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People often say that | there's a war against nature 00:00:50:00 , 00:00:53:00 , and that this is | the third world war. 00:00:56:10 , 00:00:59:00 , - It's getting more stark; | it's getting worse and 00:00:59:00 , 00:01:02:00 , the rate of change is accelerating, | whether we're talking about the 00:01:02:00 , 00:01:07:00 , extinction of species or | the thoroughness of the techno-culture. 00:01:09:10 , 00:01:13:00 , - The world right now is, | frankly, very frightening. 00:01:13:00 , 00:01:17:00 , For what we consider | to be industrial civilization, 00:01:17:00 , 00:01:21:00 , I would say is extraordinarily uncivilized, 00:01:21:00 , 00:01:23:00 , actually quite savage. 00:01:27:00 , 00:01:30:00 , - It's not an exaggeration | to say that we're 00:01:30:00 , 00:01:33:23 , living in an ecological apocalypse. 00:01:35:00 , 00:01:38:00 , - Between years 1980 and 2045 00:01:38:00 , 00:01:40:00 , we will lose more species | of plants and animals than 00:01:40:00 , 00:01:43:11 , we have lost in the | last 65 million years. 00:01:47:00 , 00:01:51:00 , We have two big-picture | time pressures that really mean 00:01:51:00 , 00:01:54:00 , we should be acting a lot | more urgently than most of us have. 00:01:54:00 , 00:01:57:00 , And one of them is peak oil, | or energy collapse, 00:01:57:00 , 00:02:00:04 , and one of them is climate change, | or runaway global warming. 00:02:01:00 , 00:02:04:00 , - I think that most people, | even most scientists, 00:02:04:00 , 00:02:07:00 , continue to underestimate how far 00:02:07:00 , 00:02:10:00 , down the path to climate catastrophe 00:02:10:00 , 00:02:12:00 , we've already travelled. 00:02:12:00 , 00:02:14:00 , - For the most part, | we're oblivious to it, we don't 00:02:14:00 , 00:02:16:00 , want to know about it, | we don't want to hear about it. 00:02:17:00 , 00:02:20:00 , - The one thing I'm most afraid of | is that we're going to 00:02:20:00 , 00:02:24:00 , mount a tremendous campaign | to sustain the unsustainable. 00:02:25:00 , 00:02:27:00 , - At this point, scientists | are saying that the Earth's 00:02:27:00 , 00:02:29:00 , temperature may increase | by as much as 10 degrees. 00:02:29:00 , 00:02:32:00 , At that point, there may not | even be bacteria left. 00:02:33:00 , 00:02:36:00 , - When the oil starts | to really run dry, 00:02:36:00 , 00:02:39:00 , and when those in power | have to assert their power 00:02:39:00 , 00:02:41:00 , in a time of dwindling resources, 00:02:41:00 , 00:02:44:00 , I think they're going | to turn to much more 00:02:44:00 , 00:02:47:00 , blunt and cruel methods | of enforcing their power. 00:02:49:00 , 00:02:51:00 , - The whole climate is | changing: the winds, 00:02:51:00 , 00:02:54:00 , the ocean currents, | the storm patterns, 00:02:54:00 , 00:02:56:00 , snow pack, snow melt, 00:02:56:00 , 00:02:58:00 , flooding, droughts. 00:03:06:00 , 00:03:10:00 , GAME OVER 00:03:16:00 , 00:03:19:00 , Somewhere in northern California 00:03:27:00 , 00:03:30:00 , - It's stunning how fast | the destruction is proceeding. 00:03:39:00 , 00:03:43:03 , Every day that passes, | the world is in worse shape. 00:03:44:15 , 00:03:48:00 , 'The sad-looking man you see | on the screen is Derrick Jensen. 00:03:48:00 , 00:03:52:00 , Jensen is the best-selling author | of several non-fiction books 00:03:52:00 , 00:03:56:00 , including "A Language Older than Words" | and "The Culture of Make Believe". 00:03:56:00 , 00:04:01:00 , His books deal with topics such as | surveillance, child abuse, the environment, 00:04:01:00 , 00:04:03:14 , and something he calls "civilization". 00:04:17:10 , 00:04:21:00 , But it's statements like these | that make him so controversial:' 00:04:21:00 , 00:04:24:00 , They're thinking of raising | the Shasta Dam in California, 00:04:24:00 , 00:04:27:21 , and the reason that | Senator Feinstein gave was... 00:04:27:21 , 00:04:31:16 , "It is Californians' God-given | right to water their lawns." 00:04:34:00 , 00:04:37:17 , You know, there is no way | to argue with that... 00:04:38:12 , 00:04:41:11 , ...except with explosives. 00:04:43:06 , 00:04:49:00 , 'That was Mr. Jensen in 2006, the same year | he published a two-volume set called 'Endgame.' 00:04:49:18 , 00:04:54:06 , In 'Endgame' , he argues that there is an | urgent need to bring down civilization.' 00:05:00:04 , 00:05:02:00 , - If people would have brought down | civilization a hundred years ago 00:05:02:00 , 00:05:05:00 , people in the Pacific Northwest | could still eat salmon. 00:05:05:00 , 00:05:07:00 , There's going to be people sitting | along the Columbia fifty years from now -- 00:05:07:00 , 00:05:10:00 , they'll be glowing for one thing -- | but they'll be starving to death, 00:05:10:00 , 00:05:12:00 , and they'll be saying, 00:05:12:00 , 00:05:15:14 , "I'm starving to death, because | you didn't take out the dams... 00:05:15:14 , 00:05:20:00 , ...that killed salmon, and | those dams were used for barging, 00:05:20:00 , 00:05:23:00 , and for electricity, for alumninum | smelters for beer cans, so 00:05:26:09 , 00:05:28:00 , God damn you." 00:05:28:00 , 00:05:32:00 , He lays out his case against | civilization by enumerating 20 premises. 00:05:33:21 , 00:05:36:00 , Due to time limitations and | the fact that most people 00:05:36:00 , 00:05:39:00 , would not tolerate a twenty-hour | movie, we will explore 00:05:39:00 , 00:05:41:00 , four of these premises, | and accompany them 00:05:41:00 , 00:05:43:00 , with real-life examples. 00:05:43:07 , 00:05:46:00 , Premise I 00:05:46:14 , 00:05:50:00 , Industrial civilization, civilization itself, | but especially industrial civilization 00:05:50:00 , 00:05:52:00 , is not, and can | never be, sustainable. 00:05:53:08 , 00:05:57:00 , It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure | out that any way of life that's based 00:05:57:00 , 00:05:59:15 , on the use of nonrenewable | resources won't last. 00:06:03:07 , 00:06:07:00 , But what is civilization? 00:06:08:11 , 00:06:12:00 , Civilization is a way of life | characterized by the growth of cities. 00:06:13:00 , 00:06:17:00 , - So you've got groups of people living | in a dense enough population that 00:06:17:00 , 00:06:19:00 , the local landbase cannot support them. $VertAlign = TOP $YOffset = 275 00:06:19:00 , 00:06:21:00 , What that means is you have to get 00:06:21:00 , 00:06:23:00 , your basic resources from somewhere else $YOffset = 285 00:06:23:00 , 00:06:25:00 , because you've used them up where you live. $VertAlign = CENTER $YOffset = 144 00:06:25:19 , 00:06:28:00 , So you're going to go out into | the countryside and gather up 00:06:28:00 , 00:06:31:00 , whatever it is you want, | bring it back in. 00:06:52:00 , 00:06:55:00 , If you require the importation of resources, 00:06:55:00 , 00:06:58:00 , it means you've denuded the landscape | of that particular resource. 00:06:59:03 , 00:07:01:00 , Manhattan Island circa 1609 00:07:01:09 , 00:07:03:00 , Manhattan Island today $YOffset = 133 00:07:04:00 , 00:07:09:14 , Manhattan today Manhattan 1609 $YOffset = 144 00:07:09:14 , 00:07:12:00 , - There's no way that in the | long term you can continue $YOffset = 132 00:07:12:00 , 00:07:16:00 , to destroy the land that you need for your survival, $YOffset = 113 00:07:16:00 , 00:07:18:00 , or the waters that you need to drink, $YOffset = 110 00:07:18:00 , 00:07:20:00 , and expect to continue to live. $YOffset = 144 00:07:22:12 , 00:07:27:00 , - Industrial civilization requires | ever-increasing amounts 00:07:27:00 , 00:07:29:00 , of energy and ever-increasing | amounts of land, 00:07:29:00 , 00:07:32:00 , ever-increasing amounts | of resources of all kinds 00:07:32:00 , 00:07:34:00 , in order to perpetuate itself, 00:07:34:00 , 00:07:36:00 , in order to continue to grow, 00:07:36:00 , 00:07:38:00 , in order to just maintain itself. $YOffset = 106 00:07:38:00 , 00:07:40:00 , And we live on a finite planet, $YOffset = 111 00:07:40:00 , 00:07:43:00 , and those aren't available. Of course, $YOffset = 113 00:07:43:00 , 00:07:46:00 , unfortunately for us and most living creatures, $YOffset = 144 00:07:46:00 , 00:07:50:00 , that culture won't stop until | it's consumed as much as it can, 00:07:50:00 , 00:07:53:00 , or, of course, until we stop it ourselves. 00:08:08:20 , 00:08:12:00 , - If you have a finite amount of anything, 00:08:12:00 , 00:08:16:00 , if you start using it, | eventually you use it up. 00:08:18:13 , 00:08:23:00 , And so it would seem that if | your entire culture is based on, 00:08:23:00 , 00:08:27:00 , I don't know, | let's take a random resource... 00:08:27:00 , 00:08:28:00 , ...oil... 00:08:29:00 , 00:08:32:00 , ...that you would think about | what's going to happen 00:08:32:00 , 00:08:34:00 , happen when the oil runs out $YOffset = 100 00:08:34:19 , 00:08:37:00 , - We've found energy resources 00:08:37:00 , 00:08:39:00 , that have allowed us to escape 00:08:39:00 , 00:08:41:00 , some of the kinds of $YOffset = 144 00:08:41:00 , 00:08:43:00 , limits that previous cultures 00:08:43:00 , 00:08:45:00 , have had to face much more quickly. 00:08:46:00 , 00:08:49:00 , They used to collapse because | they ran out of resources, 00:08:49:00 , 00:08:51:00 , easily accessible resources. 00:08:51:00 , 00:08:53:00 , The limit being the distance that people 00:08:53:00 , 00:08:55:00 , could travel with things like horses, 00:08:55:00 , 00:08:58:00 , or other pack animals. | That ended with the beginning 00:08:58:00 , 00:09:01:00 , of the fossil fuel age; now | they can go all over the planet 00:09:01:00 , 00:09:03:00 , and take what they want. | So globalization has only 00:09:03:00 , 00:09:06:00 , accelerated this tremendously | destructive process. $YOffset = 100 00:09:06:20 , 00:09:10:00 , - We've poured our wealth into 00:09:10:00 , 00:09:13:00 , building an infrastructure for daily life $YOffset = 144 00:09:13:00 , 00:09:15:00 , that has no future. I do think that $YOffset = 153 00:09:15:00 , 00:09:18:00 , oil problem is going to accelerate $YOffset = 144 00:09:18:00 , 00:09:23:00 , within the next three to | five years, maybe even sooner. 00:09:23:00 , 00:09:27:00 , The numbers indicate that we've | probably peaked in global production. $VertAlign = BOTTOM $YOffset = -51 00:09:32:03 , 00:09:35:00 , - Where do you find the break from that? $VertAlign = CENTER $YOffset = 113 00:09:35:00 , 00:09:37:00 , I mean, all of it is a giant machine or $YOffset = 110 00:09:37:00 , 00:09:39:00 , ensemble that just moves forward. $YOffset = 134 00:09:39:00 , 00:09:42:00 , Technology, for example, never takes a step back. $YOffset = 144 00:09:42:00 , 00:09:45:00 , This whole thing just | keeps going like a cancer. 00:09:45:03 , 00:09:48:00 , - I don't know of any civilization | that's been sustainable, 00:09:48:00 , 00:09:50:00 , I don't believe there ever has been one. 00:09:50:00 , 00:09:53:00 , Technology, at its essence, | is really our culture's... 00:09:54:00 , 00:09:56:00 , ...determination, 00:09:56:00 , 00:09:58:00 , that comes from certain 00:09:58:00 , 00:10:00:00 , philosophical and historical sources, 00:10:00:00 , 00:10:03:00 , that we will be nothing else | but more relentlessly technological. 00:10:07:13 , 00:10:11:00 , - There is no clean green path to 00:10:11:00 , 00:10:14:00 , living in a lifestyle that | we're all used to in 00:10:14:00 , 00:10:17:00 , industrialized nations. | This way of life is OVER. 00:10:17:00 , 00:10:22:00 , - Civilizations are often | cutting their own throats, 00:10:22:00 , 00:10:25:00 , very visibly, very obviously, | but they just keep on doing it. 00:10:25:00 , 00:10:29:00 , - Every civilization is defined by hubris, 00:10:29:00 , 00:10:31:00 , it's defined by its denial 00:10:31:00 , 00:10:34:00 , to recognize that it | lives in a natural world. 00:10:34:00 , 00:10:37:00 , As a matter of fact, every | civilization, in its founding lies, 00:10:37:00 , 00:10:39:00 , elevates itself above nature, 00:10:39:00 , 00:10:42:00 , and claims that it is the | controller of the whole world. 00:10:49:22 , 00:10:55:00 , Figure 1 00:10:57:05 , 00:11:01:00 , - The first written myth of this culture | is Gilgamesh deforesting the plains 00:11:01:00 , 00:11:03:00 , and hillsides of Iraq. | When people think of Iraq, 00:11:03:00 , 00:11:06:00 , what's the first thing they normally | think of? Cedar forests so thick 00:11:06:00 , 00:11:08:00 , that sunlight never | touches the ground? 00:11:08:00 , 00:11:10:00 , That's how it was, prior to the | arrival of this culture. 00:11:10:00 , 00:11:15:00 , Clearcuts 00:12:05:28 , 00:12:11:00 , So, as a longtime, grassroots, | environmental activist, 00:12:11:00 , 00:12:15:00 , and as a creature living in | the thrashing endgame of civilization, 00:12:15:00 , 00:12:18:00 , I am intimately acquainted | with the landscape of loss, 00:12:18:00 , 00:12:22:00 , and have grown accustomed to | carrying the daily weight of despair. 