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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 Walter of the Antifa International social media project about the July 25th International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners, the associated Antifascist Defense fund, international lines of solidarity around antifascism, recent cases of repression and continuing to support cultures of resistance while comrades are behind bars
Perspectives concerning a recent federal grand jury convented in South Carolina and Cyprus Hartford, an anarchist who is resisting it. Then Ian’s interview with Marisa and Molly of the Metropolitan Anarchist Coordinating Committee in NYC about their recent anarchist film festival
An interview with Matthew Lyons and Xtn Alexander about the book they edited, Three Way Fight: Revolutionray Politics and Antifascism (Kersplebedeb and PM Press, 2024)
Courtney from IWOC and Roc (a communication bridge for Jailhouse Lawyers Speak) talk about the 2024 Shut ‘Em Down prison strikes and outside demonstrations called for by JLS this December and the JLS transitional housing project. Then, Monsour Owolabi talks about solitary confinement as counterinsurgency and the need for Movement transitional housing.
An interview with a tree sitter going by Cricket and their supporter D from Siskiyou Rising Tide about the tree sit to stop the “Rogue Gold Forest Management Plan” cut in southern Oregon and the recent succest to stop the cutting of old growth at Poor Windy near Wolf Creek.
Our interview with Rey Katula of The Empire Never Ended podcast about Antipolitika journal #3, nationalism in socialist Yugoslavia, history, anarchism, fascism and more
A discussion with Matthew Hart and Julie Herrada about anarchist history, prisoner support, movement memory and the June 11th Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and long-term anarchist prisoners.
An interview with Talla Nasser of the Palestinian prisoner human rights organization, Addameer, about conditions in prisons in Palestine and then A-Radio Berlin’s conversation with Johan Eriksson about his table top role playing game based on Orwell’s “1984” entitled “Oceania 2084”.
An interview with Chloe Moore of the BIPOC food sovereignty project, Southside Community Garden in so-called Asheville NC which is facing displacement by the Housing Authority of the City of Asheville
This week, an interview with a radical in Bologna, Italy, about the defense of the Don Bosco park from cementization (redevelopment) by the leftist municipal administration of the city. This is followed by an interview with Bernard Jemison, incarcerated whistleblower at Holman Correctional Institution in Atmore, AL, about conditions in the Alabama prison system and recent calls to organize a strike by prisoners affiliated with the Free Alabama Movement
