The Final Straw Radio

"Clean For Who? Safe For Who?": Asheville Business Improvement District

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

"Clean For Who? Safe For Who?": Asheville Business Improvement District We sat down with three local activists to talk about the proposed Asheville Bu...

Don Bosco Park Defense in Bologna + Bernard Jemison on Conditions & Resistance in AL Prisons

05 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, two segments plus Sean Swain Don Bosco Park Defense in Bologna First up, an interview submitted by audio comrades in Italy about the strugg...

Crime, Corruption, and Community Based Liberation in the U.S./Mexico Neoliberal Military Political Economy

28 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, you'll hear our chat with Simón Sedillo, author of Weapons, Drugs & Money: Crime, Corruption, and Community Based Liberation in the U.S./M...

Feather River Action! on Forest Fires and Clearcuts

21 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Hart of Feather River Action! in Plumas county joined me to speak about US Forest Service plans for an emergency thinning of forests in this nor...

Jeremy White on the "San Diego Antifa" Case

14 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A recent chat with Jeremy White, film-maker, activist, and street medic who's facing prison time in what has been dubbed the "San Diego Antifa" case....

Bulldoze SCI Rockview: Abolition, Prisoner Support, and Resistance to Genocide in PA-DOC

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

SCI Rockview is a prison in central Pennsylvania where incarcerated comrades have been facing repression for demanding justice in the face of impunity...

Mac Marquis on "Books Through Bars: Stories from the Prison Books Movement"

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, you'll hear our chat with David "Mac" Marquis, one of the editors and contributors to the recently published new book Books Through Bars: ...

James "Jay" Ward On Incarceration And His Struggle To Be Free

24 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week you'll hear from James "Jay" Ward, a long-time abolitionist who has been incarcerated in Ohio for over half his life, since he was 15. Over ...

Xinachtli Speaks From A Texas Dungeon

17 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing an interview with Xinachtli, an anarcho-communist Chicano political prisoner held in the McConnell Unit of the Texas prison s...

A conversation with Hani Almadhoun

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As a mid-week special, we're releasing a conversation we had last weekend with Hani Almadhoun, a Palestinian-American journalist from Gaza and living ...

Corvallis Bookfair, Tyumen Case, and Counter-Surveillance

10 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're featuring four segments. First up, you'll hear a chat with organizers of the 2024 Heart of the Valley Anticapitalist Bookfair which r...

Imprisoned Anarchist Toby Shone + Updates from Argentinian Antifascist

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Imprisoned Anarchist Toby Shone This week, we're sharing audio from anarchist prisoner in the UK, Toby Shone. Toby was arrested in November of 2020 af...

Extremism, Fascist Voids and Antifascist Hope with Joan Braune

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

An interview with Joan Braune, author of Understanding and Countering Fascist Movements: From Void to Hope out this year from Routledge. In this chat ...

Harm Reduction and Eco-defense in Appalachia

18 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

First up, Ian chats with Tasha of Project Mayday, a harm reduction project operating in so-called West Virginia. They discuss harm reduction strategie...

Andrew Lee on Defying Displacement

11 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're sharing a recent chat with Andrew Lee (instagram / tiktok), author of the book Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War, relea...

Free Alex Stokes + Russian Anti-War Saboteur Ruslan Siddiqui

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we're starting out with an interview with Lo and Meghan, two supporters of Jewish independent journalist, artist and antifascis...

Mohammad Hureini of Youth of Sumud

28 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're featuring a conversation with Mohammad Hureini (twitter / instagram), a young activist from Masafer Yatta, an area in the hills south...

Hunger Strike at Red Onion + Military Refuser in Israel

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we're featuring three segments. First up, you'll hear an interview with Shupavu wa Kirima, General Secretary of the Revolution...

Sean Swain's 10 Year Radio Anniversary

18 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Swain is an anarchist prisoner who's serving an indeterminate sentence in Ohio for a self-defense killing. Sean has authored 3 books (one co-auth...

