A conversation that I had with writer, anarchist, and agitator Vicky Osterweil about her recently published book In Defense of Looting, a Riotous History of Uncivil Action published by Bold Type Press in August of 2020.
Bursts spoke with a member of the Perilous Chronicle about their report “First 90 Days of Prisoner Resistance to COVID-19” concerning the spike in measured prisoner resistance in the forms of work and hunger strikes, fights with guards, riots and escapes from facilities ranging from county jails, state prisons, ICE detention facilities and federal prisons across the so-called US and so-called Canada.
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 the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s proposed 301 mile corridor of pressurized, fracked liquefied natural gas. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thefinalstrawradio/tfsrpodcast20200726-MVPipeline.mp3 This week, we speak with Dustie Pinesap and Woodchipper who are at … Continue reading Pipeline Updates from Yellow Finch Tree Sit
For June 11th 2020, we are releasing a chat with Letha, a supporter of Marius Mason. Then we hear from anarchist hacktivist prisoner and Grand Jury Resistor, Jeremy Hammond.
On this podcast minisode, we feature the voices of two incarcerated comrades: Jennifer Amelie Rose and Comrade Z. Both chats were conducted through the mail and are voiced by comrades in the Channel Zero Network.
This week on The Final Straw we’re featuring a chat with Elia J. Ayoub, a Lebanese-Palestinian writer and researcher, and Leila Al-Shami, a British-Syrian activist and author. For the episode we discuss resistance movements in the last 30 years in Lebanon and Syria, the ongoing anti-sectarian and anti-regime protests in Lebanon, the Syrian civil war and diaspora, and shared elements between the two situations. We also talk about the western left and media, it’s failings at solidarity and some ways it can learn from and support social justice movements emanating from that region.
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 recent efforts that he has been involved in and some ways that listeners can plug in and do solidarity work from afar. We speak about the lockdowns … Continue reading Solidarity Means Stepping Up; Ben Turk on Updates and a Future for Prison Abolition
Israeli Dissent and Sean Talks “Last Act” This week we are happy to feature a couple of audios we did NOT record ourselves. http://traffic.libsyn.com/thefinalstrawradio/tfsrpodcast-20191222-IsraeliDissentSeanTalksLastAct.mp3 Resisting Militarism and Occupation in Israel First, German comrades attending the Balkan Anarchist Bookfair last year interviewed two Israeli anarchists about resistance against the settler-colonial nation they live under. … Continue reading Israeli Dissent and Sean Talks “Last Act”
The framing of this special is to focus on a publishing project currently being undertaken inside and outside of the prisons that many long-term anarchist prisoners in the so-called U.S. participate in called Fire Ant.
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 about the project “Eye On Palestine” [14min 42sec]. Finally, we share audios from the A-Radio Network show, BADNews, with words from struggles in Serbia [49:42] and the UK [53:50]
