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Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.99,0:00:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Greetings troublemakers... welcome to Trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.14,0:00:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is not important.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.35,0:00:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Insurgencies are, by their very nature, chaotic events.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.01,0:00:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are attacks on the dominant order,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.88,0:00:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waged by determined and mobilized groups of people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.12,0:00:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intent on uprooting and destroying the established power structure
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.14,0:00:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by any means necessary.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.84,0:00:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the perspective of the political and economic elites
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.14,0:00:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who draw substantial benefit from the status quo,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.66,0:00:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unpredictable and tumultuous nature of insurgencies
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.46,0:00:29.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make them terrifying worst-case scenarios.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.79,0:00:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To those in power, they constitute existential threats
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.60,0:00:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that must be carefully managed
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.23,0:00:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and avoided at all costs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.98,0:00:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the sophisticated means of coercion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.01,0:00:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and incredible capacity for violence that they wield,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.78,0:00:42.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,modern states are more precarious than they let on.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.85,0:00:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like fortresses built on sand,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.64,0:00:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are vulnerable to the seismic shifts
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.56,0:00:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of their internal contradictions and political fault lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.85,0:00:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While anarchists have historically been
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.63,0:00:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the forefront of critiques of the state,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.26,0:00:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are by no means alone in rejecting
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.37,0:00:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the illegitimate authority that they represent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.21,0:01:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's colonized nations fighting against foreign occupation,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.35,0:01:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crowds of people rising up to topple dictators,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.99,0:01:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or radicals struggling against the exploitation, oppression
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.67,0:01:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ecological destruction of capitalist democracies
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.56,0:01:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... the desire for freedom is universal.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.90,0:01:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well aware of this, states seek to prop up their legitimacy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.95,0:01:16.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by assuming the mantle of the protectors of freedom itself,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.87,0:01:19.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the guarantors of another universally-shared human trait,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.63,0:01:21.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the desire for security.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.14,0:01:23.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But on their own, these promises are not always enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.71,0:01:26.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so states have developed intricate systems of social control,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.55,0:01:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,aimed at proactively seeking out and destroying
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.03,0:01:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any potential challenge to their continued rule.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.76,0:01:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This constant shaping of internal political dynamics
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.20,0:01:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forms the basis of counterinsurgency doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.88,0:01:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– a science that cuts to the very essence of state power itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.34,0:01:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the next thirty minutes, we'll share the voices of several individuals
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.67,0:01:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they explain the principles of counterinsurgency,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.100,0:01:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they’ve manifested in historical
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.78,0:01:49.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and contemporary strategies of state repression,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.81,0:01:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some of the ways that our movements can thwart these dynamics
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.53,0:01:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to challenge state legitimacy,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.98,0:01:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spread treasonous thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.28,0:01:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all around just make a whole lot of trouble.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.81,0:02:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Counterinsurgency is a specialized form of warfare
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.43,0:02:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waged by a state against its population.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.46,0:02:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An insurgency is an organized revolt
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.73,0:02:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by people against an established authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.94,0:02:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most commonly throughout history it's an anti-colonial
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.90,0:02:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or anti-imperialist resistance movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.55,0:02:46.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Counterinsurgency is the technical art of counterrevolution.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.79,0:02:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At it's broadest, counterinsurgency refers to the whole range of activities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.70,0:02:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a state engages in to repress an uprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.31,0:02:58.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Counterinsurgency is basically the constant war
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.16,0:03:01.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that states carry out in order to manage conflict
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.57,0:03:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ensure the stability and continuity of governance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.03,0:03:09.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Counterinsurgency is designed to keep a movement
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.61,0:03:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is at a formative stage, which is weak and vulnerable
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.20,0:03:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– they're designed to keep them at that stage and to be able to crush them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.42,0:03:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To make them lose legitimacy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.98,0:03:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or keep them from getting any real legitimacy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.95,0:03:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for their demands or their grievances.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.39,0:03:26.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under the counterinsurgency philosophy, conflict is permanent.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.77,0:03:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore state institutions need to always be the arbiters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.87,0:03:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the mediators of conflict.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.69,0:03:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They therefore need the legitimacy to be seen as neutral arbiters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.92,0:03:39.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be seen as the only ones with the resources
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.68,0:03:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the capability to offer a solution to a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.36,0:03:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's always a thing within counterinsurgency
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.21,0:03:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's always supposed to be operating within the rule of law
