The Final Straw Radio

This week I had the chance to interview three people who organize with La Concha, which is an anarchist space in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles that does many projects such as prisoner solidarity, legal and popular education, reading groups, bike brigades, and lots else. We talk about their work, and how the three came to be doing what they are doing right now, and also about the in...

Support Jeremy Hammond! This week we are presenting two segments, first up is an interview done by Cypress - a new member of The Final Straw collective! - with Grace (they/them pronouns), who is doing support for anarchist prisoner Jeremy Hammond . From his support website, Hammond is "currently spending a decade in prison for allegedly disclosing information about the private intelligence firm (....

Digital Security / Tenant Organizing / #MeToo and Updates from Hong Kong This week, we feature three portions. (image used by Ar To ) Lauren Regan of CLDC First up, we share a chat with Lauren Regan of the Civil Liberties Defense Center, or CLDC, to chat about safer practices around technology for activists, as well as the "reverse search" warrant used by the NYPD with Google to capture info on an...

Anarchist Perspectives in Puerto Rico This week we have the opportunity to share a talk by Coco (they/them pronouns), who is a queer, Black, Puerto Rican anarchist about the recent 17 days of direct action against no-longer-governor Ricardo Rosselló and organizing as an anarchist after Hurricane Maria. They talk about some of the lead up to these revolts – about the fascist campaign and term of of...

We Need To Keep That Spirit Alive: anarchist prisoner Eric King and partner speak ***Update: Eric King started a 5 day trial on August 26th, 2019, in Denver, CO on the charges of assaulting Lieutenant Wilcox at FCI Florence. Here's background on that here in Eric's own words. Court and legal fund support is being requested and updates are up on his support site, as of now the latest update is here...

On Nurturance Culture w Nora Samaran This week, Bursts spoke with Nora Samaran , author of the essay "The Opposite Of Rape Culture Is Nurturance Culture" , which became the seed of her book " Turn This World Inside Out: The Emergence of Nurturance Culture. " This book is recently out from AK Press. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) We talk about harm, entitlement as relates to position...

Words from Rojava + Likhts'amisyu Re-Occupation Village Words from Rojava First, Bursts interviewed Mark and anonymous, members of the Internationalist Commune of Rojava, which coordinates civil structure engagement among internationals in North Eastern Syria in the Rojava Revolution as well as helping to spread. More on their project at InternationalistCommune. Org , or check out related projects...

This week we feature three segments. As it is literally packed with jam, we suggest you check out our podcast for free online at our website or any number of streaming sites for longer, more detailed conversations on the topics plus, again, Sean Swain's segment for this week. Move call for support for Delbert Orr Africa First we have a couple of shorter segments. Respectively, you hear the voices...

Resisting Tyranny in Hong Kong  For the hour, we spoke with Ahkok who identifies as a humanitarian, antifascist and musician who grew up in Hong Kong and has participated in protests over the years including the Umbrella Movement and current protests today. We talk about the mindset of the Hong Kong protests, the situation in China, decolonization, racism and more. Y'all may have heard that over t...

This week, we feature two segments on the episode. First, a brief chat with Duncan of Perilous Chronicle, a site documenting prisoner resistance since from 2010 til today in the so-called U.S. & Canada. More on that project can be found at perilouschronicle.com and you can find them on twitter as @perilo usprisons . Then, we spoke with Kanahus Freedom , from the Secwepemc   and Ktunaxa nations, wh...

There Is No Liberation Until The Borders Are Gone: Bruno from CIMA and Members of IAF Speak This week we are super pleased to share an interview that William did a few weeks ago with two members of the Indigenous Anarchist Federation , Bombshell and insurgent e ! We got to talk about a lot of topics in this episode, which was recorded on about the year anniversary of the formation of the Indigenou...

This week we had the opportunity to connect with Ash Williams, who is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Carolina Abortion Fund, and is also one of the architects of the Charlotte Uprising which they've been on the show before to talk about . I felt very lucky to get to talk with them again about the work they've been doing with Carolina Abortion Fund, but also about abortion in general and about e...

Were happy to bring you three segments in this weeks show. The first is Sean Swain , who hasn't been heard on the airwaves for a few weeks. [2min 56] Following this, we'll hear from an anarchist from so-called Hamilton, Ontario, to talk about repression faced by queer folks and anarchists since Hamilton Pride and assess whats next. It should be noted that at the time of this recording, Cedar Hoppe...

