The Final Straw Radio
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 are hosted by William Goodenuff, Scott Branson and Bursts O'Goodness. We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humors) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain. All archives of the show are up forever at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org
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Mo on Knowing Your Rights and Risks With Police
06/01/2025
Mo on Knowing Your Rights and Risks With Police
This week we spoke with Moira Meltzer-Cohen, an anarchist and lawyer with the National Lawyers Guild who practices mostly in New York City. For the hour, Mo talks about knowing ones rights and risks during interactions with law enforcement in the US during Trump 2.0, why even scofflaws should know some basic Bill of Rights trivia, info on warrants and house visits, airports and borders, and the importance of face-to-face practice with local lawyers who know the legal precedents on the ground in your jurisdiction. Links NLG Anti-Repression Hotline: NLG website: CUNY CLEAR website: instagram: LLWD episode with Mo on Our on Grand Juries and Grand Jury Resistance Magic Words flyer to stick on the back of your door in case of police visits: Announcements June 11th, 2025 Asheville We're a week and a half out from the annual June 11th Day of Solidarity with Long Term Anarchist Prisoners. If you're in the Asheville area, Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at (1045 Haywood Rd near Firestorm in West AVL) . $10 door, opens at 7pm, music at 8pm Featuring , , and with lots of free lit and prizes available including books, stickers, clothing, jewelry and more. More info on the mastodon post: Also coming soon at the BRABC website: Elsewhere If you're elsewhere, you can check out announced local events in your area by checking out the social media accounts for , particularly their mastodon account on Fire Ant Movement call to action Finally, the released the following statement concerning June 11, 2025: "Fire ant movement defense, an organization that works to gather mass opposition to the political prosecutions of the stop cop city movement in atlanta, is calling for a “movement defense day of action” on June 11 to support stop cop city defendants and long term anarchist political prisoners. Their statement reads: This year, June 11th arrives amid growing repression: Pro-palestine protesters are facing indefinite detention in ice facilities, and in Georgia, the state continues its aggressive persecution of the stop cop city movement, with 61 activists currently facing RICO charges. In response, we call for a united front, to link the defense of the stop cop city struggle with the june 11th tradition of solidarity with long-term anarchist political prisoners. We invite people to learn about Marius Mason and other long-term anarchist prisoners, host public events, drop banners, throw fundraisers, and take action to defend our movements for total liberation.” Fire ant movement defense says that this will be the first of many movement defense days of action, drawing connections and lines of solidarity between movements fighting for liberation. You can find more information at and follow them on instagram, twitter or bluesky." They also wanted to point people to learn more at and . ... . .. Featured Track: Know Your Rights by from Combat Rock
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An Anarchist View from Havana
05/28/2025
An Anarchist View from Havana
This week on the Final Straw, we’re sharing another audio gift from comrades. Isbel Diaz Torres is a participant in the Taller Libertario Alfredo Lopez / ABRA in Havana, Cuba, recorded in late 2018. In this chat, Isbel talks about the ABRA which is the only openly anarchist organization in Cuba at the time, about the LGBTQ movement and abortion rights in Cuba, political discourse and difference, government co-optation, neoliberalism, animal rights, repression of dissent and the erasure of anarchist histor
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"Anarchy In The Big Easy" with Max Cafard and Vulpes
05/25/2025
"Anarchy In The Big Easy" with Max Cafard and Vulpes
This week, we spoke with author Max Cafard and illustrator Vulpes about their new book, . Among other topics, they discuss Cafard’s , the origins and production of the book, and what the media gets right and wrong about New Orleans. The book came out from PM Press on April 15, 2025. . ... . .. Featured Track: Four Corners (part 2) by Lee Dorsey from Four Corners EP
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The Lives and Legacy of Martin Sostre (with Garrett Felber)
05/18/2025
The Lives and Legacy of Martin Sostre (with Garrett Felber)
This week, we’re sharing an interview with Garret Felber, author of the book , out May 5 from AK Press. Garret speaks about the life of Martin Soster, famed jailhouse lawyer who successfully won cases related to the constitutional rights of prisoners, was politicized in prison by the Nation of Islam in the 1950’s, ran radical Afro-centric bookstores in Buffalo NY to radicalize the youth, embracing anarchism during his time imprisoned on a frame up during which he was a celebrated political prisoner resisting cavity searches through the courts, went on to organize after his release for tenants rights and rehabilitating disused buildings for community centers and helping run a childcare. Sostre was a mentor to Lorenzo Komb’oa-Ervin and Ashanti Alston and laid important foundations for modern Black Anarchism in the US. There’s a lot in here and we hope you enjoy the book and that the story inspires complex, creative and combative resistance to all forms of domination. MSI: Study and Struggle: Free the Mississippi Five: Free Society People's Library: Justice for Geraldine and Martin: In the Belly: In the Mix: video of JEEP: Some past episodes touching on Black anarchism: Black Autonomy Reader: Ashanti Alston at ACAB2024: Matt Meyer on Kuwasi Balagoon: Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin: William C Anderson ( & ) Announcement Kevin Rashid Johnson From the : Rashid was “compacted” on May 1 to the Perry Correctional Institution in South Carolina, 430 Oaklawn Rd., Pelzer, SC 29669. His ID number in South Carolina is 397279. In the transit van, he was severely injured – probably a broken bone – in his left leg. He has not been given any treatment for it. He is in solitary confinement, with only a concrete slab to sleep on. He can make only one phone call per week. A comrade is helping him get onto the “GTL Getting Out” app so that he can communicate with everyone. Meanwhile, he has been on hunger strike since he got there. He lost 17 pounds during the first week. He appeals for maximum publicity and pressure. The phone numbers listed for the prison are: 864-243-4700 and 803-737-1752. Make calls and spread the word. Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, ID number 397279, must be treated humanely, given good medical care and a decent place to sleep and allowed full access to communicate with his lawyers and supporters. Tell the authorities to meet his demands so he can end his hunger strike. . ... . .. Featured Track Standing At The Crossroad by Eddie and Ernie from Lost Friends
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A Red Road To The West Bank (with Clifton Ariwakhete Nicholas and Franklin Lopez)
05/11/2025
A Red Road To The West Bank (with Clifton Ariwakhete Nicholas and Franklin Lopez)
This week, an interview with Clifton Ariwakhete Nicholas and Franklin Lopez about about the film currently in production via , . The conversation covers some about relationships between the people of occupied Palestine and Kanehsatà:ke in so-called Canada, histories of settler colonialism and resistance of it. Clifton and Franklin are attempting to raise $10000 CAD for the film. PDF (Unimposed) - pending Zine (Imposed PDF) - pending Franklin also talks about his recently published kids book “The mega-adventures of ” that he co-created with his son. Links: (film by Clifton) (film by Clifton) (narrated by Clifton) (Clifton contributed an essay) A with Franklin we conducted Franklin's with Clifton on the Mi'kmaq Warrior Society and Oka Mahmoud Darwish's poem, . ... . .. Featured Track: L'enfant Sauvage by Gojira from L'enfant Sauvage