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.53,0:03:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and within a democratic context.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.40,0:03:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At least that's sort of the modern counterinsurgency,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.38,0:03:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the ideal that the soldiers won't be out on the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.72,0:03:54.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It won't be evidently a war.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.92,0:03:59.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The objective is to maintain the level of conflict at the lowest levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.49,0:04:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At levels of simple dissidence or non-violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.17,0:04:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not allow those conflicts to evolve to more insurrectional
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.85,0:04:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or revolutionary levels.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.17,0:04:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As it has developed as a term of art in the military literature,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.72,0:04:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has come to refer to a specific approach
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.18,0:04:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- a specific philosophy as to how that is best done.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.21,0:04:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that approach is characterized
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.23,0:04:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less by a reliance on sheer coercive force,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.78,0:04:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and more by the use of soft power
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.97,0:04:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– the shaping of social conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.93,0:04:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the co-optation of movement leaders into the state apparatus,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.85,0:04:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the offering of concessions and reforms
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.97,0:04:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to undercut popular support for the uprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.86,0:04:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Former British military officer Frank Kitson,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.09,0:04:46.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a book called Low Intensity Operations,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.24,0:04:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talks about the need to find and neutralize
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.20,0:04:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subversive elements in the population
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.12,0:04:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to remove the masses from leadership of the subversive movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.92,0:04:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the key components of that is attaching
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.82,0:05:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,parts of the resistance movement that engage in
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.79,0:05:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,non-violent, civil disobedience-type of campaigns
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.72,0:05:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– attaching those types of elements to the state
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.19,0:05:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a means of dividing the resistance movement
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.07,0:05:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and undermining the more radical or militant components.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.75,0:05:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big non-profit groups are responsible for subverting radical political change,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.12,0:05:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they play a big role in the counterinsurgency.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.79,0:05:29.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their goal is to channel people in directions
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.87,0:05:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that will not put them in the position of directly confronting the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.62,0:05:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically counterinsurgency as a state philosophy arose
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.66,0:05:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as specialists working for the state,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.72,0:05:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as state institutions analyzed their failures and weaknesses
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.26,0:05:49.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the anti-colonial struggles of the 50's and 60's,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.01,0:05:52.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the particularly urban, and other domestic struggles
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.78,0:05:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within powerful colonizing states of the 60's and 70's.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.45,0:06:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in the 60's and 70's, you had more of a revolutionary consciousness
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.86,0:06:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among many people in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.69,0:06:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of it was influenced by the revolutions that were actually
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.14,0:06:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– the armed revolutions –
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.24,0:06:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were going on in Africa and South-East Asia at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.14,0:06:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did not want these kinds of groups to ever exist again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.44,0:06:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They did not want groups like the Black Panther Party
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.16,0:06:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ever be able to come into existence again.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.06,0:06:24.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Counterinsurgency, because its a type of warfare,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.100,0:06:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,involves all the means of war
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.66,0:06:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– including political, economic, military, cultural and ideological
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.21,0:06:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as psychological measures.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.03,0:06:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A huge part of counterinsurgency, it's about hearts and minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.54,0:06:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what they say,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.06,0:06:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but really it's not about actually offering people services
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.34,0:06:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or actually providing them with a better life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.45,0:06:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about saying that that's what you're doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.54,0:06:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and repressing people to the point that their silence becomes consent
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.02,0:06:53.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for whatever kind of rule you decide is appropriate in that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.51,0:06:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the sort of state or as the elite ruler.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.56,0:06:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all about fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.78,0:07:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's about managing people through fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.59,0:07:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy-waggon,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.72,0:07:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just see them thrown in. Rough.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.31,0:07:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said please don't be too nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.61,0:07:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether it's handing out speeding tickets,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.66,0:07:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kicking in doors to execute search warrants,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.70,0:07:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or putting down riots with batons, tear gas
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.45,0:07:29.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other so-called “less-lethal” weaponry,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.93,0:07:33.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police are the front-line shock troops of the state and capitalist class.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.23,0:07:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They’re tasked with enforcing laws
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.94,0:07:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and meting out repression
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.24,0:07:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to keep domestic populations in line.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.66,0:07:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Armed with a badge and a gun,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.26,0:07:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and basked in the legitimacy of the state,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.33,0:07:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police are granted a blank cheque to beat and even kill
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.93,0:07:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whoever they deem a threat to their authority
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.92,0:07:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,… as long as the person on the receiving end is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.04,0:07:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black, Brown, queer, trans, and/or poor.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.96,0:07:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because they form the most visible face of state repression,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.60,0:07:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cops are often seen as being synonymous with state power itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.29,0:08:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while they actually comprise only one small component