00:12:22:00 , 00:12:25:00 , I've walked clearcuts that | wrap around mountains and 00:12:25:00 , 00:12:27:00 , drop into valleys and | climb ridges to fragment 00:12:27:00 , 00:12:31:00 , watershed after watershed, | and I've sat, silent, 00:12:31:00 , 00:12:34:00 , near empty streams that | two generations ago 00:12:34:00 , 00:12:37:00 , were lashed into whiteness | by uncountable salmon 00:12:37:00 , 00:12:39:00 , coming home to spawn and die. 00:12:39:12 , 00:12:42:00 , - Here in BC, and across North America, 00:12:42:00 , 00:12:44:00 , when they do industrial | logging they actually take 00:12:44:00 , 00:12:47:00 , and just remove all the trees. | They level everything, 00:12:47:00 , 00:12:50:00 , they leave nothing but | stumps and slash piles, 00:12:50:00 , 00:12:53:00 , and they burn the slash piles | and they take out all the timber 00:12:53:00 , 00:12:55:00 , and what's left is a wasteland, 00:12:55:00 , 00:12:58:00 , and it's like they take a rainforest | and turn it into a desert. 00:12:58:00 , 00:13:00:04 , That's what a clearcut is. 00:13:10:24 , 00:13:14:00 , They use them for pulp; | they export them whole 00:13:14:00 , 00:13:16:00 , to the United States and to Japan. 00:13:16:00 , 00:13:19:00 , There's not very much milling | that happens anymore in BC, $YOffset = 100 00:13:19:00 , 00:13:22:00 , it's just getting exported for pulp and paper 00:13:22:00 , 00:13:25:00 , and fibreboard, and plywood, and whatever else. $YOffset = 144 00:13:25:00 , 00:13:27:16 , Not a lot of value added. 00:13:30:10 , 00:13:34:00 , This tree has been | selected to be cut and 00:13:35:00 , 00:13:38:00 , usually the company will only clearcut 00:13:38:00 , 00:13:42:00 , but this tree is in what they call 00:13:42:00 , 00:13:43:29 , a stream-side selection zone. | 00:13:44:00 , 00:13:47:00 , they've got it marked blue, | because it's a selection zone. 00:13:47:00 , 00:13:50:00 , In a clearcut they don't paint the trees 00:13:50:00 , 00:13:52:00 , that they're going to cut down. 00:13:52:00 , 00:13:55:00 , They only paint the ones | that they're going to leave. 00:14:11:19 , 00:14:15:00 , - There's still a strong push to harvest 00:14:15:00 , 00:14:18:00 , as much of the western | red cedar as they can. 00:14:18:00 , 00:14:21:00 , They're bringing in huge | helicopters to do that. 00:14:21:00 , 00:14:24:00 , And they're high-grading... 00:14:24:03 , 00:14:28:00 , ...selecting only the really | good, high-quality timber 00:14:28:00 , 00:14:30:00 , and leaving the rest laying there... 00:14:31:00 , 00:14:33:00 , ...in a junk heap. 00:14:35:03 , 00:14:38:00 , So, that's why we keep on, 00:14:38:00 , 00:14:40:00 , you know, fighting back. 00:14:45:09 , 00:14:48:00 , I think the last straw was when 00:14:49:00 , 00:14:51:00 , they wanted to log the Valley of Ista 00:14:51:00 , 00:14:54:00 , because of its historical and 00:14:54:00 , 00:14:57:00 , spiritual significance to our people. 00:14:57:09 , 00:15:01:16 , But they log it in spite, you know, 00:15:01:16 , 00:15:03:16 , just to make a point 00:15:03:16 , 00:15:06:00 , against our resistance, against our 00:15:06:00 , 00:15:09:00 , our overall position, 00:15:09:00 , 00:15:11:00 , you know, with regard to treaties 00:15:11:00 , 00:15:14:00 , or encroachment of industry development 00:15:14:00 , 00:15:17:00 , in our territories. 00:15:20:18 , 00:15:24:00 , - In a lot of these areas, | like this clearing behind me 00:15:24:00 , 00:15:28:00 , up on the hill, | you can see the soil is exposed, 00:15:28:00 , 00:15:32:00 , the ultraviolet kills | off all the mosses, 00:15:32:00 , 00:15:36:00 , the funguses that hold | the soil together. 00:15:36:00 , 00:15:39:00 , When the stumps rot | and the roots die, 00:15:39:00 , 00:15:41:00 , then the slopes slide, 00:15:41:00 , 00:15:44:00 , and often there's not much regrowth, | there's no regeneration of the forest. 00:15:44:00 , 00:15:46:00 , They do some replanting -- 00:15:46:00 , 00:15:49:00 , it doesn't always work | because there's no soil left: 00:15:49:00 , 00:15:51:00 , it washes down into the streams, | it kills the salmon, 00:15:51:00 , 00:15:53:00 , it fills up the reservoirs, | 00:15:53:00 , 00:15:56:00 , all kinds of flood damage downstream. 00:15:56:17 , 00:16:01:00 , - That's terrorism. | Stripping down all the trees, 00:16:01:00 , 00:16:04:00 , ripping out all the | trees in the forest... 00:16:04:10 , 00:16:07:00 , ...and now they're going | to rip out the 00:16:07:00 , 00:16:09:00 , guts of the land 00:16:09:12 , 00:16:12:00 , looking for copper and gold. 00:16:13:00 , 00:16:14:00 , And... 00:16:16:00 , 00:16:19:00 , ... this has to have some | kind of focus to it... 00:16:19:20 , 00:16:23:13 , ...to address the | injustice to our people, 00:16:23:13 , 00:16:27:00 , the injustice to the land, | to the water, 00:16:27:00 , 00:16:30:00 , to the wildlife; | the injustice to the 00:16:30:00 , 00:16:32:12 , marine life and the salmon life. 00:16:32:12 , 00:16:36:00 , And the injustice to the people | that want to stand up for it. 00:16:38:09 , 00:16:40:22 , - When we blocked the road -- 00:16:40:22 , 00:16:43:00 , these trees are very valuable 00:16:43:00 , 00:16:45:00 , and the laws are all profit-driven, | they're all driven by 00:16:45:00 , 00:16:47:00 , the corporations, | the police are there 00:16:47:00 , 00:16:50:00 , to enforce the | corporations' right to log, 00:16:50:00 , 00:16:53:00 , not to enforce our | right to stop them 00:16:53:00 , 00:16:56:00 , and protect the ecosystem. | There's so little 00:16:56:00 , 00:16:58:00 , that's left of the | old-growth forest like 00:16:58:00 , 00:17:00:04 , this that we see on the sides here 00:17:00:04 , 00:17:03:00 , that people are putting | their bodies on the line, 00:17:03:00 , 00:17:05:00 , they are willing | to make huge sacrifices 00:17:05:00 , 00:17:08:00 , to stop the forest from being sacrificed, 00:17:08:00 , 00:17:10:00 , and the water, | and the air quality, 00:17:10:00 , 00:17:12:00 , and the global climate. 00:17:24:27 , 00:17:32:00 , Premise II 00:17:42:19 , 00:17:45:00 , Traditional communities do not often 00:17:45:00 , 00:17:47:00 , voluntarily give up | or sell the resources 00:17:47:00 , 00:17:49:00 , on which their | communities are based 00:17:49:00 , 00:17:52:00 , until their communities | have been destroyed. 00:17:52:20 , 00:17:55:00 , They also do not | willingly allow their 00:17:55:00 , 00:17:57:00 , land-bases to be damaged | so that other resources -- 00:17:57:00 , 00:18:01:00 , gold, oil, and so on -- | can be extracted. 00:18:02:03 , 00:18:06:00 , It follows that those who want | the resources will do what they can 00:18:06:00 , 00:18:09:00 , to destroy traditional communities. 00:18:15:07 , 00:18:20:00 , - Our people, we say, have been | there since time immemorial. 00:18:20:00 , 00:18:23:03 , - Prior to invasion 00:18:23:03 , 00:18:26:00 , and conquest, colonization, 00:18:26:00 , 00:18:30:00 , lands in North America were occupied by 00:18:30:00 , 00:18:32:00 , populations of people | that had a profoundly 00:18:32:00 , 00:18:34:00 , different relationship with the land. 00:18:34:00 , 00:18:37:00 , - They live with the land, | all the ceremonies that have 00:18:37:00 , 00:18:39:00 , come up have to do with 00:18:39:00 , 00:18:42:00 , celebrating the renewal of seasons and 00:18:42:00 , 00:18:45:00 , life and affirming all of that. 00:18:45:00 , 00:18:48:00 , - One thing about indigenous peoples is that 00:18:48:00 , 00:18:50:00 , there's always the idea | that you have to live 00:18:50:00 , 00:18:52:00 , in balance, you know, emotionally, 00:18:52:00 , 00:18:54:00 , physically, spiritually, 00:18:54:00 , 00:18:57:00 , you have to have balance, | and so this same 00:18:57:00 , 00:19:00:04 , philosophy was applied to the | natural world that they lived in. 00:19:01:29 , 00:19:05:00 , - The Tolowa, on whose land I now live, 00:19:05:00 , 00:19:07:00 , weren't civilized, | they didn't live in cities, 00:19:07:00 , 00:19:09:00 , they didn't require the | importation of resources, 00:19:09:00 , 00:19:10:00 , they lived in villages, camps... 00:19:10:01 , 00:19:13:01 , ...and lived there for 12,500 years if | you believe the myths of science. 00:19:13:02 , 00:19:16:02 , If you believe the myths of the Tolowa, | they lived there since the beginning of time. 00:19:16:19 , 00:19:18:19 , - I think that what we have had in $YOffset = 100 00:19:18:19 , 00:19:21:19 , indigenous societies all along is a very, 00:19:21:19 , 00:19:23:19 , kind of, common sense, a very practical 00:19:23:19 , 00:19:26:19 , approach to why it's important to 00:19:26:19 , 00:19:28:19 , treat the world around you, $YOffset = 144 00:19:28:19 , 00:19:31:19 , the natural world, in a good way. 00:19:33:07 , 00:19:36:07 , - Our people never exploited | more than what we needed. $YOffset = 100 00:19:36:08 , 00:19:39:08 , We respect the land, we respect the animals, 00:19:39:08 , 00:19:41:08 , we respect the water, we respect the air, 00:19:41:09 , 00:19:44:09 , the wind, the fire, all the sacred elements. $YOffset = 144 00:19:44:10 , 00:19:47:10 , And we believe that they all are living, 00:19:47:10 , 00:19:50:12 , living things, so... 00:19:50:12 , 00:19:54:10 , ...I suspect that's the way | it was before contact. 00:19:55:02 , 00:19:57:02 , - The stories that we have 00:19:57:02 , 00:19:59:02 , about our relationship to each other 00:19:59:03 , 00:20:02:03 , and to the land and | to any spiritual aspect, 00:20:02:03 , 00:20:05:03 , any deities, arise from our relationship 00:20:05:03 , 00:20:07:03 , with the land. 00:20:07:03 , 00:20:09:03 , The salmon were considered to be our... 00:20:09:03 , 00:20:13:15 , ...mentors, caregivers -- lifegivers. 00:20:14:00 , 00:20:16:00 , They were equal to us, in fact, 00:20:16:00 , 00:20:19:00 , all things that have | form were equal to us. 00:20:19:00 , 00:20:21:00 , We weren't about dominating. 00:20:22:21 , 00:20:25:21 , - The spiritual relationship | that our peoples had 00:20:25:21 , 00:20:28:21 , prior to invasion 00:20:28:21 , 00:20:31:21 , with all of creation, | and recognizing that 00:20:31:21 , 00:20:34:21 , all beings have a spiritual essence, 00:20:34:21 , 00:20:37:21 , a spiritual entity, | and that if we want 00:20:37:21 , 00:20:40:21 , to live in this | universe in a good way, 00:20:40:22 , 00:20:43:22 , that it was absolutely essential | that we learned how to 00:20:43:22 , 00:20:45:22 , maintain respectful relations 00:20:45:23 , 00:20:47:23 , with all of creation. $HorzAlign = LEFT 00:20:59:02 , 00:21:01:02 , They made us many promises, $YOffset = 128 00:21:01:02 , 00:21:04:06 , more than I can remember, | but they never kept but one; $YOffset = 144 00:21:04:06 , 00:21:08:11 , they promised to take our land, | and they took it. | -Red Cloud $HorzAlign = CENTER 00:21:14:28 , 00:21:18:07 , When Europeans came to this land 00:21:18:07 , 00:21:21:01 , it was with... 00:21:21:01 , 00:21:25:09 , such a rapacious appetite 00:21:25:09 , 00:21:28:22 , it still has not been sated. 00:21:32:12 , 00:21:34:12 , - They brought Christianity, 00:21:34:12 , 00:21:36:12 , they brought colonization, 00:21:36:12 , 00:21:39:07 , and, certainly, | they did bring civilization. 00:21:40:05 , 00:21:43:05 , - They came in, and they | were sent with this, 00:21:43:05 , 00:21:46:05 , commission, they felt, | apparently, to dominate the land 00:21:46:05 , 00:21:48:28 , and it was just there for the taking -- | these people would accept 00:21:48:28 , 00:21:52:13 , beads, or just kind | of get out of the way, 00:21:52:13 , 00:21:55:23 , and of course they had superior | firepower at that time, too. 00:21:56:23 , 00:22:00:04 , - Right off the bat, | with Christopher Columbus 00:22:00:04 , 00:22:02:00 , landing in the Caribbean | region on what is 00:22:02:00 , 00:22:04:00 , today Haiti and | the Dominican Republic, 00:22:04:00 , 00:22:07:00 , they initiated almost | immediately a genocide 00:22:07:00 , 00:22:10:00 , down there that | depopulated most of the 00:22:10:00 , 00:22:12:00 , nation, the Taino, | and the Arawaks. 00:22:12:00 , 00:22:15:00 , One of the main things that | happened was the introduction 00:22:15:00 , 00:22:19:00 , of diseases, which was | basically biological warfare. 00:22:19:06 , 00:22:21:06 , - The smallpox was spread through 00:22:21:06 , 00:22:24:06 , tobacco and blankets 00:22:24:07 , 00:22:26:07 , and given to the Indian people. 00:22:26:29 , 00:22:30:00 , So it didn't take them long to be $YOffset = 115 00:22:30:00 , 00:22:34:00 , decimated because they were pure. $YOffset = 144 00:22:34:01 , 00:22:37:08 , And the smallpox was vicious, | very vicious. 00:22:37:08 , 00:22:39:08 , - When Europeans came, | much of what they 00:22:39:09 , 00:22:43:12 , were interested in was | rapid resource exploitation. 00:22:43:12 , 00:22:46:12 , They wanted to get | wealthy in the new world. 