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The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world. Since 2010, we’ve been broadcasting from occupied Tsalagi land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humorous) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain.
An interview with David E Gilbert, anarchist political ecologist and author of “Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land: A Social Movement Ethnography”
An interview with Eylem Çağdaş, a trans woman and an activist from Istanbul about current protest, queer and feminist perspective, anarchist participation and needs of solidarity by Frequenz-A followed by a conversation with no Bonzo about art and anarchism
Technologist and designer Kate Bertash talks about Flock cameras, automatic license plate readers, the ubiquity of ai-driven surveillance, databasing and storage of real-time info of people and vehicle movements in public and privacy fears being raised
The first half of an interview with Anton of Solidarity Collectives, a Ukrainian anti-authoritarian and anarchist project supporting comrades resisting the Russian invasion and giving aid to civilians and animals suffering in the war
This week, we share an interview with a Stop Cop City RICO defendant and a supporter of the Imaginary Crimes Tour to give updates on the case and talk antirepression. Then, we share audio from Amplifier Films with Hamza M. Salha about conditions in North Gaza since the resumption of Israel’s genocidal siege and bombardment
An interview with three anarchists in Serbia (two current students, one form the early 2010s) about the student-led protests that have blossomed to a democratic social movement in response to government corruption and the collapse of a train canopy in Novi Sad on November 1st, 2024, killing 16 people (so far)
An interview with Jay Ward about his hunger strike and demands from Mansfield CI in Ohio, then crna luknja interviews antifascists about demonstrations in Budapest and Sofia plus Sean Swain’s segment
An interview with the creators of the Abortion Pill Zine on comics, sex education and healthcare access
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Thorin Klosowski of the Electronic Frontier Foundation shares suggestions on how we can keep our devices and communications more private through encryption