Kazi Toure of Boston Jericho on Prisoner Support

14 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, you'll hear Kazi Toure. Kazi is a former political prisoner from the Ohio 7 case and founding member of the Boston chapter of ...

Elia J. Ayoub on the War in Palestine

07 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined again by podcaster, writer and activist Elia J. Ayoub, who is a Lebanese Palestinian living in Europe, co-hosts a podcast called The Fire...

Eric King and Josh Davidson

31 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, you'll hear part of our conversation with Eric King and Josh Davidson. Josh has been on a few times to talk about collaborative...

Cypher Human Rights Comics with Adam Shapiro

24 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, Ian spoke with Adam Shapiro, Co-editor of We Are Many, a comics anthology released as part of the Cypher Zine project (@cypher_comic...

Stop Cop City RICO Updates

17 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we dig into the pre-trial hearings and jury selection for Ayla King, Stop Cop City movement's first and only co-defendant so far to be gran...

Anti-Militarist and Feminist Resistance in Azerbaijan

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, you'll hear an interview with Lala an anarchafeminist in the Azerbaijani group Feminist Peace Collective about the recent war a...

Ongoing Resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline

03 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we checked back in with folks involved in the struggle to block the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 303 mile so-called natural gas pipeline pro...

2024 Certain Days Calendar + "Direct Democracy Throughout Human History"

26 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sara and Josh On Certain Days Calendar This week on the show, Ian talks to Sara and Josh, organizers from the Certain Days Collective on the publicati...

Jewish Anti-Zionist in Palestine + Antifascists Repressed in Budapest

19 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jewish Anti-Zionist in Palestine + Antifascists Repressed in Budapest This week's show features four segments: an announcement from IGD Podcast; an an...

Thomas Meyer-Falk is Free!

12 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas Meyer-Falk is Free! We're sharing here a recent conversation that I had with Thomas Meyer-Falk, an anarchist who just finished a 27 year prison...

Mr. Block's Past and Legacy (with Sean Carleton and Iain McIntyre)

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mr. Block's Past and Legacy (with Sean Carleton and Iain McIntyre) This week, Ian talks to Sean Carleton of Graphic History Collective and Labor histo...

Against Genocide: A Palestinian Solidarity Panel

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Final Straw, we're excited to share a panel discussion recorded at Firestorm Books entitled Against Genocide: A Palestinian Solidari...

Armenian Anarcha-feminist on Genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh

22 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we're featuring an interview I did recently with Sona, an anarcha-feminist from Yerevan, Armenia, about her experience of anarc...

Updates on Rojava Revolution (with ECR)

15 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we're featuring an interview with 3 activists involved in the Emergency Committee for Rojava about recent developments in Rojav...

December 8th Affair Trial in France is Under Way

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

December 8th Affair Trial in France is Under Way Hey listeners, this mid-week release features the words of anarchists involved in or doing support fo...

Imagination and Solar Punk (with Elia J. Ayoub)

08 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're sharing a recent interview with Elia J. Ayoub, host of The Fire These Times podcast to talk a bit about #solarpunk. Elia J. was on th...

#ComicsBrokeMe and The Labor of Comics (with Shea Hennum)

24 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ian speaks with journalist Shea Hennum about their article on #comicsbrokeme, in which workers in the comics industry shared their stories of tight de...

Stop Cop City Movement RICO Indictments (with Matt Scott of ACPC)

17 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Stop Cop City Movement RICO Indictments (with Matt Scott of ACPC) This week, we're featuring an interview with Matt Scott of the Atlanta Community Pre...

Anarchists at War: Critical analysis of solidarity in context of war in Ukraine (RIA 2023)

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The following is a presentation by anarchists from Ukraine and Belarus, alongside a question and answer portion with the audience, conducted in part v...

Oral Histories of Political Prisoners + The Role of Anarchist Radio

10 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing 3 segments. First up, Josh Davidson from the Certain Days: Freedom For Political Prisoners Calendar talks about the upcoming ...