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Former Uprising Defendant from ICE Detention (Ángel Espinosa-Villegas)
05/04/2025
Former Uprising Defendant from ICE Detention (Ángel Espinosa-Villegas)
This week, we’re sharing an interview with Ángel, an ICE detainee currently incarcerated in Otero Detention Center in New Mexico. Ángel is a trans-masculine lesbian of Mapuche heritage, whose family moved hir to the US from Chile at the age of 7 and has lived undocumented since, attaining DACA status under Obama. During the 2020 George Floyd Uprising she pled guilty to charges related to arson of police vehicles in Little Rock, serving 15 months before moving to Chicago and where s/he was detained by ICE. Approaching 30 years old, the majority of which has been in the so-called USA, Angel made the hard choice to waive the right to fight deportation and has been in detention centers since on hir way to being sent to Chile to join hir mother and family now living there. For the hour, Ángel speaks about conditions at Prairieland and Otero detention centers, the conditions of hir fellow prisoners, the hurdles they face in access to healthcare, quality food, clean facilities, legal resources, access to communications with their families, ability to communicate needs and demands with staff and guards who only speak English, and other topics. Support hir Go Fund Me: If you want to learn more about 2020 Uprising prisoners (from & ), you can find our interview with one of the people running the website linked in our show notes. . ... . .. Featured Track: Óyeme by from Vida
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Countering Dispossession in Casiavera, Indonesia (with David E Gilbert)
04/27/2025
Countering Dispossession in Casiavera, Indonesia (with David E Gilbert)
This week you’ll hear our chat with the author of , the political ecologist David E Gilbert (not to be confused with the former Weather Underground prisoner in the US). For this episode, David and I speak about the book, the small community in south Sumatra, Indonesia known as Casiavera, the legacy of colonial land grabs, the people who live there and the agro-ecology of the rainforest at the base of the Arin volcano. You can find more of David’s work at Links: by Via Campesina: Landless Workers Movement (MST): Sarakhat Patani Indonesia (SPI): Mentions of Tan Malaka in the Southeast Asian Anarchist Library ( ) or writings on Marxists.Org ( ) Feed’em Freedom Foundation (Detroit): Our interviews on the ZAD: Grassroots Indonesian Eco-movement Wahli: Announcement May Day Happy upcoming May Day, comrades known and unknown! I hope that wherever you are and whatever you do, you’re surrounded by siblings in love and struggle, you can take pleasure in the beauty of the world around you, take strength from our predecessors who share our vision of a life unencumbered by state / capital & the other anchors foisted upon our shoulders, and with the energy to create a path towards our desires Ángel Espinosa Villegas We had an interview scheduled with Ángel Espinosa Villegas, a trans masc butch dyke, formerly a 2020 uprising prisoner who was transferred to ICE detention for deportation, however the screws seem to have decided to escalate the deportation to Chile rather than let hir continue to speak to the media. Keep an eye out for upcoming interviews with Ángel, and consider checking out hir . At the there are some statements from Angel... Supporting The Show Hey listeners… we’ve had a string of early releases with more on the way coming out through our patreon for supporters at $3 or more a month, alongside other thank-you gifts. If you can kick in and help, the funds go to our online hosting, and creation of promotional materials like shirts and stickers, but MOSTLY to funding our transcription efforts. We hate to ask for money, but if you have the capacity to kick us a few bucks a month, either through the patreon or via venmo, paypal or librepay or by buying some merch from us (we have a few 3x, 4x & 5x sized tshirts in kelly green coming soon), we’d very much appreciate the support. We’re hoping to make a big sticker order in the near future. If you need another motivator, the 15th anniversary of The Final Straw Radio is coming up on May 9th, 2025 and we are not above accepting birthday presents. That’s 15 years of weekly audio (albeit at the beginning it was more music than talk), including 8 of which 7 of which aren’t in our podcast stream (you can find some early show examples in _by skipping to the last page of posts on our blog). Other ways to support us include rating and reviewing us on google, apple, amazon and the other podcasting platforms, printing out and mailing our interviews into prisoners, using our audio or text as the basis for a discussion of an ongoing movement, contacting your local radio station to get us on the airwaves, and talking about us to others in person or on social media. Alright, capping this shameless plug! Angel statements: These are press statements and direct quotes that Ángel Espinosa-Villegas has provided from inside Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, TX, where she was held from April 1 to April 25, 2025. Ángel is currently in transfer to an undisclosed location, but has not been able to contact loved ones yet. These messages were received by loved ones on the outside throughout the past 3 weeks and she has given explicit permission to publicize these statements. “We dance a lot, draw our hopes and homes on the walls of this place any way we can. We tell stories of home, hold each other past language barriers because we all know all too well what it's like to be torn away from our families, hold onto hope, only for it to be crushed cruelly by these heartless fascist traitors. To remain utterly powerless at the mercy of the abusers of gluttonous power. People are quite literally dragged out, hogtied, by these pirates that speak of protecting democracy yet dehumanize and humiliate us without so much as a look in our eyes before ripping us apart from our newfound friends, and, more distantly, our families we have here. They rob us of the little money we have and have no paths of recovery. They tell us clean water is a privilege and not a right. That speaking to our families is a privilege. That seeing the sun is a privilege. That if we get too loud of this constant mistreatment, then we should get ready to eat mace.” “Most people here don't have the means to speak out against these human rights' violations we face every day. But I will take any and every chance to fight, to expose the way they treat us that these human traitors have normalized.” “This was supposed to never happen again. But here it is again. We need everyone demanding our freedom, to expose all the vultures robbing these vulnerable people of everything from money to merely see our families and small children. We're not even allowed to say goodbye, to hug our children goodbye. What madness is this? How is this STILL happening to us, I ask myself when I wake up. Is this country for the free? For those yearning for a safe, happy life? If this country and its people care about freedom and safety, then people should refuse to let this government and administration work a second longer until they free us ALL.” “A lot of women here are fighting their cases because they've been following protocol to obtain legal papers or asylum or were just rounded up randomly from racial profiling. One woman here lost her purse with all her money on a train and went to church to seek help. The church called ICE on her because she couldn't speak English! Another woman here was late to her job and her boss called ICE on her. Few of us have criminal records. Most were just following advice from their lawyers and