  Taking Down Racist Monuments and Growing New Worlds This week on TFSR, we're featuring two audios from affiliates of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Maya Little & Dwayne Dixon talking about resisting neo-Confederate monuments in the so-called U.S. south, in particular the statue called " Silent Sam " that was toppled August 20th, 2018. Maya Little First, we'll hear graduate studen...

This week, we'll be featuring two segments, one on state repression against anti-racist organizers in rural Upstate South Carolina [10min 21sec] and on an upcoming documentary series on access/non access to mental health infrastructure for transgender people living in Appalachia [41min 39sec] . Plus, words from Sean Swain [3min 22sec] ! Facing Down FBI & Nazi Pressure in SC First, Bursts shares a...

In this June 11 th special, we're releasing an interview with some anarchist prisoners in the so-called U.S. and some of the folks who support them. June 11 th , for people who don't know, is a day of solidarity with Marius Mason and other long term anarchist prisoners. You can find bits of the history of the importance of the date up at crimethinc.com and interviews with and about anarchist priso...

Today we air three segments. First, audio about Likhts'amisyu Summer Camp in so-called B.C., Canada [4min 50sec]. Then, two Palestinian activists talk about the project "Eye On Palestine" [14min 42sec]. Finally, we share audios from the A-Radio Network show, BADNews, with words from struggles in Serbia [49:42] and the UK [53:50]. Sean Swain's segment for this week is available separately . Eye On...

Hey buds, We're not including Sean on this week's show so as not to conflict with the audio we've included in the show. But, y'all should definitely check out his segment on mass shootings and share it around if you care to! And find his other stand-alone podcast segments, cleaned up for broadcast if you have a radio show, here . xoxo -Bursts

In this minisode special, Bursts spoke with an anarchist comrade in Rome about the hunger strike initiated on May 29th by Anna and Silvia, two anarchists rounded up in police actions (Anna in Operazione Scripta Manent and Silvia in Operazione Scintilla )and still facing trial for accusations of participating in direct action against the state and its borders. The hunger strike is against the solit...

In this minisode special, Bursts spoke with an anarchist comrade in Rome about the hunger strike initiated on May 29th by Anna and Silvia, two anarchists rounded up in police actions (Anna in Operazione Scripta Manent and Silvia in Operazione Scintilla )and still facing trial for accusations of participating in direct action against the state and its borders. The hunger strike is against the solit...

  Kuwasi Balagoon: A Soldier's Story This week we had the chance to interview Matt Meyer, who, among many other pursuits, is a retired professor and an editor of A Soldier's Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist , out from PM Press, which highlights the life and writings of Kuwasi Balagoon. Balagoon was a defendant in the Panther 21 case in the late 1960s, in which 21 people wer...

So for this episode, we tried something new. This show is in its 9 th year of production, and we realized that we as hosts very rarely have interacted on the show. While this is a project that is one we do for reasons other than boosting our own personalities, we talked about it and felt it was time for us to interview each other and give some personal context for why we do what we do.   To that e...

Community Self Defence Post-Charlottesville-2017 This week we share an interview I conducted a few months back with two folks, Inman and ***** , about community armed self defense. They talk about their experiences of handling firearms, lessons learned from their visibly armed presence at the Charlottesville Unite The Right protest in 2017, wider ideas of community self-defense beyond open carryin...

Prisoners in Ohio and Alabama Speak This week, we hear the voices of three prisoners: anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble and jailhouse lawyer Arthur "Akbar" Griggs at Holman CI in Atmore, Alabama, and Mark "Mustafa" Hinkston at Toledo CI in Ohio. Michael Kimble In the first portion of this episode William and Bursts spoke with black, gay, anarchist prisoner, Michael Kimble , being held at Holman Pr...

Sean Swain on Jpay and New Documentary About Band Negro Terror This week, we feature an interview with Sean Swain about the JPay system being incorporated into the North Carolina prison system based on his experiences in Ohio, increased tension leading to a riot in mid-April at Piedmont facility and the employment of former Ohio Prison Director Gary Mohr as a consultant to the NC system. Then, doc...