The Final Straw Radio

Mar 12 2025 508 ep. 72 mins 3.2k
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The Final Straw Radio is a weekly, anarchist show eminating from occupied Cherokee lands in so-called North Carolina and featuring the voices of folks engaged in struggles for liberation and the creation of rad culture since 2009. We're also syndicated on a few community radio stations around the U.S. We frequently also feature radio commentaries from anarchist prisoner Sean Swain and are a proud member of CZN (The Channel Zero Network) and ARN (The A-Radio Network). Check out our past archives and ways to connect with us at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org

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Jay Ward on Hunger Strike + Antifascists Organizing in Europe

Mar 12 2025 61 mins  
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 a year ago: 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 p

Bodily Autonomy and Health Education In An Easy To Swallow Package (Abortion Pill Zine)

Mar 09 2025 63 mins  
This week, we're sharing an interview Ian conducted with cartoonists Isabella Rotman, Sage Coffey, and Marnie Galloway on the subject of the Abortion Pill Zine: A Community Guide to Misoprostol and Mifepristone 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

Military Decruitment, Trump 2.0 and Resisting New Empire (with Fig of About Face)

Mar 02 2025 97 mins  
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 Tr

5 Months After Hurricane Helene in Barnardsville, NC

Feb 23 2025 77 mins  
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 MutualAidBarnardsville.com

Surveillance Self Defense, Encrypted Chat Apps and Securing Devices with Thorin Klosowski

Feb 16 2025 83 mins  
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, ssd.eff.org . 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 b

CIMA on Community Defense Against ICE + Kristian Williams on the Comics of Alan Moore

Feb 09 2025 75 mins  
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 CIMAWNC.Org Ducle of CIMA Transcr

"From Hash Rebels to Urban Guerrillas" with Gabriel Kuhn

Feb 02 2025 101 mins  
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 Hash Rebels to Urban Guerrillas: A Documentary History of the 2nd of June Movement (from PM Press and Kersplebedb), the milieu from which it arose, how it compared to other groups a

The Ampelokipoi Case, Repression and Anti-Repression in Greece

Jan 26 2025 59 mins  
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 comra

Forced Labor, Living Conditions, Opacity and Impunity in Texas Prisons (with Michelle Pitcher)

Jan 19 2025 56 mins  
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 [email protected] or follow her at @michellepitcher.bsky.social . Thank you again so much for the continuing support of this project. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) Related Ar

We (MUST) Keep Us Safe: An interview with a Long-Term, Anonymous Anarchist Comrade on Repression, Trauma, Security Culture, and Revolutionary Solidarity

Jan 12 2025 114 mins  
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