continuing their appointments with ICE and USCIS to get their visa or temporary protected status or whatever it was they were doing. But because of Trump's administration they're all rounded up by ICE and deported.” “I'm feeling alright, mostly numb since being locked up is so abusive and heart wrenching. Here... It's a rollercoaster. I witness, every single day, cries of agony and anger and despair. I see people hogtied and dragged out. People being yelled at to gather their things and go into the unknown, being threatened with PREA for hugging as we say our goodbyes and well wishes. This place is much worse than prison in many ways. I hear guttural wails and sobs so many times a day. It’s like being at a perpetual funeral; laying to rest this person's life, that one's dreams, the other's hope. Knowing they'll be inevitably harmed, kidnapped, sometimes disappeared or even killed when they go and we can do absolutely nothing.” “We're just hostages. Being one for so long now... I'm so hollow on the inside. I haven't dropped any tears the last year and a half. I just can't. Not even when I was sentenced. I don't know how I'll even begin to heal, but I sure as fuck ain't ever gonna stop fighting. My hope and ambition to fight... I've just been refueling his entire time being down.” “Fighting brings me solace. Helping others brings me solace, some meaningfulness, a melting of stone in my petrified heart. I spend most of my time going around and helping people as much as I can; working the tablets, giving phone calls, cooking food, doing little chores and tasks for the older, sick, or disabled ladies.“ With love & solidarity, Free All Dykes . ... . .. Featured Track: Judas Goat by from Burn It (a benefit for Green Scare defendants)
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A Left Trans Voice from Turkey + no Bonzo on Art and Anarchism
04/20/2025
A Left Trans Voice from Turkey + no Bonzo on Art and Anarchism
This week, we're sharing two segements. First up, you’ll hear comrades from Frequenz-A out of Germany speaking with Eylem Çağdaş, a trans woman and an activist from Istanbul about current protest, queer and feminist perspective, anarchist participation and needs of solidarity. This segment was featured in the April 2025 episode of Bad News: Angry Voices from Around The World, the monthly English-language podcast from the A-Radio Network, which will be available early this week, so keep an eye out in our social media and updated links in our show post. You can find more work by at frequenza.noblogs.org and more from the A-Radio Network and its contributors at . Eylem mentions and as good places to get introduced to ongoing news from leftists in Turkey. Then, a chat with no Bonzo, anarchist historian, printmaker and artist, about how they developed their art, the historical work they do and some upcoming projects. You can find more of their work at and you can find more of no Bonzo from the ACAB 2024 presentation we shared of , the Decmeber 15 2024 TFSR episode. . ... . .. Featured track: Isyan by from sokak meydan gece
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Pushing Back On Flock Cameras with Kate Bertash
04/13/2025
Pushing Back On Flock Cameras with Kate Bertash
Kate Bertash of the Digital Defense Fund to talk about Flock cameras, automatic license plate readers, the ubiquity of ai-driven surveillance, databasing and storage of real-time info of people and vehicle movements in public and privacy fears being raised. Katie also speaks about organizing with her village-mates to counter or limit them and artful approaches towards resistance with her Adversarial Apparel project. Good Links: Articles on the subject: (Maybe visit with TOR or a VPN?) . ... . .. Featured Tracks: Somebody's Watching Me (Instrumental) by
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Solidarity Collectives: 3 years into the Full-scale Russian Invasion in Ukraine
04/06/2025
Solidarity Collectives: 3 years into the Full-scale Russian Invasion in Ukraine
This week, we’re featuring an interview with Anton, a longtime member of Solidarity Collectives, a group that supports anti-authoritarian and anarchist activists involved in the resistance to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as funding mutual aid projects for civilians and domesticated animals suffering or displaced by the invasion, bolstering left libertarian social movements during wartime, making propaganda and manufacturing FPV drones as well as a few other projects. In this ranging conversation we spoke for 2 hours covering issues of anarchists participating in military structures, the state of the armed resistance, impacts of changes in the US administration and more. Solidarity Collective Links: Website listing ways to support different sectors of work: youtube and kolektiva channels, with interviews of comrades fighting and yearly reports of activity playlists: Libcom blog: Sol Col socials: mastodon: bluesky: telegram : instagram: Twitter: FB: Anton's work related socials: bluesky: mastodon: Other Links: Past interviews on Ukraine: Timothy Snyder about Ukrainian history : Comrades reviewing far right violence activities in Ukraine since 2018: Media About the 3 Internationalist Anarchists Who Fell April 19, 2023: Dmitry Petrov was interviewed under a psuedonym on this episode of our show: Memorial page on Crimethinc for Dmitry: Documentary on Finbar (English subtitles available): Remembering Cooper Andrews: ... . .. Featured Track: ("We Wont Forgive and We Won't Forget) -
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Stop Cop City: Imaginary Crimes Tour
03/30/2025
Stop Cop City: Imaginary Crimes Tour
Stop Cop City: Imaginary Crimes Tour This week, we’re sharing an interview with Selena who speaks about the "Stop Cop City: Imaginary Crimes Tour" and Jordan, a RICO defendant from the Stop Cop City 61 case. The two speak about anti-repression, about where the case is at right now and a wider view of resistance and support. The tour will be hitting over 60 cities (not all in the USA) From their tour announcement: 61 people are facing RICO trials in Atlanta for alleged involvement in resistance to the construction of Cop City. The State uses imaginary associations and crimes, framed as RICO, as a means to break solidarity and momentum when movements are strong. Anti-repression is a response that uses an alternate imagination to strengthen solidarity and resistance. In Spring 2025, a nationwide tour will visit over 60 cities to discuss the history of the Atlanta forest, the resistance to Cop City, history of RICO, ongoing legal updates and facilitate discussions on anti-repression and movement defense. Through this tour we aim to share the lessons we have learned across struggles, and adapt to the evolving repressive forces so that we can continue to move bravely together. Stay updated here: (announcements only signal chat) If you want some more content on the struggle, check out this really interesting episode of , a podcast associated with the in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood featuring materials from and discussion of a September 2024 installation entitled "" To hear past episodes of ours on the Stop Cop City movement, check out . Announcements A Message from Peppy A brief statement from Brian "Peppy" DiPippa, an anarchist in Pittsburgh convicted of engaging a home made smoke bomb at cops protecting an anti-trans event at University of Pittsburgh in May of 2023 and sentenced to 60 months in Federal Prison. You can learn more about Peppy & his co-defendant Krystal (who just had a birthday!) at their May we find inspiration and creativity in these challenging times. Let us be guided by friendship and self determination. May we mind our pace, study our ancestors, listen to our storytellers and run towards expansive freedom and autonomy. Solidarity to all those held captive by the state and their loved ones on the outside, your work is felt even if it is not always the most visible. Now Airing on WEFR 1700 AM, Fairmont WV We are happy to announce that we're airing at 3pm on Saturdays on in Fairmont, WV. To support this small station, check out their , and if you've got a community radio station, college radio station or public radio station in your area that you'd like to hear us on, check out our tab and send us their way! . ... . .. Featured Tracks: Springs forth by The Internationale by U. Utah Phillips and Ani DiFranco from
