This week Bursts spoke with Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan, one of five defendants in the Lucasville Uprising case from 1993 facing the death penalty known collectively as the Lucasville 5. Hasan, calling from Ohio State Prison supermax in Youngstown, Ohio, took the time to talk about the newly formed Free Ohio Movement, a prison organizing movement based on the Free Alabama Movement which centers on the claim that prisons in the U.S. are the current site of a continuation of slavery. Then we spoke with members of Istanbul Anarchist Black Cross about anarchist prisoner support, including Evcan Osman.
This week, we spoke with Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan who is facing the death penalty for his role as a negotiator during the prisoner uprising at the SOCF facility in Lucasville in April of 1993. Hasan, as well as 4 other prisoners, have become known as the Lucasville 5. 4 of them are charged with … Continue reading A conversation with Hasan, who survived the Lucasville Prison Uprising→
An interview with Lala, an anarchafeminist in the Azerbaijani group Feminist Peace Collective about the war over Nagorno-Karabakh, struggles for gender equality in Azerbaijan, conspiracy theories and militarism
An interview with two people living in UK about a recent visit to Bakur, south-east Turkish Kurdistan to speak about Erdogan’s AKP victory in the national elections, modern history of Kurdish struggle in Turkey, the role of prisons in repression, Democratic Confederalism and social justice political parties and more.
Chazz from Uprising Support talks about anti-repression and those still incarcerated from the 2020 George Floyd Uprising aka ACAB Spring. Then, anarchist prisoner June 11th statements in solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long Term Anarchist Prisoners.
This midweek, we’re sharing two segments. First up, Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin talks about attempts in the 1960’s and 70’s at building a prisoners union in the United States and parallels with inside / outside organizing in the USA today. Then we hear from Ohio death row prisoner from the Lucasville Uprising case, Bomani Shakur (aka Keith Lamar) about his struggle to stay alive and call out the injustice in his and so many cases.
Jason Goudlock, an Old Law prisoner in Ohio, speaks about his case, struggles with sentencing disparities and the parole board. Then, Comrade Easley talks about his recent hunger strike against the torture of neurodivergent prisoners at Toledo CI and the transfer out of state faced by he and other prison rebels for their protests and lawsuits.
A conversation with incarcerated IWOC activist David Easley and an outside supporter, Jasper of the Free Ohio Movement, about resistance and repression inside the Ohio prison system.
Donald Rooum is most known for his longtime illustration of the wily, bomb-throwing, firebrand anarchist cartoon character, Wildcat. In this episode, Donald talks about his early political trajectory and development from childhood involvement during World War II in a Communist Party front group into anarchism via the speakers corner in Hyde Park.
25 Years After Lucasville; Two Perspectives on the Uprising This week is the 25th anniversary of the longest prison uprising in US history in which lives were lost. The rebellion, which lasted 11 days, took place at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, more commonly know as “Lucasville,” in April 1993. The disturbance broke out on … Continue reading After 25 Years… : Two Perspectives on the Lucasville Uprising by The Final Straw Radio→