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.02,0:08:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the broader state security apparatus,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.13,0:08:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which itself makes up only one facet of
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.04,0:08:06.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the state’s sprawling bureaucracy
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.91,0:08:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... it’s fair to say that their historical development
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.98,0:08:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was of pivotal importance to the rise of modern states.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.11,0:08:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Processes of state formation and consolidation
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.75,0:08:17.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have taken different paths in countries around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.35,0:08:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as they’ve had to account for different historical,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.58,0:08:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,geographical and socio-political factors.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.70,0:08:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while cops generally play the same repressive role everywhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.86,0:08:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are, without a doubt, all bastards
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.37,0:08:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,… these national and regional distinctions have left imprints
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.81,0:08:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the character of local police forces themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.29,0:08:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United States, for instance
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.96,0:08:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... given contemporary police officers' role as the enforcers
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.68,0:08:38.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of white supremacist terror in Black communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.79,0:08:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it should not be surprising that they trace their origins
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.11,0:08:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to an earlier institution of racist social control
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.46,0:08:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– namely, slave patrols.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.43,0:08:48.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫] WOOP WOOP! That's the sound of the police.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.91,0:08:51.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,WOOP WOOP! That's the sound of the beast! [♫]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.24,0:08:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To understand slave patrols,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.42,0:09:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's important to understand the slow development of the state intervention
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.90,0:09:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in maintaining slave society,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.59,0:09:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning with simply passing laws
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.18,0:09:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would restrict the activities of the slaves.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.59,0:09:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, laws on their own being insufficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.60,0:09:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,authorizing any adult white man to enforce those laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.10,0:09:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then the reliance on individual action proving insufficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.20,0:09:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forming into this body called the slave patrols
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.60,0:09:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were an off-shoot of the militia
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.80,0:09:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and worked as kind of a voluntary-compulsory organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.05,0:09:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meaning that participation was mandatory,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.21,0:09:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it wasn't a professional outfit.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.63,0:09:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That provided a way of making the entire white male population
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.07,0:09:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly involved in maintaining slave society.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.24,0:09:43.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As industrialization came to the south,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.72,0:09:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were larger slave populations in southern cities,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.27,0:09:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the slave patrols moved similarly into the city.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.49,0:09:52.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there they became professionalized
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.37,0:09:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and very quickly their duties expanded
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.80,0:09:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they became a body that we would
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.98,0:09:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,immediately recognize as a modern police force.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.04,0:10:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[♫] Overseer! Overseer! Overseer – officer!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.42,0:10:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah officer from overseer!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.53,0:10:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need a little clarity?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.91,0:10:09.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check the similarity! [♫]
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.50,0:10:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now 200 years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.48,0:10:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the basic function of the police is largely the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.10,0:10:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's maintaining the stratified nature of the society,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.27,0:10:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in terms of race and class.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.22,0:10:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,White lives matter! White lives matter! White lives matter!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.45,0:10:31.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look at the whole concept of white supremacy
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.49,0:10:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how that fits into the counterinsurgency
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.52,0:10:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a historical basis,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.99,0:10:40.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course the oldest terrorist organization in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.37,0:10:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is the Ku Klux Klan
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.79,0:10:44.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– that was a group that was founded right after the Civil War
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.68,0:10:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to inflict terror against the African people in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.35,0:10:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had been newly freed from slavery
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.33,0:10:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who were beginning to try to organize.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.94,0:10:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as you move on into the 20th century
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.01,0:10:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Civil Rights Movement began to develop,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.88,0:11:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Klan and other groups would work alongside the police,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.40,0:11:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it was local police or whether it was sheriffs departments.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.16,0:11:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they would work together to inflict terror
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.18,0:11:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to restrain the movement - the organizing against white supremacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.05,0:11:25.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think one of the big differences
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.47,0:11:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between police in Canada and police in the US
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.55,0:11:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that the North-West Mounted Police
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.12,0:11:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were modeled after the Royal Irish Constabulary,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.96,0:11:36.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the British had set up in Ireland as a colonial police force.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.84,0:11:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they replicated this type of thing not only in Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.64,0:11:42.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also in their colonies in India and Africa.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.93,0:11:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know, one of their main functions was to impose colonial law and order,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.53,0:11:51.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to extend the control of the state into these frontier regions.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.50,0:11:55.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that remains pretty much the role of the RCMP today across Canada.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.82,0:11:59.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of the critical infrastructure and transportation corridors,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.92,0:12:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as railways and highways,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.26,0:12:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they pass through or very nearby Indigenous populations and reservations.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.93,0:12:08.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially as you go further north in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.80,0:12:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this type of situation creates a lot of vulnerabilities for Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.93,0:12:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think the state is very aware of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.51,0:12:21.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's why it's so cautious in its repression of Indigenous social movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.86,0:12:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A big wake up call was during the Oka Crisis of 1990,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.69,0:12:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you had widespread solidarity actions across the country,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.64,0:12:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you had sabotage actions being carried out
