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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.73,0:00:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no secret that anarchists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.14,0:00:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't like states.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.28,0:00:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, we anarchists
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.82,0:00:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are generally defined by our rejection of,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.31,0:00:18.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and opposition to state institutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.82,0:00:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as governments, police, and prisons.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.47,0:00:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But while opposing these
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.02,0:00:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,physical manifestations of the state
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.05,0:00:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is certainly an important part \N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.01,0:00:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of anarchist practice,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.59,0:00:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchist critiques of the state
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.23,0:00:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go much further, and include
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.06,0:00:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the underlying social relationships
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.97,0:00:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ideologies that have historically
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.93,0:00:38.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,been used to create states,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.47,0:00:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to uphold their authority.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.21,0:00:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the most important\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.46,0:00:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of these concepts is nationalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.09,0:00:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is it, exactly?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.64,0:00:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what do anarchists have against it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.74,0:00:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well... basically
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.98,0:00:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nationalism is a kind of social glue
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.43,0:00:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that holds together people
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.93,0:00:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of different ethnic, tribal, linguistic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.91,0:00:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,religious and cultural groupings
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.17,0:00:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into a single defined population\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.36,0:01:01.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linked to a specific geographic territory.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.51,0:01:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem with nationalism is not
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.51,0:01:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessarily that it it’s a glue -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.30,0:01:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are plenty of examples
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.63,0:01:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of organic nationalism, based on
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.52,0:01:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shared culture, language and history,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.85,0:01:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in fact, many anarchists have been
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.76,0:01:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heavily influenced by,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.03,0:01:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have even participated in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.93,0:01:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,struggles motivated by nationalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.89,0:01:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the resistance waged
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.34,0:01:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Indigenous nations
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.41,0:01:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against their colonial oppressors,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.03,0:01:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the establishment, in 1929,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.07,0:01:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Shinmin Autonomous Zone
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.02,0:01:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Chinese, Korean and Japanese anarchists
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.45,0:01:30.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting against Japanese imperialism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.86,0:01:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem with nationalism lies in its
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.88,0:01:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tendency to mask social contradictions
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.97,0:01:36.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among a population,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.61,0:01:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thereby allowing for the reproduction
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.40,0:01:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of hierarchies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.66,0:01:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which in turn end up producing
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.52,0:01:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a new state structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.23,0:01:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is another way of saying that
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.95,0:01:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nationalism is a force
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.48,0:01:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that groups people together in a way
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.64,0:01:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that tends to maintain the division
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.23,0:01:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the human race into competing states.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.07,0:01:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In countries with strong
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.26,0:01:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,state institutions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.55,0:01:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nationalism is more commonly referred to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.64,0:01:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as patriotism
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.87,0:02:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone is conditioned
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.28,0:02:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a young age to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.74,0:02:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that loving your country is one of the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.86,0:02:06.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most important, natural things you can do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.40,0:02:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In school we are forced to stand
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.15,0:02:10.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every morning for the national anthem
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.75,0:02:12.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and taught a heavily sanitized version
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.84,0:02:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our nation's history. \N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.56,0:02:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even celebrate its birthday every year.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.94,0:02:18.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...with fireworks, no less.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.61,0:02:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because nationalism is so ingrained
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.88,0:02:23.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into our lives, customs and beliefs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.24,0:02:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many people would be surprised to learn
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.32,0:02:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it is a relatively new thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.37,0:02:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While some countries, such as China,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.36,0:02:31.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have existed as a more or less
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.19,0:02:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unified territory for thousands of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.96,0:02:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,others, such as Italy,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.29,0:02:37.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been around for less than 150.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.74,0:02:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lots of states are even younger
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.13,0:02:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than that.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.12,0:02:41.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For most of human history
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.66,0:02:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nation states simply did not exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.90,0:02:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, the world was split up
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.09,0:02:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into city-states, ruled by kingdoms
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.20,0:02:49.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and empires, whose borders
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.99,0:02:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were in a constant state of flux.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.11,0:02:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back then, most people lived simple lives
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.26,0:02:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as farmers, and had very little contact
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.44,0:02:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with what we now understand as the state.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.24,0:03:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because languages were mostly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.14,0:03:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passed on orally,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.51,0:03:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many different dialects flourished
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.43,0:03:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and existed side by side.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.19,0:03:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although nationalism emerged