00:22:46:12 , 00:22:49:12 , And as they were seeking that wealth, 00:22:49:12 , 00:22:51:12 , they worked with indigenous | nations to undermine 00:22:51:12 , 00:22:54:12 , traditional economies | and undermine the 00:22:54:13 , 00:22:56:21 , relationship that indigenous | populations have with 00:22:56:21 , 00:22:59:02 , the lands so that indigenous | peoples could then do 00:22:59:02 , 00:23:02:28 , do the work of resource | exploitation and extraction 00:23:02:28 , 00:23:05:28 , for the Europeans so that | they could get wealthy. 00:23:07:01 , 00:23:09:01 , - In imposing those things | on indigenous peoples, of course, 00:23:09:02 , 00:23:12:02 , they just destroyed indigenous | peoples and their nations and 00:23:12:02 , 00:23:15:03 , their way of life. | Generally, indigenous peoples suffered 00:23:15:03 , 00:23:19:04 , 90% or more depopulation rate 00:23:19:04 , 00:23:22:04 , upon having contact with Europeans. 00:23:22:04 , 00:23:25:04 , It was a genocide, war for territory, 00:23:25:05 , 00:23:28:05 , because the Europeans | wanted to take the resources. 00:23:36:01 , 00:23:39:01 , - Settler society has worked to destroy 00:23:39:01 , 00:23:41:01 , what it needs to live, 00:23:41:01 , 00:23:43:01 , and that's suicidal. | It's a suicidal mission. 00:23:43:01 , 00:23:47:01 , There's no way that it can be | sustainable in the long term. 00:23:54:25 , 00:24:01:20 , Premise III 00:24:02:13 , 00:24:04:13 , - I gave a talk in Oregon a couple years ago, 00:24:04:13 , 00:24:06:13 , and this guy afterwards said, | "You know, you talk a lot about 00:24:06:13 , 00:24:09:13 , this culture being based | on violence, but I don't see it, 00:24:09:13 , 00:24:11:13 , you know, I'm not violent". 00:24:11:13 , 00:24:14:13 , I said, "Okay, first off, where is your shirt made?" | He looked and it was made in Bangladesh. 00:24:14:13 , 00:24:16:13 , I was like, | "Look, do we even need to talk about that?" 00:24:17:00 , 00:24:19:00 , - He's fucking faking he's dead! 00:24:19:00 , 00:24:21:00 , - Yeah, he's breathing. 00:24:21:00 , 00:24:23:00 , - He's faking he's fucking dead! 00:24:24:02 , 00:24:25:02 , GUNSHOT 00:24:25:14 , 00:24:27:14 , - He's dead NOW. 00:24:28:00 , 00:24:31:00 , - Our way of living, | industrial civilization, is based on, 00:24:31:00 , 00:24:33:24 , requires, and would | collapse very quickly 00:24:33:24 , 00:24:37:24 , without persistent | and widespread violence. 00:24:40:03 , 00:24:42:03 , - A large explosion! A large explosion! 00:24:43:26 , 00:24:44:26 , - Wow. 00:24:46:17 , 00:24:49:17 , - I'll just take a couple eggs. How many you want? | 00:24:49:17 , 00:24:51:17 , - Two, two is good. | Okay. Now what next? 00:24:51:17 , 00:24:53:17 , - Some ham, tomato. 00:24:53:17 , 00:24:55:17 , - Tomato, okay, | how about that? 00:24:55:17 , 00:24:57:17 , - Okay, some onion. | Ooh, and cheese! 00:24:57:17 , 00:25:01:17 , - Everything, then, right, you want everything. | Okay. I understand, okay. 00:25:01:17 , 00:25:04:17 , We'll just pop this on. Now watch! 00:25:04:17 , 00:25:06:17 , I'm chopping the ham and veggies, | grating the cheese, 00:25:06:17 , 00:25:08:17 , and whipping the eggs all... 00:25:08:17 , 00:25:10:17 , ...in three seconds. | The machine that just made 00:25:10:17 , 00:25:15:17 , those smoothies for Verna and Fred, | can make an omelette. 00:25:16:15 , 00:25:19:15 , There's not much time left to get | this beautiful hope diamond necklace, 00:25:19:15 , 00:25:21:15 , less than 50 seconds. Gillian? 00:25:21:15 , 00:25:24:15 , - Absolutely, John, you're going | to want to give us a call to get 00:25:24:15 , 00:25:26:15 , this beautiful hope diamond necklace. 00:25:26:15 , 00:25:29:15 , This is a 45.52 carat | diamond surrounded by 00:25:29:15 , 00:25:31:15 , 16 white diamonds. 00:25:31:15 , 00:25:34:15 , It has a platinum chain | bearing 46 MORE diamonds. 00:25:36:04 , 00:25:39:04 , - These are twelve four-ounce southern 00:25:39:04 , 00:25:41:04 , barbecue chicken breasts. 00:25:42:21 , 00:25:44:21 , These Stuffin Gourmet®, | farm-fresh chicken breast; 00:25:44:21 , 00:25:47:21 , they come from the | barnyard to your backyard. 00:25:47:21 , 00:25:50:21 , They're wonderfully marinated | and guaranteed to be tender, 00:25:50:22 , 00:25:54:23 , juicy, and downright delicious. 00:25:55:04 , 00:25:57:04 , - Fine-tune those measurements, | we keep them on file. 00:25:57:04 , 00:25:59:04 , They're saved, | they're on our computer. 00:25:59:04 , 00:26:02:04 , Go back into the section | where you reorder, 00:26:02:04 , 00:26:05:04 , and fine-tune those | measurements for us. 00:26:05:04 , 00:26:07:04 , And then we'll have | a chance to send you 00:26:07:04 , 00:26:09:04 , another pair of customized jeans 00:26:09:04 , 00:26:12:00 , that we really believe are | going to fit perfectly. 00:26:14:05 , 00:26:16:22 , - We're going to do a countdown, 00:26:16:22 , 00:26:18:22 , starting from 5. 00:26:18:22 , 00:26:20:22 , Everybody got to help me out here, 00:26:20:22 , 00:26:21:22 , 5, 00:26:21:22 , 00:26:22:28 , 4, 00:26:22:28 , 00:26:24:09 , 3, 00:26:24:09 , 00:26:25:09 , 2, 00:26:25:09 , 00:26:26:09 , 1 00:26:26:09 , 00:26:27:09 , (explosion) 00:26:27:09 , 00:26:29:09 , Ho! 00:26:32:23 , 00:26:34:23 , It worked! 00:26:46:03 , 00:26:48:03 , Second, I said, | "Okay, do you pay rent?" 00:26:48:25 , 00:26:51:07 , He's like, "Yeah..." 00:26:52:07 , 00:26:54:07 , I said, "Why?" 00:26:54:07 , 00:26:56:07 , He said, "Because, I don't own." 00:26:56:07 , 00:26:58:21 , I said, "No, no, no, what would | happen if you didn't pay rent?" 00:26:58:21 , 00:27:00:16 , He said, | "Well, the sheriff would come and evict me." 00:27:00:16 , 00:27:02:19 , I said, "I don't know what that means. |What would happen? | 00:27:02:19 , 00:27:05:13 , He said, "Well, the sheriff would come | and he would knock on the door..." 00:27:05:13 , 00:27:07:13 , I said, "Okay, great, what happens | if you open the door... 00:27:09:10 , 00:27:12:10 , ...and you say, | 'Hey! I'm just finishing up making dinner. 00:27:12:10 , 00:27:13:26 , You want some?' $YOffset = 115 00:27:13:26 , 00:27:16:27 , And the sheriff sits down, you feed him|you don't poison him $YOffset = 144 00:27:19:22 , 00:27:22:01 , And then, after dinner you say, | 00:27:22:01 , 00:27:25:22 , you've been somewhat pleasant | company, but not all that pleasant, 00:27:25:22 , 00:27:28:06 , so I would like for you to leave | my home now.' What would happen? 00:27:28:06 , 00:27:30:06 , He said, "Well, the sheriff would | pull out his gun and say, 00:27:30:06 , 00:27:32:06 , 'I'm here to evict you, | because you didn't pay rent.'" 00:27:32:06 , 00:27:35:27 , I said, "Ahh. So, the reason you pay | rent is because if you don't, 00:27:35:27 , 00:27:39:03 , some guy with a gun is going | to come take you away." 00:27:39:03 , 00:27:41:22 , He said, "I think I get it." 00:27:41:22 , 00:27:43:04 , I said, "Well, let's try again. 00:27:43:04 , 00:27:45:18 , What happens if you're hungry, | so you go to the grocery store 00:27:45:18 , 00:27:47:27 , and you just start eating. | What's going to happen?" 00:27:47:28 , 00:27:49:04 , "someone will call the sheriff." 00:27:49:05 , 00:27:51:15 , I said, "Yeah, it's the same guy who's going | to come with a gun and take you away, 00:27:51:15 , 00:27:53:05 , he's a real asshole, isn't he?" | So, one of the reasons 00:27:53:06 , 00:27:55:06 , we don't see a lot of the violence, | is because it's exported. 00:27:55:06 , 00:27:57:06 , Another reason we don't see a | lot of the violence is because 00:27:57:07 , 00:27:59:07 , we've been so metabolized | into the system 00:27:59:07 , 00:28:02:07 , that we've bought into this | strange notion that it's okay 00:28:02:07 , 00:28:05:07 , to have to pay to exist on the planet. 00:28:05:08 , 00:28:07:08 , That's really, really weird. 00:28:07:08 , 00:28:09:08 , And, if you don't pay, | then some guy with a gun is going to come 00:28:09:08 , 00:28:11:08 , and bad things are going to happen to you. 00:28:11:12 , 00:28:16:12 , Figure II 00:28:25:21 , 00:28:27:21 , A few years a go, | I got a call from a friend of mine. 00:28:27:21 , 00:28:29:21 , She's an environmental activist. 00:28:30:01 , 00:28:32:01 , She was crying, and she said, 00:28:32:01 , 00:28:35:01 , "This works just killing me, | it's breaking my heart." 00:28:35:23 , 00:28:37:23 , I said, "Yeah, I know. It'll do that." 00:28:38:29 , 00:28:40:29 , Then she said, 00:28:40:29 , 00:28:42:29 , "The dominant culture | hates everything doesn't it?" 00:28:42:29 , 00:28:44:29 , I said, "Yeah, it does. Even itself." 00:28:45:11 , 00:28:48:11 , She said, "It has a death urge, doesn't it?" | I said, "Yeah, it does." 00:28:48:11 , 00:28:50:11 , She said, "Unless it's stopped, it's going | to kill everything on the planet, isn't it?" 00:28:50:12 , 00:28:52:12 , I said, "Yeah it is, unless it's stopped." 00:28:53:02 , 00:28:55:02 , Then she said, | "We're not going to make it 00:28:55:02 , 00:28:57:02 , to some great, new, | glorious tomorrow, are we?" 00:29:04:27 , 00:29:10:19 , Green is the color of money 00:29:15:03 , 00:29:18:09 , - 98% of the old-growth forests are gone. 00:29:18:09 , 00:29:21:09 , 99% of the prairies are gone. 00:29:21:09 , 00:29:25:27 , 80% of the rivers on this | planet do not support life anymore. 00:29:25:27 , 00:29:27:27 , We are out of species, we're out of soil, 00:29:27:27 , 00:29:29:27 , and we are out of time. 00:29:29:27 , 00:29:31:27 , And what we are being told $YOffset = 100 00:29:31:27 , 00:29:33:27 , by most of the environmental movement 00:29:33:27 , 00:29:36:26 , is that the way to stop all of this 00:29:36:26 , 00:29:38:26 , is through personal, consumer choices. $YOffset = 144 00:29:39:16 , 00:29:41:16 , - By simply purchasing our product, 00:29:41:16 , 00:29:44:16 , the consumer can make a small, | easy step to a greener Earth. 00:29:44:16 , 00:29:46:16 , So, by taking that | one roll, and buying 00:29:46:17 , 00:29:48:29 , that one roll, you can | help save millions of trees. $YOffset = 100 00:29:49:23 , 00:29:53:23 , - I think we can really look at the history 00:29:53:24 , 00:29:55:24 , of the environmental movement to tell 00:29:55:24 , 00:29:57:24 , us a lot about why it hasn't been working. $YOffset = 144 00:29:57:24 , 00:30:01:24 , There was a lot of pretty | radical and militant environmentalism 00:30:01:24 , 00:30:04:24 , happening, especially | in the 70's and 80's. 00:30:04:24 , 00:30:07:24 , In a lot of ways, that was kind of | a heyday for environmentalism. 00:30:07:24 , 00:30:09:24 , You know, Greenpeace was founded. 00:30:09:24 , 00:30:13:24 , It started to become very mainstream in | some quarters to be an environmentalist. 00:30:13:25 , 00:30:16:25 , And then there was also | a shift around that time when... 00:30:16:25 , 00:30:18:25 , ...corporations realized that they could sell 00:30:18:26 , 00:30:21:26 , a lot of things by calling them "green". 00:30:22:21 , 00:30:24:21 , - Green-washing is an | attempt by corporations to 00:30:24:21 , 00:30:29:21 , put labels on their | activity that are popular 00:30:29:21 , 00:30:31:21 , and that appeal to | people's sensibility about, 00:30:31:21 , 00:30:35:08 , and concern for, the | environment and for ecology. 00:30:37:13 , 00:30:40:13 , - For the mast majority of | people within society today, 00:30:40:13 , 00:30:44:13 , there's a total sense | of denial and disconnect 00:30:44:13 , 00:30:48:13 , between what they | think is good and right 00:30:48:13 , 00:30:53:13 , and then their actions as a | society or as a civilization, 00:30:53:13 , 00:30:56:13 , especially as it relates | to the natural world. 00:30:59:07 , 00:31:04:07 , - I have a real problem with a lot of the | "solutions" that are put forward by people 00:31:04:09 , 00:31:07:09 , because they confuse what is | real with what is not real. 00:31:07:10 , 00:31:11:10 , What they do is take the | industrial economy as a given. 00:31:11:10 , 00:31:16:15 , "How can we save the industrial economy, and oh, it would be nice if we still have a planet." 00:31:18:24 , 00:31:21:24 , - It doesn't matter if I buy, 00:31:21:26 , 00:31:24:26 , hemp soap if there's a | runaway greenhouse effect 00:31:24:27 , 00:31:27:07 , and the planet becomes uninhabitable. 00:31:27:07 , 00:31:29:07 , - The modern mainstream | environmental movement of the 00:31:29:07 , 00:31:31:07 , big environmental organizations -- 00:31:31:07 , 00:31:34:07 , Greenpeace, and Sierra Club, | and the others -- $YOffset = 100 00:31:34:08 , 00:31:38:08 , is rooted in that very same cultural lie 00:31:38:08 , 00:31:41:08 , that nature is resources. 