The Final Straw Radio @thefinalstrawradio@chaos.social

This week, we air a conversation between Rik Scarce (sociologist & author) & Leslie J. Pickering (author, organizer & former spokesperson of the North American ELF Press Office) from Burning Books shop Buffalo, NY in 2017. They talk about radical action for the environment, militancy, some ramifications of repression, & building & sustaining movement.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/07/12/defending-the-earth-by-what-means-burning-books-lecture-series/

This week we re-aired the keynote from #acab2018, William C. Anderson, (co-author w @ztsamudzi of "As Black As Resistance", AKpress) on 'Blackness and Anarchy'. We hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/07/05/william-c-anderson-on-blackness-and-anarchy-rebroadcast/

This week, we have a chat with folks from the liberated former Sheraton Hotel in Minneapolis, Sanctuary Hotel. Also, words from anarchist prisoners on the uprising against police killings and a PSA from channel zero network on jail support!

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/06/07/hotel-sanctuary-in-mpls/

Bomani Shakur (aka Keith Lamar) speaks eloquently about his case, his life, his fight! Twitter storm today for #FreeKeithLamar.

Then, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin talks about prisoner organizing in the 70's & compares to today's movements.

Plus prison phone zaps!

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/04/30/lorenzo-komboa-ervin-and-bomani-shakur-keith-lamar/

Hey folks, we're new to this medium. As an #Introduction we produce a weekly #anarchistpodcast & radio show and based in the U.S. South. We followed @submedia here, heard about it on the lasted #tfn. We'll be posting our weekly podcasts and occasional #anarchist tech shows (#error451), where Bursts (host) is usually joined by William Budington, who also works at the @EFF , to talk ~ tech security concerns and work-arounds. Hit us up if you wanna know more and check our bio for our website.

Members of the Portland General Defense Committee (GDC) of the IWW share experiences and insights from sustained #antirepression during the #PortlandProtest against white Supremacy, federal occupation and for #policeabolition. Lots of tips for folks new to protest and reminders for old heads. 🖤🏴

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/08/02/keep-calm-and-get-prepared-a-look-into-month-3-and-beyond-of-the-portland-uprising-with-the-portland-gdc/

Folks from #YellowFinch tree sit came onto the show this week to discuss the end of #ACP, future of #MountainValleyPipeline, the uprising and pipeline blockades during the pandemic. Plus #SeanSwain on #PDXprotests

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/07/26/pipeline-updates-from-yellow-finch-tree-sit/

Hear, ye!: #ComradeMalik on #EricKing; #SeanSwain on #geofencing; an intro to @tillallarefree International Week of Solidarity w/ Ⓐ Prisoners, July 23-30 from @DissidentIsland; + this month's #BADNews w/ reports by anarchist projects from the A-Radio Network!

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/07/19/anarchist-prisoners-and-updates-from-the-a-radio-network/

This week, we air a conversation between Rik Scarce (sociologist & author) & Leslie J. Pickering (author, organizer & former spokesperson of the North American ELF Press Office) from Burning Books shop Buffalo, NY in 2017. They talk about radical action for the environment, militancy, some ramifications of repression, & building & sustaining movement.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/07/12/defending-the-earth-by-what-means-burning-books-lecture-series/

This week we re-aired the keynote from #acab2018, William C. Anderson, (co-author w @ztsamudzi of "As Black As Resistance", AKpress) on 'Blackness and Anarchy'. We hope you enjoy this as much as we did.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/07/05/william-c-anderson-on-blackness-and-anarchy-rebroadcast/

Three parter: Najiyyah Avery Williams of #Justice4Jerry2020 on her son's killing by Asheville police; witness of #ConfederateMonuments protest in #ColumbiaNC; Michael Loadenthal of The Prosecution Project on repression patterns during the #blm / #acabspring uprising & #dropallcharges.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/06/28/justice4jerry2020-confederate-monuments-repression-during-the-movement-for-black-lives/

Dr. Modibo Kadalie (featured in the new AK Press book, "Deciding For Ourselves") chats about #PanAfrican #SocialEcology, spontaneous community action, representation, pandemic, direct democracy and other topics.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/06/21/pan-african-social-ecology-a-conversation-with-dr-modibo-kadalie/

We just chatted w D, a Black anarchist from Seattle about the #CHAZCHOP / #chazseattle, history of resistance in Capitol Hill, what it looks like and how it got there!

