The Final Straw Radio

RVA In The Uprising with L and Buzz

09 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

RVA In The Uprising with L and Buzz This week, we're going to hear two specials in two separate episodes, basically exploding radio edition into it's ...

Omaha In The Uprising with Mel

09 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Omaha In The Uprising with Mel This week, we're going to hear two specials in two separate episodes, basically exploding radio edition into it's compo...

Keep Calm and Get Prepared: A Look Into Month 3 (+ Beyond) of the Portland Uprising with the Portland GDC

02 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we got to sit down with two members of the Portland General Defense Committee, AC (they them) and Raoul (they he), about the ongoing Uprisin...

Pipeline Updates from Yellow Finch Tree Sit

26 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pipeline Updates from Yellow Finch Tree Sit 690 days. That is how long the tree sit on Yellow Finch lane has been standing to block the progress of th...

Anarchist Prisoners and Updates from the A-Radio Network

19 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Anarchist Prisoners and Updates from the A-Radio Network This week, we're continuing our pandemic vacation. First up is some new words on surveillance...

Defending The Earth By What Means? (Burning Books Lecture Series)

12 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rik Scarce is the author of the 1990 exploration of earth liberation and defense and the folks involved, entitled "Eco-Warriors: Understanding The Rad...

William C. Anderson: On Blackness and Anarchy (rebroadcast)

05 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

On Blackness and Anarchy This week on the Final Straw, we are taking a break from consistently bringing fresh content over the last few months (freque...

Justice4Jerry2020, Confederate Monuments + Repression During The Movement for Black Lives

28 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Justice4Jerry2020, Confederate Monuments + Repression During The Movement for Black Lives photo by Ben Harper This episode has three portions followin...

Pan-African Social Ecology: A conversation with Dr Modibo Kadalie

21 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pan-African Social Ecology: A conversation with Dr Modibo Kadalie This week, we're happy to air a conversation I had with the author and activist, Mo...

"Every Day!": A View on the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the past few weeks since the uprising in response to police killings of Black and Brown folks around Turtle Island, amazing chances have presented ...

Liberating Sápmi with Maxida Märak and Gabriel Kuhn

14 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are pleased to present an interview William conducted with Gabriel Kuhn and Maxida Märak on the 2019 PM Press release Liberating Sápmi...

June 11th 2020: Marius Mason support and words from Jeremy Hammond

10 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

June 11th 2020: Marius Mason support and words from Jeremy Hammond In this June 11th podcast special, we're happy to feature two interviews. The first...

Hotel Sanctuary in MPLS

09 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hotel Sanctuary in MPLS This week  we got to connect with Rosemary, who is an organizer in Minneapolis, about the liberation of a former Sheraton Hot...

Two Voices From MPLS: Medic and Abolitionist

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Two Voices From MPLS: Medic and Abolitionist On this episode, we're featuring two voices from Minneapolis, the epicenter of mass demonstrations and up...

IDOC Watch Q+A Session

28 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This is a presentation of some of the Q and A session which took place after the IDOC Watch panel in Chicago last year. If you are hearing this and do...

IDOC Watch Panel: Four Voices for Liberation

24 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are presenting audio from a panel conducted last year in Indiana with members of IDOC Watch, which is the Indiana Department of Correctio...

Graham Clumpner, part 2: Accountability & Movement Building

20 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We're happy to share the second half of this conversation with Graham Clumpner, anarchist, U.S. military veteran and eco-defender. If you missed the f...

Graham Clumpner, part 1: Anarchist Veteran on GI Resistance

17 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we're sharing a chat with Graham Clumpner, an anarchist veteran of the U.S. military from the early days of the so-called Global War on Terr...

Wayne Price on Anarchism and Marxist Economics

10 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Wayne Price on Anarchism and Marxist Economics Wayne Price is longtime anarchist, author and currently a member of Bronx Climate Justice North and t...

Digital Security Tools for Organizing with CLDC

07 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Digital Security Tools for Organizing We're happy to share the rest of our conversation with Michele Gretes, director of the Digital Security project...

Tracking Technology and Food Distro in Pandemic

03 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we feature two conversations. Cora Borradaile and Michele Gretes, folks involved in the Digital Security Project of the Civil Liberties Def...