00:31:41:09 , 00:31:44:09 , Nature is things to be used and managed. $YOffset = 144 00:31:44:09 , 00:31:47:09 , Nature is, as the philosopher 00:31:47:09 , 00:31:50:09 , Martin Heidegger put it, | just a vast gasoline station 00:31:50:09 , 00:31:54:17 , that we can endlessly extract from. 00:31:54:17 , 00:31:57:17 , They may say we need to | manage it more wisely, 00:31:57:17 , 00:32:00:17 , but as long as they maintain the mindset that 00:32:00:17 , 00:32:03:17 , we are the lords of creation and 00:32:03:19 , 00:32:06:19 , creation exists for us as resources | to be transformed into commodities 00:32:06:20 , 00:32:09:20 , for us to buy and sell, | as long as they maintain 00:32:09:20 , 00:32:13:20 , that perspective on what it | means to be an environmentalist, 00:32:13:22 , 00:32:16:22 , then they're working | within the same framework of 00:32:16:23 , 00:32:21:23 , an ultimately self-destructive | path that the culture is on. $YOffset = 50 00:32:22:20 , 00:32:26:20 , In May 2010, 21 logging companies signed | a deal with several major environmental 00:32:26:20 , 00:32:30:20 , organizations, including Greenpeace | and the David Suzuki Foundation. 00:32:30:20 , 00:32:34:20 , The deal, known as "The Canadian Boreal | Forest Agreement" aimed to silence all 00:32:34:20 , 00:32:37:20 , criticism of logging practices | in the boreal forest. $YOffset = 144 00:32:37:21 , 00:32:40:23 , The Marketplace is also |going to be very important $YOffset = 100 00:32:40:23 , 00:32:43:23 , Many cusomers have been pushing for | change in the boreal forest. 00:32:43:24 , 00:32:45:24 , The Forest Product Association 00:32:45:24 , 00:32:47:24 , and its 21 member companies are $YOffset = 144 00:32:47:24 , 00:32:50:24 , responding to the demand for greener products, 00:32:50:24 , 00:32:53:24 , and that marketplace is | going to pay close attention. 00:32:53:24 , 00:32:56:24 , If the change isn't happening, | then they're going to put 00:32:56:25 , 00:32:58:25 , pressure on the parties who | were part of the agreement -- 00:32:58:25 , 00:33:01:25 , the environmental organizations, | the forest products companies -- 00:33:01:25 , 00:33:04:25 , to do the things that | they've set out to do. 00:33:04:25 , 00:33:07:25 , And the will reward the companies 00:33:07:25 , 00:33:09:25 , when things begin to be implemented and 00:33:09:25 , 00:33:12:24 , the change happens on the ground. | I'm fully confident of that. 00:33:12:24 , 00:33:15:24 , - One interesting piece of the agreement is 00:33:15:24 , 00:33:19:24 , with Greenpeace, | David Suzuki, Forest Ethics, 00:33:19:24 , 00:33:22:24 , Canadian Parks and | Wilderness on our side, 00:33:22:24 , 00:33:25:24 , when someone else comes and | tries to bully us, $YOffset = 100 00:33:25:24 , 00:33:28:24 , the agreement actually requires |that they come and 00:33:28:25 , 00:33:31:25 , work with us in repelling the attack and we'll be 00:33:31:25 , 00:33:34:25 , able to say, "Fight me, fight my gang." $YOffset = 144 00:33:34:26 , 00:33:37:26 , - I personally have no use for large, $YOffset = 100 00:33:37:26 , 00:33:40:26 , institutionalized environmental organizations; 00:33:40:27 , 00:33:43:27 , I think they're more of a problem than a help. $YOffset = 144 00:33:43:27 , 00:33:45:27 , They're just eco-bureaucracies. 00:33:46:00 , 00:33:48:00 , And, you know, I won't name any | because I don't like to badmouth 00:33:48:00 , 00:33:50:00 , organizations, except for one, which I 00:33:50:00 , 00:33:52:00 , feel that I can, and that's | Greenpeace. And the reason I 00:33:52:01 , 00:33:56:01 , can criticize Greenpeace is | I am a co-creator of Greenpeace, 00:33:56:02 , 00:34:00:02 , and therefore I feel like Dr. Frankenstein | sometimes, and I feel that since I helped 00:34:00:02 , 00:34:02:02 , create the thing I can certainly criticize it. 00:34:02:03 , 00:34:04:03 , And I think that Greenpeace has become 00:34:04:03 , 00:34:07:03 , the world's biggest feel-good | organization now. People join it 00:34:07:03 , 00:34:11:03 , to feel good, to feel, "I'm part of | the solution, I'm not part of the problem." 00:34:11:03 , 00:34:14:03 , Greenpeace brings in close | to $300 million a year, 00:34:14:03 , 00:34:16:03 , and what do they do with that money? 00:34:16:03 , 00:34:18:03 , Generate more money. And the people who 00:34:18:03 , 00:34:21:03 , are at the top of the totem pole | now are not environmentalists -- 00:34:21:03 , 00:34:23:03 , they're fundraisers, | they're accountants, 00:34:23:03 , 00:34:25:03 , they're lawyers, | they're businesspeople. 00:34:25:24 , 00:34:27:24 , People are voting with their dollars at | the checkout stands. It's because 00:34:27:25 , 00:34:30:25 , they know the polling shows that the public cares, $YOffset = 100 00:34:30:25 , 00:34:32:25 , and ultimately they're going to care about their 00:34:32:25 , 00:34:36:25 , profit margin and whether they can sell products. 00:34:37:09 , 00:34:40:04 , What's happened in British Columbia with the 00:34:40:04 , 00:34:44:04 , environmental movement, it's been stalemated. 00:34:44:05 , 00:34:49:23 , The big leaders there compromised; $YOffset = 144 00:34:49:23 , 00:34:52:10 , they went in bed 00:34:52:10 , 00:34:54:10 , and it snuffed out that movement. $YOffset = 51 00:34:54:18 , 00:34:58:16 , In the 1990's the Nuxalk Nation engaged | in a campaign of direct action to stop $YOffset = 55 00:34:58:16 , 00:35:03:22 , logging on their traditional lands |also known as the Great Bear Rainforest. 00:35:03:22 , 00:35:07:28 , Their struggle was eventually co-opted | by well-funded environmental groups. $YOffset = 52 00:35:07:28 , 00:35:13:14 , including Greenpeace, | the Sierra Club and Forest Ethics. $YOffset = 144 00:35:15:17 , 00:35:17:17 , - So what happened was there was direct action, | there were blockades $YOffset = 100 00:35:17:18 , 00:35:19:18 , there was an international market campaign 00:35:19:18 , 00:35:21:18 , that put a lot of pressure on the companies 00:35:21:19 , 00:35:23:19 , that were logging in the Great Bear Rainforest. $YOffset = 144 00:35:23:19 , 00:35:25:19 , But the end result was that it all fed into 00:35:25:20 , 00:35:28:20 , a closed-door negotiation with 00:35:28:20 , 00:35:31:20 , Tzeporah Berman as chief negotiator 00:35:31:20 , 00:35:34:20 , on the conservationists' side, | where a lot of the groups 00:35:34:21 , 00:35:37:21 , that actually did the work, | the direct actions, 00:35:37:21 , 00:35:40:21 , and did the market campaigns | were shut out of the process. 00:35:40:21 , 00:35:43:21 , Public oversight was removed | and the protocol agreements 00:35:43:22 , 00:35:46:22 , that were signed with First Nations | and with conservation groups 00:35:46:22 , 00:35:48:22 , were basically shunted aside. 00:35:48:22 , 00:35:51:22 , So the protocol agreements gave 00:35:51:22 , 00:35:53:22 , the negotiators a mandate to 00:35:53:22 , 00:35:56:22 , negotiate for 40 to 60 | percent conservation 00:35:56:22 , 00:36:00:12 , but what happened was | they agreed to 20 percent. 00:36:00:12 , 00:36:02:12 , - It's not strange to me | when people tell me that $YOffset = 100 00:36:02:13 , 00:36:04:13 , the former president of Greenpeace 00:36:04:13 , 00:36:06:13 , now works for the logging industry of Canada. 00:36:06:14 , 00:36:08:14 , The former president of Greenpeace Australia 00:36:08:14 , 00:36:10:14 , now works for the mining industry. The former 00:36:10:18 , 00:36:12:18 , president of Greenpeace Norway works for the $YOffset = 144 00:36:12:18 , 00:36:16:18 , whaling industry. See, because it's | just one corporate job to the next. $YOffset = 69 00:36:17:21 , 00:36:21:21 , In 1975 Greenpeace launched | its anti-whaling campaign, $YOffset = 88 00:36:21:22 , 00:36:25:22 , confronting whaling fleets on the high seas. $YOffset = 74 00:36:27:16 , 00:36:31:16 , In June 2010, Greenpeace agreed | to a deal that would allow $YOffset = 68 00:36:31:17 , 00:36:36:11 , nations like Japan to continue hunting | whales for commercial purposes. $YOffset = 144 00:36:41:04 , 00:36:43:04 , The only measure in which |we'll be judged by those 00:36:43:04 , 00:36:45:20 , come after is the health | of the land and 00:36:45:20 , 00:36:47:20 , the health of the water, |the health of the Earth. 00:36:47:21 , 00:36:50:21 , They're not going to give a | shit as to whether we recycled; 00:36:50:21 , 00:36:53:21 , they're not going to give a shit | as to whether we wrote our legislators; 00:36:53:21 , 00:36:56:09 , they're not going to give a | shit as to how hard we tried. 00:36:56:09 , 00:36:59:09 , What they're going to care about is whether they | can breathe the air and drink the water, 00:36:59:09 , 00:37:01:09 , whether the land will support them. 00:37:01:09 , 00:37:03:09 , And they're not going to | care how hard we tried, 00:37:03:09 , 00:37:06:09 , they're not going to care about any of that -- | what they're going to care about is... 00:37:06:09 , 00:37:09:24 , ...do we live on a living planet? 00:37:15:23 , 00:37:21:20 , Figure III 00:37:26:06 , 00:37:28:06 , OK, so... 00:37:35:08 , 00:37:39:08 , ... I don't know if you know this, but 00:37:39:09 , 00:37:43:09 , the original draft of the | movie Star Wars was not 00:37:43:10 , 00:37:46:01 , written by Lucas. 00:37:46:01 , 00:37:48:27 , The original draft was | written by environmentalists 00:37:48:28 , 00:37:51:20 , and it's a little bit different. 00:37:58:05 , 00:38:00:01 , For one thing, it wasn't | actually called "Star WARS". 00:38:02:00 , 00:38:05:00 , It was called "Star | Non-Violent Civil Disobedience". 00:38:05:00 , 00:38:08:00 , But the plot of Star Wars, for those | of you who don't remember, is that 00:38:08:00 , 00:38:12:00 , the Empire has created this | giant machine called the Death Star. 00:38:12:00 , 00:38:16:00 , And it's a machine that's | capable of destroying entire planets. 00:38:16:00 , 00:38:20:00 , In the movie the rebels find a | way to destroy the Death Star, 00:38:20:00 , 00:38:22:00 , and then at the very | end, Luke Skywalker 00:38:22:01 , 00:38:24:01 , uses the force to get past all the 00:38:24:01 , 00:38:27:01 , tie fighters and to drop a torpedo | down a thermal exhaust port, 00:38:27:01 , 00:38:30:08 , and to blow up the Death Star. 00:38:32:03 , 00:38:34:03 , Once again, the first draft | of the movie written by 00:38:34:04 , 00:38:36:04 , environmentalists was a bit | different: the rebels 00:38:36:04 , 00:38:40:04 , didn't actually blow up the | Death Star. Instead they used 00:38:40:04 , 00:38:44:04 , other methods to slow the | intergalactic march of empire. 00:38:44:04 , 00:38:48:04 , For example, they set up programs for | people on planets about to be destroyed, 00:38:48:05 , 00:38:51:05 , to produce luxury items like hemp | hacky sacks and gourmet coffee 00:38:51:05 , 00:38:53:05 , for sale to inhabitants of the Death Star. 00:38:53:05 , 00:38:55:05 , Audience members will also | discover that there are plans afoot 00:38:55:05 , 00:38:57:05 , to encourage loads of troopers | and other citizens of the empire 00:38:57:06 , 00:38:59:06 , to take eco-tours of doomed planets. 00:38:59:09 , 00:39:02:09 , The purpose will be to show to one and all | that these planets are economically important 00:39:02:09 , 00:39:04:09 , to the Empire and so should not be destroyed. 00:39:04:09 , 00:39:08:09 , In a surprise move that will get | viewers to the edges of their seats, 00:39:08:10 , 00:39:10:10 , other groups of rebels will file | lawsuits against the Empire, 00:39:10:11 , 00:39:13:11 , attempting to show that the Environmental | Impact Statement that Darth Vader 00:39:13:11 , 00:39:16:11 , was required to file, failed | to adequately support its decision 00:39:16:11 , 00:39:19:11 , that blowing up this planet would | cause "no significant impact". 00:39:19:12 , 00:39:21:12 , Viewers will thrill to learn | of plans to boycott items produced 00:39:21:12 , 00:39:23:12 , by corporations that have Darth | Vader on the board of directors, 00:39:23:13 , 00:39:25:13 , and they'll leap to their | feet in theaters worldwide 00:39:25:14 , 00:39:29:14 , when they see bags full of letters | written directly to Mr. Vader himself 00:39:29:15 , 00:39:31:15 , asking that he please not | blow up anymore planets. 00:39:31:15 , 00:39:34:15 , Now, we all know that all | would be enough not only to 00:39:34:15 , 00:39:37:15 , bring the Empire to its knees, | but to make a damn fine and exciting movie. 00:39:37:15 , 00:39:39:15 , The thing is: there's more. 00:39:39:15 , 00:39:42:15 , Thousands of renegade rebels, | unhappy with what 00:39:42:15 , 00:39:45:15 , they perceive as toadying on | the part of the mainstream rebels 00:39:45:15 , 00:39:48:15 , decide, in a scene guaranteed | to bring tears to even the eyes 00:39:48:16 , 00:39:50:16 , of the most cold-hearted | theatergoers, to stand on 00:39:50:16 , 00:39:54:16 , the planets to be destroyed, link | arms, and sing "Give Peace a Chance." 00:39:54:20 , 00:39:57:20 , They send DVDs of that | to Darth Vader and his 00:39:57:20 , 00:39:59:20 , boss the Grand Moff Tarkin, to whom they 00:39:59:20 , 00:40:01:20 , also send wave after wave of loving kindness. 