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.03,0:12:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against this type of infrastructure.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.56,0:12:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think it's very clear to the state that this is the possible consequence
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.05,0:12:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if their repression leads to the widening of Indigenous resistance,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.03,0:12:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even to the beginning of actual insurgency.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.12,0:12:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We try to use training dummies as much as we can for,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.31,0:12:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, the strikes and everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.63,0:12:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of the pressure points you really gotta feel it on the human body.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.23,0:13:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repression is basically the attempts by the state to punish,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.32,0:13:06.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to enclose and to isolate – and therefore neutralize –
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.84,0:13:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threats to its authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.43,0:13:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recuperation are the attempts to integrate threats to authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.77,0:13:18.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To redirect them towards non-threatening modes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.62,0:13:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or modes that even regenerate or modify state power
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.28,0:13:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that makes states more able to respond to similar threats.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.67,0:13:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you look at the 1950s and 1960s
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.19,0:13:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,civil rights struggle in the United States,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.36,0:13:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's some really good examples because the government,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.78,0:13:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially the Kennedy administration,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.06,0:13:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know they're having high-level meetings with Martin Luther King
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.66,0:13:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all these other leaders of non-violent civil disobedience organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.80,0:13:46.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.14,0:13:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're carrying out repression against the more radical elements
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.06,0:13:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Black Civil Rights – which came the Black Liberation Movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.59,0:13:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and which led into the FBI's counter-intelligence program, COINTELPRO.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.25,0:13:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to COINTELPRO,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.81,0:14:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the FBI ran a program called the ghetto informant program.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.38,0:14:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the ghetto informant program is where they would get preachers,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.51,0:14:10.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pastors of churches, teachers or whomever
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.05,0:14:13.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– they would try to get those people to be informants.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.31,0:14:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Militarization and community policing are talked about
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.78,0:14:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as though they're these two separate alternatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.48,0:14:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two different ways that policing can develop.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.36,0:14:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what the history shows
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.54,0:14:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they developed at exactly the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.53,0:14:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both in response to the crisis of the 60's.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.95,0:14:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And generally developed alongside each other in the same cities
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.85,0:14:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- often with the same commanders in charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.76,0:14:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than seeing these as two separate and competing developments,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.61,0:14:44.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes more sense to see them as complementary developments,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.60,0:14:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each operating as one half of a domestic counterinsurgency strategy.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.20,0:14:52.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The counter-intelligence program was designed to be hard-hitting.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.76,0:14:55.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And designed to assassinate,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.14,0:14:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designed to subvert and actually destroy organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.24,0:15:03.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereas the ghetto informant program was designed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.18,0:15:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spy on the Black population at large,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.11,0:15:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to find out who it was, as they saw it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.75,0:15:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be agitating for riots.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.84,0:15:16.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of that is pretty textbook counterinsurgency stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.15,0:15:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we see it play out domestically,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.20,0:15:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has the political benefit of building legitimacy for the police,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.94,0:15:27.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while at the same time the militarization preserves their capacity
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.85,0:15:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come in hard when they do face actual resistance.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.36,0:15:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The FBI's illicit program of surveillance,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.13,0:15:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sabotage and assassination known as COINTELPRO
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.24,0:15:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was formally ended in April of 1971,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.46,0:15:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after their covert activities were exposed by activists
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.48,0:15:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who broke into a Pennsylvania FBI field office
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.71,0:15:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and released troves of top-secret documents to the press.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.97,0:15:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just two months later, the Nixon administration launched the War on Drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.93,0:15:58.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America's public enemy number one is drug abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.95,0:16:00.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pretty convenient, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.21,0:16:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any suggestion that the timing of these two events
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.61,0:16:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could be chalked up to simple coincidence was quashed
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.01,0:16:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Richard Nixon's chief policy advisor, John Ehrlichman,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.02,0:16:10.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who in a candid interview in 1994,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.33,0:16:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,admitted that the War on Drugs was a lie
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.57,0:16:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concocted to target anti-war leftists
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.66,0:16:16.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Black communities for political repression.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.95,0:16:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After Tricky Dick was dishonorably deposed...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.36,0:16:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not a crook!