Lorenzo Komb'oa Ervin and Bomani Shakur / Keith Lamar

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lorenzo Komb'oa Ervin and Bomani Shakur / Keith Lamar This midweek, we're sharing two segments. First up, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin talks about attempts i...

Barry Pateman on Anarchist History and Challenges

26 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Barry Pateman on Anarchist History and Challenges I'm really happy to share a chat with anarchist and historian, Barry Pateman. Barry, born in the ear...

Harm Reduction in Pandemic and Jason Renard Walker

19 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Harm Reduction in Pandemic and Jason Renard Walker This week we feature two segments, first up we got to chat with Hill Brown about Asheville's respon...

Kazi Toure (Burning Books Lecture Series)

15 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kazi Toure (Burning Books Lecture Series) Here's our second lecture we're excited to share in the Burning Books Lecture Series. We're slowly continuin...

Release Ramsey Orta! / Housing Struggle in Asheville

12 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Release Ramsey Orta! / Housing Struggle in Asheville Sean Swain's segment on Bernie Sanders withdrawal the Democrat candidacy. [00:03:20-00:12:27] Rel...

Being Better To One Another: Comrade Malik from USP Pollock / Peter Gelderloos from Spain

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Being Better To One Another: Comrade Malik from USP Pollock / Peter Gelderloos from Spain On this podcast special, we're sharing two segments. First,...

Seeing the World Elsewhere: Rural Mutual Aid in Appalachia and David Forbes on Journalism, Asheville and Anarchism

05 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Seeing the World Elsewhere: Rural Mutual Aid in Appalachia and David Forbes on Journalism, Asheville and Anarchism (image by Nicole Marie Burton, used...

Kijana Tashiri Askari, New Afrikan Black Revolutionary Prisoner

02 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kijana Tashiri Askari In this podcast special, a comrade spoke with Kijana Tashiri Askari, an imprisoned community organizer, prison abolitionist, and...

Reclaiming Our Power

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week I am very excited to present an interview done with Aishah Shahidah Simmons, who is a writer, community organizer, prison abolitionist, and ...

Being Out Here For The Prisoners in NC / Mesh Networks

29 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Being Out Here For The Prisoners in NC / Mesh Networks This week we feature two portions to this podcast bonus, two abolitionists in North Carolina ta...

Doing For Selves: Open Source Supplies and Tenant Organizing

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Doing For Selves: Open Source Supplies and Tenant Organizing Welcome to a podcast special from The Final Straw. While William is was busy producing an...

COVID-19 and the Prison System: 5 Voices from the Front Lines of Resistance

22 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today we have a show about COVID-19, specifically how the pandemic is being handled in prisons and detention. This show includes a lot of voices, and ...

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Burning Books Lecture Series)

19 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As corona virus spreads, the failures of capitalist states becomes even clearer and many people are forced to take some breaks from participating in t...

No Evil Foods Union and PLAN Line 3

15 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

No Evil Foods Union and PLAN Line 3 This week on The Final Straw, we're presenting two conversation, plus announcements [02:02-05:47] and Sean Swain's...

21 Years of South Chicago ABC Zine Distro

08 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

20 Years of South Chicago ABC Zine Distro with Tony & Mike This week on The Final Straw, we'll hear a conversation from a few month back with Anthony...

Revolutionary Witchcraft, Magic, Imagination, and the Weird Left; An Interview with Sarah Lyons

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week William got to sit down with Sarah Lyons, who is an author, activist, and a practicing witch about her new book Revolutionary Witchcraft: A...

Social justice and Struggle in Lebanon and Syria: Elia J Ayoub and Leila Al-Shami

23 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Social justice and Struggle in Lebanon and Syria: Elia J. Ayoub and Leila Al-Shami Photo taken from Al Jumhuriya This week on The Final Straw we're ...

Solidarity Means Stepping Up; Ben Turk on Updates and a Future for Prison Abolition

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we got the chance to sit down and catch up with Ben Turk, who is an anarchist and prison abolitionist living in Milwaukee WI, about some rec...

