A panel featuring Josh Davidson, co-editor of “Rattling The Cages”, and former political prisoners Eric King and Jake Conroy speak on prisons and prisoner support
The Final Straw Radio
11:00 AM PACIFIC TIME: WEDNESDAYS
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).
Tenant organizing and housing rights as Buncombe County eviction courts resume, Asheville Community Bail Fund on conditions in the county jail during and since Hurricane Helene, and Yousef of Sumud Collective speaks about disaster and recovery.
This week we have an interview with Freeway of the Oakland Homeless Union on Newsoms camp sweeps & Janet of Rural Organizing and Resilience on preparedness + recover in rural WNC after Hurricane Helene
Chris, a medical professional in Asheville, and Margaeret Killjoy on mutual aid disaster relief following Hurricane Helene in southern Appalachia
An interview with Mutt about the Black Autonomy Reader, Black anarchism, community defense amidst the 2024 UK race riots, intellecutal property and other topics
Special Fund Drive Programming: Kathleen DuVal on Native Nations
Today’s episode of The Final Straw Radio is preempted for a fall 2024 fund drive special: Brian Edwards-Tiekert talks with Kathleen DuVal about her book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America.
Ian’s interview with Samm Deighan about her upcoming PM Press book, “Revolution in 35MM” on resistance and political violence in indie film history
An interview with Alex of Szpila Collective on the repression of activists supporting people on the move in eastern Poland known as the #H5Poland case and an interview with a local anarchist about migrant solidarity organizing amidst growing nationalism on the Belarus border
A presentation of Ashanti Omowali Alston’s keynote address to the 2024 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called Asheville, entitled “Solidarity, Spirituality and Liberatory Promise on a Turtle’s Back”
An interview with Ari and Bryce of No More Deaths / No Más Muertes about immigration solidarity at the Mexico / US border, Democrat and Republican policies and border patrol.