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.30,0:16:28.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... subsequent Presidential administrations took the idea of the War on Drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.63,0:16:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greatly expanded its scope,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.10,0:16:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and refined it into a potent tool for both domestic social control
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.39,0:16:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and imperialist foreign policy aims.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.40,0:16:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to overstate the effect of the War on Drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.39,0:16:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its role in accelerating the development
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.58,0:16:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of counterinsurgency in American policing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.71,0:16:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nixon launched the War on Drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.47,0:16:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the War on Drugs was chemical warfare.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.63,0:16:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A spreading of – at that time it was heroin –
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.97,0:17:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the communities of colour.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.25,0:17:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Black and Latino, poor communities of colour.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.35,0:17:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They called it a War on Drugs,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.96,0:17:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they unleashed the drugs into the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.45,0:17:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they went into the communities
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.24,0:17:12.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and started arresting people for using the drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.61,0:17:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This chemical warfare, it has a historical parallel.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.92,0:17:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After they killed the Indians here in this country,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.57,0:17:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after the Indian Wars,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.18,0:17:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then they turned around and gave them whiskey.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.90,0:17:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And whiskey was an addictive drug that even to this very day
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.82,0:17:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is still destroying the lives of people in Native communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.33,0:17:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they gave them whiskey.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.48,0:17:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well they gave Black people,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.94,0:17:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put down the insurgency that erupted in the 1960's and 1970's,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.65,0:17:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they gave them crack cocaine.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.58,0:17:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was deliberately done as the government's response
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.40,0:17:48.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Black Power movement,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.63,0:17:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the other radical progressive movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.27,0:17:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted to make sure that none of this stuff ever happened again.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.91,0:17:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And crack cocaine was distributed by people
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.85,0:18:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were given the drugs by federal agents,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.40,0:18:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and distributed to the urban market.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:03.38,0:18:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the effect of crack cocaine just destroyed
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.56,0:18:09.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,numerous vibrant communities at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.56,0:18:11.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communities where people had jobs
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.55,0:18:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... communities where people had social cohesion
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.94,0:18:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- well crack cocaine destroyed that.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.00,0:18:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the federal government used the fact of the drug trade,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.21,0:18:22.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they created
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.47,0:18:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– they used that to then turn around and build a paramilitary policing force.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.90,0:18:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It provided a handy pretext,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.12,0:18:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the stories of police being out-gunned by gangs
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.50,0:18:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that sort of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.42,0:18:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond that, there's just the sheer demographic effect
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.38,0:18:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the War on Drugs providing a mechanism for
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.65,0:18:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removing a large portion of the Black population,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.18,0:18:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just from cities altogether
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.22,0:18:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and putting them in prisons for long periods of time.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.33,0:18:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then later normalizing the monitoring of those communities
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.16,0:18:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through probation and parole,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.05,0:19:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and other sorts of community-based corrections.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:01.55,0:19:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's probably impossible to accurately estimate
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.97,0:19:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the damage that has done to those communities
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.00,0:19:09.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of just sheerly fracturing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.45,0:19:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've gotta understand that there's a continual path
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.91,0:19:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading from COINTELPRO to the War on Drugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.59,0:19:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the War on Drugs, now we're at a new counterinsurgency.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.27,0:19:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The War on Drugs everywhere is a US war.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.14,0:19:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US is the largest consumer of illegal narcotics in the world as a market.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.21,0:19:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Almost half of the whole drug market is in the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.97,0:19:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US has always been pushing the most radical,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.25,0:19:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,militaristic “solution” to the drug problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.80,0:19:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The basis of the US drug war in the United States is the prison system.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.40,0:19:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in places like Mexico, in places like Central America, Columbia
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.30,0:19:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– it's massacre and it's enforced disappearance.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.53,0:19:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's often based on social class.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.57,0:19:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's based on living in certain areas that are resource rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.78,0:20:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's based on the potential that those communities could be a threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.22,0:20:05.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where again, that same pretext gets used.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.49,0:20:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're called narco traffickers, they're called drug dealers,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.63,0:20:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and instead of being brought to jail
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.57,0:20:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... they're murdered in the street.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.62,0:20:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think what's happening in Mexico
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.37,0:20:18.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a counterinsurgent war against the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.37,0:20:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think in Mexico they've sort of
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.66,0:20:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expanded the idea of who the insurgent is
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.02,0:20:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to include basically the entire population.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:25.59,0:20:29.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even just the idea that people are living in different ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.32,0:20:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they have assemblies, that they're living on collective land,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:32.06,0:20:34.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're organizing in some way... even just with their neighbours