Josh Harper of SHAC7 and Voices from Gidimt'en Access Point

09 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Josh Harper of SHAC7 and Voices from Gidimt'en Access Point This week, we feature two portions of the show. Josh Harper on 'Animal People' film [00:06...

Special: Gitdimt'en Access Point Before The Raid

06 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Voices from the Gitdimt'en Access Point   This is a podcast special featuring the voices of three warriors who were on the barricade on the road to ...

Anarchy and Indigenous Resistance to AMLO in Mexico

04 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week on The Final Straw, an anarchist living in Mexico talks about the reign of the MORENA party of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (aka AMLO), the n...

Alexander Reid Ross on Conspiracy, Disinformation, the Far Right and the Hard Left + Roundup from A2 in RVA

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we have two portions to the show. First, we catch up with Mitch from Red Strings and Maroons podcast about some of what they saw at the A2...

Anarchism in El Salvador / An Antifa View of the Militia Demo in RVA

18 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have two segments, an interview with an Anarcha-Feminist organizer in San Salvador, El Salvador on the situation there, followed by Mitch...

Perspectives of Iranian Anarchists

12 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Perspectives from Iranian Anarchists This week on The Final Straw we feature a chat with a translator of the Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran t...

The Old Law and The New: Jason Goudlock in Ohio

05 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have two segments.  Jason Goudlock and the Old Law in OH First, we'll hear from Jason Goudlock, a prisoner under the so-called "Old Law"...

Io of ABO COMIX On Abolition, Comics, Queer Prisoner Support & Nerding

29 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week Cypress spoke with Io Ascarium. The conversation covered their work as a member of ABO Comix Collective and their work in comics and print. ...

Israeli Dissent and Sean Talks 'Last Act'

22 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Israeli Dissent and Sean Talks "Last Act" This week we are happy to feature a couple of audios we did NOT record ourselves.     Resisting Militaris...

Israeli Dissent and Sean Talks 'Last Act'

22 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Israeli Dissent and Sean Talks "Last Act" This week we are happy to feature a couple of audios we did NOT record ourselves. Resisting Militarism and O...

Defending The Block with La Villita Solidaridad

15 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Little Village Solidarity Network This week on The Final Straw Radio, I'm happy to share a conversation with Rozalinda, Pura and Lynn from La Villita ...

Sima Lee on Resistance, Repression, Hip Hop, and Creating New Worlds

08 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are super pleased to present an interview done with Sima Lee, who is a queer Afro-Indigenous hip hop artist and community organizer of lo...

Colonization and Revolt: E. Ornelas on the Radical Potentials of LeGuin's "The Word for World is Forest"

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are pleased to present a paper given at the 2019 north american anarchist studies network that took place this year in Atlanta Georgia by...

Project FANG on Combating Isolation + the Politics of Crypto-Anarchy

24 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we bring you two different segments. First, Cypress spoke with Jenny from Project Fang, a project that financially supports visits to earth ...

Margaret Killjoy on Creating Culture, Anarchism, and her New EP

17 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week I had the opportunity to sit down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about her new EP called Every Breath Our Last out this October from her one ...

Guest Interview: Eli Meyerhoff on his book 'Beyond Education', Battling Recuperation, and Operating on the Margins

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are presenting a special guest interview, done by Scott who is an anarchist academic and regular listener, with Eli Meyerhoff about his b...

"We are prepared, motherf**kers!": Greek anarchists on the New Democracy regime

03 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

"We are prepared, motherf**kers!": Greek anarchists on the New Democracy regime This week, we're sharing a conversation that I had with comrades from ...

The State of Resistance and the Struggle for Dignity in Chile

27 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week William had the chance to interview someone, a 20 year old anarchist from the territory of so called Chile, about the uprisings which have b...

From Southern Appalachia to Northeast Syria

20 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This is a show with two parts, firstly William got to sit down with two members of Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross about the ongoing and increasingly...

Rojava, War, Imperialism, and Defense

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

For this special podcast episode I spoke with Gönül Düzer, who is a labor activist, math teacher, and a board member of the Kurdish Cultural Center...

Goth, Punk, "Selling Out", and Being #DarkAndFlirty; an Interview with Secret Shame

06 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Secret Shame This week William had the chance to speak with 3 members of the Asheville based goth/darkwave/post punk band Secret Shame about their pol...