Diane Stevens of Jane Collective (ACABookfair 2023)

03 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on TFSR, we'll be airing a presentation by Diane Stevens, a member of the Jane Collective in Chicago in the 1960's. This presentation was re...

Constitutional Sheriffs (with Jessica Pishko)

27 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, you'll hear an interview we conducted with researcher and journalist Jessica Pishko about the upcoming, September 9th Constitutional Sherif...

Reflections on 2023 Turkish Elections, Post-Earthquake Bakur and the Kurdish Movement

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The following is an interview we conducted with Katka and Hazel, who both live in the UK and were recently back from Bakur, the portion of Kurdistan w...

The Political Legacy of Lyndon LaRouche (w/ Matthew N Lyons)

13 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing an interview with Matthew N Lyons of Three Way Fight blog about the political legacy of Lyndon LaRouche, cultic leftist turn...

ACABookfair 2023 + Intl Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners

06 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we feature two segments First up, former co-host on the show Scott talks about the upcoming Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair happening t...

Revolutionary Arts with Signal Journal + Abolition with Mwalimu Shakur

30 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Josh MacPhee & Alec Dunn on Signal 08 First up, Ian interviews Josh MacPhee and Alec Dunn, co-editors of Signal, about the recently published eighth v...

Matilda Bickers on Sex Work + Updates from Chiapas

16 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On The Work of Sex Work with Matilda Bickers We're happy to share our recent chat with Matilda Bickers, co-editor and contributor to the recent PM Pre...

Continuing Struggle Against The Mountain Valley Pipeline

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing a conversation with Rose and Crystal, two comrades involved in the struggle against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 304 mile,...

Co-Envisioning Worlds in Penumbra City

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Co-Envisioning Worlds in Penumbra City Here we are presenting Ian's interview with members of Strangers In a Tangled Wilderness, a collectively run pu...

Updates On The Struggle To Stop Cop City + The Balkan Anarchist Bookfair

18 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, you'll hear an interview with Matthew Scott, a journalist with ACPC in Atlanta to talk about recent developments with the struggle against ...

A History of Anti-Racist Action with Shannon Clay

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here's our interview with Shannon Clay, co-author of We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action. For this episode, Shannon and I walk throu...

Mediterranean Passages with Maldusa

11 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we chatted with Jasmine, an anthropologist and activist involved in the migrant solidarity and freedom of movement cultural organization cal...

Mid MO Trans Folks on Living Under Emergency

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this discussion, we talk with two trans organizers in Missouri about the recently withdrawn emergency rule made by the state Attorney General Andre...

Femboys Against Fascism on Liverpool Anti-Immigrant Riots

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Scott talked with members of Femboys Against Fascism, a group based in Liverpool countering anti-migrant protests. The local far right, along with...

June 11th & Long Term Prisoner Support

28 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're offering a few pieces of content. [ 00:03:20 - 00:07:07 ] First up, after some announcements concerning a local case of police brutal...

Mutual Aid At The Border in Tijuana with El Comedor Comunitario

21 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing a recent chat with Devi Machete, an anarchist involved in the Tijuana mutual aid project known as Contra Viento y Marea Come...

Comics, Collage and Anti-Copaganda with Johnny Damm

14 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a new contributor, Ian, talks to cartoonist and educator Johnny Damm about his recent releases I'm a cop, featuring dialogue from Police U...

Trans Resilience in Texas

07 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our interview with journalist and community organizer, Kit O'Connell (of the Texas Observer), and anarchist and activist lorén (of QTPIE or Queer an...

May Day 2016 with Peter Linebaugh (repodcast)

01 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

May Day 2016 with Peter Linebaugh (repodcast) We're happy to share another past episode, this time from May Day 2016, about 4 months before the start ...

"It Did Happen Here" with Mic Crenshaw and Moe Bowstern

30 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing an interview with 2 contributors an amazing history of anti-racist organizing in the late 1980's through the mid 1990's in Po...

