream
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.86,0:00:13.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a world without borders...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.18,0:00:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not to mention the countless people around the world
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.88,0:00:18.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had the distinct misfortune of not being born
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.78,0:00:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.70,0:00:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet still had the audacity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.28,0:00:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to imagine they'd be able to visit Disneyland
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.16,0:00:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at some point in their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.98,0:00:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.12,0:00:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess Euro-Disney's still a thing... right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.07,0:00:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Standing in firm opposition to bleeding-heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.74,0:00:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,snowflake values of multiculturalism, equality
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.61,0:00:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of opportunity, solidarity, and the inherent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.70,0:00:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,value of all human life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.86,0:00:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a strident new form
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.29,0:00:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of nationalist reaction has been steadily
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.36,0:00:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gaining ground in countries all around the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.24,0:00:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often narrowly associated with Brexit,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.72,0:00:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rise of the European far-right,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.24,0:00:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the election of Donald Trump,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.56,0:00:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this racist and panic-driven
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.72,0:01:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form of populism is a truly global phenomenon
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.04,0:01:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– and one with incredibly deep roots.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.41,0:01:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nationalism is, after all, a central pillar
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.72,0:01:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of state power, and a default go-to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.62,0:01:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during times of crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.32,0:01:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's no great mystery that after nearly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.22,0:01:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a decade of punishing austerity measures,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.05,0:01:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more than fifteen years living under
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.36,0:01:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spectre of a global War on Terror,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.62,0:01:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many have fallen prey to the tempting illusion
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.88,0:01:27.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of security conjured up by strong walls,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.62,0:01:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the politicians who promise to build them...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.82,0:01:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...and make Mexico\Npay for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.88,0:01:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even within this context of generalized
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.22,0:01:36.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,paranoia and resurgent nationalism
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.34,0:01:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many who continue to bravely fight for
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.58,0:01:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a better world – a world in which human beings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.84,0:01:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are granted the same freedom of movement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.96,0:01:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,currently reserved for commodities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.08,0:01:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next thirty minutes, we'll share
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.02,0:01:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the voices of some of these individuals, as
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.44,0:01:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they speak about their experiences resisting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.26,0:01:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increased border militarization,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.92,0:01:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thwarting immigration enforcement...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.08,0:02:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making a whole lotta trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.00,0:02:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have been crossing through this area
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.42,0:02:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since.... forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.86,0:02:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of the areas that we work are actually
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.70,0:02:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,routes that people used to migrate through,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.45,0:02:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seasonally -- a lot of the folks whose land
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.50,0:02:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is: the Tohono O'Odham and Yaqui people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.37,0:02:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more recently the whole idea is, you know...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.86,0:02:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get from Mexico to the US.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.52,0:02:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a volunteer with the organization
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.42,0:02:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No More\NDeaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.19,0:02:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are a non-hierarchical, consensus based
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.38,0:02:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,group and we do humanitarian aid
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.06,0:02:55.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the border regions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.92,0:02:58.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We put out water on known migrant trails.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.40,0:03:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We also do search and rescue.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.61,0:03:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We document abuses by border patrol and different
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.04,0:03:06.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizations, and we also provide assistance
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.66,0:03:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to people who have been deported and provide
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.64,0:03:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,harm reduction kits for people who are going
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.88,0:03:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be crossing the desert.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.24,0:03:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we've expanded our work, we've expanded
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.88,0:03:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the areas we're working in, and that includes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.19,0:03:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of the areas in the west desert around
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.74,0:03:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ajo Arizona where people are walking across
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.54,0:03:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Organ Pipe National Monument, into Cabeza
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.66,0:03:27.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prieta National Wildlife Refuge and then across
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.28,0:03:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 20 miles of active bombing range.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.72,0:03:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The journey north has changed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.54,0:03:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot in the last 15 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.52,0:03:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The urban centers were sealed in the mid-90s,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.32,0:03:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pushing people out into the geography of the desert.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.18,0:03:42.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very intentional strategy on the part
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.14,0:03:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the US government and border patrol
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.38,0:03:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to increase human suffering and death along the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.78,0:03:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,border as an ostensible deterrent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.24,0:03:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the years we've also seen the areas we've
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.02,0:03:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done water drops and the areas that we've seen
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.67,0:03:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water drops moving have also become more remote.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.33,0:04:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Essentially what we've done is we've mapped
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.06,0:04:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,north-south trails and we'll drive roads
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.54,0:04:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do drops.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.84,0:04:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of the drops that are closer to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.20,0:04:09.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,roads we've just seen a really big uptick