Pepe on Preparing for Freedom

29 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Preparing for Freedom Today you'll hear Bursts interview Pepe, an anarchist from so called Connecticut. As of September 4th 2019, Pepe has been senten...

The Ovas Speak on Living and Fighting in LA

22 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week I had the chance to interview three people who organize with La Concha, which is an anarchist space in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los...

Jeremey Hammond Resists a Grand Jury + Shane McDonnell on Nietzsche

15 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Support Jeremy Hammond! This week we are presenting two segments, first up is an interview done by Cypress - a new member of The Final Straw collectiv...

Digital Security / Tenant Organizing / #MeToo and Updates from Hong Kong

08 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Digital Security / Tenant Organizing / #MeToo and Updates from Hong Kong This week, we feature three portions. (image used by Ar To) Lauren Regan of C...

"We either organize or we die, our lives depend on this!"

01 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Anarchist Perspectives in Puerto Rico This week we have the opportunity to share a talk by Coco (they/them pronouns), who is a queer, Black, Puerto Ri...

BAD News: August 2019 (#25)

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

BAD News: Angry Voices From Around The World You can download it directly from archive.org here   Welcome to the 25th edition of Bad News. This is y...

We Need To Keep That Spirit Alive: anarchist prisoner Eric King and partner speak

25 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We Need To Keep That Spirit Alive: anarchist prisoner Eric King and partner speak ***Update: Eric King started a 5 day trial on August 26th, 2019, in ...

On Nurturance Culture with Nora Samaran

18 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On Nurturance Culture w Nora Samaran This week, Bursts spoke with Nora Samaran, author of the essay "The Opposite Of Rape Culture Is Nurturance Cultu...

"Colonialsim Has Left its Ugly Mark All Over the Planet, And We're Still Reeling From it But We're Not Backing Down."

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Words from Rojava + Likhts'amisyu Re-Occupation Village Words from Rojava First, Bursts interviewed Mark and anonymous, members of the Internationalis...

Move 9 Speak, Yellow Finch Tree Sitters, and Pansy Fest//ACAB 2019

04 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we feature three segments. As it is literally packed with jam, we suggest you check out our podcast for free online at our website or any nu...

Resisting Tyranny in Hong Kong

28 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Resisting Tyranny in Hong Kong  For the hour, we spoke with Ahkok who identifies as a humanitarian, antifascist and musician who grew up in Hong Kong...

BAD News: July 2019

24 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

BAD News: Angry Voices From Around The World Welcome to the 24th edition of Bad News. This is your Angry Voices From Around The World for July, 2019....

Secwepemc Struggle Against Pipeline / Perilous Chronicles Prisoner Resistance

21 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we feature two segments on the episode. First, a brief chat with Duncan of Perilous Chronicle, a site documenting prisoner resistance since...

There Is No Liberation Until The Borders Are Gone: Bruno from CIMA and Members of IAF Speak

14 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

There Is No Liberation Until The Borders Are Gone: Bruno from CIMA and Members of IAF Speak This week we are super pleased to share an interview that ...

Carolina Abortion Fund, Reproductive Justice and Autonomy

07 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we had the opportunity to connect with Ash Williams, who is the Volunteer Coordinator for the Carolina Abortion Fund, and is also one of the...

Hamilton Pride Defenders + "The Spectre and The Sovereign"

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Were happy to bring you three segments in this weeks show. The first is Sean Swain, who hasn't been heard on the airwaves for a few weeks. [2min 56] F...

This week's show will be late

29 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hey listener-buds, This week's show will drop in the podcast and other streams late this week, after midnight, technically Monday morning on the East ...

The Blood and Guts of Silent Sam

23 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  Taking Down Racist Monuments and Growing New Worlds This week on TFSR, we're featuring two audios from affiliates of the University of North Caroli...

BAD News: June 2019 (#23)

21 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This 23rd edition of BAD News, Angry Voices From Around The World for June, 2019.   If you'd like to get involved in the network or want to hear...

Anti-Repression in SC and Trans Resiliency in Appalachia

16 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we'll be featuring two segments, one on state repression against anti-racist organizers in rural Upstate South Carolina [10min 21sec] and o...