Share & Enjoy!

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/06/17/every-day-a-view-on-the-capitol-hill-autonomous-zone/

We got to sit down with Maxida Märak & Gabriel Kuhn about “Liberating Sápmi” (PM Press, 2019). We spoke about indigenous Sámi struggles for liberation, some ways people can show solidarity, & many more topics! Includes 3 hip hop tracks by Märak, too!

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/06/14/maxida-marak-and-gabriel-khun-on-liberating-sapmi/

Our June 11th day of solidarity with #MariusMason & longterm #anarchist prisoners episode features a friend of Marius Mason about his health & case. Also, we chat with #Anonymous hacker #JeremyHammond on his ideas & action! Free Them All!

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/06/10/june-11th-2020-marius-mason-support-and-words-from-jeremy-hammond/

#June11 #politicalprisoners #Anarchist #anarchistprisoners #FreeThemAll #anonymous #hacking #earthliberationfront #animalliberation

This week, we have a chat with folks from the liberated former Sheraton Hotel in Minneapolis, Sanctuary Hotel. Also, words from anarchist prisoners on the uprising against police killings and a PSA from channel zero network on jail support!

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/06/07/hotel-sanctuary-in-mpls/

Words from #Minneapolis:
A short communique from a reclaimed hotel;
Views from a medic on the context leading to the Uprising, including grievance over murder of #GeorgeFloyd & pandemic;
Tonja Honsey of Minnesota Freedom Fund on bail, police & prison abolition.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/06/01/two-voices-from-mpls-medic-and-abolitionist/

Audio from a 2019 panel by Indiana Department Of Corrections Watch feat. Zolo Agona Azania (formerly a BLA PPOW), Kwame Shakur of #StolenLivesProject, a mother/grandmother/advocate of incarcerated people, & Lorenzo Stone-Bey of IDOCWatch.

Midweek, you can hear the q&a!

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05/24/idoc-watch-panel-four-voices-for-liberation/

Part 2 of our chat w/ Graham Clumpner, anarchist and veteran of the US military. Graham talks about US society's responsibility for the continuing harm of the #GlobalWarOnTerror, veterans in social movements, movement building & ecological direct action w Mosquito Fleet.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05/20/graham-clumpner-p2/

Part 1 of our chat w/ Graham Clumpner. Hear about his move into, thru & away from the U.S military, thoughts on counter-recruitment, lasting trauma among vets, healing & his anarchism.

Stay tuned for part two May 20th, 2020 to hear Graham on ecological direct action against extractive industry, movement building and US veteran and civilian responsibility for the harm of the "Global War On Terror".

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05/17/graham-clumpner-p1/

Wayne Price comes on to talk history, anarchism, Marxist economics, State Capitalism and our need to year this miserable system down before it kills us.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05/10/wayne-price-on-anarchism-marxist-economics/

Here's the great folks at @CLDCdigsecurity sharing way more about safer apps and encryption methods for organizing from afar during pandemic times. Really appreciated the chat, hope it's useful to others!

(Image by @beehivedesign )

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05/07/digital-security-tools-for-organizing-with-the-cldc/

Hear from Tucson Food Share about their work & some lessons in #mutualaid. Also, Michele Gretes of Civil Liberties Defense Center - Digital Security program & Cora Borradaile of Oregon State CS Dept on #ContactTracing, privacy & surveillance.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05/03/tracking-technology-and-food-distro-in-pandemic/