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.38,0:04:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in vandalism, and we've also seen an increased
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.14,0:04:15.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amount of use in extremely remote areas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.26,0:04:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of migrants get separated from their
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.50,0:04:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guides because the border patrol dusts them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.48,0:04:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A helicopter will come and fly very close
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.68,0:04:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a group, people will scatter, get separated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.56,0:04:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their guides and in this manner get lost
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.04,0:04:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and frequently spend weeks walking in circles.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.62,0:04:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Folks generally travel at night,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.22,0:04:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the pace of the group is very quick.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.23,0:04:40.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If folks can't keep up with the group
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.80,0:04:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're frequently left behind.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.17,0:04:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of the patients we get at camp are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.16,0:04:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very close to death when we find them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.81,0:04:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also been an increase in militarization
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.68,0:04:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the immigration enforcement in Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.48,0:04:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Mexico actually deported more Central Americans
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.28,0:05:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last year than the United States did.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.08,0:05:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And part of that is with US support
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.08,0:05:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through Plan Frontera Sur.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.13,0:05:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The United States is actually funding the\NMexican government
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.02,0:05:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to implement border security
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.89,0:05:10.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on their southern border with Guatemala.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.79,0:05:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've talked to people who were riding the
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.94,0:05:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,train and then to get around checkpoints walked
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.66,0:05:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 8 or 9 days in Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.68,0:05:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So by the time they get here they've often
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.08,0:05:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traveled for over a month.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.56,0:05:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Being identified as a migrant in Mexico from
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.24,0:05:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,further south makes people vulnerable to extortion,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.66,0:05:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kidnapping and assault.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.08,0:05:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say many of the women who have made
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.10,0:05:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it to the US-Mexican border experienced some
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.45,0:05:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,form of traumatic violence during their journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.00,0:05:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The goal is for people to have such a devastating
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.66,0:05:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and traumatic experience crossing that they
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.37,0:05:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are deterred from further attempts.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.19,0:05:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's very short-sighted and it does not take into
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.10,0:05:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,account the reasons that people are migrating north
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.52,0:05:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of reason that folks are coming from
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.52,0:05:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Central America have to do with US economic
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.94,0:06:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and foreign policy, now and in the past.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.96,0:06:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the things that happens under the auspices
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.74,0:06:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of democracy-building, with things like Plan Frontera Sur
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.50,0:06:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Merida Initiative is that
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.20,0:06:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the US government is funding military, and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.82,0:06:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,via extension paramilitary in torture techniques
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.08,0:06:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repression of social movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.58,0:06:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So not only is it keeping people from traveling
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.00,0:06:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,north to escape violence, it's actually creating
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.92,0:06:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and perpetuating more violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.52,0:06:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the School of the Americas
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.80,0:06:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the funding of the Mexican military to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.27,0:06:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fight terrorism and to fight drugs, one of
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.94,0:06:35.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the groups, the Zetas, was initially an arm
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.71,0:06:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Mexican military and then they decided
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.68,0:06:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to break off and kind of took over the drug
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.87,0:06:44.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trade in Texas and in Matamoros and Tamaulipas,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.62,0:06:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they've become one of the most violent gangs
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.40,0:06:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were trained and funded and given
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.92,0:06:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guns by the US government.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.78,0:06:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like a joint business venture between
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.78,0:06:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the US government and cartels.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.66,0:06:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have similar interests and they are exploiting
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.34,0:07:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vulnerable populations for money
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.60,0:07:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through different routes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.26,0:07:03.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cartels make money because people have to
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.98,0:07:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contract with them now to cross, and then
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.33,0:07:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the US government and private corporations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.18,0:07:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make money by incarcerating undocumented people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.30,0:07:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before deporting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.22,0:07:16.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a group called the American Legislative
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.06,0:07:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exchange Council comprised of Republican legislators
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.78,0:07:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and corporate interests and one of the corporations
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.32,0:07:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involved in this group is the Corrections
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.02,0:07:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Corporation of America, one of the largest
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.50,0:07:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,private prison groups in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.17,0:07:30.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They got together and they wrote SB 10-70,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.44,0:07:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was the law in Arizona that got passed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.60,0:07:36.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a few years ago that deputized police
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.70,0:07:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to check immigration status.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.97,0:07:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in the border zone.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.40,0:07:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within 100 miles of the border police and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.10,0:07:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,border control have always had discretion
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.65,0:07:44.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do whatever they want.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.96,0:07:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this kind of took that experience of the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.16,0:07:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,border lands and internalized it and expanded