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The Last Standing House In The Neighborhood (Hamza M. Salha in North Gaza)
03/26/2025
The Last Standing House In The Neighborhood (Hamza M. Salha in North Gaza)
We’re sharing audio from audio recorded by Franklin Lopez of Amplifier Films with Palestinian journalist Hamza M Salha who lives in North Gaza describing the conditions with the resumption of the escalated genocide being conducted by the Israeli settler-colonial military. Hamza speaks about the means that people are informed of incoming bombing raids, speaks of the sleepless night in the midst falling bombs in the rubble and tents, clearly exhausted himself. He speaks about the availability of food, his thoughts on the strangling and murderous siege of Israel, the failure of the world to stop the genocide and occupation. You can find stories and photos from Hamza on his account. If you want to support him and 40 members of his extended family and attempting to get out of Gaza to get medical attention, you can check out his . You can watch the video without any accounts, only a web browser and internet connection by visiting the Amplifier Films . To echo Hamza, thanks to Franklin Lopez of (, ) for sharing this audio and creating videos to share Hamza’s world with us on the outside, and our deep gratitude to Adrienne for the support and Hamza for expressing his experience for the audience. We wish you solidarity and health. You can read some of Hamza’s writings below (same as last episode): “I was buried alive beneath the rubble and awoke in a ‘graveyard'” (17 March 2024) “Terrified, starving, crushed: The agonising death of my grandfather in Gaza” (2 Nov 2024) “Israel turned Jabalia into a barren desert and made our home a grave” (25 November 2024) “Israel’s May 2023 military bombardments on the Gaza Strip killed 33 Palestinians in 5 days and disrupted countless lives.” (3 September 2023) “Famine is already here” (8 March 2024) “Are we going to die this time?” (14 June 2023) co written with Khaled El Hissy “The Jabaliya Massacre: Heaven Embraces Five Angels” (29 August 2022) “Tensions, struggle and an unshakable will to stay” (5 March 2025) “The night Israeli forces left families buried alive under rubble” (10 December, 2024) “Gaza’s open-air cinema offers temporary escape from blockade” (21 September, 2023) . ... . .. Featured Track: Helwa Ya Baladi by Dalida (covered by )
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Prefiguring Autonomy: Student-led Social Movement in Serbia Shake The Government
03/23/2025
Prefiguring Autonomy: Student-led Social Movement in Serbia Shake The Government
This week, we speak with Ilik and Koko, two students from Serbia, and another anarchist comrade who participated in student and other movements earlier in this century to speak about the anti-corruption protest that have rocked the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) government of president Vučić' since the deadly collapse of a recently opened concrete train platform canopy in Novi Sad on November 1st 2024, so far killing 16 people. Starting with student demands for transparency and accountability from the government that were answered with violence and subterfuge, the protests have grown and drawn from wider and wider portions of the public into millions taking the streets, creating autonomous assemblies and plenums rejecting the political parties. The guests speak about the growth, the reactions against it, and the possibilites they see in what has the seeds that could bring it from social movement to social revolution. Some other reading sources (thanks Rey!) Announcement Fundraiser for Journalist in North Gaza As the Zionist Entity and it's racist uncle, the USA, resume the genocide of Gaza, there's a fundraiser going to support , a young journalist and English student and his extended family of 40 in the north. You can find a video from Franklin Lopez about Hamza and links to at the following social media posts: You can read some of Hamza's writings below: "I was buried alive beneath the rubble and awoke in a 'graveyard'" (17 March 2024) "Terrified, starving, crushed: The agonising death of my grandfather in Gaza" (2 Nov 2024) "Israel turned Jabalia into a barren desert and made our home a grave" (25 November 2024) "Israel’s May 2023 military bombardments on the Gaza Strip killed 33 Palestinians in 5 days and disrupted countless lives." (3 September 2023) "Famine is already here" (8 March 2024) "Are we going to die this time?" (14 June 2023) co written with Khaled El Hissy "The Jabaliya Massacre: Heaven Embraces Five Angels" (29 August 2022) "Tensions, struggle and an unshakable will to stay" (5 March 2025) "The night Israeli forces left families buried alive under rubble" (10 December, 2024) "Gaza's open-air cinema offers temporary escape from blockade" (21 September, 2023)
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Jay Ward on Hunger Strike + Antifascists Organizing in Europe
03/12/2025
Jay Ward on Hunger Strike + Antifascists Organizing in Europe
We’re sharing our episode a few days early this week and it contains two segments. Jay Ward Hunger Strike First up, a recent interview with James “Jay” Ward. Jay was featured in a show about : he went into prison at 15 years old in Ohio and has been in for 19 years at this point. He participated in the 2018 Nationwide Prisoner Strike as well as other self-advocacy protests since and is trying to raise funds with his outside supporters to pay for a lawyer to help him win his release as his mandatory minimum date comes up next year. When this was recorded, Jay was 11 days into a hunger strike demanding a return of his personal items and a transfer to a space where he won’t be targeted for violence by gangs, alongside a couple of other requests listed in at the end of this post. You can hear how tired he is from subsisting only on water for the last week and a half, struggling to keep focus and concentrate on the conversation throughout our chat. You can find his for updates and ways to donate. If you want to support his hunger strike, his supporters are requesting people call between 9am and 5pm central time (Mon-Fri) the following numbers to voice concern for the safety and conditions of James Ward A517461 on hunger strike : Mansfield Correctional Institution at 419-525-4455 and ask to talk to Warden Harold May the Central ODRC office at 614-387-0588 At the bottom of our you can find Jay’s public announcement of his circumstances and requests. You can also email your concerns to as well as to the ODRC Director Annette Chambers-Smith (via ). Jay is wanting people to reach out to contact him via his mailing address (below) or JPay.com (using the info in his mailing address): James Ward A517461 Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Mail Processing Center (OMPC) 884 Coitsville-Hubbard Road Youngstown, Ohio 44505 Antifascist Voices in Europe Then you’ll hear an interview conducted by our comrades at in Ljubljana, Slovenia with antifascists countering neonazi demonstrations in Budapest, Hungary, and Sofia, Bulgaria. This was featured in the of B(A)D News from the A-Radio Network, a monthly podcast from a network that we affiliate with and worth checking out for “angry voices from around the world”. Finally, you’ll hear Sean Swain’s promise for a brighter, goldener era for the USA (and subsequently the world) Announcements Malik Muhammad Phone Zap There's a currently on to move 2020 "Palestinian pansexual Muslim... anarchist antifascist, anti-racist abolitionist" prisoner Malik Muhammad out of solitary confinement at Snake River Correctional in Oregon. Call Snake River Correctional with