Dialogue: 0,0:20:34.89,0:20:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– all of those things are seen as threats to the dominant order.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.54,0:20:40.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in Mexico they're being dealt with through a kind of
Dialogue: 0,0:20:40.86,0:20:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,counterinsurgency that is extremely violent.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.58,0:20:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Merida Initiative started in 2008,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.16,0:20:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a multi-billion dollar plan funded by the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.87,0:20:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to finance the militarization, essentially,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.16,0:20:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the War on Drugs in Mexico.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.15,0:20:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when the drug war started in 2006, there were 4,000 federal police.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.85,0:21:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there's 40,000, and they're deployed together with the army
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.87,0:21:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to different cities to "fight the War on Drugs."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:06.79,0:21:09.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we see time after time in these different regions
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.65,0:21:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where federal police and soldiers are deployed together,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.37,0:21:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a spike in homicide rates,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.77,0:21:18.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a spike in violence, a spike in disappearances
Dialogue: 0,0:21:18.31,0:21:21.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– and again, enacted against the population at large.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.22,0:21:23.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're told that it's one drug cartel
Dialogue: 0,0:21:23.11,0:21:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sending a message to another drug cartel.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:25.08,0:21:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when, y'know, in your town
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.100,0:21:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a bunch of beheaded bodies in the central square
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.49,0:21:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– that's a message to the whole town.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:31.95,0:21:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What the militarization of prohibition has really done
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.81,0:21:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- because it's a militarized strategy to enforce prohibition -
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.82,0:21:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is it has meant that the folks who are
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.11,0:21:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moving these products also militarize.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.60,0:21:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's kind of a paramilitary process.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.97,0:21:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Mexico these groups aren't explicitly political groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.08,0:21:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's clear that they often work closely with other parts
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.20,0:21:56.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the same state apparatus that's fighting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.56,0:21:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So like, say the federal police come in
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.42,0:22:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they crack down on the Sinaloa cartel
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.14,0:22:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... okay, the Sinaloa cartel goes and they start working with
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.38,0:22:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state-level police officers, whatever it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.10,0:22:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So people in these strategic areas,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.94,0:22:10.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just regular folks trying to get on with their lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.02,0:22:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're the ones who are being picked up and disappeared.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.90,0:22:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the ones who are being massacred.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.49,0:22:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the ones who are paying, actually, with their lives for this war.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.83,0:22:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so when you take that kind of step back
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.14,0:22:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see it on a bit more of a macro level,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.17,0:22:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very clear that what's happening is a war against the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.05,0:22:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the whole idea of the state fighting drug cartels
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.42,0:22:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a big charade, basically to justify militarization, paramilitarization
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.24,0:22:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a war against the population.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.25,0:22:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States go to incredible lengths to study our movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:42.65,0:22:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dozens of federal security and intelligence agencies,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.70,0:22:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an untold number of private contractors
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.05,0:22:50.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are constantly combing over our social media posts,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.61,0:22:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mapping out our networks and probing them for vulnerabilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.66,0:22:56.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Analysts churn over a never-ending stream
Dialogue: 0,0:22:56.05,0:22:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of risk assessments and policy suggestions,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.29,0:23:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covering a vast array of possible contingency plans.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.77,0:23:05.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each year, billions of dollars are spent keeping tabs on dissent,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.11,0:23:08.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infiltrating our organizations and training local police forces
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.16,0:23:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in riot suppression
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.42,0:23:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and community engagement tactics.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.58,0:23:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter how powerful states are,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.66,0:23:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no matter how vast the scale of resources they're able to marshal
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.49,0:23:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards maintaining and expanding their power
Dialogue: 0,0:23:18.82,0:23:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... they still view us as threats.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.36,0:23:21.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why shouldn't they?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:21.67,0:23:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States are collective illusions.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.78,0:23:26.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The social, economic and political hierarchies
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.33,0:23:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that keep the many ruled by the few are
Dialogue: 0,0:23:28.45,0:23:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built on a foundation of fear,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.08,0:23:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,loyalty
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.95,0:23:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and internal division.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.07,0:23:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If these supporting pillars were ever to be removed,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.35,0:23:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the whole house of cards would come crashing down.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.35,0:23:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,States have invested a lot of resources
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.63,0:23:45.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into understanding how insurgencies arise,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.69,0:23:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding how uprisings succeed,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:47.58,0:23:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understanding how states fail,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.54,0:23:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then working to counteract that.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.69,0:23:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think we can learn from some of their insights,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.77,0:23:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as we are counteracting their operations.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.88,0:24:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it's very important to understand,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.80,0:24:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to have some knowledge of
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.31,0:24:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how counterinsurgency operations are carried out,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.93,0:24:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's how you can better defend yourselves against them.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.04,0:24:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more that we can spread awareness
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.40,0:24:12.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of counterinsurgency beyond anarchist circles,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.79,0:24:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more people will understand the methods we use,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.76,0:24:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why we choose antagonistic and combative methods vis-a-vis the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.23,0:24:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because once you understand that states organize