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.87,0:07:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it to all of Arizona, and then with copycat
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.04,0:07:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laws that were passed, to other parts of the country
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.12,0:07:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes the risk of deportation
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.78,0:07:57.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that much higher.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.70,0:08:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if, y'know, an employer refuses to pay
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.58,0:08:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their employee and they wanna seek justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.72,0:08:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's really easy for an employer to just threaten
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.40,0:08:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calling ICE on them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.23,0:08:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it creates an extremely,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.48,0:08:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,extremely vulnerable population.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.84,0:08:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that seems very intentional, because it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.64,0:08:14.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely benefits a lot of companies who
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.40,0:08:16.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are able to exploit this group of people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.38,0:08:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are now here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.77,0:08:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I watch Trouble
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.77,0:08:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We gotta Stop it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.47,0:08:29.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The colonial construct widely known as Canada
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.62,0:08:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is often depicted as the US' mild-mannered
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.54,0:08:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and polite neighbour to the north.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.35,0:08:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh hey there!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.35,0:08:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I know you from somewhere?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.54,0:08:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh me, no.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.54,0:08:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then what can I do for you buddy?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.23,0:08:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well this is a mugging?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.51,0:08:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.51,0:08:42.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah I’m sorry about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.53,0:08:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could just get that waller right there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.64,0:08:48.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.08,0:08:51.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Keeping in line with this popular caricature,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.56,0:08:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many well-meaning and progressive Canadians
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.35,0:08:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see their country as a bastion of multiculturalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.46,0:09:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a welcoming home for refugees escaping
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.14,0:09:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,war and persecution around the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.62,0:09:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a celebration of diversity here that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.74,0:09:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just not found anywhere else.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.44,0:09:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean is not much a question of the rules,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.22,0:09:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much as it is the spirit of openness, that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.25,0:09:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cherish, that we’re finding ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.76,0:09:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,increasingly alone in the world with that spirit
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.26,0:09:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But behind this self-righteous veneer lurks
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.56,0:09:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a more sinister reality of Canada’s history
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.96,0:09:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its place in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.72,0:09:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting aside the inconvenient facts that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.68,0:09:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the country was founded on the genocide of
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.72,0:09:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the land's original inhabitants,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.94,0:09:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a near-blanket ban on non-European migration
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.86,0:09:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until 1967, and remains one of the only countries
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.46,0:09:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the world to allow indefinite migrant detention,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.12,0:09:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's often overlooked that Canada only shares
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.14,0:09:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a land border with one country
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.20,0:09:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.80,0:09:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would not build a wall on the Canadian border
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.32,0:09:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This particular quirk of geography has long
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.36,0:09:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,granted the Canadian state near-total control
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.19,0:09:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over who enters its borders, and shielded
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.98,0:10:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it from mass influxes of irregular migration,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.58,0:10:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of a few historical examples, such
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.76,0:10:09.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the Underground Railroad and Vietnam-era
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.52,0:10:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,draft-dodgers, or the more recent arrival,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.50,0:10:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the summer of 2010, of a ship carrying
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.13,0:10:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,490 Tamil migrants
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.58,0:10:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the shores of so-called British Columbia.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.98,0:10:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as the political atmosphere south of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.22,0:10:25.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the border continues to worsen for undocumented
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.83,0:10:28.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migrants and anyone perceived to be a Muslim,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.62,0:10:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Canada is witnessing a rise in refugees seeking
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.67,0:10:34.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make use of its porous frontier to flee
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.82,0:10:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the overt hostility and repression of Trump’s America
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.44,0:10:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is cardamom.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.14,0:10:53.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s a nice smell, nice,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.12,0:10:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very very nice with coffee.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.43,0:10:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is kanafeh, it’s Palestinian.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.82,0:10:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made it
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.92,0:11:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now when you take the coffee,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.90,0:11:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can taste it, it’s very very nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.10,0:11:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You’ll like it, man.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.88,0:11:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Omar Ben Ali, I’m from Palestine.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.90,0:11:15.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left my country almost ten years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.18,0:11:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left my family, left my kids, left everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.78,0:11:24.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because everybody here knows what the Israeli
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.36,0:11:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,occupation does to the Palestinian people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.66,0:11:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my son, Yazan.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.36,0:11:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my small daughter, Tala.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.84,0:11:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She’s thirteen years old now,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.00,0:11:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I left she was three.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.80,0:11:44.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my father, he died in 2014.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.52,0:11:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my mother, my love, my heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.50,0:11:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She died, she left me in September.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.94,0:11:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn’t see her.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.18,0:12:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made a refugee claim in the airport in 2008.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.25,0:12:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After three years, I sat down with
