The Final Straw Radio

The Final Straw Radio

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

  1. 4 days ago

    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

    Daniel Gross on Building The Unions We'd Want To Join

  2. 18 Oct

    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

    Champagne Song of the Prairieland Antifa Case

  3. 11 Oct

    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

    Mobile Mutual Aid with the Auto(nomous) Body Shop

  4. 1 Oct

    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. Camp O:Shad Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) Alongside this, you'll hear Jackson, an organizer with the Human Rights Coalition talking about the situation of 2020 Uprising prisoner Khalif Miller. Khalif Miller Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) 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 Zine about the border mentioned here and in our March 1st episode: The Insurgent Southwest 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 Write to Khalif here: Smart Communications/PADOC Khalif Miller #QQ9287 SCI Forest PO Box 33028 St. Petersburg, FL 33733 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: https://prismreports.org/2024/12/19/khalif-miller-george-floyd-protests-prison/ @HRCoalition Philly on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hrcoalition?stkn=ZmJ2c2s3MG82YTQ5 https://www.hrcoalition.org/ . ... . .. Featured Track: TFSR by The Willows Whisper Beatbuster by The Willows Whisper

    Healing the Border's Scar + Updates on Khalif Miller

  5. 27 Sept

    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. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) 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

    Cal of the MN15 on Metro Surge and this Moment of Growing Fascism

  6. 20 Sept

    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) Zine (Imposed PDF) 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

    We Are All So Terrorized: 9/11, 25 Years In (with Spencer Ackerman)

  7. 13 Sept

    Anti-Repression Updates from the UK (with NetPol)

    This week, we're sharing a conversation with two anti-repression organizers in the UK who are both associated with NetPol, or the Network for Police Monitoring as well as other defendant support projects. For the chat we speak about the sort of work their orgs are involved in, changes in sentencing amongst protestors, increasingly violent police suppression of antifascists counter-demonstrating (and greatly outnumbering) anti-immigrant crowds, the Filton Palestine Action cases and more. We hope you enjoy and you can find some links in the show notes on where to find more of Maya and Andy's work. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) - US-Letter size (8.5in x 11in) Zine (Imposed PDF) - A4 (rest of the world) We recorded this interview several weeks ago, before Palestine Action was proscribed by the US as a Specially Designated Terrorist Entity and has had sanctions applied to it by the US State Department, so it's notable that we can legally not suggest anyone offer material support to Palestine Action thanks to the Anti-Antifascist US government as they could be punished under US law. NetPol (including the 'One Day In…' protest reports): https://netpol.org Green and Black Cross: https://greenandblackcross.org/ Freedom Press Youtube channel featuring Andy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v0NhHF0q6c&list=PLwiOksFHbOqSHpyVrlT5FrVaov3IpoWu_ Keep up on the Filton Cases: https://filtonactionists.com/ Save the SpyCops Inquiry: https://ucpi.uk/ SpyCops clearinghouse: https://www.spycops.co.uk/ Bristol Defendant Solidarity: https://chuffed.org/project/bds Guardian article on the death of Nicholas Stone on demo in Bristol: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/19/watchdog-investigate-death-man-after-police-contact-bristol-protest Our 2020 SpyCops interview: https://thefinalstrawradio.mayfirst.info/post/2020/11/29/uncovering-spy-cops-in-the-uk/ Our 2021 interview on the Kill The Bill protests in Bristol: https://thefinalstrawradio.mayfirst.info/post/2021/10/21/support-ryan-roberts-and-killthebill-bristol-defendants/ . ... . .. Featured Track: TFSR by The Willows Whisper Beatbuster by The Willows Whisper

    Anti-Repression Updates from the UK (with NetPol)

  8. 2 Sept

    The Situation with NoBlogs (a midweek special featuring Sabot Media and CrimethInc)

    In this mid-week special, you may have noticed a change in our introduction, that we're listing TFSR.Media as our website (a work in progress, currently pointed at our blog, soon to be pointed at our new web host). This is because we're moving our website from NoBlogs.org following the August 26, 2026 announcements by the US State Department and Department of Treasury that designated the hosts of NoBlogs, the Italian autonomous tech collective Autistici / Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and placed it on the Specially Designated Nationals list under Executive Order 13224. In this conversation you'll hear a member of the crimethinc ex-workers collective and Sprout from Sabot Media talk about the designation, the intended impacts on anarchist, antifascist and other movements by the US government, and what can come next if we're up for the fight. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) - US-Letter size (8.5in x 11in) A4 Zine (Imposed PDF) - A4 (rest of the world) Update: Via their updates page, KeepItAlive.AI, September 6th Autistici/Inventati announced that it would be shutting down. This development saddens us but we can't fault them after a quarter of a century of amazing work. and it works to underline the critical need for infrastructure for movements for liberation that is somehow defensible from capitalist and authoritarian states, where we can communicate among our movements, across their borders. As they say, Stay Human. I invite listeners to check out the statement from CrimethInc as well as the public letter still awaiting more signatures and articles available on the subject from sabot.media. There's also a recent chat by Outlaw podcast with Shayana Kadidal of the Center for Constitutional Rights on the legal elements of this chat, alongside a list of rad servers from Riseup that could be helpful for people looking for new web hosting homes for their projects. Sabot Media about NoBlogs: The Server Called Paranoia A Network Called Resistance Molotov Now! Podcast interview with A/I A/I's Bank Account Temporarily Suspended Also, check out Autistici/Inventatiti 's book about their first ten years: +Kaos: Ten Years of Hacking and Media Activism . ... . .. Featured Tracks: TFSR by The Willows Whisper Beatbuster by The Willows Whisper

    The Situation with NoBlogs (a midweek special featuring Sabot Media and CrimethInc)
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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

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