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.75,0:24:24.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,according to a philosophy of counterinsurgency,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.60,0:24:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people understand that the state views them as their enemy,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.72,0:24:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as their potential enemy.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.47,0:24:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so people understand that when we talk about social war,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.05,0:24:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not because we like war or we like violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.47,0:24:37.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because the state started the social war.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.38,0:24:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The existence of the state is a social war,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.16,0:24:41.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's constant warfare against all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.11,0:24:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In order to defeat the enemy's plans,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.44,0:24:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have to understand them.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:46.42,0:24:49.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to do political education
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.15,0:24:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a large scale about government repression.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.81,0:24:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even more than that, we have to design our movements
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.37,0:24:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to withstand government repression,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.93,0:25:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be able to withstand all manner of secret police activity.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.32,0:25:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specifically within anarchist circles,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:03.83,0:25:05.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we encourage more nuanced understandings
Dialogue: 0,0:25:05.94,0:25:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how counterinsurgency works,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.70,0:25:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it will certainly help identify recuperation
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.23,0:25:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how not to fall into that trap.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.42,0:25:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it will also help us improve our anti-repressive strategies.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.84,0:25:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially at the point that we realize that repression
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.92,0:25:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is primarily a mechanism for isolating people,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.55,0:25:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we'll begin to put more importance
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.02,0:25:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on creating broader social relationships,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.88,0:25:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,avoiding isolation and certainly giving up on strategies
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.75,0:25:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that basically amount to self-isolation.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.95,0:25:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still some of the best resources for this are our adversaries'.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.13,0:25:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of the RAND Corporation research on counterinsurgency
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.79,0:25:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is available on their website.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.91,0:25:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The US Army Field Manual, FM-324, is widely available.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.66,0:25:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of that is worth looking at directly as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.77,0:25:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A very important counterinsurgency campaign that people can learn from
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.24,0:25:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the FBI's COINTELPRO operations in the United States
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.15,0:26:01.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,during the 1950's to early 1970's,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.52,0:26:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I think these are the types of tactics
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.50,0:26:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are being used against resistance movements today.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.18,0:26:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a radical period in the 1960's and 70's,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.11,0:26:12.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so they used that heavy-handed repression.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.56,0:26:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was an illegal program.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.82,0:26:17.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the same kind of repression, if not even worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.53,0:26:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now is being used – and it's legal.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:20.64,0:26:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Under the so-called PATRIOT Act first,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.95,0:26:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now under other forms of legislation
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.72,0:26:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows the police and state agencies
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.60,0:26:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spy on the population at large.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.55,0:26:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Including spying on dissident organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.15,0:26:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Intelligence-gathering is probably the single most important part
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.13,0:26:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a counterinsurgency campaign,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.12,0:26:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because without intelligence
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.46,0:26:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the state doesn't know who the organizers of resistance are,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.95,0:26:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they are, what their plans are, or how to combat them.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.72,0:26:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tools around counter-surveillance,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.77,0:26:51.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the tools around anonymity,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.92,0:26:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and making sure that you're protecting yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.80,0:26:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that you're protecting your comrades from state surveillance
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.60,0:26:59.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... that stuff's really important.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.32,0:27:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously, y'know, not snitching and not talking to police officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.50,0:27:06.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that basic stuff - I mean, those are our weapons.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.71,0:27:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to figure out how
Dialogue: 0,0:27:08.75,0:27:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to build a movement to fight fascism in this period.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.65,0:27:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the United State particularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.29,0:27:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we have to begin to develop movements
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.14,0:27:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are not just "left" movements.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:20.14,0:27:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have, y'know, people who will go on the streets
Dialogue: 0,0:27:23.40,0:27:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and engage toe-to-toe, fist-to-fist combat with the alt-right,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.06,0:27:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the neo-nazis, and neo-fascists
Dialogue: 0,0:27:30.23,0:27:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the streets and in various protests.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.90,0:27:35.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this kind of resistance is still needed.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.25,0:27:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is a kind of resistance
Dialogue: 0,0:27:36.94,0:27:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is not going to organize masses of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:40.62,0:27:42.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyday people in the communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.16,0:27:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they identify that as being more of a kind of leftist movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.43,0:27:48.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most people in our communities, everyday communities,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:48.71,0:27:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not leftists.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.80,0:27:53.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just amazing that no one was shot and killed in Charlottesville.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.60,0:27:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can't say that that's not gonna happen
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.02,0:27:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in other demonstrations that they put together.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.14,0:27:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're not the primary threat.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.84,0:28:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're getting past the time when you could just say
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.03,0:28:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the task to defeat fascism is just to get out