Facing 12 Years in Florida Abortion Graffiti + Anti-Fascist March in Bulgaria

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing two portions. Transcript of SFLARC PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) South Florida Anti-Repression Committee [00:05:37 - 0...

Views On Recent French Protests

16 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Here's a chat we just had with 4 radicals in France. Rather than introduce them, I'll let them do that themselves. We talk about the recent protests a...

Anarchist Historian, Barry Pateman (rebroadcast)

09 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing part of our April 26th, 2020 interview with Barry Pateman. Barry, born in the early 1950's, grew up in a working class coal ...

Anarchist Filmmaking with The Elements of Mutual Aid

02 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're happy to share this chat with Leah and Payton, directors of the upcoming documentary series "The Elements of Mutual Aid". You can find previews ...

Feminist Anti-War Resistance to the Russian Invasion

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're sharing an interview with Leo, an anarchist and eco-feminist from Russia who has temporary relocated to Europe after facing political...

Felony Littering Trials Under Way in Asheville

19 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week: a chat with Pip, a defendant in, and Grace, a supporter of, the Aston Park Defendants case which led to the arrest of 16 people, including...

Open Source, DIY Medicine with Four Thieves Vinegar

12 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we're sharing an interview with Mixael Laufer of the 4 Thieves Vinegar Collective about the the group, building scientific com...

A True(r) Measure of Renewable Energy with Dr. Alexander Dunlap

05 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I spoke with Dr. Alexander Dunlap about a range of topics, such as Degrowth, green anarchism, the violence of extractivism, questions of t...

South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century (rebroadcast)

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

South Korean Social Movements in the 20th Century (rebroadcast) [ 00:02:09 - 00:50:03 ] This week we're re-airing our 2012 interview with Dr. George K...

Maia Ramnath on Hindutva

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we spoke with Maia Ramnath about her essay contribution to ¡No Pasarán!: Antifascist Dispatches From a World in Crisis. The essay was en...

"Resist Everything Except Temptation" (Rebroadcast)

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're re-airing Scott's 2020 interview with Kristian Williams about his book, Resist Everything Except Temptation: The Anarchist Philosophy of Oscar ...

Eli Meyerhoff on 'Beyond Education' (Rebroadcast)

05 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are re-airing an interview from November 10th, 2019, by Scott Branson with Eli Meyerhoff about his book "Beyond Education: Radical Studyi...

Libertarian Syndicalism with Tom Wetzel

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we share our chat with Tom Wetzel on his recently published book Overcoming Capitalism: Strategy for the Working Class in the 21st Century ...

Voices In Struggle: Remembering Tortuguita + Resistance in Lützerath and Against Tren Maya

22 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Final Straw, we feature three segments: words from a friend of Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran, the forest defender killed by law enforceme...

Rhiannon Firth on Disaster, Mutual Aid and Anarchism

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're happy to share Scott's interview with Rhiannon Firth about her recent book, Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action. You can get the boo...

Asheville Water Crisis and New Years Eve Bail Out

08 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we're sharing two local conversations with community organizers providing mutual aid in Asheville, NC. Bail Out Transcript Wat...

Sophie Lewis on Abolishing the Family

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I'm sure that many people coming out of this holiday season, returning from visiting relatives will wonder: "couldn't we abolish the capitalist family...

Alabama Prisoners Speak + JJ Ayers of Winnemucca Indian Colony

25 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we featured 2 segments: a chat with Michael Kimble & Gerald Griffin about conditions in Donaldson CF prison in Alabama; and Jim...

Evictions and Domestic Terrorism Charges in Atlanta Forest Defense

19 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For this week's main podcast, we spoke with an activist of the Atlanta Anti-Repression Committee about the recent police raids and arrests in the Wela...

Stop Evictions at Winnemucca Indian Colony

14 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On Tuesday, December 13th, I spoke with Kyle Missouri, a resident of the Winnemucca Indian Colony in Humboldt County, Nevada where a longstanding conf...