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.08,0:12:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody from immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.90,0:12:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in 20 minutes he refused me!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.44,0:12:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he sent me a letter with around 38 reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.12,0:12:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why he refused me—38!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.92,0:12:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he sat with me for 20 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.54,0:12:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can’t return because I’ll be in danger
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.82,0:12:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I return.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.64,0:12:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They didn’t let me bring my family here.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.57,0:12:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if you ask me what I really want, well
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.02,0:12:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, I live here and I’m safe, but my family
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.90,0:12:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not safe.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.03,0:12:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need my family, I need my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.98,0:12:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need my wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.30,0:13:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re at the Lacolle border crossing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.46,0:13:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the main border crossing between Quebec
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.20,0:13:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.73,0:13:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is highway 15 on the Canadian side,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.92,0:13:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the other side of the border crossing it’s
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.88,0:13:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I-87, that will take you down to Plattsburgh,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:16.08,0:13:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Albany, and New York City.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.26,0:13:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is the border crossing that you want
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.90,0:13:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to avoid if you want to make a refugee claim,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.32,0:13:24.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because according to the Safe Third Country
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.14,0:13:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Agreement, if you’re coming from a safe
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.66,0:13:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,third country—which the United States is
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.14,0:13:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,defined to be—if you try to make a refugee
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.69,0:13:33.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,claim here, at the Canadian border crossing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.88,0:13:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will be turned back.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.04,0:13:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then if you try to make a irregular crossing after that
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.96,0:13:40.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they realize you’re making a regular one
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.14,0:13:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you’ll be forbidden from making a refugee claim.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.44,0:13:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there’s an incentive, there’s a logical,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.46,0:13:46.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely understandable reason why people
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.44,0:13:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will make irregular crossings.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.20,0:13:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We’re on the Quebec side of the Quebec-US
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.82,0:13:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,border, and this is a place called Roxham Road
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.92,0:13:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roxham Road ends right there, and it continues
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.98,0:14:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right over that little hill on the US side.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.01,0:14:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it’s a place that’s internationally
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.84,0:14:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,famous, because people come here from the
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.40,0:14:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,US in order to enter Canada irregularly and
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.34,0:14:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make refugee claims.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.49,0:14:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Last time I was here there was an abandoned
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.26,0:14:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,baby carriage on the other side, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.79,0:14:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here you have some kids clothing that was left.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.82,0:14:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is about as far as I can go
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.90,0:14:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if I went further another step or two
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.86,0:14:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd be on the American side, and that’s technically
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.84,0:14:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,illegal, and I’m not gonna do that with
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.46,0:14:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cops right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.29,0:14:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People will come up this road, get off whatever
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.58,0:14:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vehicle they’re in, or cab, and then come across
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.70,0:14:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“Stop, if you cross here you will be arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.12,0:14:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you speak French, do you speak English?”
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.52,0:14:53.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plattsburgh New York is the main gateway,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.90,0:14:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can get to Plattsburgh in a several
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.08,0:14:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hours ride from New York City.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.41,0:14:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It also has an airport,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.76,0:14:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so people can fly in there.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.70,0:15:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Plattsburgh, you can take a cab here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.80,0:15:06.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s nothing mystical or dangerous about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.12,0:15:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There’s thousands of miles of border.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.38,0:15:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we’re here at a place where the RCMP
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.14,0:15:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has 24 hour surveillance, but there aren't
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.66,0:15:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walls, there aren't drones, there are motion
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.76,0:15:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,detectors, but there’s no way this can be
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.66,0:15:17.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fully enforced.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.66,0:15:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if there are basic networks of mutual
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.22,0:15:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aid on either side, we can effectively render
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.28,0:15:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this border nonexistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.08,0:15:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in Dundee, Quebec, the border is actually\Na few kilometers from here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.06,0:15:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since January, there have been a lot of people,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.18,0:15:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more than usual, that have been crossing here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.28,0:15:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people in the region have seen, have
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.58,0:15:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped, and it just so happens that a community
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.70,0:15:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,group which deals with a lot of the community
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.96,0:15:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups in the area was having a spaghetti supper
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.82,0:16:01.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we came down from Montreal
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.42,0:16:04.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give them information.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.28,0:16:08.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we have people that are fleeing persecution,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.86,0:16:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people that are afraid for their lives, people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.03,0:16:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that want to have a better life
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.78,0:16:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and want to participate in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.13,0:16:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they’re being told that “sorry, if
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.66,0:16:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to come here, you can’t come to
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.42,0:16:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our port of entry or to our airports.”
