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In 2003, the government headed by ex-president Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and Carlos Mesa (Bolivia's current president) passed a new Income Tax act, provoking a police riot that was subsequently repressed by the armed forces. The citizen protests that took to the streets were also repressed by the military and snipers. The documentary is made up of radio audio, TV images and newspaper archives from the main Bolivian newspapers.

Between 1877 and 1930, governments and private entrepreneurs organized in several European and American cities real Human Zoos, in which men and women of other races and cultures were exhibited in cardboard sets, separated by moats and fences, suffering a humiliating climate and conditions. They are the possessions of the Empire. The success is enormous, the public crowds to see face to face the "other" turned into an object.

It is not surprising to find that Zona Franca, the former commercial area of traditional industry, and 22@, the area recently zoned for logistic and technological capitalism, are part of a huge real estate operation publicised under the umbrella of Barcelona's post-industrial urban renewal. So, what economic and symbolic benefits do they generate, and for whom? What advantages do companies and institutions gain from this symbiosis? And what about the workers?

The documentary follows Yuri Vella, a Forest Nenets writer and social activist who lives in West Siberia. He left his village ten years ago to lead the life of a reindeer herder in the taiga. The unique little world he created there was meant to protect him from the alcoholism and unemployment that sadly poses a serious threat to the indigenous peoples of Siberia. To give his grandchildren a proper education in their natural environment and teach them reindeer herding skills, he established an elementary school in his winter camp. Unfortunately, Yuri Vella's world is but an oasis of traditional lifestyle in one of the largest oil-producing regions of Russia.

Erase and new count... Reset the equipment... or better even, format the world... No apocalyptic attempt. I propose that the interpretation be optimistic. Anyway, some Scientists affirm it... and others don't... In this Universe, All End is a Beginning. The Civilization is fragile, the humanity don't Enjoy it while we have it, and then... the afterculture. This is the third part of a TOING! tripartite video. Zerzan, Savinar, Godesky and others, are of course, subjects to scrutine that we may find hope in the coming collapse, to rediscover the balance and fullness of life we enjoyed for millenia. “Yu Koyo Peya” is an expression of the Ipili Papua tribe of the highland of New Guinea, that means “The Land is Ending”.