Defend Kevin "Rashid" Johnson + Anarchist News Segments

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, you'll hear four segments to the show. To hear the latest Sean Swain segment, you can find it at archive.org.. Rashid segment Transcript ...

The Legacy of Ricardo Flores Magón

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We just passed the 100th anniversary of the murder by incarceration and hounding of Mexican Revolutionary anarchist communist Ricardo Flores Magón on...

Grad Student Strikes In The University of California System

27 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott spoke with Rebecca Gross and Robin, Teaching Assistants at University of California Santa Cruz and members of UAW 2865 at the uni, to...

Matthew Lyons on Christian Nationalism(s)

20 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is a conversation with Matthew Lyons, antifascist researcher, contributor to Three Way Fight Blog and author of, among other books, Insurgent Sup...

Heater Blocs & Political Prisoners

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Final Straw we have 4 whopping segments, tidbits in length but whopping in importance. Transcripts ABQ Heater Bloc Chicago Heater...

Stop Camp Grayling!

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Final Straw, we're sharing a chat that Scott had with Smirk, Wink and Nudge of the Stop Camp Grayling Offensive, an anarchist effort ...

Solidarity With Prisoner Resistance from Alabama to Italy

30 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, you'll hear from Diyawn Caldwell, founder of "Both Sides Of The Wall" which has been supporting striking people behind bars acr...

The First International and the Birth of the Anarchist Movement (with Robert Graham)

23 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

I'm happy to share this interview with anarchist author and historian, Robert Graham about the split in the historic left that led to the birth of th...

Too Black on the Case of the Pendleton 2!

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we're airing a conversation with Too Black, communications representative for the defense committee to Free the Pendleton 2. Too Black also...

Feminist Uprising in Iran + Atlanta Radical Bookfair

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Final Straw, we feature two portions. First up, you'll hear from Modibo Kadalie and Andrew Zonneveld of On Our Own Authority! Publish...

Islam and Anarchism with Mohamed Abdou

02 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Islam and Anarchism with Mohamed Abdou This week, Scott spoke with Mohamed Abdou, a North African-Egyptian Muslim anarchist activist-scholar who is cu...

Anti-Coal Struggles in Lutzerath, Germany (+ Bad News)

25 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anti-Coal Struggles in Lutzerath, Germany First up, we share an interview with Fauv, a radical who recently participated in the anti-coal occupation i...

Wayne Price on Anarchism and Marxist Economics (rebroadcast)

18 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're re-airing our 2020 conversation with Wayne Price, longtime anarchist, author and then-member of Bronx Climate Justice North and the Me...

Compañeras: Zapatista Women's Stories (rebroadcast)

11 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we re-air Amar's 2015 interview with Hilary Klein, author/editor of the book Compañeras: Zapatista Women's Stories, out from S...

Propaganda By The Seed (with Aaron Parker and Tim Holland)

04 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show, we feature a chat with Aaron Parker of Edgewood Nursery & Tim Holland (aka MC Sole), who together form the Propaganda By The Se...

Free Mutulu Shakur + St-Imier Weekend Libertaire

28 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on TFSR, you'll hear Watani Tyehimba of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and a supporter and comrade of New Afrikan political prisoner Dr M...

The Post-Internet Far Right and Ecofascism with 12 Rules for WHAT

21 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, our guests are Sam and Alex (not their real names). Sam was until recently the co-host of the 12 Rules for What podcast and is the co-autho...

Adventure Capitalism with Raymond Craib

14 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week on TFSR, Professor Raymond Craib talks about his book, "Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization...

Fighting Back Against Displacement In Greece

07 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we spoke with Alex, an anarchist squatter in the Athenian neighborhood of Exarchia. They talk about repression by the New Democracy party, ...

Hil Malatino on Being Trans in this Moment

31 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are presenting Scott's interview with Hil Malatino, who is a current professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Philosophy a...

Abolition in the Philippines with The Dinner Party and family

24 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

[00:09:34 - 01:43:24] This week we're sharing an interview that we conducted with anarchists and abolitionists mostly in and around Manila, the capita...