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.41,0:16:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for us it was evident that, not just making
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.36,0:16:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,information for the people in this region,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.99,0:16:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also for the people crossing, to give
Dialogue: 0,0:16:34.32,0:16:36.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them a little bit of a step up.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.42,0:16:38.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are the hurdles
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.46,0:16:39.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they’re going to have to face?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.96,0:16:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we’d like for them to know about it
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.76,0:16:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they come.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.48,0:16:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The attitude that our team takes regarding
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.04,0:16:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these people is, if someone is here for nefarious
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.36,0:16:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,purposes or to commit crimes, we want to do
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.14,0:16:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everything we can to find out before we give
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.52,0:17:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them to the Canada Border Services Agency.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.18,0:17:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once they’ve crossed, as you said, you can
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.96,0:17:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actively help, you can organize in your community
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.08,0:17:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help people.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.00,0:17:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think it’s also important to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.32,0:17:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there’s absolutely no reason to think—absolutely
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.60,0:17:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no reason to think—that people who have
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.52,0:17:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crossed irregularly, or illegally, however
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.74,0:17:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to put it, are any more dangerous
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.56,0:17:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than anybody in this room.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.24,0:17:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so even little gestures, like putting
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.88,0:17:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up a poster that says “welcome refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:21.94,0:17:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcome immigrants,” that makes a difference
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.18,0:17:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, it just sets a tone.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.92,0:17:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the summer of 2015, the world watched
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.70,0:17:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in collective awe as tens of thousands of
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.54,0:17:37.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,migrants arrived on the shores of Greece,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.70,0:17:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began gradually making their way north,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.52,0:17:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,past heavily militarized borders in Macedonia,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.56,0:17:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Serbia, Croatia and Hungary before ultimately
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.08,0:17:49.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reaching destination countries
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.82,0:17:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as Germany and Sweden.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.40,0:17:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time, sympathy for the refugees, many
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.36,0:17:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of whom were fleeing brutal wars in Syria,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.85,0:17:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Afghanistan and Iraq, was high.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.74,0:18:02.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it wasn't long before popular opinion shifted.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.05,0:18:04.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That year during New Year’s Eve celebrations,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.80,0:18:07.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a spate of sexual assaults took place in cities
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.58,0:18:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across Germany, most notably in Cologne,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.36,0:18:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where hundreds of women reported being attacked
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.81,0:18:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by groups of young men
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.24,0:18:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Middle East and North Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.90,0:18:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While it later emerged that some of these incidents were fabricated
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.97,0:18:21.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as an alleged
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.23,0:18:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mob attack by Syrian refugees in Frankfurt,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.85,0:18:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the horrendous events of that night nonetheless
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.42,0:18:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cemented the racist caricature of the “rapeugee”
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.83,0:18:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the popular consciousness, and helped kick-start
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.03,0:18:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a furious anti-migrant reaction that was soon
Dialogue: 0,0:18:36.83,0:18:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exacerbated by terrorist attacks in France
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.30,0:18:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Belgium.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.47,0:18:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the months and years that have followed,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.45,0:18:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gates of Fortress Europe have slammed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.35,0:18:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shut, and the Schengen treaty guaranteeing
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.77,0:18:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free movement within Europe's interior borders
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.67,0:18:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has been effectively torn up, leaving thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.05,0:18:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of migrants stranded in perpetual limbo.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.90,0:18:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Responding to this dire situation, many anarchists
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.91,0:19:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other activists have stepped up to try
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.48,0:19:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help provide services and a sense of community
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.43,0:19:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to those who have been rendered stateless
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.93,0:19:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a foreign land.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.13,0:19:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had a tent camp in the beginning, for two
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.13,0:19:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,months, in the outskirts of Amsterdam.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.59,0:19:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where people were camping in the mud, in the
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.41,0:19:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rain, in bad tents, getting sick, without
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.54,0:19:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any assistance from the state, just from the
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.15,0:19:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighbors, and people like me being there
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.73,0:19:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to support them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.25,0:19:33.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they had a hard time, they suffered, and
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.47,0:19:35.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then winter came, and there was an empty church
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.51,0:19:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building, that was facilitated by
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.09,0:19:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,squatters in the neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.48,0:19:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from there, they took about 25 other buildings
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.75,0:19:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give shelter to We Are Here.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.01,0:19:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We Are Here is a collective of refugees from
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.19,0:19:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different countries, different nationalities.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.11,0:19:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We focus on the people who
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.81,0:19:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demand asylum in\Nthe Netherlands.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.47,0:19:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since 2002, a lot refugees have been kicked
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.35,0:20:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.61,0:20:03.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women, children, have been detained.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.25,0:20:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Holland, there’s a long tradition, especially
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.11,0:20:08.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Amsterdam, to take empty buildings and
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.59,0:20:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use them as a space for living, for working,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.09,0:20:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for culture, for anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.96,0:20:15.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, the state has managed to control
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.59,0:20:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the squatting movement by making it illegal,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.48,0:20:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it’s hard to squat and stay inside.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.55,0:20:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because opening a building is one thing, but
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.43,0:20:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staying inside for a longer time is something
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.56,0:20:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.56,0:20:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in a way you could say that We Are Here,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:27.51,0:20:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the refugee collective, has saved squatting.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.27,0:20:36.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it’s easier for people to accept
Dialogue: 0,0:20:36.25,0:20:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,squats for refugees than for punks from England,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.29,0:20:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or tourists from Spain.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.52,0:20:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the squatters were quite eager to help
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.67,0:20:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find buildings for the refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.54,0:20:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for the police, and for the justice and
Dialogue: 0,0:20:51.43,0:20:54.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the politicians, it was not so easy to evacuate
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.18,0:20:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a thing that’s raised a lot of compassion
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.67,0:20:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and solidarity and sympathy among the society
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.34,0:21:00.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.91,0:21:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People need to move from place to place because
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.05,0:21:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’re always facing eviction from one building
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.84,0:21:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to another.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.84,0:21:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s very important for the system to keep\Nus
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.53,0:21:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,busy with something, because if they give
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.34,0:21:13.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you a chance to relax then you will think
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.35,0:21:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on your situation, and you’ll create more
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.31,0:21:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,demonstrations, and that will stop the system.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:19.23,0:21:20.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that’s why they have to keep you busy,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.65,0:21:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from building to building.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.63,0:21:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are here to get a life, a better life,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.89,0:21:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we had in Somalia.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.69,0:21:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Life is not so good, like it is in Canada!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.81,0:21:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this building here, we will stay here!