00:40:01:21 , 00:40:03:21 , A the few rebels sneak aboard | the Death Star and lock themselves 00:40:03:21 , 00:40:05:21 , down to various pieces of | equipment. And stirring debates 00:40:05:22 , 00:40:08:22 , are held onscreen as to | whether the rebels should 00:40:08:22 , 00:40:10:22 , voluntarily surrender on approach | of the troopers, or whether 00:40:10:22 , 00:40:12:22 , they should remain locked down to the end. 00:40:14:02 , 00:40:17:02 , And in a brilliant and | brave touch of authenticity, 00:40:17:02 , 00:40:20:02 , the rebels are never | able to come to consensus. 00:40:20:02 , 00:40:23:02 , But there's more. Once inside the Death | Star, a splinter group breaks off, 00:40:23:03 , 00:40:26:29 , they burn a couple of transporters, | and they etch "Galaxy Liberation Front". 00:40:26:29 , 00:40:29:29 , And then another group breaks | off from that group and they 00:40:29:29 , 00:40:32:29 , finally make it to Darth | Vader's private room. And when 00:40:32:29 , 00:40:34:29 , they get there, they sneak up behind him 00:40:34:29 , 00:40:36:29 , and then they hit | him with a vegan cream pie. 00:40:36:29 , 00:40:39:29 , And the directors decided | to cut that because 00:40:39:29 , 00:40:41:29 , it was way too close to 00:40:41:29 , 00:40:43:29 , a scene in another movie they | were developing at the same time 00:40:43:29 , 00:40:45:29 , called "The Plot to Pie Hitler". 00:40:46:00 , 00:40:48:00 , As the Death Star looms directly | overhead, a few of the rebels 00:40:48:00 , 00:40:51:03 , advocate picking up weapons to fight back. 00:40:51:03 , 00:40:53:03 , And those rebels are | generally shouted down by 00:40:53:03 , 00:40:55:03 , pacifist rebels who argue that attacking 00:40:55:06 , 00:40:57:06 , those who run the Death | Star is "just another 00:40:57:09 , 00:40:59:09 , example of the Empire's harmful philosophy 00:40:59:10 , 00:41:01:10 , coming in by the back door.' 00:41:01:11 , 00:41:03:11 , "If we want to change | Darth Vader," they say, 00:41:03:11 , 00:41:05:11 , "we must all first become | that change ourselves. 00:41:05:12 , 00:41:07:12 , To change Darth Vader's heart, | we must first change our own. 00:41:07:12 , 00:41:10:12 , We must, above all else, | have compassion for 00:41:10:12 , 00:41:14:02 , Darth Vader, and remember that | he, too, was once a child." 00:41:14:02 , 00:41:17:02 , So finally Leia, Luke, Han, Chewbacca, | and a couple of robots show up 00:41:17:02 , 00:41:20:02 , and tell these others they've found a | way to blow up the whole Death Star. 00:41:20:02 , 00:41:22:02 , And the rest of the rebels, | of course, are just horrified. 00:41:22:02 , 00:41:25:02 , A scuffle breaks out between Leia, | Luke, Han, and Chewbacca and the two 00:41:25:02 , 00:41:27:02 , robots on one side and the | pacifists on the other. 00:41:27:02 , 00:41:29:02 , And the pacifists chase those four | from the room and from the film 00:41:29:02 , 00:41:31:02 , which is not a big deal because | they are minor characters anyway. 00:41:31:03 , 00:41:33:03 , But anyway, the way the | movie ends is that 00:41:33:03 , 00:41:35:03 , the Death Star looms closer | and closer and then you see 00:41:35:04 , 00:41:37:04 , the Death Star, and then | you see the planet, 00:41:37:04 , 00:41:39:04 , and then you see the Death Star, | and then you see the planet, 00:41:39:05 , 00:41:42:05 , and then you see the Death Star | and you see the laser start to glow 00:41:42:05 , 00:41:44:05 , this hellish red, and | then you see the planet again, 00:41:44:05 , 00:41:46:05 , and you see this little light -- 00:41:46:06 , 00:41:49:06 , and what that is: that's the environmentalists | getting away before the planet gets blown up. 00:41:49:06 , 00:41:51:06 , And then you see the Death | Star again and then it 00:41:51:06 , 00:41:53:06 , blows up the planet, | and then, the final 00:41:53:06 , 00:41:56:06 , shot of the movie, which reveals | what complete triumph this was for the 00:41:56:06 , 00:41:58:10 , rebels, is a still showing an 00:41:58:10 , 00:42:01:06 , article on the lower left of | page 43 of the New Empire Times 00:42:01:06 , 00:42:04:06 , that devotes a full 3 sentences | to the destruction of the planet. 00:42:04:06 , 00:42:06:06 , So it's like, "Yeah we got some press!" 00:42:07:20 , 00:42:12:20 , Premise IV 00:42:16:03 , 00:42:19:03 , The culture as a whole and 00:42:19:03 , 00:42:25:10 , most of its members | are insane. $YOffset = 160 00:42:26:27 , 00:42:29:27 , The culture is driven by a death urge, 00:42:29:27 , 00:42:34:27 , an urge to destroy life. $YOffset = 144 00:42:57:29 , 00:43:00:25 , - The public really needs | to understand that no combination 00:43:00:26 , 00:43:05:26 , of alternative miracle fuels, | or biodiesel, or ethanol, 00:43:05:26 , 00:43:10:26 , or nuclear, or sun, or solar, | or used french fry potato oil, 00:43:10:26 , 00:43:15:26 , no combination of these things is going to | allow us to keep a happy, motoring society going. 00:43:16:14 , 00:43:20:14 , - We are using up all the very | easily accessed energy sources: 00:43:20:15 , 00:43:24:15 , and we've really built this huge way | of life based on cheap oil, essentially. 00:43:27:00 , 00:43:31:00 , - The world as we know it, which | relies entirely on oil to function, 00:43:31:01 , 00:43:33:25 , is nearing its end. 00:43:35:10 , 00:43:39:03 , - We are headed for the crash. | That oil is not going to come again. $HorzAlign = RIGHT $YOffset = 160 00:43:56:25 , 00:44:06:12 , Fort McMurray|Alberta, Canada $HorzAlign = CENTER $YOffset = 144 00:44:12:13 , 00:44:15:13 , - The tar sands are probably one | of the biggest industrial 00:44:15:13 , 00:44:18:05 , projects in the history of mankind. 00:44:19:09 , 00:44:21:09 , - The tar sands are the largest, 00:44:21:12 , 00:44:24:12 , most destructive environmental | project on the planet right now. 00:44:26:15 , 00:44:28:15 , - It's oil extraction, 00:44:28:15 , 00:44:31:15 , it's some of the dirtiest oil on the planet, 00:44:31:15 , 00:44:34:15 , which means that it takes | the most energy to extract, $YOffset = 100 00:44:34:15 , 00:44:38:15 , and the reason that we're extracting this 00:44:38:15 , 00:44:40:15 , this particular brand of dirty, dirty, oil $YOffset = 144 00:44:40:16 , 00:44:43:15 , is because there's no other oil left to extract. 00:44:44:01 , 00:44:46:01 , - Tar sands really aren't oil. 00:44:46:02 , 00:44:48:02 , Effectively, the process by which you 00:44:48:02 , 00:44:50:02 , mine and refine tar sands 00:44:50:03 , 00:44:53:03 , is adding about a hundred | million years of development 00:44:53:03 , 00:44:55:03 , through a synthetic process. 00:44:55:03 , 00:44:57:03 , The tar sands deposit | is an area that covers 00:44:57:03 , 00:45:00:03 , the size of the state of | New York, or larger than England $YOffset = 100 00:45:00:03 , 00:45:02:03 , is already considered the largest industrial project 00:45:02:03 , 00:45:04:03 , in human history, and it's barely begun. $YOffset = 144 00:45:05:21 , 00:45:08:21 , - They extract it from the sand by 00:45:08:21 , 00:45:11:28 , steaming and heating water, | basically boiling it... $YOffset = 100 00:45:11:28 , 00:45:16:23 , ...so the oil sits on top of the water like a froth, 00:45:16:23 , 00:45:19:23 , then they scrape it off, and that's the bitumen. $YOffset = 144 00:45:21:02 , 00:45:25:02 , - There's mining processes | and in situ processes, 00:45:25:03 , 00:45:27:03 , and both of them are pretty | much trying to extract 00:45:27:03 , 00:45:29:03 , bitumen out of the sand. 00:45:29:28 , 00:45:32:28 , - To produce one barrel of oil 00:45:32:28 , 00:45:34:28 , you have to first, after | you've cleared off the ground 00:45:34:28 , 00:45:36:28 , and broken all the trees down | and so forth, then dig a pit, 00:45:36:28 , 00:45:39:28 , which can be up to two hundred feet deep. 00:45:39:28 , 00:45:41:28 , For each barrel of oil, there's | four barrels of water used, 00:45:41:28 , 00:45:43:28 , in a process called a slurry 00:45:43:29 , 00:45:45:29 , where you spin it at a high speed, 00:45:45:29 , 00:45:47:29 , high velocity, with high | temperatures of water, 00:45:48:00 , 00:45:51:00 , to separate the bitumen, | which is the pre-synthetic oil, 00:45:51:00 , 00:45:54:00 , from the sands itself, | and all the clays and silts. 00:45:54:00 , 00:45:56:00 , But that's after you've already | dug out what has to be 00:45:56:00 , 00:45:58:04 , to be hundreds of tons of Earth. 00:45:59:20 , 00:46:03:20 , - The energy that's required to | actually do that is approximately, $YOffset = 100 00:46:03:21 , 00:46:05:21 , people say for almost every barrel of oil you need 00:46:05:22 , 00:46:08:22 , about a half a barrel of energy just|to produce this, $YOffset = 144 00:46:08:22 , 00:46:10:22 , so for every barrel of energy input, 00:46:10:22 , 00:46:12:22 , two barrels of oil are produced, 00:46:12:22 , 00:46:14:22 , whereas with conventional | crude it was very, 00:46:14:23 , 00:46:16:23 , very minor in terms of the energy 00:46:16:23 , 00:46:19:23 , that's inputted to actually | get the crude oil out. 00:46:19:23 , 00:46:22:23 , So the ratio that's most important to | talk about is a ratio you could use 00:46:22:23 , 00:46:26:23 , in a country like Iraq, where for | each barrel of oil you use to try to 00:46:26:23 , 00:46:31:02 , get more oil you'll get about | a hundred barrels back. $HorzAlign = RIGHT $YOffset = 162 00:46:34:25 , 00:46:39:25 , Fort Chipewyan|Alberta, Canada $HorzAlign = CENTER $YOffset = 144 00:46:50:09 , 00:46:53:06 , - The Athabasca River, which runs | through northern Alberta, 00:46:53:06 , 00:46:57:06 , where you have many different native | communities living along the river, 00:46:57:07 , 00:47:02:07 , is being sucked of its water to | fuel the tar sands operations. 00:47:03:21 , 00:47:06:21 , - Because of the contamination of the river 00:47:06:21 , 00:47:09:21 , from oil sands discharges $YOffset = 100 00:47:09:21 , 00:47:12:21 , of things like oil and grease and 00:47:12:21 , 00:47:15:09 , untreated sewage into the Athabasca River, $YOffset = 144 00:47:15:09 , 00:47:17:09 , and sometimes there's accidents, 00:47:17:09 , 00:47:19:09 , spills of these toxic chemicals 00:47:19:10 , 00:47:21:26 , directly into the Athabasca Rivers. 00:47:23:24 , 00:47:25:24 , - The community of Fort Chipewyan, | both the Mikisew Cree 00:47:25:25 , 00:47:28:25 , and the Dene Chipewyan First Nation, 00:47:28:25 , 00:47:30:25 , who have been fighting | and really at the front 00:47:30:25 , 00:47:32:25 , of raising the alarm about what's happening, $YOffset = 100 00:47:32:25 , 00:47:36:00 , and their community has been seeing all of this 00:47:36:00 , 00:47:39:26 , rise in rare cancers, autoimmune diseases, $YOffset = 144 00:47:39:26 , 00:47:43:26 , arsenic in the land, | the moose meat, the fish 00:47:43:27 , 00:47:46:27 , are at high levels of | heavy metals, mercuries, 00:47:46:27 , 00:47:50:20 , basically the whole environment | up there is contaminated. 00:47:52:18 , 00:47:54:18 , - How this is effecting my community is that 00:47:54:18 , 00:47:57:22 , it's killing off the people of Fort Chipewyan. 00:47:57:23 , 00:48:01:19 , It's what I've called before | "a slow, industrial genocide." 00:48:01:19 , 00:48:03:19 , I buried my auntie, 00:48:03:19 , 00:48:06:19 , I buried my uncle, I got | an auntie living with it. 00:48:06:19 , 00:48:09:19 , And this is a war for our lives, 00:48:09:19 , 00:48:11:19 , because the government is allowing 00:48:11:19 , 00:48:14:19 , the people of Fort Chip to die. 00:48:14:19 , 00:48:16:19 , - The tar sands are not only fueling 00:48:16:19 , 00:48:20:20 , the second fastest rate of deforestation 00:48:20:20 , 00:48:22:20 , in the world outside of | the Amazon River basin, 00:48:22:20 , 00:48:24:20 , they're already the second fastest 00:48:24:21 , 00:48:27:12 , contributor to climate | change in North America. 00:48:27:12 , 00:48:30:12 , And with the goals of production that | they're talking about, the CO2 emissions 00:48:30:12 , 00:48:32:12 , will make it so the only way 00:48:32:12 , 00:48:35:12 , you could outstrip a | climate change contributor 00:48:35:12 , 00:48:37:12 , for North America would | be to combine all 00:48:37:13 , 00:48:39:13 , the coal-fired power plants from 00:48:39:13 , 00:48:42:13 , Alberta to Arizona and in between, | across all of North America. 00:48:43:25 , 00:48:45:25 , - I think that the tar | sands is the absurdity 00:48:45:25 , 00:48:48:25 , of still desiring oil 00:48:48:25 , 00:48:50:25 , when we know so well 00:48:50:25 , 00:48:52:25 , that, for example, fresh water is just 00:48:52:26 , 00:48:54:26 , an elemental part of human existence 00:48:54:26 , 00:48:57:00 , and they're running full force towards 00:48:57:00 , 00:48:59:26 , extracting these last little bits of oil 00:48:59:26 , 00:49:01:26 , to sustain this plastic culture, 00:49:01:27 , 00:49:03:27 , this plastic civilization, 00:49:03:28 , 00:49:07:10 , to the destruction of the environment | in which we can live. 00:49:08:14 , 00:49:10:14 , - People say it's like the | world's addicted to crack, 00:49:10:15 , 00:49:14:15 , and this is like the dirtiest | and most disgusting form of crack 00:49:14:16 , 00:49:16:16 , that'll keep it addicted | for a lot longer, right. 