the following demands weekdays between 9am and 5pm pacific time: Return Malik to general inmate population; Restore communications rights and mail; Return all books and possessions immediately; End the persecution now! Master Control: 541-881-5018 Superintendent: 541-881-5002 Inspector: 541-881-5081 Chaplains: 541-881-4624, 541-881-4625, 541-881-4626, 541-881-4686 General Line: 541-881-5000 Please write to Malik and let him know you stand with him! Malik Muhammad #23935744 Snake River Correctional Institution 777 Stanton Blvd Ontario, OR 97914-8335 *Note*: Please include page numbers and return addresses on each page because the prison typically does not give inmates the envelopes. Update on Fund Raising and supporting TFSR A quick update to the patreon request we made in recent episodes: We’re back where we were a month ago, covering the basic costs. Big thanks to those who stepped up to help! We have other costs beyond that (printing and mailing our small contribution to prisoner zines per month, replenishing our stickers, equipment upgrades) that we could also use support in if you have a few bucks a month. We have that patreon with it’s early audio releases and other thank-yous, or anonymized payments via liberapay that can be one-time or recurring. We also have a big cartel store with some merch and can take payments via venmo and paypal. These are linked at If you appreciate the work we do but don’t have the extra money, the best way to contribute is to get involved in face to face organizing where you are, integrating movements against oppression and capitalism into your life and brings others along with you since we can’t get there without each other. If you want to support the podcast without money, you can spread word about the podcast by getting in touch, offering up graphic skills, helping us proof our transcripts, talking about us to friends, incorporating our zines or episodes into a discussion group, sending zines to prisoners, rating us on google and apple podcasts or spreading word on social media. We also take audio submissions and if you’re interested in getting involved, the production and interviews don’t get us paid but they open up avenues to talk to authors about their ideas as well as raise awareness and involvement in social struggles and pick up the skills along the way. And if you live in a place with a community radio station, public radio station or college radio station and want to hear us on the airwaves, get a few friends together and reach out to suggest our free, weekly radio show and hopefully some of the ideas will filter out to your neighbors. More info at our . Thanks for listening! Statement from Jay on his conditions This is Jay’s letter to the head of the Ohio DRC: Dear Annette chambers-smith This is James Ward from ManCI. The last time I wrote to you I had explained a lot to you that has been going on here concerning my safety. And after that letter the administration got mad at me for going to you because they have not been trying to do anything to really ensure my safety here at Mansfield. And I'm writing you again because I don't know who else to go to with my recent situation and concerns, because nobody has been helpful. And currently, my safety is back at risk. About 7 months ago right before the admin got the letter I sent you, UMC Henry got me placed in unit 4B (the faith based block here), mainly for my safety concerns. Every block that I've been put in since I been here, I've became a victim to gangs and have also got a hit put on me, which UMC Henry and the rest other admin doesn't want to believe although they seen and heard proof. So it makes it to where I have to go on PC invest, suicide watch or hunger strike to ensure my safety. But I honestly don't like being in the hole unless I legitimately did something wrong. So my current situation is that I am on hunger strike to ensure my safety, but also for other reasons that I will explain. When I got put in 4B, its an inmate that the unit refers to as frank (4B/128 bottom) and they basically let him control the operation of the block. How? He's been in that block for a long time and manages the faith base programs, etc. But due to the reputation he has built up with the unit staff, Sgt Knowlton and others believes everything he tells them. So when I first got moved over their, I was honestly selling food to people that didn't have any. But frank went to the unit and told them that I was selling drugs to try and get me moved out of the block. The unit called me over and talked to me about it and I stopped selling food for awhile. I was do in everything I was required to do and haven't got no ticket. Recently, I was trying to organize a group meal for people that really didn't have much. And an inmate named Green wanted to be involved. But when I told Green that a prisoner support group was going to do a fundraiser to raise the money for the meal he backed out. He then went to inmate frank and told frank that I was trying to scam people and get them outside cases. Franks celly told me that frank said this and was going to put a stop to what I was doing. Next thing you know I'm on the list to move out of the block ( I was sent to 2B). I then sent a kite to Sgt. Knowlton and basically asked him why I got moved and also told him things that frank and others are doing in that block, but he disregarded everything I told him and only told me "you were doing too much, use your imagination". So I then kited UMC Henry and told him what happened and he said he'd look into it. But before Henry could let me know anything, my Cally told me that someone wanted him to take the hit on me. I then went on suicide watch to ensure my safety. Because PC invest has not gotten me anything and they put you in a cell with someone else that can have their family look you up. That's what people do here (sneak thru your stuff to find your ID number and have their family look you up). And I also started my hunger strike because I know that the admin won't do anything to help me. Recently, henry talked to me and said that he will investigate what happened in 4B, but that a hunger strike isn't how I will get moved back. But for me to go to a regular block while he investigates. And I get it that a hunger strike is not the way to get moved back, but I refuse to go to a regular block where my safety will be at risk. Henry wanting me to go to a regular block while he investigates is like saying go get jumped on while I look into this. 4C is the only block here that I will be safe in, because its the intake block (all of the new people that don't know anything about e hit on me goes to that block), but Henry will not put me there. During the time that I was on PC invest before I got moved to 4B, I found out that property of mine came up missing from the TPU vault. While I was in TPU I was writing complaints on LT. Brooks and Sgt. Risner for not allowing me to do my 2.4. The end result was that the active AIIS at the time (B. Lower) and the IIS D. Blankenship falsified a modified response to my complaint to make it seem like I was lying and that they found the items in my cell. But 2 days before Lower came to search my cell, I was called to the inspectors office concerning my lost property because someone in your office wanted to know what property was I talking about in my complaint. So I told them everything and that a theft report was filed. But the theft report was not put on onbase yet, so lower had to contact the block officer that wrote it (officer Comstock). So they called me back up to the inspectors office and offered to reimburse me with $42+ on my commissary and a few items from contraband. So I told them I'd think about it. They called me back up the next day and I told them I didn't want it because they wouldn't replace everything I was missing. So the next day after that is when lower came to search my cell. And when he left he told me that I should have taken the deal. After that, IIS Blankenship wrote 13 false statements in her modified response, which is a criminal