Voices in Brazil for Radical Ecological Struggle (feat. Peter Gelderloos and Gah Te Iracema)
Release Date: 11/23/2025
Voices in Brazil for Radical Ecological Struggle (feat. Peter Gelderloos and Gah Te Iracema)
The Final Straw Radio
This week, we’re featuring three segments. Peter Gelderloos of Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution First up, you’ll hear from anarchist and author speaking about his ongoing trip to Brazil as a member of Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution to listen to and network with indigenous, anarchist, autonomous, ecological and land reclamation projects in that country, coinciding with the COP30 UN climate conference. Article about Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution: Article about Peters time so far in Brazil: Antimidia: Its Revolution Or Death: Gah Te Iracema of the Kaingang Then,...
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Updates on the Prairieland Case (with NLG & DFW Support Committee)
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Updates on the Prairieland Case (with NLG and DFW Support Committee) This week, we’re featuring two interviews. First up, you’ll hear form Xavier de Janon, NLG Director of Mass Defense who’s worked on the Stop Cop City case and is currently also working on the DFW case where Federal and Texas prosecutors have been seeing prosecution of 18 people (so far) related to the noise demo of July 4th, 2025 at the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas. We speak about the case and about the wider web of repression being pushed by the Trump administration in the name of battling ANTEEFAH. For more...
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Assessing The Israeli Ceasefire (with Abdaljawad Omar)
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This week, we’re sharing two segments: a chat with Palestinian writer and assistant professor Abdaljawad Omar and a segment of the October 2025 B(A)D News with network participants discussing thinking through resisting the rise of fascism. Assessing The Israeli Ceasefire First up, an interview with , a writer, analyst and an Assistant Professor at Birzeit University in Bethlehem in the West Bank in Palestine. For the hour we speak about the status of the ceasefire, the continued killing by the Israeli state and the lack of significant humanitarian supplies of food and medicine in Gaza,...
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Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure (with Ed)
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Palestine Solidarity at East End Co-Op (with Iris and Fritz of UE 667)
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East End Co-Op Union + BDS This week, Ian spoke with member of UE local 667, organized workers at the East End Co-Op in Pittsburgh about the origins and goals of their organization and their divestment campaign to remove products from occupied Palestine from the shelves of their co-op. Links: Announcement Shine White on Hunger Strike White antiracist prisoner in North Carolina, Shine White, was transferred to a new facility and brutally beaten by guards as punishment for his organizing behind bars. Supporters have released this statement: On October 7, Joseph “Shine White”...
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The "Gen Z" Uprising That Rocked The Nepalese State + 1st PGH Anarchist Book Fair
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This week, the show has two segments. Pittsburgh Anarchist Book Fair First up, you’ll hear a brief interview with M, an organizer of the first Pittsburgh anarchist book fair, happening October 24-26 across a few venues in the Steel City A list of events (still being updated): Facebook event: As is anarchist book fair tradition, everything will be free. We're renting a few spaces, and expecting a few other costs. Sharing that info here so folks can get a sense of what that looks like. If you/others are inclined and able to support, would be grateful for that. Attached is an image of the...
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Tariq D. Khan on Americanism and Red Scares
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Signals Rising On DIY Radio Infrastructure
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This week, an interview with members of , who provide education and support around radio technologies including meshtastic networks as alternative communications or in disaster relief scenarios. Check out their website for resources and ways to get in touch A couple of fun Software Defined Radio (SDR) toys:
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The Implications of Trumps War On Antifa (with Moira Meltzer-Cohen)
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This week, we’re featuring two segments. First up, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, an lawyer with the National Lawyers Guild, speaks about the recent declarations of war by the Trump administration on anteefah, what has changed legally, what they might be telegraphing and smart ways to move forward in this tense atmosphere. Check out our recent chat with Mo about , linked in our show notes, or learn more about their work at Then, A speaks briefly about supporting mutual aid efforts in Gaza. For more information, check out the recommended article on and some links in our show notes . ... . .....
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Aaron Losty on Comics Composition and the Cartoonist Cooperative
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This week, Ian talks with Cartoonist Aaron Losty about his new graphic novel, The Hanging, out now from Strangers Publishing. Among other topics, they discuss formative works, collaboration, and making genre comics for a small press audience. In the back half, they talk about Aaron’s experience as a co-founder of Cartoonist Cooperative, the state of the organization three years after its inception, decision-making processes, and recent campaigns. Apologies for the audio quality of the interview. Aaron Losty Bluesky: @aaronlosty.bsky.social Instagram: @aaronlosty Patreon:...
info_outlineThis week, we’re featuring three segments.
Peter Gelderloos of Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution
First up, you’ll hear from anarchist and author Peter Gelderloos speaking about his ongoing trip to Brazil as a member of Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution to listen to and network with indigenous, anarchist, autonomous, ecological and land reclamation projects in that country, coinciding with the COP30 UN climate conference.
- Article about Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution: https://organisemagazine.org.uk/2025/10/16/weaving-paths-from-colonial-apocalypse-to-ecological-revolution-fundraising/
- Article about Peters time so far in Brazil: https://inthesetimes.com/article/cop30-brazil-farce-not-failure-indigenous-territory-struggles
- Antimidia: https://antimidia.org/
- Its Revolution Or Death: https://sub.media/its-revolution-or-death-a-three-part-series-from-submedia-and-peter-gelderloos/
Gah Te Iracema of the Kaingang
Then, we hear an interview with Gah Te Iracema of the Kaingang people from southern Brazil, speaking about their land reclamation, reforestation, their post-flood water distribution mutual aid in 2024 and other topics.
- ANMIGA: https://anmiga.org/en/home-english/
- Teia Dos Povos: https://teiadospovos.org/the-web-of-the-peoples/
Anti-Maersk Action for Palestine, Copenhagen 2025
Finally, Črna luknja from the November 2025 episode of B(A)D News spoke a Danish activist about the February 2025 Cut Ties With Genocide action camp in Copenhagen which included an action against Maersk, a Danish shipping and logistics company facilitating arms transfers from the US to Israel. You can hear the rest of this interview in the upcoming B(A)D News, Angry Voices from Around The World, episode 96 for November of 2025 from the A-Radio Network.
- Cut Ties With Genocide Action Camp: https://cuttheties.ukrudt.net/
- Mask Off Maersk: https://www.maskoffmaersk.com/
- B(A)D News: https://www.a-radio-network.org/bad-news-angry-voices-from-around-the-world/
- Crna Luknja: http://radiostudent.si/druzba/crna-luknja
Announcement
Prisoners for Palestine Hunger Strike
Collective members of Prisoners for Palestine (PrisonersForPalestine.Org), a prisoner-led collective in Britain representing all those detained under charges related to Palestinian liberation, have entered their fourth week of their hunger strike as of the day of this podcast, with participation of Qesser, Amu, Heba, Jon, T, and Kamran. This week, the first of the Filton 24 trials began as well. From a press release of the collective’s website:
While suffering physically due to the effects of the hunger-strike, the six prisoners currently taking part in the protest remain strong, defiant, and committed to winning their... demands:
- An end to the censorship of letters and books, and freedom of expression.
- Immediate bail.
- The right to a fair trial.
- The deproscription of Palestine Action.
- The closure of all Elbit weapons factories in Britain.
We hope to conduct an interview soon with members of the Prisoners for Palestine on the proscription of Palestine Action, Elbit Systems, the conditions of confinement case and the hunger strikes.
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Featured Track:
- Radiation Ruling The Nation (Protection) by Massive Attack v Mad Professor from No Protection off Wild Bunch Records