00:49:16:17 , 00:49:18:17 , This is actually what it is. 00:49:18:17 , 00:49:22:00 , It is the most insane | thing that people are doing. 00:49:28:01 , 00:49:30:01 , - We probably agree that civilization's 00:49:30:02 , 00:49:33:09 , going to crash, whether or | not we help bring this about. 00:49:33:09 , 00:49:36:09 , If you don't agree with this, we | probably have nothing to say to each other. 00:49:36:09 , 00:49:38:27 , We probably also agree that | this crash will be messy. 00:49:38:28 , 00:49:43:17 , We agree further that since industrial | civilization is systematically dismantling 00:49:43:17 , 00:49:45:26 , the ecological infrastructure of the planet... 00:49:45:26 , 00:49:48:26 , ...the sooner civilization comes down, | whether or not we help it crash, 00:49:48:26 , 00:49:51:26 , the more life will remain afterwards | to support both humans and nonhumans. 00:49:54:11 , 00:49:59:11 , Figure IV 00:50:03:07 , 00:50:06:07 , - The genesis of Endgame, the book, 00:50:06:07 , 00:50:09:01 , was really because I did some talks 00:50:09:01 , 00:50:12:01 , around the possibility of fighting back. 00:50:12:01 , 00:50:15:01 , And the response by the | audience was really predictable. 00:50:15:02 , 00:50:18:02 , If it was an audience made up of | sort of mainstream environmentalists 00:50:18:02 , 00:50:20:02 , and peace and social justice activists, 00:50:20:02 , 00:50:24:02 , often, they would put up what | I've taken to calling a "Gandhi shield". 00:50:24:02 , 00:50:27:02 , Which is, they would say the names "Martin | Luther King", "Dalai Lama", and "Gandhi" 00:50:27:03 , 00:50:30:03 , again and again, as fast as they can, | to keep all evil thoughts at bay. 00:50:31:12 , 00:50:34:12 , And if it was grassroots environmentalists, 00:50:34:12 , 00:50:36:12 , they would do the same thing | but then they would come 00:50:36:12 , 00:50:38:12 , up to me afterwards and they would say, 00:50:38:12 , 00:50:40:29 , WHISPERING "Thank you so much | for bringing this up." 00:50:40:29 , 00:50:44:19 , Pacifying Resistance 00:50:46:01 , 00:50:49:01 , - Especially in North America, | the pacifists and non-violent 00:50:49:01 , 00:50:53:01 , advocates have had a very defining role, 00:50:53:02 , 00:50:55:02 , and even a censoring role, in determining 00:50:55:03 , 00:50:57:07 , what other people's participation can be $YOffset = 100 00:50:57:07 , 00:51:01:03 , in a whole range of social struggles, and 00:51:01:04 , 00:51:04:04 , that the way that they've |affected social struggles $YOffset = 144 00:51:04:04 , 00:51:07:04 , has made it very much easier for the state 00:51:07:04 , 00:51:09:04 , to control those social struggles, 00:51:09:04 , 00:51:12:04 , that non-violence plays a function 00:51:12:04 , 00:51:14:04 , of recuperating social struggles, 00:51:14:04 , 00:51:17:04 , of taking out their teeth | and making them harmless, 00:51:17:04 , 00:51:22:04 , so that they can just exist in | this cesspool of democratic plurality. $YOffset = 100 00:51:24:09 , 00:51:27:09 , - I wonder, what happens to| that kind of energy or 00:51:27:09 , 00:51:31:09 , idealism or faith that something| is about to change $YOffset = 144 00:51:31:10 , 00:51:34:10 , when it's certainly not going to change at all? 00:51:35:26 , 00:51:37:26 , - What are the false hopes that | keep us tied to the system? 00:51:37:27 , 00:51:39:27 , What are the false | hopes that bind us to 00:51:39:28 , 00:51:42:28 , unlivable situations and | blind us to real possibilities? 00:51:42:28 , 00:51:45:28 , Does anybody really think that | Weyerhauser's going to stop, $YOffset = 165 00:51:45:29 , 00:51:48:05 , deforesting because we asked nicely $YOffset = 144 00:51:48:05 , 00:51:51:05 , that Monsanto will stop Monsantoing | because we ask nicely? 00:51:51:05 , 00:51:53:05 , I was talking to this person in the | States several years ago and they said, 00:51:53:05 , 00:51:56:05 , "If we can just get a Democrat in the | White House, things are going to be OK." 00:51:57:14 , 00:51:59:14 , - We've got a couple of myths | on the left that I would 00:51:59:15 , 00:52:02:17 , REALLY encourage us to get over. 00:52:02:17 , 00:52:05:27 , The first is that social change | happens by moral suasion. 00:52:05:27 , 00:52:09:01 , It doesn't. It happens by force. 00:52:10:14 , 00:52:13:14 , - The problem with persuasion | as a strategy is that 00:52:13:14 , 00:52:16:14 , it only works on people who can actually 00:52:16:15 , 00:52:19:15 , be convinced, and who can be 00:52:19:15 , 00:52:21:15 , relied upon to act from their position 00:52:21:15 , 00:52:23:15 , after their minds have been changed. $YOffset = 100 00:52:23:16 , 00:52:26:16 , And the problem is that we're not dealing with 00:52:26:16 , 00:52:28:16 , individuals who can be convinced or persuaded, $YOffset = 144 00:52:28:16 , 00:52:31:16 , we're dealing mostly with large, 00:52:31:16 , 00:52:35:16 , abstract, social organizations, | and corporations which are 00:52:35:16 , 00:52:39:16 , basically sociopaths made out | of huge numbers of people. 00:52:41:15 , 00:52:44:15 , - You can't argue with psychopaths, | you can't argue with fascists, 00:52:44:15 , 00:52:46:29 , and you can't argue with those 00:52:46:29 , 00:52:50:29 , who are benefiting from an economic system. 00:52:51:00 , 00:52:53:00 , You have to stop them through | some form of force, 00:52:53:00 , 00:52:55:09 , and that force can be violent or nonviolent. 00:52:55:09 , 00:52:58:03 , Could you have stopped Ted | Bundy by peaceful means? 00:53:00:19 , 00:53:03:19 , - The Left, to a large extent subconsciously, 00:53:03:19 , 00:53:05:19 , has as its primary role 00:53:05:19 , 00:53:08:21 , to make resistance harmless. 00:53:08:21 , 00:53:11:16 , States have recognized that 00:53:11:16 , 00:53:14:16 , resistance will never disappear, | that struggles will never disappear 00:53:14:16 , 00:53:17:25 , and in the past they | tried suppressing struggles 00:53:17:25 , 00:53:21:13 , the first time that they | showed their heads, that there was 00:53:21:13 , 00:53:23:13 , any sign of them, and | that proved ineffective. 00:53:23:14 , 00:53:26:14 , So nowadays that way | that states rule is by 00:53:26:14 , 00:53:29:14 , accepting the inevitability | of conflict and resistance, 00:53:29:15 , 00:53:32:15 , and just trying to manage it permanently. 00:53:32:15 , 00:53:35:15 , "Keep the march going, | there's nothing happening here! 00:53:35:15 , 00:53:38:15 , There's nothing happening, | just one more line of police, 00:53:38:16 , 00:53:41:16 , so please keep the march going!" $YOffset = 100 00:53:42:17 , 00:53:45:17 , - Social movements in North America are locked 00:53:45:17 , 00:53:49:17 , into this pacifist doctrine that is imposed by $YOffset = 144 00:53:49:18 , 00:53:51:18 , the middle class reformists 00:53:51:18 , 00:53:54:18 , who want to control | the movement and dictate 00:53:54:18 , 00:53:57:15 , how it conducts itself. 00:54:00:17 , 00:54:03:17 , - Advocates of nonviolence | frequently say that nonviolence 00:54:03:17 , 00:54:05:17 , works, and the principal | examples that they use of that 00:54:05:17 , 00:54:08:17 , are Gandhi in India and Martin | Luther King in the U.S. 00:54:08:17 , 00:54:11:17 , The problem with that is, | this constitutes a really great 00:54:11:17 , 00:54:15:17 , historical whitewashing, | that in fact the resistance in 00:54:15:17 , 00:54:17:17 , India was incredibly | diverse, and Gandhi was 00:54:17:18 , 00:54:19:18 , a very important figure | within that resistance, 00:54:19:18 , 00:54:24:08 , but the resistance was by no | means pacifist in its entirety. 00:54:25:07 , 00:54:28:07 , - Gandhi gets used as a way | to shut down conversation. 00:54:29:23 , 00:54:32:23 , - Especially in the West, | Gandhi is used as a way 00:54:32:23 , 00:54:34:23 , to quell any ideas of 00:54:34:23 , 00:54:37:23 , either direct action or what's | perceived as violence or, $YOffset = 100 00:54:37:23 , 00:54:39:23 , sort of, you know, resistance that 00:54:39:24 , 00:54:42:24 , goes beyond what is seen as a sort of a $YOffset = 144 00:54:42:24 , 00:54:46:24 , pacifist or a peaceful means of resistance. 00:54:46:24 , 00:54:49:24 , - For years, I really bought into the whole 00:54:49:24 , 00:54:52:24 , Gandhian myth that is really sort of 00:54:52:24 , 00:54:56:28 , forced down the throats of | activists in the United States, 00:54:56:28 , 00:54:59:24 , and the people who disabused | me of that myth were 00:54:59:24 , 00:55:01:24 , when I first actually | met some people from India. 00:55:01:24 , 00:55:04:24 , The people I talked to | certainly didn't deify him, 00:55:04:24 , 00:55:07:24 , and many of them despised him. 00:55:07:24 , 00:55:10:24 , And they felt he was a | collaborator and he was somebody 00:55:10:25 , 00:55:12:25 , whom the British could work with. 00:55:16:16 , 00:55:18:16 , - Gandhi's very well known in the West, 00:55:18:17 , 00:55:21:17 , but when you go to India, there's | a freedom fighter and revolutionary 00:55:21:17 , 00:55:23:17 , leader called Bhagat Singh, 00:55:23:17 , 00:55:27:17 , who's in India probably | almost as well known as Gandhi 00:55:27:18 , 00:55:29:18 , as a part of 00:55:29:19 , 00:55:32:19 , the independence movement and a | leader in the independence movement. $YOffset = 100 00:55:32:19 , 00:55:36:19 , But in the West, most people | probably have never heard his name. $YOffset = 133 00:55:36:19 , 00:55:39:19 , And the reason why that is, is that he used $YOffset = 144 00:55:39:19 , 00:55:41:19 , direct action tactics. 00:55:41:19 , 00:55:44:19 , There were generals of the | British army that were killed; 00:55:44:19 , 00:55:47:19 , there was a bomb thrown | in a British assembly to 00:55:47:19 , 00:55:50:19 , basically attract the | attention of the public; 00:55:50:19 , 00:55:54:19 , there were weapons that people | were getting off of railway cars. 00:55:57:24 , 00:55:59:24 , - With Gandhi and the | Indian National Congress, 00:55:59:24 , 00:56:02:24 , where you had the moderates | and the extremists, 00:56:02:24 , 00:56:05:24 , the moderates were legal; | constitutional reform 00:56:05:24 , 00:56:07:24 , was their only method, 00:56:07:24 , 00:56:11:24 , and they were criticized for | being a middle class clique, 00:56:11:25 , 00:56:15:25 , for being too slow, | for being too legalistic, 00:56:15:26 , 00:56:17:26 , and for being basically ineffective. 00:56:17:26 , 00:56:20:26 , The extremists, on the other | hand, were accused of being 00:56:20:26 , 00:56:24:26 , too aggressive, of being too fast | and reckless and irresponsible. 00:56:26:09 , 00:56:29:09 , - Gandhi basically got negotiating power 00:56:29:09 , 00:56:33:09 , from the fact that there were | other elements in the struggle 00:56:33:10 , 00:56:36:10 , which were even more | threatening to British dominance. 00:56:36:10 , 00:56:39:10 , So the British specifically | chose to dialogue with 00:56:39:11 , 00:56:42:11 , Gandhi because he was, | perhaps for them, the least 00:56:42:11 , 00:56:45:11 , threatening of the important | elements of resistance. 00:56:45:11 , 00:56:49:11 , - Gandhi came in as | being the middleman. 00:56:49:11 , 00:56:52:11 , His theory of nonviolent, | passive resistance 00:56:52:11 , 00:56:56:11 , seemed to be a bridge between | the extremists and the moderates. 00:56:56:12 , 00:56:59:08 , - The British were bled white after WWII, 00:56:59:09 , 00:57:02:09 , and didn't have the | morale left anymore for 00:57:02:09 , 00:57:05:09 , a big fight, and they | helped choose somebody 00:57:05:10 , 00:57:07:10 , that they could work with. 00:57:07:11 , 00:57:11:12 , They knew a revolution was coming and they | wanted to blunt it as much as they could. 00:57:11:12 , 00:57:14:12 , - India went from being | a colony to a neocolony. 00:57:14:12 , 00:57:17:12 , The British were still able to | maintain their interests, less directly, 00:57:17:12 , 00:57:22:29 , with Indians being in | positions of management. 