offence that I can prove with the paperwork that I have. And now they have lower walking around as a Lt. Blankenship was already caught falsifying state documents in Darryl Smith' lawsuit. I been 5 years R.I.B ticket free. 3 of those years was when I was in level 4. I been here 2 years with no real trouble. The first year when I went up for my security review it was said that I needed time to adjust. This past year when I went up, the admin recommended level decrease. But then I find out that I didn't get my level dropped, because an incident that took place 8 years ago and isn't true. The BOC said that my level decrease was denied because I tried to kill a staff. I've never been a threat to anybody since I been locked up. And the time that they referred to is when I had just got put in a regular cell on suicide watch. They didn't have a crisis cell to use. So the cuff port had to stay open. And I had joked with the officer saying that I found a razor, so without really knowing if I had one he sprayed me in the face with OC. So they removed me from the cell to clean it, but they never found a razor. And I told them not to put that officer back on my watch cuz he sprayed me for no reason, and I was honestly mad. But they put him back on my watch. So to try and get him off my watch, in a fast motion I acted like I was reaching out to grab him. He was too far from the door for me to grab or anything, but he wrote me up saying that I tried to cut him with a razor. And they never allowed me to go to my R.I.B or SMP hearing. But that happened 8 years ago. And majority of that time since then I have continuously show a dramatic change in my behavior with no R.I.B tickets. I believe the only reason my level decrease was denied is because UMC Henry contacted someone in your office to find something that they can use against me to hold me here. Because I have wrote complaints against Henry and wrote that letter to you. And he knows how much I been wanting to leave this prison, but he won't transfer me even though my safety is continuously at risk here. Lastly! I have chronic damage in both of my shoulders that causes them to be able to dislocate if I'm not paying attention to how I use my arms, mainly only when it comes to having my arms outstretched or if I have to climb something. The last time I was placed on the top bunk, my left shoulder dislocated when I was trying to climb up. I feel backwards and busted my head open on a dresser, then on the floor. And that is in my medical record from when I was at W.C.I. And since then, I have had many other dislocations that is in my medical record. I was given bottom rack restriction each time, but I never really needed it since I been at level 4. Since I been here I been trying to get it back but medical tells me its not required for my injuries. They gave it to me for 3 months and that was it. If my shoulder dislocates while trying to climb onto the top bunk and I bust my head open again, then I can sue the medical department for negligence and deliberate indifference because I have told them about my chronic dislocations and they choose not to do anything about it. All I ask for: 1) My property to be replaced 2) My bottom bunk restriction 3) My level decreased so I can leave ManCI 4) If I can't get 3, then I ask to be placed in 4C for the remaining time that I'm at ManCI These are reasonable request and within reason.
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Bodily Autonomy and Health Education In An Easy To Swallow Package (Abortion Pill Zine)
03/09/2025
Bodily Autonomy and Health Education In An Easy To Swallow Package (Abortion Pill Zine)
This week, we're sharing an interview Ian conducted with cartoonists , , and on the subject of the out now from Silver Sprocket (and freely readable on their website). They discuss the process by which this resource was assembled, the benefits of local, focused abortion organizing, the timeliness and timelessness of the fight for safe abortion care, and the power of comics to disseminate valuable and complex information. Links by Renee Bracey Sherman of We Testify SASS: Euki app: If-When-How: Abortion Legal Defense Fund: Plan-C: National Abortion Funds Jessica Valenti: Abortion Everyday Announcements BAD News for February 2025 The A-Radio Network of anarchist and antiauthoritarian radios and podcasts just released the latest in their monthly series, B(A)D News: Angry Voices From Around The World for February 2025, . This one features Parias from Athens sharing an interview about resisting wind farms and green developmentalism in the Greek mountains as well as Črna luknja from Ljubljana speaking with antifascists from Budapest and Sofia about resisting Europes largest annual neo-nazi rally, the LukovMarch. Support for Anarchists in Sudan You can read a short publication by the Sudan Anarchist Gathering called Al-Amal in English thanks to the translation work of CNT-AIT France (or the original Arabic as well) at . From the blog: If you want to receive the next issues, please contact us : [email protected] If you want to support financially the Sudan Anarchist Gathering, you can use our paypal (please validate “Sending ‘money to an individual’ to pay less bank charges) Send an email to [email protected] to inform us of the donation and also so that we can keep you informed of its use.
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Military Decruitment, Trump 2.0 and Resisting New Empire (with Fig of About Face)
03/02/2025
Military Decruitment, Trump 2.0 and Resisting New Empire (with Fig of About Face)
This week, we’re featuring an interview with Fig, an anarchist and member of the anti-Imperialist US veterans organization About Face to talk about decruitment, the work of About Face and an assessment of shifts in military priority under the lead of Hegseth towards the southern US border and the Trump administration 2.0’s multi-polar spin. There’s a lot here and we’ll have a transcript in the near future. Links About Face: GI Rights Hotline: Military Law Task Force of the NLG: a recent considering some military focus shifts discussed in this chat Past veteran interviews on TFSR: Graham Clumpner & (2020) (2013)
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5 Months After Hurricane Helene in Barnardsville, NC
02/23/2025
5 Months After Hurricane Helene in Barnardsville, NC
This week we’re sharing recent chat with Jazz and Badger, two residents of Barnardsville, a small village just outside of Asheville, NC. We spoke about the community, the impact of Hurricane Helene, some lessons learned from coordinating among the neighbors and how people are faring now, nearly 5 months out from the storm. You can find their website at To hear similar stories from after the storm you can find links to past interviews in our show notes alongside links to groups working in the area, a few articles concerning government response and interviews recorded by Blue Ridge Public Radio: . Articles on recovery referenced: Recent Storm Support for EKY, ETN, SWVA + WV Recent floods in middle Appalachia in the middle of an intense winter cold snap have left many without potable water or other basic needs. ATV donation / loan / operation request to help check on people in hollers, help clear roads, drive supplies: reach out to theferalraccoon (a t) proton (d ot) me OR MutualAidDisasterRelief ( at) gmail (do t) com. EKY One place you can look for where to send resources is Eastern KY Mutual Aid, found on or Facebook under the name Hillbillies Helping Hillbillies. And you can find out more by visiting the or checking social media for Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. Some of the useful links are here for those unable to use the platforms: EKY Mutual Aid if in the region EKY Mutual Aid Cashapp: $SoupBeansFriedTaters EKY Mutual Aid Paypal: @EKYMutualAid In Pikeville, KY, there’s a request for food grade 5 gallon for water filtration where municipal water isn’t running or wells are contaminated there’s a request for restaurants to save buckets for water filtration. People interested can contact Cara at 859_533_0349 DROP OFF LOCATION: Pike Central HS 100 Winners Circle Drive Pikeville, KY 41501 Other EKY sites: Appalachian Crisis Aid Fund The Y'all Squad https://TheYallSquad.org/donate SWVA SAMS Lonesome Pine Mutual Aid Paypal: @SAMSVA The Care Collective of SW VA Venmo: @carecollectiveofswva Cumberland Mountain Mutual Aid Paypal: cumberlandmountainmutualaid (a t) gmail (d o t) com Venmo: @CMMAID CashApp: $CMMUTUALAID WV WVUMC Disaster Response Ministries https://WVUMC.org/donate Bluejay Rising https://BluejayRising.org/donate Spark of Love Foundation CashApp: $sparkoflove4thekids PayPal: The Spark of Love Foundation ETN Disaster Relief at Work
