The Final Straw Radio

The Final Straw Radio

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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.

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Don Bosco Park Defense in Bologna + Bernard Jemison on Conditions & Resistance in AL Prisons

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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

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Crime, Corruption, and Community Based Liberation in the U.S./Mexico Neoliberal Military Political Economy

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Simón Sedillo, author of Weapons, Drugs and Money talks a little about his early days in media with El Enemigo Común, his book with a focus on intervention and integration from capitalist and military powers in the US, multinational banking and big pharma and the violence against and resilience of indigenous communities under that nation-state

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Mac Marquis on “Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement”

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An interview with David “Mac” Marquis, co-editor of the recently published “Books Through Bars: Stories From The Prison Books Movement” (University of Georgia Press, 2024) on prison books projects, what they say about conditions inside, some of the value of this inside-outside organizing and what you can expect to find in the book.

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Hani Almadhoun on Conditions and Mutual Aid in North Gaza + James Ward on his Struggle for Release from Ohio Prison

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An interview with Palestinian-American journalist Hani Almadhoun about conditions in north Gaza where his family lives and the soup kitchen his brother opened there. Then, James Ward talks about his activism behind bars in the Ohio prison system since his incarceration at the age of 15 and his attempt to gain freedom.

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Corvallis Bookfair, Tyumen Case, and Counter-Surveillance

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A conversation with Aster, a European anarchist involved involved in the counter-surveillance and anti-repression project known as the No Trace Project which works to share information about known methods and cases of state surveillance in order to better and expand our collective knowledge, tools and abilities at evading state crackdowns as we organize and act.