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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).
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- 2 days ago1h 0m
Harsha Walia on Antifascism, Capitalism, Borders and Abolition
This week, we're sharing two segments. Harsha Walia [ 00:16:09 ] You'll hear an interview with Harsha Walia to speak about topics related the interrelated topics of borders, immigration, labor, imperialism, war and neoliberal capitalism. Harsha is the author of (among other titles) Undoing Border Imperialism (AK Press, 2013) and Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism (Haymarket Books, 2021), and this May the article "How To Not Abolish ICE: What have we learned from the past two decades of struggle?" available via Boston Review and appearing in the recent compilation "Forever Wars" from Haymarket at the end of June of 2026. Harsha organizes with Weaving Our Worlds, a grassroots, anti-authoritarian and internationalist collective and suggests listeners check out Detention Watch Network on ways to get involved in the USA in solidarity with their immigrant neighbors. There are a few texts by Harsha on TheAnarchistLibrary.org We definitely recommend Border and Rule for a dense book connecting incarceration, war, technology, finance, ecological displacement and other topics. For interviews with people entrapped by or offering solidarity with people on the move over the last 15 years and from sites as diverse as the Australasia, Abya Yala Europe Africa and West Asia, check the link to the 'immigration' category on our website. Third International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-Authoritarian Practices Against Fascism But first up, a brief interview we conducted with organizers of a the upcoming "Third International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-Authoritarian Practices Against Fascism" taking place in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico from December 18 to 20, 2026. Here's the announcement from Athens IndyMedia (scroll down for English): Third International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-Authoritarian Practices Against Fascism "No government fights against fascism in order to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie see power slipping from their hands, they raise fascism to maintain their privileges. (…) Fascism is not to be debated; it is to be destroyed." Buenaventura Durruti With the intention of continuing to open spaces of tension, the International Gathering of Anarchist and Anti-Authoritarian Practices returns to the border territory occupied by the Mexican state, this time in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, from December 18 to 20, 2026. Due to the rise of the far right and the electoral trap that fascism has set across Abya Yala, its now urgent to create gathering spaces where the anarchist movement, its collectives and individuals, as well as like-minded antiauthoritarian collectives and organizations, can share strategies and tactics so that we are prepared to continue t
- 1 weeks ago1h 18m
Victoria Law on Healthcare Behind Bars, the Pandemic and Lessons Learned (or Not)
Here is a recent chat with Victoria Law about her 2024 book, Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration from Haymarket Books. For the hour Vikki talks about what she learned through interviews with incarcerated folks as they lived through the first years of the Covid-19 pandemic behind bars across different jurisdictions and types of facilities and status. We talk about what decarceration really happened in 2020, lessons learned and not about healthcare around incarceration and some of the methods that incarcerated folks kept each other safe(r) in facing the novel corona virus. Past interviews with Victoria Law: https://thefinalstrawradio.mayfirst.info/category/vikki-law/ Past interviews with Mwalimu Shakur: https://thefinalstrawradio.mayfirst.info/category/mwalimu-shakur/ A recent article about organizing by Kwaneta Harris: https://19thnews.org/2026/09/menopause-women-prison-kwaneta-harris/ . … . .. Featured Track: TFSR by The Willows Whisper
- 2 weeks ago1h 6m
Daniel Gross on Building The Unions We'd Want To Join
This week, we're sharing an interview that Ian conducted with author Daniel Gross about his new book, Unions of Our Own: Eight Building Blocks to Change Work and the World, out now from Haymarket Books. They discuss Daniel's organizing experience, the process of putting together his new book and the legacy of Staughton Lynd, Daniel's mentor and coauthor of Labor Law for the Rank & Filer. Links: https://unionsofourown.org/ Staughton Lynds past appearance on TFSR: February 10, 2014 A union referenced by Daniel during the chathttps://garmentworkercenter.org/ A couple of pieces of media on Constituency: https://www.sununion.org/ https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e121-123-iww-starbucks-workers-union/ . … . .. Featured Track: TFSR by The Willows Whisper