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.07,0:28:05.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and punch nazis in the face.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:05.45,0:28:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're in office now. They're running the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.21,0:28:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have to go to another level.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.87,0:28:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to build a broader-based movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:11.99,0:28:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to bring in peoples of colour and communities of colour.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.50,0:28:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to bring in the women's movement.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.01,0:28:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to bring in all the forces that are necessary
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.03,0:28:19.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to overthrow the entire system.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:19.54,0:28:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our task is still a revolutionary task.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.45,0:28:25.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to change the society that creates fascism in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.62,0:28:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to overthrow capitalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:27.21,0:28:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking at it from our adversary's perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:29.23,0:28:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their authority is in some ways very fragile.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.77,0:28:34.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And from their perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.35,0:28:36.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the crucial thing that they need to maintain
Dialogue: 0,0:28:36.46,0:28:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the sense of legitimacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.88,0:28:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sense that the population trusts them.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.68,0:28:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sense that the population supports them.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.49,0:28:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sense that when they issue demands, that people will respond.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:46.10,0:28:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can reverse-engineer that
Dialogue: 0,0:28:48.61,0:28:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and see from what they feel like they need to protect,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:51.55,0:28:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they're fragile.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.74,0:28:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that sense of legitimacy seems to be something
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.64,0:28:58.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that popular movements are very good at damaging,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:58.29,0:29:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even with far fewer resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.40,0:29:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so the good news of all this is that
Dialogue: 0,0:29:04.04,0:29:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the place where they feel themselves most vulnerable
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.61,0:29:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is actually the thing that we are best positioned to hurt
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.55,0:29:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– which is their sense of public support.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.54,0:29:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They want our cooperation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:14.53,0:29:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what this whole thing is about.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.77,0:29:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The key thing we can do against counterinsurgency
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.93,0:29:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not share information with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.42,0:29:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cooperate to the least extent possible with the state
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.33,0:29:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,– especially in terms of the criminalization of other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:27.69,0:29:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And keep our relationships with our friends, with our comrades,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.07,0:29:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also with our neighbours, to the extent possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.44,0:29:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To other people in our community, folks we met at a Trouble screening.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.58,0:29:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Really keep those relationships strong and have each others' back.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.33,0:29:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's our best weapon. That's all we've got.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.48,0:29:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are deploying new strategies,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.25,0:29:45.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking for new terrains of struggle and conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:45.100,0:29:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as always, the story hasn't come to its end.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:53.47,0:29:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the world continues into a period of sustained and ever-deepening crisis,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.40,0:30:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new counterinsurgency strategies are being developed and deployed
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.47,0:30:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in countries around the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.25,0:30:03.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Overlapping catastrophes,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.62,0:30:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fueled by the destructive effects of neoliberal capitalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.35,0:30:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,climate change,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.28,0:30:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,devastating wars
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.26,0:30:10.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and surging levels of global inequality
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.03,0:30:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are culminating in historically-unprecedented levels of human migration.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.10,0:30:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is feeding into a rise of xenophobic reaction,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.27,0:30:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whereby states and far-right media outlets
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.50,0:30:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are redirecting popular discontent
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.34,0:30:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards targeted and already-oppressed groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.82,0:30:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are dangerous times,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:25.24,0:30:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which require serious reflection
Dialogue: 0,0:30:27.10,0:30:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and committed action on the part of revolutionaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.94,0:30:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at this point,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.100,0:30:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we’d like to remind you that Trouble is intended to be watched in groups,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.09,0:30:37.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to be used as a resource to promote discussion and collective organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:37.98,0:30:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think that anarchists and other anti-capitalists in your town
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.30,0:30:41.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need to start upping their game?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.57,0:30:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Consider getting together with some comrades,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.44,0:30:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,screening this film and discussing what steps you can take
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.36,0:30:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to collectively prepare yourselves to better anticipate
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.84,0:30:52.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resist state strategies of repression and recuperation.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.46,0:30:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Interested in running regular screenings of Trouble at your campus,
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Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.78,0:31:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we can reach our fundraising goals,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.41,0:31:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we plan on bringing the Stimulator back out of retirement,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.85,0:31:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to unleash him on the alt-right trolls
Dialogue: 0,0:31:36.79,0:31:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who got our paypal account shut down.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.86,0:31:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you like Trouble, hate the alt-right, and want to see more subMedia content,
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Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.92,0:31:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As always, we’re excited to see that people have been
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.76,0:31:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,supporting and screening our work,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.43,0:31:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we wanna give a big shout out to new Troublemaker chapters
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.38,0:31:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in London, Kitchener, Kingston, Halifax, and Tampa.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.33,0:32:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This episode would not have been possible without the generous support
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.50,0:32:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Brianna, Anonymous, Jodi, and Naber.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.47,0:32:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now get out there, and make some trouble!