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.33,0:21:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But still, we don’t have anything, we’re waiting.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.29,0:21:36.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We still have hope that we will have something.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.60,0:21:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The self-organized solidarity towards refugees
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.05,0:21:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started more or less two years ago, when we
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.36,0:21:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had the first Afghani refugees stranded in Athens.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.20,0:21:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what happened was we had a lot of refugees
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.25,0:21:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,residing in a nearby park, in the Exarchia
Dialogue: 0,0:21:54.76,0:21:55.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,neighborhood.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.76,0:21:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tried somehow to help them out with water,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.97,0:21:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.80,0:22:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then we realized that they were around 300
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.35,0:22:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people, and water wasn’t enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.00,0:22:07.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we made the call to an assembly, hoping
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.29,0:22:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we would get enough people to support
Dialogue: 0,0:22:09.06,0:22:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them for another five days at least.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.51,0:22:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And hundreds of people showed up,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.97,0:22:15.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from all around Athens.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.10,0:22:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All together, we tried to self organize, and
Dialogue: 0,0:22:18.89,0:22:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the same time re-learned what self-organization is
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.53,0:22:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for a month we provided medical care, clothing,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.37,0:22:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three meals a day, tents, sleeping bags that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.70,0:22:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they could take with them on their journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.81,0:22:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the beginning of the major self-organization
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.11,0:22:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of solidarity towards refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.63,0:22:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From there, two more initiatives popped up.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.63,0:22:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One was Notara squat, the first housing squat
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.29,0:22:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for refugees, and the other was Platanos,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.79,0:23:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a self-organized camp that was in Lesbos,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.57,0:23:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was in the front lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.51,0:23:07.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we were in Chios island,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.53,0:23:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were demonstrations.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.09,0:23:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talked with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.77,0:23:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we made friendship with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.66,0:23:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told us “when you go to Athens, we
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.17,0:23:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,know a place that’s very good.”
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.15,0:23:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the first time we came to Athens,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.31,0:23:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we went to City Plaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.47,0:23:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say that City Plaza is a refugee accommodation
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.83,0:23:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,space, but not just this, it’s also a political project
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.13,0:23:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More or less 400 people are living inside of City Plaza.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.89,0:23:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have so many different nationalities inside
Dialogue: 0,0:23:44.67,0:23:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here, so many different people with so many
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.53,0:23:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different backgrounds and intentions.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.27,0:23:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know the history of Plaza, it was a hotel
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.05,0:23:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Olympics in Athens.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.51,0:23:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was closed, and nobody used it.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.72,0:24:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the anarchists, they opened it, they repaired
Dialogue: 0,0:24:03.17,0:24:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it, they helped lots of people, lots of refugees,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.81,0:24:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come here and live a little bit better
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.19,0:24:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the other camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.13,0:24:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as I know, we haven’t lost even one
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.79,0:24:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immigrant or refugee.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.36,0:24:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one has committed suicide or got killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.06,0:24:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In camps, you have all the time suicides,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.27,0:24:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,desperate people, people that are dislocated
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.21,0:24:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the major city centers.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.23,0:24:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in contrast to that, you have the squats
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.71,0:24:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are inside the fabric of the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.15,0:24:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially in Exarchia, where we have more
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.37,0:24:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than six squats, housing squats for refugees.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.10,0:24:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the people in the squats that are
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.23,0:24:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not integrated, but they feel like they’re
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.00,0:24:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a part of this small community.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:52.45,0:24:54.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Given the central role that they play in shaping
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.95,0:24:57.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and determining the course of our lives, and
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.58,0:25:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the massive amount of resources put into militarizing
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.97,0:25:03.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and securing them, it's important to remember
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.77,0:25:05.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, at the end of the day,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.61,0:25:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,borders are just imaginary lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.65,0:25:10.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the vast majority of human history,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:10.69,0:25:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,borders didn't exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.05,0:25:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are, and have always been, tools of colonization,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.63,0:25:18.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,used to divide the world into distinct populations
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.87,0:25:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can be placed at the service of competing
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.45,0:25:24.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centres of power.Their imposition has always
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.43,0:25:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provoked resistance, and has only been made
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.47,0:25:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possible through the massive application of
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.08,0:25:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organized violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.08,0:25:33.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under today's increasingly globalized capitalist
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.97,0:25:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,system, their primary function is to carve
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.77,0:25:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world into distinct economic markets that
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.47,0:25:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be more easily managed by local governments
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.61,0:25:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the benefit of a transnational corporate elite.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.13,0:25:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Politicians and media outfits simultaneously
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.27,0:25:52.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,present borders as impenetrable barriers and
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.22,0:25:55.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fragile bulwarks of civilization constantly
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.13,0:25:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under threat from dangerous outside forces...