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Surveillance Self Defense, Encrypted Chat Apps and Securing Devices with Thorin Klosowski
02/16/2025
Surveillance Self Defense, Encrypted Chat Apps and Securing Devices with Thorin Klosowski
This week, a conversation with Thorin Klosowski of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about some basic tools and ideas for keeping our information a little safer online and the Surveillance Self-Defense site, . We discuss device encryption, tor-browser, vpns, encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram as well as password vaults. I’m hoping this’ll be the first of a few interviews to try to make digital security concepts a little more accessible. SSD.EFF.org Consumer Reports Digital Security and Privacy site (including personal planning app):
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CIMA on Community Defense Against ICE + Kristian Williams on the Comics of Alan Moore
02/09/2025
CIMA on Community Defense Against ICE + Kristian Williams on the Comics of Alan Moore
This week on the show, we're sharing two interviews. First up, Dulce, a member of Companeros Inmigrantes en las Montanas en Accion, or CIMA, a local organizing and advocacy group by and for immigrants in western NC about her experience working for dignity and solidarity in light of the current and past administrations. More on CIMA can be found at Then, Ian speaks with Kristian Williams, author of , , and , among others, about his recent book, . The chat touches upon Moore’s work and its anarchist underpinnings, his legacy in and out of comics, the necessity of imagination, and the possibilities that arise from death and disaster. The book is available from , , and . You can find past interviews we've done with Kristian . Kristian Williams PDF (Unimposed) - pending Kristian Williams Zine (Imposed PDF) - pending
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"From Hash Rebels to Urban Guerrillas" with Gabriel Kuhn
02/02/2025
"From Hash Rebels to Urban Guerrillas" with Gabriel Kuhn
Today we’re sharing an interview recorded this week with Gabriel Kuhn speaking about the West German urban guerrilla group the 2nd of June Movement, the book he co-edited on this subject entitled (from PM Press and Kersplebedb), the milieu from which it arose, how it compared to other groups at the time like the Red Army Faction, and some of the legacy of their critiques and interventions on radical politics in the autonomen movement and beyond. For the hour we speak about the context from which the 2nd of June Movement grew (alongside the Red Army Faction, Revolutionary Cells and others) in the 1970's, their goals and actions, the timing of the book and the legacy that these groups left to German society and the autonomous movements that continued. • Our prior interview with Gabriel on • Gabriel’s blog: • A blog collecting documents of this period: . ... . .. Featured Track: 5:45 by from The Peel Sessions
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The Ampelokipoi Case, Repression and Anti-Repression in Greece
01/26/2025
The Ampelokipoi Case, Repression and Anti-Repression in Greece
This week, we are sharing an interview with a member of the Solidarity Fund for Imprisoned and Persecuted Revolutionaries, or Tameio. We talk about the case of the explosion in an apartment in the Athens district of Ampelokipi from late October of 2024 which left comrade Kyriakos Xymitiris dead and left Marianna badly injured, after which there have been arrests of four other comrades (so far), including Nikos Romanos. Some supporters of those arrested believes the case is the New Democracy government distracting from their economic collapse by increasing repression and the spectre of terrorism. We also speak about the anti-repression landscape that Tameio participates in, the end of asylum protections against police on university campuses and difficulties faced by the anti-authoritarian and anarchist movements in Greece today. Nikos Romanos’ letter on the case from December 5th, 2024:
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Forced Labor, Living Conditions, Opacity and Impunity in Texas Prisons (with Michelle Pitcher)
01/19/2025
Forced Labor, Living Conditions, Opacity and Impunity in Texas Prisons (with Michelle Pitcher)
We’re sharing a recent interview with Michelle Pitcher of the Texas Observer about living conditions and forced labor in the TDCJ, the Texas prison system. You can reach Michelle at or follow her at . Thank you again so much for the continuing support of this project. Related Articles Our prior interview with Jason Walker (more of his writings at ) can be found (with a transcript available). And our prior chat with Comrade Z can be found .
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We (MUST) Keep Us Safe: An interview with a Long-Term, Anonymous Anarchist Comrade on Repression, Trauma, Security Culture, and Revolutionary Solidarity
01/12/2025
We (MUST) Keep Us Safe: An interview with a Long-Term, Anonymous Anarchist Comrade on Repression, Trauma, Security Culture, and Revolutionary Solidarity
This week, we're featuring an anonymized chat with a longtime anarchist on lessons learned trying to stay sane while facing state repression. We talk about experiencing trauma, the need for strong relationships and movements offering shelter and strong alternatives to the alienated society of state and capital, while also speaking on the challenges of mental health and inviting in new participants in anarchist movement. Chapters: Introduction and Disclaimer [00:00:23] Post-911/Patriot Act State of Heightened Repression and build up to today [00:02:29] Navigating security amidst a post-social media and post-smart phone era [00:23:33] Creating safer and more secure revolutionary communities that can better withstand the heat [00:31:02] Recognizing and overcoming repression-based trauma on an individual and community level [00:40:02] Supporting comrades overcoming mental health episodes (spiralling) amidst repression and burnout [01:09:13] On infiltrators and the depths the state will go to inflict trauma, fish, and divide [01:15:57] Recognizing the ‘severity’ of our position, and taking ourselves seriously [01:26:22] Some tips on facing trauma or intimidation, or supporting others experiencing repression-related trauma [01:34:18] Descending References and Resources List According to Interview: Green Scare Background Mainstream Media Story (MSM Story): TFSR Interviews: Grand Juries People's Law Office: Border Detention Police Visitation Center for Constitutional Rights: National Lawyers Guild: On Phone and Digital Security Culture Infiltration Cases: MSM Story on Mark Kennedy: MSM Story on Eric McDavid case: Earth First!: Anti-Repression Resources: J20 Case Sobriety Discussion Mental Health/Trauma/Burn Out Sub.Media video: . ... . .. Featured Track: by from Horses In The Sky
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All Will Be Equalized with Andrew Zonneveld and Modibo Kadalie (ACAB 2024)
01/05/2025
All Will Be Equalized with Andrew Zonneveld and Modibo Kadalie (ACAB 2024)
This week, we're sharing a recording of Andrew Zonneveld from the 2024 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair talking about his book alongside his friend Modibo Kadalie. To see a video with the slides from the presentation, check out our .
