The Final Straw Radio

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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

This week on The Final Straw, we feature a conversation between our occasional host, Scott, and adrienne maree brown. For the hour, Scott and adrienne speak about “”, her latest booklet available through , as well as sci-fi, abolition, harm,...
Building Working Class History [00:05:53] This week, I spoke with John from the Working Class History collective and host of their WCH podcast. We spoke about the new book, "", that WCH has published through PM Press, their archives, methodology, the...
The Security State, Far Right and Media Post-January 6th This week on the show, you’ll hear two segments: chat with on the far right and the government’s reaction following the riot on January 6th in DC and some perspectives on political content...
ShineWhite on Turning Razor Wire Plantations Into Schools of Liberation The following is a conversation with ShineWhite. ShineWhite is the former spokesperson for the National White Panther Organization, a part of the United Panther Movement. There...
Organizing To End Prison Slavery with Bennu Hannibal Ra Sun [starts at 00:02:37] This week, Bursts spoke with Bennu Hannibal Ra Sun, co-founder of the Free Alabama Movement and the National Freedom Movement, which is helping coordinate prisoner-led...
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 López / ABRA in Havana, Cuba, recorded in late 2018. In this chat, Isbel talks about the ABRA which is...
Prison Bars Won't Stifle These Hearts This week, we’re presenting three segments, all related in some way to prison. We hear an essay by an anarchist prisoner in Chile about a prison massacre on it’s 10th anniversary, the voice of David Easley...
Organizing in "No Chance Alamance" County This week on the show I’m speaking with three folks engaged in organizing in the rural Alamance County, North Carolina, and it’s capital of Graham. All three work with the 501c4 political non-profit,...
This week, you’ll hear Kiran and Marco of the , a collective of anti- authoritarian communists struggling to think through and build workers autonomy from the UK. For the hour, they talk about their organizing and the book they just published, “”...
This week, you’ll hear a full show, including a segment by Sean Swain [00:01:38 - 00:07:54] Defend DC, 12/11-12/12 [00:07:52 - 00:51:28] Our main content is a conversation with antifascist organizer Daryle Lamont Jenkins of the and to talk about...
This week, I spoke with Dónal O'Driscoll, an animal rights activist and anarchist from the UK talking about the work of the to investigate possible SpyCops in the UK, share resources by those harmed by the lies of long term undercovers in activist...
The Uprising In Belarus Nov. 22, 2020
Belarus is continuing to experience a revolt against the 26 year dictatorship of the post-Soviet dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. The situation came to a boil, fueled by yet another election rife with administration corruption, the creation of mutual...
An interview with Durham HEDS-Up!
This week on the The Final Straw you’ll hear me speaking with Cora Borradaile, who sits on the of the Civil Liberties Defense Center and works around issues of in movements and is an . We discuss the use of by US Marshall's and other law...
Certain Days: Freedom For Political Prisoners Calendar 2021 For the release of the 2021 we caught up with Josh, Sara and Daniel, three outside collective members. There’s no point in me explaining about the project when they do such a good job in...
Resisting State Repression Panel The following is a conversation between folks involved in anti-repression work in 5 parts of the so-called US. The goal was to present a zoomed out vision of scope and patterns of repression since the Floyd Uprising of...
This week on The Final Straw Radio, we spoke with Dylan and Enzo of Unity & Struggle. Unity & Struggle, or U&S;, is an anti-state communist collective spread across the so-called US. Their members publish essays and engage in local...
This week, you'll hear speak about his struggle over 57 years to be heard in the California court system and appeals to US Federal courts. Ruchell is the lone, surviving prisoner-participant of the August 7th, 1970 Marin County Courthouse Rebellion,...
This week on the podcast, we’re sharing an interview that I did with Hannah Dobbz, author of “”, published by AK Press. This interview originally aired on March 31st, 2013. From the original post: “Hannah was also the creator of the...
This week, we’re airing a presentation by Mark Cook from Burning Books bookstore in Buffalo, NY. This was recorded on February 18th, 2016. From the announcement on for the event: “Mark Cook is a former Black Panther, member of the George Jackson...