00:57:28:02 , 00:57:30:02 , - My problem isn't with 00:57:30:03 , 00:57:34:03 , somebody doing nonviolent | actions, it never has been. 00:57:34:04 , 00:57:36:04 , I mean, I say all the | time that we need it all. 00:57:36:04 , 00:57:39:04 , My problem is that 00:57:39:04 , 00:57:43:04 , so many pacifists, especially | in the United States, 00:57:43:05 , 00:57:47:05 , end up not supporting 00:57:47:06 , 00:57:49:06 , more radical or militant work. 00:57:50:13 , 00:57:53:13 , - The problem when this | debate comes up is that 00:57:53:13 , 00:57:57:13 , you can't just assume | that people that are 00:57:57:14 , 00:58:00:14 , resisting and are using | a means of resistance 00:58:00:14 , 00:58:03:14 , haven't thought about what | they're doing. And that's what 00:58:03:14 , 00:58:05:14 , I think is often the | problem. When people 00:58:05:14 , 00:58:08:14 , decide to take certain actions | and when people decide 00:58:08:14 , 00:58:10:14 , that, "Hey, you know, | our marches aren't enough," 00:58:10:14 , 00:58:12:14 , or they're doing this or doing that, 00:58:12:14 , 00:58:14:14 , there's this assumption | by a lot of people that 00:58:14:14 , 00:58:18:14 , want to toe the Gandhi line that, | "Oh, they're just not thinking about it." 00:58:19:20 , 00:58:22:20 , - What most states will choose | to do in similar circumstances 00:58:22:20 , 00:58:25:20 , is to find the elements | of the resistance 00:58:25:20 , 00:58:28:20 , that are most easy to control | and most easy to co-opt, 00:58:28:21 , 00:58:32:21 , to negotiate with them, and then | to hand over power to THEM in order 00:58:32:22 , 00:58:36:05 , to continue the system | that had already existed. 00:58:38:13 , 00:58:40:13 , - So again, you have the state | doing the same thing it did 00:58:40:14 , 00:58:43:14 , with Gandhi and Martin Luther | King it does with, for example, 00:58:43:14 , 00:58:46:14 , the environmental movement. So | it invites the responsible leaders 00:58:46:15 , 00:58:49:15 , of the environmental | movement into inquiries, 00:58:49:15 , 00:58:53:15 , government commissions, | debates. It recognizes them -- 00:58:53:16 , 00:58:55:16 , they're the legitimate leaders -- | because again, 00:58:55:16 , 00:59:00:16 , it doesn't want the movement to begin to | adopt more militant resistance tactics. 00:59:00:16 , 00:59:03:16 , - The powerful do not ever | give up without a struggle. 00:59:03:16 , 00:59:05:16 , Those are the famous | words of Frederick Douglass 00:59:05:16 , 00:59:09:07 , when he said, "Power concedes | nothing without a demand. 00:59:09:07 , 00:59:11:07 , It never has, and it never will." 00:59:18:16 , 00:59:22:16 , Figure V 00:59:24:23 , 00:59:28:23 , If we use more efficient electricity, 00:59:28:24 , 00:59:31:00 , appliances, we can save this much 00:59:31:00 , 00:59:34:00 , off of the global warming pollution that 00:59:34:01 , 00:59:37:01 , would otherwise be put | into the atmosphere. 00:59:37:01 , 00:59:40:01 , If we use other end-use | efficiency this much, 00:59:40:01 , 00:59:42:14 , if we have higher-mileage | cars, this much. 00:59:42:15 , 00:59:44:28 , And all these begin to add up: 00:59:44:28 , 00:59:47:28 , other transport efficiency, | renewable technology. 00:59:47:28 , 00:59:50:24 , We have everything we need, 00:59:50:25 , 00:59:53:19 , save, perhaps, political will. 00:59:53:19 , 00:59:56:16 , But you know what, in | America, political will 00:59:56:16 , 00:59:59:07 , is a renewable resource. 01:00:01:13 , 01:00:03:13 , - When we see solutions, | all the so-called solutions 01:00:03:14 , 01:00:05:14 , put forward to global | warming, the thing 01:00:05:14 , 01:00:08:11 , they all have in common | is that they take 01:00:08:11 , 01:00:11:11 , industrial civilization | as a given, and they take 01:00:11:11 , 01:00:14:23 , the natural world as | the dependent variable. 01:00:14:23 , 01:00:17:02 , It's all about saving civilization. 01:00:17:02 , 01:00:19:02 , And that's entirely backwards. 01:00:19:02 , 01:00:22:02 , What it should be is: | we need to do whatever 01:00:22:02 , 01:00:25:14 , it takes to save | life on the planet. 01:00:28:03 , 01:00:30:03 , - In the next 40 to 50 years, | we're going to see the 01:00:30:04 , 01:00:33:04 , extinction of more species | than we've seen in the past 01:00:33:04 , 01:00:35:04 , 65 million years. 01:00:35:04 , 01:00:38:04 , That, to me, is a red light, 01:00:38:04 , 01:00:42:04 , and a siren going off | as a call to people 01:00:42:04 , 01:00:44:04 , who will cut through the crap and 01:00:44:05 , 01:00:46:05 , do what is necessary | to protect the Earth 01:00:46:06 , 01:00:49:06 , for here and now, and | for future generations. 01:00:49:06 , 01:00:51:06 , It is you that are going | to have to answer to your 01:00:51:06 , 01:00:53:06 , children, 50-75 years from now 01:00:53:06 , 01:00:56:10 , when they ask what you | did during the eco-wars. 01:00:56:11 , 01:00:59:07 , And in that sense, $YOffset = 124 01:00:59:08 , 01:01:02:08 , each one of us has to live the life 01:01:02:08 , 01:01:05:08 , today, at this very moment, doing the things $YOffset = 144 01:01:05:08 , 01:01:08:08 , that we would be proud to tell our ancestors about. 01:01:09:05 , 01:01:11:05 , If we are serious about saving life on Earth 01:01:11:06 , 01:01:13:25 , we've got to start fighting back 01:01:13:25 , 01:01:18:01 , in the ways that people do | when they realize they need 01:01:18:01 , 01:01:20:01 , to form a serious resistance movement. 01:01:20:28 , 01:01:23:28 , - Most indigenous populations | who maintain any 01:01:23:28 , 01:01:26:28 , sense of a traditional worldview 01:01:26:28 , 01:01:30:28 , know that the way of life that 01:01:30:28 , 01:01:33:17 , settlers society has imposed on this 01:01:33:17 , 01:01:35:17 , land is unsustainable. 01:01:35:17 , 01:01:38:17 , Yet, there has been a sense 01:01:38:17 , 01:01:40:17 , that we really need to kind of 01:01:40:17 , 01:01:42:17 , wait until it collapses, 01:01:42:18 , 01:01:45:18 , or wait until they're done doing, 01:01:45:18 , 01:01:47:18 , or they've reached their | limit and they can't 01:01:47:18 , 01:01:50:18 , continue the way that | they've been going on, 01:01:50:18 , 01:01:52:18 , and be patient. $YOffset = 168 01:01:53:14 , 01:01:59:14 , Fuck patience $YOffset = 144 01:02:07:23 , 01:02:10:23 , I think really the big problem is power, 01:02:10:23 , 01:02:12:23 , and that's something liberals | have a lot of trouble kind of 01:02:12:23 , 01:02:14:23 , thinking about or wrapping | their heads around. 01:02:14:24 , 01:02:16:24 , And the problem is that | this culture has 01:02:16:25 , 01:02:19:14 , clearly defined hierarchy. | There are people 01:02:19:14 , 01:02:22:14 , who are clearly in power, | and who benefit 01:02:22:14 , 01:02:24:14 , from power, and benefit | from destroying the planet, 01:02:24:14 , 01:02:27:14 , and who benefit from | exploiting other people, 01:02:27:14 , 01:02:29:14 , and they've been doing | that for a long time. 01:02:29:14 , 01:02:33:17 , And their power is more important | to them than anything else. 01:02:33:17 , 01:02:36:17 , - There is no personal | consumer choice that is 01:02:36:17 , 01:02:39:17 , going to dismantle the systems of 01:02:39:17 , 01:02:42:17 , power that are behind the | destruction of our planet. 01:02:42:17 , 01:02:45:17 , What we need is organized | political resistance. 01:02:45:28 , 01:02:47:28 , - You cannot just simply ask | the state for these reforms, 01:02:47:29 , 01:02:49:29 , or for any kind of gains or concessions, 01:02:50:00 , 01:02:52:00 , you have to force them to do it. 01:02:52:00 , 01:02:54:00 , And that's the power of disruption. 01:02:55:00 , 01:02:57:00 , It was a bloody day at the Mohawk Indian 01:02:57:00 , 01:02:59:00 , community in Oka, Quebec, near Montreal. 01:02:59:01 , 01:03:01:01 , "Provincial police in riot gear stormed 01:03:01:01 , 01:03:03:01 , the barricades the Mohawks had set up. 01:03:03:02 , 01:03:06:02 , There were clouds of tear | gas, a hail of bullets, 01:03:06:02 , 01:03:08:02 , and in the midst of the battle, a policeman 01:03:08:02 , 01:03:11:02 , was killed. All this because of 01:03:11:02 , 01:03:14:02 , a dispute over a piece of | forest the Indians claim is theirs, 01:03:14:02 , 01:03:17:02 , a forest town council wants to bulldoze 01:03:17:03 , 01:03:19:03 , to expand the local golf course." 01:03:19:03 , 01:03:21:03 , "Police retreated as | abruptly as they'd attacked, 01:03:21:04 , 01:03:24:04 , leaving behind their cruisers. | They also left a heavy 01:03:24:04 , 01:03:26:04 , front-end loader which the Mohawks 01:03:26:04 , 01:03:28:04 , immediately put to their own use. 01:03:28:05 , 01:03:30:05 , The police cruisers, crushed and useless, 01:03:30:05 , 01:03:32:05 , became barricades themselves." 01:03:33:07 , 01:03:35:24 , We treat these trees and | the land like our mother. 01:03:36:12 , 01:03:38:26 , These people are raping our mother. 01:03:38:26 , 01:03:41:15 , What would you do if | they raped your mother? 01:03:43:15 , 01:03:45:15 , - These politicians are servants of the 01:03:45:16 , 01:03:48:16 , system; it's their job to keep | it going, it's their job 01:03:48:16 , 01:03:51:04 , to keep profit rolling | in for the ruling class. $YOffset = 84 01:03:51:04 , 01:03:54:04 , And they will never, ever, act in the $YOffset = 75 01:03:54:04 , 01:03:57:08 , people's interests or the interests of the planet. $YOffset = 83 01:03:57:08 , 01:03:59:04 , It doesn't matter what we say, $YOffset = 144 01:03:59:04 , 01:04:01:04 , the only thing that they | will respond to is 01:04:01:04 , 01:04:03:04 , force, and the threat | of social disruption. 01:04:03:05 , 01:04:06:05 , And if we allow them to stay in power, 01:04:06:05 , 01:04:08:05 , they will always take back any gain 01:04:08:05 , 01:04:10:08 , that we manage to get from them. 01:04:10:08 , 01:04:12:08 , - It's really important | to recognize that 01:04:12:08 , 01:04:14:08 , no struggle is done, 01:04:14:09 , 01:04:16:09 , that there's not any possibility 01:04:16:10 , 01:04:19:10 , of any lasting victory | as long as the state 01:04:19:10 , 01:04:21:10 , still exists, but we can | definitely see in the histories 01:04:21:10 , 01:04:23:10 , of struggle, small gains have been won, 01:04:23:10 , 01:04:25:10 , and ways in which we've | empowered ourselves 01:04:25:11 , 01:04:27:11 , by the use of all tactics, and I think 01:04:27:11 , 01:04:30:11 , it's not even important to 01:04:30:11 , 01:04:33:11 , really say if a particular tactic is 01:04:33:11 , 01:04:35:11 , violent or not because this is just 01:04:35:11 , 01:04:38:11 , kind of a moral category | meant to restrict action. 01:04:38:11 , 01:04:40:11 , I think it's more important to look 01:04:40:11 , 01:04:43:11 , at which tactics can be empowering, 01:04:43:11 , 01:04:45:11 , and liberating, and useful. 01:04:48:23 , 01:04:51:23 , - Purely above-ground | means are designed to 01:04:51:23 , 01:04:54:23 , facilitate the expansion | of global capitalism. 01:04:55:29 , 01:04:57:25 , - These are serious power structures 01:04:57:25 , 01:04:59:25 , that are making vast sums of money. 01:04:59:25 , 01:05:01:25 , They are backed up by 01:05:01:26 , 01:05:03:26 , the power of the armed | state in every way imaginable. 01:05:03:26 , 01:05:05:26 , They've got armies on | their side, they own 01:05:05:27 , 01:05:08:27 , the mass media, the banks, | all the money is on their side. 01:05:08:27 , 01:05:11:27 , - If there's any doubt | about the leadership that 01:05:11:27 , 01:05:14:27 , our military is showing, | you just need to look at 01:05:14:28 , 01:05:16:28 , this F-18 fighter 01:05:16:28 , 01:05:19:28 , and the light-armored vehicle behind it. 01:05:20:19 , 01:05:22:19 , The army and marine | corps have been testing 01:05:22:20 , 01:05:26:28 , this vehicle on a mixture of biofuels, 01:05:26:28 , 01:05:29:28 , and this navy fighter jet 01:05:29:28 , 01:05:32:14 , appropriately called the "Green Hornet" 01:05:32:14 , 01:05:35:14 , will be flown for the first time in just 01:05:35:14 , 01:05:37:14 , a few days, on Earth Day. 01:05:37:14 , 01:05:40:27 , - Crazy Horse one-eight, | request permission to engage. 01:05:40:27 , 01:05:42:27 , - Picking up the wounded? 01:05:42:28 , 01:05:44:28 , - Yeah, we're trying to | get permission to engage. 01:05:45:27 , 01:05:47:27 , - Come on, let us shoot! 01:05:48:27 , 01:05:50:27 , - Bushmaster, Crazy Horse one-eight. 01:05:53:19 , 01:05:55:19 , - They're taking him. 01:05:56:21 , 01:05:58:17 , - Bushmaster, Crazy Horse one-eight. 01:06:01:02 , 01:06:03:02 , - This is Bushmaster seven, go ahead. 01:06:03:03 , 01:06:07:03 , - Roger. We have a black SUV, | or Bongo truck picking 01:06:07:04 , 01:06:09:04 , up the bodies. Request | permission to engage. 01:06:11:18 , 01:06:15:18 , - Bushmaster seven, roger. This is | Bushmaster seven, roger. Engage. 01:06:16:03 , 01:06:18:03 , - One-eight, engage. Clear. 01:06:18:03 , 01:06:20:03 , - Come on! 01:06:22:01 , 01:06:24:01 , - Clear. 01:06:40:17 , 01:06:42:17 , So if the law will | not do the right thing, 01:06:42:17 , 01:06:45:17 , other people will have | to do the right thing, $YOffset = 112 01:06:45:17 , 01:06:47:17 , and they'll have to do the right thing by $YOffset = 115 01:06:47:17 , 01:06:49:17 , breaking the law. And that $YOffset = 111 01:06:49:18 , 01:06:51:18 , precedent has been set many times $YOffset = 117 01:06:51:19 , 01:06:53:19 , throughout our history: the people $YOffset = 144 01:06:53:19 , 01:06:55:23 , who saved the Jews | from the German Nazis 01:06:55:23 , 01:06:58:19 , broke the law for | higher ethical purpose. 