Hafeez? This is Rachelle Sarrault.
You made some passports for me a while back.
Yes, fine. I need another favor.
Do you agree with how society works?
Have you ever thought about it?
Because if you've never thought about it, then you're asleep,
in a coma or completely brainwashed.
You gotta re-examine your thoughts. Your every thought.
You gotta ask yourself: what's true, what's good for me?
You gotta learn to think for yourself.
Because if you go along without thinking then you are complicit.
...or some pre-established beliefs.
Are your thoughts your own?
Did you believe what your parents told you,
or did you have your own beliefs?
Were you free, or did you think
just like your community thought?
Okay. We'll talk tomorrow.
Okay.
I love you, sweetheart.
I love you very much.
Wait. Wait, I'll call you back, sweetie.
Okay, everyone, thanks for coming!
I hope you found it okay.
And a thank you to the university security
for looking after us!
Our speaker today is writer and activist Abbas Naziri
who will ask "What Is Resistance in a Globalized World?"
Good evening.
Resistance.
The word is rich in meaning, rich in history
in this country of France where I was born.
Resistance against the Nazis. Against Vichy.
The word is even richer in meaning
in the country of Algeria where my father was born.
Resistance against colonial oppression.
But how do we resist now?
In order to find a place for resistance, the right place,
we must first identify the power structures that dominate us.
These structures are hidden everywhere.
They are hidden in the government, in the universities,
in the banks, in the mass media,
in what you eat, in what you drink, in what you breathe,
in your telephone, in your computer,
in your social media account.
Many people say to me: I don't do politics.
I'm not political.
But everything is politics
including the meat on your plate.
Saying I don't do politics
is to accept and submit to these structures
and to let them decide your life and destiny for you.
We grow up and we are told what to learn and how to learn,
what to say and how to say it.
We are told to believe in the wisdom of authority
but, in reality, wisdom is not in authority.
And so the most dangerous place of all... is here.
The first resistance today must be against ourselves.
Against our mind.
But the question we must ask is: can we do it?
Are we brave enough?
That was great!
You liked it? Thank you.
You know Mia, right?
I'm glad you came.
No, she's coming with me.
I have my motorcycle.
Mia, you sure?
No, it's okay. I'll go with him.
What the fuck? It's Naziri!
Light him up! Do it. Do it.