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We Will Need Time: two libertarian communist perspectives on events and possibility in Syria
12/29/2024
We Will Need Time: two libertarian communist perspectives on events and possibility in Syria
In this episode, you’ll hear Cedric and Khuzama, two libertarian communists with connections to Syria and editor contributors to the blog , speaking about their observations of what’s been going on leading up to and through the ouster of Bashar Al-Assad, as well as complications among various factions on the ground and the view from the Syrian diaspora. The situation on the ground is changing fast, so check the show notes for this episode on our website for links to news sources that can be helpful in keeping up. And if you care to hear a perspective from an anarchist combatant affiliated with Tekosina Anarsist, which works with the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria affiliated with the SDF and Rojava Revolution, you can find our and the transcribed zine.
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An Anarchist View From Rojava on Recent Events in Syria: A conversation with a combatant of Tekoşîna Anarşist
12/22/2024
An Anarchist View From Rojava on Recent Events in Syria: A conversation with a combatant of Tekoşîna Anarşist
This week, we’re sharing a conversation with Errico, a combatant member of Tekoşîna Anarşist, an internationalist anarchist formation in critical solidarity with the Rojava Revolution. For this episode, Errico answers some questions we had about what’s been happening in Syria and concerns from within the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. You can find ideas and updates from the TA formation on their blog, . Past interviews with TA can be found . PDF (Unimposed) Errico’s voice has been re-recorded by a comrade for anonymity. The transcript is already up in the show notes and at our website for easier reading, translation and sharing and you can find past interviews we’ve done with TA linked in the show notes. And there is an announce-only signal group that anyone can join with updates and analysis by anarchists in the region or paying attention which we’ll link in our shownotes. Just a headsup, the usernames of members of this group will be visible to the all other users there and it might be a good opportunity to set up your signal username and make your phone number unfindable for better anonymity prior to joining the signal group ( ) We simultaneously recorded an interview with Cedric and Khuzama, two libertarian communists and editors of and contributors to the blog about their insights into Syria. This interview will be coming out soon, so keep an eye on our feed. . ... . .. Featured Track: Rojava Punks by Emperor X from
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Art As A Vehicle For Anarchist Ideas (ACAB 2024)
12/15/2024
Art As A Vehicle For Anarchist Ideas (ACAB 2024)
This week, we’re sharing another presentation from the 2024 ACABookfair in so-called Asheville. On youtube you’ll find the audio sync’d up with the slideshow presentation from the bookfair by visiting . The following is a recording from the 2024 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called Asheville, NC. You can find more info and recordings from this and other years at . This is a presentation entitled Art as a Vehicle for Anarchist Ideas with , , and . From the description: “Three longtime anarchist artists—N.O. Bonzo, Des Revol, and Sugarbombing World—will explore the role that art plays in resistance and movements, along with remembrance of the past and visions of the future. They’ll look at ways that art brings people together, and can serve as a great tool, whether in organizing and agitating, and/or inviting people into anarchism.”
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Red Onion Prison Updates + Antifa-OST Case in Germany
12/08/2024
Red Onion Prison Updates + Antifa-OST Case in Germany
This week, we’re featuring two segments. First up, Phil Wilayto of the talks about conditions at Red Onion State Prison in western Virginia where a number of prisoners have been self-immolating in order to escape longterm isolation and racist guard violence. You can find Phil's article on the which includes a clip of Noelle Hanrahan on Al-Jazeera talking about this subject, and past interviews with and about at this link . [00:01:02 - 00:41:15] Then, you’ll hear Jo, an anarchist from Germany, speaking about the recent building of conspiracy cases against antifascists known as Antifa-Ost, or Antifa East. You can find our prior interview about NSU Watch and Day X . [ 00:44:45 - 01:11:42 ] More info on Antifa-Ost and the Budapest Structure: . ... . .. Featured Track: by Adjuster
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Peter Gelderloos on Memory, Community, Organization and Struggle
12/01/2024
Peter Gelderloos on Memory, Community, Organization and Struggle
This week, we’re airing an interview with anarchist author, Peter Gelderloos about two of his recent books (Pluto Books, 2024) as well as (Detritus, 2024). For this episode, we speak on movement memory, community, care work, organization and struggle.
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Abortion Beyond The State (with Jex Blackmore, ACAB24)
11/24/2024
Abortion Beyond The State (with Jex Blackmore, ACAB24)
This week, we're sharing a presentation entitled "Abortion Beyond The State" by and Hydra Mutual Aid Fund, recorded at the 2024 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called Asheville, NC. You can find more audios, past schedules and more at . Jex's slide presentation visuals over the audio can be found at From the description: "Government control of reproductive capacity has long persisted as a tool to subordinate birthing people, women, people of color, people living on lower incomes, and other marginalized groups. The Supreme Court’s harmful ruling in Dobbs made clear that both the State, its actors, and the non-profit industrial complex have failed the people, giving rise to the urgent necessity for the movement to defend itself through direct provisions to community. This workshop will provide context to the current crisis surrounding bodily autonomy and reproduction and share a roadmap for subverting state control by building networks of support to provide safe and effective abortion regardless of legality. is an independent mutual aid fund supporting access to reproductive care in Michigan. Their mission is to eliminate financial barriers to abortion access in Michigan by providing direct financial aid for purchasing abortion pills and obtaining in-clinic abortion procedures. Additionally, Hydra Fund is engaged in a community outreach education program to support access to evidence-based abortion information." For other abortion chats you can listen to from TFSR, check out Other resources mentioned include: (tons of resources here) Announcement Phone Zap for Malik Muhammad Malik Muhammad, a prisoner from the George Floyd Uprising has been on hunger strike against extended use of solitary confinement with no property and after a beating and tasering by staff. You can learn how to participate in a phone zap at
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