- 3 weeks ago53 min
Champagne Song of the Prairieland Antifa Case
This week, we're sharing a recent interview we conducted with Champagne Song, who received a 100 year sentence in federal prison as a part of the Prairieland Antifa case, stemming from a July 4th, 2025 noise demonstration outside of an ICE immigrant prison outside Alvarado, Texas. We don't speak about the details of the case as Champagne is filling appeals in the federal case and still facing a state case, alongside many of their co-defendants, but you can find details on the case at PrairielandDefendants.Com or in our prior interviews covering the case, linked in our show notes. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) In the federal trial, Champagne was given the maximum sentence available to the court, a move one judge declared was meant to send a message to people of similar ideology. Champagne was convicted of the following charges: Attempted murder of two correctional officers and Alvarado Police Officer Discharging a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime Riot, with the intent to commit an act of violence Providing support to terrorists, a violation of 18 U.S. Code § 2339A Conspiracy to use and carry explosives You can find writings by, updates about, and Champagne at the PrairielandDefendants.com website, and also recordings of essays and poems by Champagne via PrisonRadio.org. A story that Champagne suggested people check out, detailing issues around ballistics in their case by The Intercept can be found here. They can also currently be reached by the site or app GettingOut.com, and you can write them at the following address (using Champagne or B inside the correspondence, and with the note that they've been getting a lot of correspondence and so may not be able to respond): Johnson County Jail, TX Benjamin Hanil Song, 202502108 P.O. Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131 . … . .. Featured Track: TFSR by The Willows Whisper
- Oct 11, 20261h 14m
Mobile Mutual Aid with the Auto(nomous) Body Shop
This week, you'll hear two segments. First up, we spoke with Crystal and Alecia from the Auto(nomous) body shop. From their website: The Auto(nomous) Body Shop is a Pittsburgh based mobile mutual aid resource supporting bodily autonomy & community care. We provide free info + supplies + propaganda to support & empower folks to be the go to friend for reproductive health, abortion care, & harm reduction in their community. We also fundraise for repro health to break down barriers to care, conduct workshops, collaborate with & support other mutual aid orgs. The discussion touches upon the many facets of their organizing in the Pittsburgh region, the climate for reproductive healthcare and gender-affirming care in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area, and their expansion into other regions of the state. The conversation also includes discussion of their coalition-based strategy to broaden the breadth and depth of their efforts and the need for joyful celebration of their values and goals. To that end, we get into the social events and zine publication coming up later this month. Website: theautonomousbodyshop.com Instagram: @the.auto.body.shop Anti-LGBTQIA+ Repression in Turkey [ 00:45:55 ] Then, we share an interview by FrequenzA out of Germany with a guest about recent repression against queer people and organizations across Turkey from September 12-14th, 2026. This crackdown against activists, organizations and spaces was named "My Family Is Safe", with the reactionary government of Erdogan's AK Party using the same rubric of upholding cis-hetero nuclear families as the only healthy model against "gender ideology" as you hear from regimes in the US under Trump, Russia and from right wing movements around the world. This interview will also appear in episode 106 of B(A)D News: Angry Voices From Around The World from the A-Radio Network, of which we're a member. Longer version of the interview (as found in podcast) KaosGL Instagram @KaosGL Velvele Instagram: @Velvele1977 Istanbul Pride Instagram: @IstanbulPride Istanbul Trans Pride Instagram: @TransPrideIstanbul_ . ... . .. Featured Tracks: TFSR by The Willows Whisper Beatbuster by The Willows Whisper
- Oct 1, 20261h 9m
Healing the Border's Scar + Updates on Khalif Miller
