Black Arms To Hold You Up (with Ben Passmore)
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In this episode, we have two segments. Ben Passmore First up, Ian talks with Philadelphia-based cartoonist Ben Passmore about his new book, . They discuss the research and making of the book, Passmores anarchism, the themes of inter-generational struggle, contextualizing history through lived experience, and the pitfalls of mythmaking. In addition, they spend some time discussing Ben's martial arts practice and the legacy of Assata Shakur in light of her recent passing. Other titles by Ben: Patreon: Instascam BluesKry: Fedbook Fumblr Mikolo Dziadok Then we’ll hear a brief...
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Leila Al-Shami with Updates from Syria + The Peoples Want
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This week, we’re sharing a recent chat with , co-author of and host of , to give us an assessment and update on situations in Syria since our last episodes on the subject, as well as an introduction to , an initiative towards a new anti-authoritarian internationalism in which Leila is a participant. PDF (Unimposed) – pending Zine (Imposed PDF) – pending Links Our with Leila Al-Shami and Elia Ayoub Last year's interviews with a member of and another with the Leila's on a year since Assad on From The Periphery short film on The Peoples Want Interstices-Fajawat blog (with an...
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Michael DeForge on Art and Organizing + Xinacthli Medical Emergency
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Michael DeForge This week we’re sharing Ian’s talk with cartoonist Michael DeForge about the intersection of organizing and art. The conversation touches on Michael's recent organizing efforts in solidarity with Mskwaasin Agnew, who was among those detained by Israel as part of the Flotilla to bring aid to Gaza. They also discuss the good and bad of instructive political stories and Michael shares details about his upcoming collection ("") from Drawn and Quarterly, scheduled for release in early 2026. Bluesky: @michaeldeforge.bsky.social Instagram:@michaeldeforgecomics website: ...
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Signal Contingency Plan (Delta Chat with Fanny and Mary)
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This week, an interview we did with a couple of smart friends about the question: what would those of us who rely on encrypted messaging do if that service were disabled in the US. First up, all participants in this discussion agree that Signal is amazing and always getting better, so this is not a take down of that app or it’s developers. But the buds do think that the weakest point for Signal is the centralization of infrastructure with US-based companies. My friends did some thinking and research and put it into a website called and made a zine discussing it and what they consider the...
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Palestine Action Prisoner Hunger Strikes, Elbit Systems and UK Complicity In Gaza (with Francesca)
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This week, we’re joined by , a member of who is a former prisoner herself who speaks about Palestine Action, a group proscribed in the UK as a terrorist organization at the behest of the Israeli state and Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems for their successful direct actions against Elbits war profiteering and the UK’s role in assisting the genocide in Gaza. Currently, 6 incarcerated members of Prisoners For Palestine are on an open-ended hunger strike against their conditions and the continued operation of Elbit which has garnered support from around the world. This last week,...
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Voices in Brazil for Radical Ecological Struggle (feat. Peter Gelderloos and Gah Te Iracema)
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This week, we’re featuring three segments. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) 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: ...
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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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Ed, co-founder of SASSI (Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure), speaks to The Final Straw Radio about the proliferation of surveillance infrastructure in the South (and more broadly in United States). We speak about topics such as the increasing cooperation between the state and corporate surveillance companies, the desire of these companies to extract ever-increasing amounts of data from the public, the way the state uses private databases to sidestep traditional warrant processes, some of the specific technologies that cities in the south have contracts with and...
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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”...
info_outlineIn this episode, we have two segments.
Ben Passmore
First up, Ian talks with Philadelphia-based cartoonist Ben Passmore about his new book, Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance. They discuss the research and making of the book, Passmores anarchism, the themes of inter-generational struggle, contextualizing history through lived experience, and the pitfalls of mythmaking. In addition, they spend some time discussing Ben's martial arts practice and the legacy of Assata Shakur in light of her recent passing.
Other titles by Ben:
- Your Black Friend and Other Strangers
- BTTM FDRS
- Gumroad store
- LinkTree
- Patreon: @DayGloAHole
- Instascam @DayGloAHole
- BluesKry: @BenPassmore
- Fedbook @DayGloAHole
- Fumblr @DayGloAHole
Mikolo Dziadok
Then we’ll hear a brief interview with Mikola Dziadok, a Belarusian journalist, anarchist activist, blogger, and former political prisoner. Mikola is now about 3 months out of prison and starting a new life in exile. The interview was conducted in mid-November by comrades from Frequenz-A and appears in the December 2025 episode of B(A)D News from the A-Radio Network. Check our show notes for links on how to support Mikola’s next stage of life
Follow Mikola’s Channel in YouTube: www.youtube.com/@Radixbel
Support Mikola financially (it is needed for setting up life in a new country):
- ko-fi.com/mikoladziadok
- mikola.dziadok@gmail.com – PayPal
- 1K17NNNwFvH3rfg44vkLW1zHJCvxG8 Sc7z – Bitcoin