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.03,0:03:09.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in different parts of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.49,0:03:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at different times,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.86,0:03:12.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the development of the modern nation-state
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.100,0:03:14.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is often associated with
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.50,0:03:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the early development of capitalism
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.74,0:03:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and European colonial expansion
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.60,0:03:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning in the 16th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.41,0:03:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The race to plunder the world of its land
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.57,0:03:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resources kicked off
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.12,0:03:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an intense competition between
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.30,0:03:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kingdoms in Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.67,0:03:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leading to the proliferation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.15,0:03:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gradual consolidation of states
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.28,0:03:32.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with clearly defined borders.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.48,0:03:34.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the so-called “New World”, settlers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.84,0:03:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a variety of European nations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.92,0:03:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forged new collective national identities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.49,0:03:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,born of the shared experience
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.32,0:03:42.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of racial domination over
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.77,0:03:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indigenous nations
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.16,0:03:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and enslaved Africans.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.49,0:03:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the mid-19th century
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.99,0:03:48.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many states first began introducing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.100,0:03:50.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centralized education systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.89,0:03:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,further facilitating nationalist
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.79,0:03:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indoctrination, and helping to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.91,0:03:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eliminate remaining linguistic
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.67,0:03:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cultural differences.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.62,0:03:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In extreme cases\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.96,0:04:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as the Residential Schools system
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.69,0:04:03.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in so-called Canada,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.08,0:04:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this practice amounted to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.42,0:04:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,full fledged genocide.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.76,0:04:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not content with their pillage
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.27,0:04:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Americas,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.42,0:04:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,European colonialists carved up Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.63,0:04:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the former Ottoman Empire
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.70,0:04:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into arbitrarily defined states,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.41,0:04:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which in turn produced
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.94,0:04:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nationalist strong-men
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.39,0:04:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who brutally massacred linguistic
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.01,0:04:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ethnic minorities, such as
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.30,0:04:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Armenians and the Kurds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.48,0:04:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Middle East.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.47,0:04:27.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nationalism relies on grand, unifying
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.07,0:04:29.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,narratives to bind populations together
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.67,0:04:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in pursuit of a common destiny.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.23,0:04:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether this assumes the form
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.83,0:04:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the individualistic pursuit
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.63,0:04:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the so-called American Dream,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.65,0:04:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Nazis' pursuit of the Third Reich;\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.00,0:04:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether the heavily militarized
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.80,0:04:44.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ethno-religious protectionism of Israel,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.77,0:04:46.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the totalitarian self-reliance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.91,0:04:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of North Korea's Juche,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.86,0:04:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nationalism provides
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.12,0:04:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an ideological framework
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.52,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the manipulation and social control
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of large groups of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.45,0:04:57.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It provides a sense of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.51,0:04:58.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,collective belonging
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.72,0:05:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unity of purpose,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.35,0:05:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while simultaneously helping to justify
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.65,0:05:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the massive application of state violence
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.14,0:05:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towards perceived “others”.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.27,0:05:09.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Human history is awash in blood
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.51,0:05:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,justified in the name of nationalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.66,0:05:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from ethnic cleansing and genocide,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.96,0:05:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to aggressive wars
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.17,0:05:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,launched in defense of abstract,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.72,0:05:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emotion-laden concepts
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.32,0:05:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as freedom
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.66,0:05:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the glory of the fatherland.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.50,0:05:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather than limiting ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.13,0:05:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the narrow perspective of nationalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.24,0:05:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anarchists put forward
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.42,0:05:28.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the competing concept of internationalism.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.72,0:05:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This flows from the realization that
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.73,0:05:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,borders and nations
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.61,0:05:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are artificial constructs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.04,0:05:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meant to divide us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.15,0:05:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that struggles for freedom and dignity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.55,0:05:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waged anywhere in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.82,0:05:39.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are deserving of our solidarity
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.65,0:05:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and support.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.81,0:05:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That rather than fighting
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.05,0:05:43.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dying in wars for the sake
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.60,0:05:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the rich and powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.98,0:05:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oppressed people should unite
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.40,0:05:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wage war against our common oppressors.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.12,0:05:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, that for
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.54,0:05:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,humanity to reach its full potential
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.01,0:05:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come together to confront the problems
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.11,0:05:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we face as a species
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.86,0:05:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...we require nothing less
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.39,0:06:00.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than a global revolution.