01:06:58:19 , 01:07:00:28 , The people who liberated slaves in our 01:07:00:28 , 01:07:03:19 , country through the | underground railroad system 01:07:03:19 , 01:07:06:19 , to protect them from slave masters and a 01:07:06:19 , 01:07:09:19 , very barbaric law in | the United States at that time. 01:07:09:19 , 01:07:12:12 , They did the right thing. | They broke the law 01:07:12:12 , 01:07:14:12 , for higher ethical purpose. 01:07:16:13 , 01:07:18:27 , - We need to start and get out there 01:07:18:27 , 01:07:23:27 , and go beyond hitting "Like" on | Facebook and signing online petitions. 01:07:23:27 , 01:07:26:27 , We need to be out there | in the real world fighting back. 01:07:28:11 , 01:07:30:11 , - I think one of the things | that we really have to accept 01:07:30:12 , 01:07:33:12 , and internalize is that | the majority of institutions, 01:07:33:12 , 01:07:35:12 , and the majority of people, 01:07:35:12 , 01:07:37:12 , are never going to be on our side. 01:07:37:13 , 01:07:39:13 , And so we have to sit down -- 01:07:39:13 , 01:07:41:13 , as individual activists 01:07:41:14 , 01:07:43:14 , and as communities of resistance, 01:07:43:14 , 01:07:45:14 , as a culture of resistance -- | and we have to say 01:07:45:15 , 01:07:49:15 , "Okay, well, what will it take to stop | this culture from destroying the planet?" 01:07:49:16 , 01:07:51:16 , You know, part of the | answer is obviously that 01:07:51:16 , 01:07:54:16 , persuasion hasn't worked and persuasion 01:07:54:16 , 01:07:58:01 , is not going to work. | If we want to be... 01:07:58:01 , 01:08:01:06 , ...successful, then we have to | look at what resistance 01:08:01:06 , 01:08:04:06 , movements in the past have done, | and what they've learned 01:08:04:06 , 01:08:06:06 , and kind of the different phases 01:08:06:06 , 01:08:08:06 , that they've gone through | as they've tried to 01:08:08:06 , 01:08:10:20 , assert themselves and | try to be successful. 01:08:11:24 , 01:08:13:24 , - When I say "organize | political resistance," 01:08:13:25 , 01:08:16:11 , I mean we need to | face power head-on. 01:08:16:11 , 01:08:18:11 , Once you name power, 01:08:18:12 , 01:08:20:12 , you will find that | power is sociopathic, 01:08:20:12 , 01:08:22:12 , that the people in | charge will do whatever 01:08:22:13 , 01:08:24:13 , it takes to shut you up. 01:08:26:06 , 01:08:28:06 , - The thing about when | you enter into a greater 01:08:28:07 , 01:08:30:07 , period of social conflict, 01:08:30:07 , 01:08:33:07 , what you don't want | is people promoting 01:08:33:07 , 01:08:35:07 , non-violence because | that's going to disarm 01:08:35:07 , 01:08:38:07 , the people -- it's going to | disarm the people in the face 01:08:38:07 , 01:08:40:07 , of an aggressive enemy, | and in the face 01:08:40:07 , 01:08:42:07 , of hard social conditions. 01:08:42:08 , 01:08:45:08 , You want them to have | a stronger fighting spirit 01:08:45:08 , 01:08:47:08 , because without a fighting spirit, 01:08:47:08 , 01:08:49:08 , you lack the will to resist. 01:08:52:29 , 01:08:54:29 , - The smartest thing the Nazis did was 01:08:54:29 , 01:08:56:29 , they made it so that at every | step of the way, it was in the Jews' 01:08:57:00 , 01:08:59:00 , rational best interest to not resist. 01:08:59:00 , 01:09:01:00 , Would you rather get an ID card, 01:09:01:01 , 01:09:03:01 , or do you want to resist | and possibly get killed? 01:09:03:02 , 01:09:05:02 , Do you want to move to a ghetto, 01:09:05:02 , 01:09:07:02 , or do you want to resist | and possibly get killed? 01:09:07:03 , 01:09:09:03 , Do you want to get on a cattle car, 01:09:09:03 , 01:09:11:03 , or do you want to resist | and possibly get killed? 01:09:11:04 , 01:09:13:04 , You want to take a shower, 01:09:13:04 , 01:09:15:04 , or do you want to resist | and possibly get killed? 01:09:15:05 , 01:09:17:05 , At every step of the way, | it was in their 01:09:17:05 , 01:09:19:05 , rational self-interest | to not resist. 01:09:19:24 , 01:09:21:24 , But I'll tell you | something very important, 01:09:21:25 , 01:09:24:24 , which is: the Jews who participated | in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 01:09:24:24 , 01:09:27:24 , had a higher rate of survival | than those who went along. 01:09:29:01 , 01:09:33:01 , - I think that if any of us were | alive in Nazi Germany right now, 01:09:33:02 , 01:09:36:02 , we would know what a resistance | movement should be doing. 01:09:36:02 , 01:09:38:02 , And we need to think about 01:09:38:02 , 01:09:40:21 , the culture of industrial civilization 01:09:40:21 , 01:09:43:21 , as if it's a culture of occupation, 01:09:43:21 , 01:09:45:21 , because it is. 01:10:03:10 , 01:10:08:02 , Figure VI 01:10:17:24 , 01:10:21:12 , - If Nazis or other fascists | took over North America, 01:10:24:01 , 01:10:26:01 , what would we all do? 01:10:27:22 , 01:10:30:22 , What would we do if they implemented | Mussolini's definition of fascism: 01:10:30:22 , 01:10:32:22 , "Fascism should more appropriately | be called corporatism 01:10:32:22 , 01:10:35:08 , because it is a merger of | state and corporate power." 01:10:45:00 , 01:10:47:00 , What if this occupied country | called itself a democracy, 01:10:47:01 , 01:10:50:01 , but most everyone understood | elections to be shams, 01:10:50:01 , 01:10:53:01 , with citizens allowed to choose between | different wings of the same fascists, 01:10:53:02 , 01:10:55:02 , (or, following Mussolini, Corporate) party. 01:10:56:07 , 01:10:59:03 , What if anti-government activity was | opposed by storm troopers and secret police? 01:10:59:04 , 01:11:01:04 , Would you fight back? 01:11:01:04 , 01:11:04:04 , If there already existed a resistance | movement, would you join it? 01:11:05:16 , 01:11:09:16 , Would you resist if the fascists irradiated | the countryside, poisoned food supplies, 01:11:09:17 , 01:11:11:17 , made rivers unfit for | swimming and so filthy 01:11:11:18 , 01:11:13:18 , you wouldn't even dream | of drinking from anymore? 01:11:15:27 , 01:11:18:27 , If fascists systematically | deforested the continent, would you join 01:11:18:27 , 01:11:21:27 , an underground army of resistance, | head to the forests, and from there 01:11:21:28 , 01:11:24:28 , to boardrooms and the halls of the | Reichstag to pick off the occupying deforesters 01:11:24:28 , 01:11:27:28 , and, most especially, those that | give them their marching orders? 01:11:33:21 , 01:11:35:21 , Give me a threshold. | Give me a specific point 01:11:35:22 , 01:11:37:22 , at which you'll finally take a stand. 01:11:37:22 , 01:11:41:22 , If you can't or won't | give that threshold, why not? 01:11:43:18 , 01:11:48:21 , Directed, filmed, produced, and edited | by Franklin Lopez $YOffset = 117 01:11:48:21 , 01:11:52:25 , Inspired by Endgame|Volumes I and II by Derrick Jensen $YOffset = 144 01:11:53:21 , 01:11:55:25 , LYRICS: When I face the page, | I place the rage, 01:11:55:25 , 01:11:58:21 , place it into stasis | rather than erase it. 01:11:58:21 , 01:12:00:21 , That's the basis | cover all the bases, 01:12:00:22 , 01:12:03:22 , watch what you say on the cell, | they gonna trace it. $YOffset = 158 01:12:03:22 , 01:12:05:22 , Stacked deck| don't expect any aces, $YOffset = 152 01:12:05:22 , 01:12:08:22 , camera eyes watch you | in public places, $YOffset = 144 01:12:08:22 , 01:12:10:22 , and I hate this, | so I take this 01:12:10:22 , 01:12:12:22 , mic and I write | like these words, $YOffset = 176 01:12:12:22 , 01:12:14:22 , and my legs and they walk me through my paces, $YOffset = 182 01:12:14:23 , 01:12:17:23 , people chase it, glittery lights but I've seen the heights. $YOffset = 184 01:12:17:23 , 01:12:19:23 , My time is not wasted, I'm tracing the sky, $YOffset = 144 01:12:19:23 , 01:12:21:23 , I read all the smoke | that I toke to meet 01:12:21:23 , 01:12:23:23 , all the spaces of mind in time. 01:12:23:24 , 01:12:26:24 , Look, just face it, | this life is mine, 01:12:26:24 , 01:12:28:24 , that's why I'm not | racing the finish line. $YOffset = 169 01:12:28:24 , 01:12:30:24 , Will come the time, the moment designed $YOffset = 177 01:12:30:25 , 01:12:32:25 , to shine i won't replace it $YOffset = 169 01:12:32:25 , 01:12:35:25 , So I take my time, grind it up and break it, $YOffset = 171 01:12:35:25 , 01:12:37:25 , roll it up so fine, light it up and blaze it. $YOffset = 156 01:12:37:25 , 01:12:39:25 , Smoking blunts, smoke 'em up, |end times $YOffset = 144 01:12:39:26 , 01:12:41:26 , on the grind training for the signs $YOffset = 185 01:12:41:26 , 01:12:43:26 , Take your fist and raise it up to the sky. $YOffset = 188 01:12:43:27 , 01:12:45:27 , See the fire in her eye. $YOffset = 183 01:12:45:27 , 01:12:47:27 , Do or do not do there is no try. $YOffset = 187 01:12:47:28 , 01:12:50:28 , Hard to find what's true, that is no life. $YOffset = 191 01:12:50:28 , 01:12:52:28 , They clipped your wings, how you gonna fly? $HorzAlign = LEFT $YOffset = 144 01:12:52:28 , 01:12:56:02 , You gonna lie? |You gonna die, 01:12:56:03 , 01:12:57:29 , so until that day, | are you gonna try? 01:12:57:29 , 01:12:59:29 , One by one | we multiply. 01:12:59:29 , 01:13:02:29 , Eyes to the sun, | just let it shine now. $HorzAlign = CENTER $XOffset = 27 $YOffset = 176 01:13:02:29 , 01:13:05:29 , Now get into it $XOffset = 0 $YOffset = 144 01:13:06:00 , 01:13:08:00 , Now choose |your side 01:13:08:01 , 01:13:10:01 , We got |to do it, 01:13:10:01 , 01:13:12:01 , The time |is right $XOffset = 27 $YOffset = 176 01:13:13:09 , 01:13:15:17 , Now get into it $XOffset = -7 01:13:15:17 , 01:13:17:07 , Now change|your life|| $XOffset = 0 $YOffset = 144 01:13:17:07 , 01:13:20:12 , Only you |can do it 01:13:20:12 , 01:13:22:12 , The time |is right $XOffset = 26 $YOffset = 17 01:13:31:11 , 01:13:33:11 , Anymore pollution | and you're |going to fry, $YOffset = 25 01:13:33:11 , 01:13:36:11 , so get into it, | it's do or die. $XOffset = 17 $YOffset = 41 01:13:36:11 , 01:13:38:11 , Without action, | factions of crews |divide, $XOffset = 32 $YOffset = 20 01:13:38:11 , 01:13:41:11 , but you can't |be stupid | if you |choose to ride. $XOffset = 31 $YOffset = 11 01:13:41:11 , 01:13:43:11 , And you can't |ride the fence, | better choose |your side. $XOffset = 21 $YOffset = 24 01:13:43:11 , 01:13:45:11 , Keep doing |what you're told, | or do |what's right. $XOffset = 0 $YOffset = 18 01:13:45:12 , 01:13:48:12 , You going |to roll over |or you going |to fight? 01:13:48:12 , 01:13:50:12 , No justice |no peace, | the war's |tonight, $XOffset = 17 $YOffset = 32 01:13:50:12 , 01:13:53:12 , and I'm a |poltergeist, | you know, |a violent spirit, $XOffset = 16 01:13:53:12 , 01:13:55:16 , the product |of a world | with too much |violence in it. $XOffset = 20 $YOffset = 24 01:13:55:17 , 01:13:58:13 , So many |people, trees, | animals are |dying a minute. $XOffset = 0 $YOffset = 30 01:13:58:14 , 01:14:00:14 , Can't ask |them to stop, | they ain't trying |to hear it. $YOffset = 53 01:14:00:15 , 01:14:02:15 , Until we get |physical, | they ain't |gonna fear it. $XOffset = 5 $YOffset = 144 01:14:02:15 , 01:14:05:15 , To go to war |with the machines, | start tryin' to kill it. $XOffset = 0 01:14:05:15 , 01:14:07:15 , Until it dies, | everyday's |a violent day. $XOffset = -5 $YOffset = 116 01:14:07:15 , 01:14:10:15 , And they |expect you | to protest in |silence and stay $XOffset = -17 $YOffset = 120 01:14:10:15 , 01:14:12:15 , pacifist and |uneffective | while we die |and decay. $XOffset = -11 $YOffset = 113 01:14:12:15 , 01:14:15:15 , We need |to rise up, | fuck kneeling |to pray. $XOffset = 0 $YOffset = 144 01:14:15:15 , 01:14:17:15 , Preachers |and teachers | lead us astray, 01:14:17:15 , 01:14:19:15 , politicians |and cops | all they say is: $YOffset = 39 01:14:19:16 , 01:14:22:16 , "Obey your |corporate masters, | buy what |they've got on |display." $YOffset = 70 01:14:22:16 , 01:14:25:16 , Stop buying |their shit | and start |making |them pay. $YOffset = 98 01:14:25:16 , 01:14:27:16 , To hell |with their |games -- | we ain't|gonna play. $YOffset = 119 01:14:27:16 , 01:14:30:16 , Let's fight |them 'till | they kill us or |they take us away. $YOffset = 53 01:14:30:16 , 01:14:32:16 , Start throwing |molotovs, | stop throwing |bouquets. $YOffset = 144 01:14:32:16 , 01:14:35:16 , Take it to |those bastards | like Ted Kaczynski. 01:14:35:16 , 01:14:37:16 , Monkeywrench machines | and write communiques 01:14:37:16 , 01:14:40:16 , on walls with spraypaint | just big circle A's! 01:14:40:16 , 01:14:42:16 , Now get into it $YOffset = 180 01:14:42:16 , 01:14:45:16 , Now choose your side $YOffset = 181 01:14:45:16 , 01:14:47:16 , We got to do it $YOffset = 185 01:14:47:16 , 01:14:50:16 , The time is right $YOffset = 182 01:14:50:16 , 01:14:52:16 , Now get into it $YOffset = 187 01:14:52:16 , 01:14:55:20 , Now change your life $HorzAlign = LEFT $YOffset = 31 01:14:55:20 , 01:14:57:16 , Only you can do it $YOffset = 144 01:14:57:16 , 01:15:00:10 , The time is right