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.09,0:26:01.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the reality is that they are arbitrary
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.11,0:26:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make-believe lines intended to keep regular
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.99,0:26:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people divided and fighting amongst ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:07.11,0:26:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By demystifying borders and robbing them of
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.75,0:26:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their power to control our lives, we can come
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.34,0:26:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a better understanding of our collective
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.99,0:26:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,interests as human beings and begin to act
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.81,0:26:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together to dismantle the system
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.67,0:26:21.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're meant to uphold.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:24.69,0:26:29.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were something like 80 people on that boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:29.68,0:26:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was so dangerous.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.33,0:26:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just told us “you have to go straight.”
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.61,0:26:38.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said “you have to just go straight
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.41,0:26:41.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those mountains in front of you:
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.19,0:26:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is Greece.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.81,0:26:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And anybody of you know how to drive this boat?”
Dialogue: 0,0:26:48.55,0:26:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The current political climate is pretty terrifying
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.47,0:26:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a lot of directly-affected communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.67,0:26:59.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's not clear how it's gonna shake out.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.29,0:27:01.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a really crucial moment for people
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.53,0:27:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be doing organizing against the internalization
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.43,0:27:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the border.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.61,0:27:08.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having a criminal history, even if that just
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.45,0:27:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means crossing, disqualifies you from most
Dialogue: 0,0:27:11.11,0:27:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forms of relief.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.01,0:27:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what that means is that anybody who has
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.03,0:27:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been caught crossing the border has almost
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.69,0:27:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no prospect of ever having legal status in
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.11,0:27:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this country as it stands currently.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.83,0:27:25.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's really important to push against this
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.33,0:27:28.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,idea that it is okay to deport criminals,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.73,0:27:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that somehow the category of criminal
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.71,0:27:34.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a legitimate one.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.65,0:27:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People should approach local organizing, wherever
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.37,0:27:39.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are, with the same urgency that we approach
Dialogue: 0,0:27:39.50,0:27:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organizing on the border.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.03,0:27:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you can keep somebody in their community
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.73,0:27:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by doing anti-deportation work or creating
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.62,0:27:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,protection networks, that means people aren't
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.11,0:27:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to be coming back through the border
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.59,0:27:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and aren't going to be crossing through the desert.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.59,0:27:53.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That might be putting together protection
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.71,0:27:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,packets and different things.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:54.86,0:27:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not always glamorous work but it's extremely
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.65,0:27:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important to keep communities whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.93,0:28:02.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just show up and be humble, and be ready to
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.09,0:28:06.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listen and do your homework and learn about
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.59,0:28:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's going on, and have a real open heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.13,0:28:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once they're here, or they've crossed the
Dialogue: 0,0:28:10.93,0:28:12.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,border... where are they gonna go?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.35,0:28:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are they gonna do?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.25,0:28:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's their possibilities of staying?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.86,0:28:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are we going to help give them the proper
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.59,0:28:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community support that we would want in the
Dialogue: 0,0:28:23.61,0:28:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,same situation?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.15,0:28:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make regular and normal irregular\Ncrossings.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.43,0:28:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make regular and normal the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.33,0:28:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's perfectly natural to just walk across,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.89,0:28:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that these states that are defined as
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.65,0:28:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Canadian colonial state and the American
Dialogue: 0,0:28:38.49,0:28:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imperialist colonial state are things that
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.25,0:28:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we resist and we oppose, but we're not going
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.87,0:28:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let the borders get in the way of us having
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.43,0:28:45.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mutual solidarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.59,0:28:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't say “hey we don't want you here.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.62,0:28:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we go there and we destroy your land and
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.43,0:28:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we take your resources, and we say hey now
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.84,0:28:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no clean water, but we got tonnes
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.61,0:28:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of clean water here.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.35,0:28:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not gonna help you.”