Fire Ant Journal

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this June 11th special, we're releasing an interview with some anarchist prisoners in the so-called U.S. and some of the folks who support them. Ju...

Eye On Palestine: Education + Solidarity Across Borders

09 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today we air three segments. First, audio about Likhts'amisyu Summer Camp in so-called B.C., Canada [4min 50sec]. Then, two Palestinian activists talk...

Sean Swain for June 9th, 2019

09 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Hey buds, We're not including Sean on this week's show so as not to conflict with the audio we've included in the show. But, y'all should definitely c...

"We of this bread will not eat any more"

07 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this minisode special, Bursts spoke with an anarchist comrade in Rome about the hunger strike initiated on May 29th by Anna and Silvia, two anarchi...

"We of this bread will not eat any more"

07 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this minisode special, Bursts spoke with an anarchist comrade in Rome about the hunger strike initiated on May 29th by Anna and Silvia, two anarchi...

Free Them All! : Matt Meyer on Kuwasi Balagoon

04 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

  Kuwasi Balagoon: A Soldier's Story This week we had the chance to interview Matt Meyer, who, among many other pursuits, is a retired professor and ...

9th Anniversary Show!

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

So for this episode, we tried something new. This show is in its 9th year of production, and we realized that we as hosts very rarely have interacted ...

Autonomy Meaning More Than Just Guns

26 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Community Self Defence Post-Charlottesville-2017 This week we share an interview I conducted a few months back with two folks, Inman and *****, about ...

Michael Kimble, Akbar + Mustafa: Prisoners in Ohio and Alabama Speak

19 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Prisoners in Ohio and Alabama Speak This week, we hear the voices of three prisoners: anarchist prisoner Michael Kimble and jailhouse lawyer Arthur "A...

Jpay in NC Prisons + Antiracist Oi Documentary, "Negro Terror"

12 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sean Swain on Jpay and New Documentary About Band Negro Terror This week, we feature an interview with Sean Swain about the JPay system being incorpor...

Antifa + Anarchy Down Under: Andy Fleming of SlackBastard

05 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Antifa + Anarchy Down Under: Andy Fleming of SlackBastard This week, we're sharing a recent conversation with Andy Fleming. Andy is an anarchist and a...

Humor, Shaming and Yelling At Racist Dogs w Tom Tanuki

28 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

On the show this week, Bursts spoke with Tom Tanuki, front man of the group Yelling At Racist Dogs (Y.A.R.D.), a performance anti-fascist group that d...

Bad News #21 (April 2019)

27 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This 21st edition of BAD News, Angry Voices From Around The World for April, 2019.   Download This Episode   If you'd like to get involved in the...

David Easley, Resisting From Inside

21 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Easley of Ohio IWOC & Jasper of FOM ****This show carries a heavy content warning for institutionalized violence against incarcerated people, su...

Out-Organizing Racists: ROAR Conference 2019 + Spencer Sunshine on Fascism

14 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

ROAR Conference 2019 + Spencer Sunshine on Fascism This week on the show, we feature two segments. First up, an organizer with the Revolutionary Organ...

Chelsea Manning and Grand Jury Resistance

07 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Chelsea Manning and Grand Jury Resistance This week on The Final Straw, we're excited to bring you perspectives on resisting Federal Grand Juries in t...

Indigenous Space and Decolonizing Prison Abolition

31 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Indigenous Spaces + Decolonizing Prison Abolition (Sean Swain starts at 05min, 12 sec) Ni Frontieres Ni Prisons on No New Migrant Prison in Laval, Can...

Surviving and Re-thinking Our World Without the Government; Comunidad Colectiva on ICE in NC

24 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This week we had the chance to interview Lelia, who is a community activist and a part of the group Comunidad Colectiva, an immigrant rights group bas...

End Prison Slavery: The Free Alabama Movement

17 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

End Prison Slavery: The Free Alabama Movement (Sean Swain: 4min 47sec) This week we air two interviews about the struggle of Alabama activist and pris...

BADNews: March 2019

16 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

March 2019 Welcome to BAD News, Angry Voices From Around The World for March, 2019. This podcast is a produce of the A-Radio Network, a network of ana...