We're sharing a recent chat with Juan of Casa Carmelita to talk about Camp O:Shad about the tree sit and defense of the landscape around Tohono O'odham land around Lochiel Arizona against a double border wall being constructed and in the run-up to the October 4th day of action that organizers are hoping to invite people to at the US-Mexico border. Alongside this, you'll hear Jackson, an organizer with the Human Rights Coalition talking about the situation of 2020 Uprising prisoner Khalif Miller. We hope you enjoy the interviews! This episode will also be this Sunday's podcast, so expect to hear back from us October 11th. Camp O:Shad contact website: https://camposhad.squarespace.com Fundraising for the campaign: https://givebutter.com/stop-destruction-in-lochiel-oxsxdp CrimethInc article concerning a month of actions against borders across Turtle Island: https://crimethinc.com/2026/09/23/apply-heat-melt-ice-flashpoints-in-the-fight-against-ice-reports-and-calls-to-action-from-around-the-country#arizona A recent article on the resistance at Lochiel: https://crimethinc.com/2026/08/12/the-border-is-an-open-wound-a-tree-sit-in-lochiel-arizona-halts-border-wall-construction Instagram accounts covering this campaign: @Rally.ForTheValley https://www.instagram.com/rally.forthevalley @Casa_Carmelita https://www.instagram.com/casa_carmelita @TierraLibre_NoBorders https://www.instagram.com/tierralibre_noborders @NoMoreDeaths_NoMasMuertes https://www.instagram.com/nomoredeaths_nomasmuertes Sierra Club @SC_Borderlands https://www.instagram.com/sc_borderlands Khalif Links: @FreeKhalifPhilly on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freekhalifphilly Khalif's fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-khalif-miller A good article about his case: <a
- Sep 27, 202659 min
Cal of the MN15 on Metro Surge and this Moment of Growing Fascism
This week, we're sharing a recent interview with Cal Robinet, an anarchist, union electrician, and fire arms instructor involved in the union and LGBT Ray Rainbolt Memorial Shooting Club. Cal is also a member of the Minnesota 15, who were federally indicted following Operation Metro Surge and taking their challenge to court, charged under 18 U.S.C. § 372 "conspiracy to impede federal officers", the civil war-era statute that has been deployed against other, non-violent anti-ICE protesters as we saw in Chicago with the Broadview 6 and in Washington with the Spokane 3. We would direct folks to Minnesota15.org for further reading, updates and ways to support the defendants. Of note, there is a call for a day of solidarity with the defendants on Sunday, October 3rd wherever you are. More at the support site, or find a pic in our show notes related to this. Links: Fundraising for legal expenses: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund Unicorn Riot interview with Cal: https://unicornriot.ninja/media/minnesota-15-defendant-cal-robinet-speaks-out/ Co-defendant Cameron Kennedy of the MN15: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeHbMlHDec5NmJfiQXMYGXQ Unicorn Riot coverage from Feb, 2026 on the Cold Water Springs encampment: https://unicornriot.ninja/2026/indigenous-activists-occupy-land-near-fort-snelling-plan-to-stay-until-land-back/ A history of Oceti Sakowin 7 Council Fire: https://unicornriot.ninja/media/the-original-oceti-sakowin-7-council-fires-at-mini-owe-sni-ft-snelling-landback-occupation/ UR playlist of videos about ICE in Minneapolis: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhO_NX0M3_7gLdXZKDKXL7Hd7ZnB9QDbj . … . .. Featured Track: TFSR by The Willows Whisper
- Sep 20, 20261h 7m
We Are All So Terrorized: 9/11, 25 Years In (with Spencer Ackerman)
This week, you're hearing our recent interview with journalist, author and comic creator Spencer Ackerman about his 2021 book, Reign Of Terror: How The 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump . This felt like a fitting chat to record as we approach the 25th anniversary of that event in the dystopian second administration of that reality tv boss Donny J Trump. In the chat we cover some of the topics in the book, like the legalistic and lingustic wrangling of subsequent administrations to expand US exceptionalism to international standards of war and human rights around captured prisoners, expansions of domestic spying and generally how the state of emergency created in 2001 has been used by Democrats and Republicans since to lay the ground work for the naked imperialism abroad and racially eliminationist policies in the US. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) - pending Zine (Imposed PDF) - pending I definitely suggest you check out Forever-Wars.com for more of his journalism and find announcements there for the pre-order of his comic book No One Escapes the Dialectic coming out in November and the upcoming pre-order for his book The Disappeared: A Father, A Son and the War On Terror, scheduled to come out in March of 2027. . ... . .. Featured Track: TFSR by The Willows Whisper
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