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.40,0:29:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all have a history and we all have a lineage
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.07,0:29:04.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how we got here, to this exact place on
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.34,0:29:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.38,0:29:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an expression that often the police
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.39,0:29:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in our head, and I feel the border is in
Dialogue: 0,0:29:08.75,0:29:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our head as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.84,0:29:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes... if you cross right here, the RCMP are
Dialogue: 0,0:29:11.99,0:29:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right there, and there's likely some level
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.97,0:29:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ICE enforcement going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.30,0:29:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just a few hundreds of meters that way
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.51,0:29:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or that way, you could cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.11,0:29:24.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no way that this thousands of miles
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.93,0:29:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of border can be enforced.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.69,0:29:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, you know, closing borders is not
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.27,0:29:31.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really the solution and it's not gonna work.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.91,0:29:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as they close the borders, the longer
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.93,0:29:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people will get more motivation to communicate
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.45,0:29:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.83,0:29:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, the Berlin border, which divided West
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.41,0:29:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and East Germany before.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.72,0:29:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at after how long, people were breaking out.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:47.05,0:29:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Germany now is one country.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.63,0:29:50.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not sure about you but I was born with
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.51,0:29:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two legs and they function, so I walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.51,0:29:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I walk where I want to go.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:55.39,0:29:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's called freedom of movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.15,0:29:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We found out ourselves in the street, the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:59.61,0:30:02.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only one thing we can do to help ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.91,0:30:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- solidarity and togetherness,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:04.77,0:30:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's how we start.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.09,0:30:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Solidarity and creating visibilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.99,0:30:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my view solidarity requires the capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:30:12.31,0:30:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to step into the other's shoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.42,0:30:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not so much erasing the differences, but using
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.55,0:30:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the diversity to move forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:20.22,0:30:24.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn from them how to evolve our language
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.55,0:30:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how we can break the borders of our mind
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.13,0:30:33.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and political beliefs and lower them so that
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.87,0:30:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can listen to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.91,0:30:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the whole process of finding the common
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.59,0:30:41.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ground with people who come from completely
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.91,0:30:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different cultural, social, political background
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.43,0:30:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meeting somewhere in the middle and there
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.71,0:30:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to form a new kind of space...
Dialogue: 0,0:30:49.11,0:30:51.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's one of the best political actions
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.95,0:30:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.03,0:30:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you know, afterwards what follows
Dialogue: 0,0:30:55.79,0:30:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the person who is next to you... he/she
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.48,0:31:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might not say anarchist, but you know he/she
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.15,0:31:06.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a comrade in a much deeper kind of sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.92,0:31:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charity is not the right approach in my view,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:09.05,0:31:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's not solidarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.73,0:31:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion is okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.57,0:31:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Compassion in the sense of trying to feel
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.59,0:31:16.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the other feels and see how you can walk
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.91,0:31:17.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along together.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.99,0:31:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But again, compassion itself is not enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:19.95,0:31:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have, as an individual, to use your powers
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.15,0:31:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your skills and put them to use
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.03,0:31:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like everybody else
Dialogue: 0,0:31:26.59,0:31:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that we can learn a lot from each
Dialogue: 0,0:31:29.01,0:31:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other as long as we're rooted and grounded
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.25,0:31:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,geographically in our place.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.30,0:31:35.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's great to go other places to learn about
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.83,0:31:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggles... as long as you can bring it home.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.53,0:31:41.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a tendency to react to things.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:41.27,0:31:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do something and we react to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.33,0:31:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to create the events that they will
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.79,0:31:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make the others react to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.21,0:31:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's a movement it has to be everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.22,0:31:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to create a network.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.75,0:31:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to, all-together, to organize.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.61,0:32:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Self-organize into something grander.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.17,0:32:04.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Migrants who are not able to return to their
Dialogue: 0,0:32:04.55,0:32:07.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,country and are not allowed to stay...
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.19,0:32:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where can they go?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.39,0:32:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They ask for a normal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.99,0:32:21.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we continue to face increasingly destabilizing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:21.09,0:32:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wars, surging global inequality and climate-change
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.13,0:32:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fueled ecological devastation, the coming
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.83,0:32:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,century is poised to see unprecedented levels
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.61,0:32:32.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human migration.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.13,0:32:35.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactly what form this takes will depend,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.69,0:32:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in part, on our collective initiative, and
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.61,0:32:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our capacity for enacting meaningful solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.73,0:32:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that stretches across, and ultimately undermines
Dialogue: 0,0:32:45.33,0:32:47.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the borders that currently divide us.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.31,0:32:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point, we’d like to remind you
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.29,0:32:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Trouble is intended to be watched in
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.49,0:32:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,groups, and to be used as a resource to promote
Dialogue: 0,0:32:53.75,0:32:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discussion and collective organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.99,0:32:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there are no local migrant support or anti-border
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.87,0:33:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initiatives in your area, please consider
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.80,0:33:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting together with some comrades, screening
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.81,0:33:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this film and discussing what kind of project
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.53,0:33:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would work best.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:10.05,0:33:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interested in running regular screenings at
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.47,0:33:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your campus, infoshop, community center, or
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.00,0:33:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even just at your home with friends?
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Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.81,0:33:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,questions you can use to get a discussion
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.81,0:33:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going.
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Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.05,0:33:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Williamsburgh, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Cotali,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:56.98,0:33:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,San Antonio, Cambridge, Burlington, Amsterdam,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.75,0:34:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Milwaukee, Springfield, Sockell, Sherbrooke,
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Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.42,0:34:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode would not have been possible
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.77,0:34:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the generous support of Brandon, Julian
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.78,0:34:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Ross
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.78,0:34:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now get out there, and make some trouble!