Ian interviews Josh MacPhee and Alec Dunn, co-editors of Signal, about the recently published eighth volume of the Journal of International Political Graphics and Culture. Then, Mwalimu Shakur speaks with Bursts about abolition, education and organizing within CA prisons.
An interview that we conducted with anarchists and abolitionists mostly in and around Manila, the capital of the Philippines about their projects, discussions of abolitionism in the Philippines, decolonization discourse, informal organizing, accountability and challenging patriarchal dynamics in the traditional left and more.
We hear from Kevin Rashid Johnson about his medical neglect despite a diagnosis of prostate cancer at Nottoway CI in Virginia. Then, a founder of the anarchistic journal Assembly.Org.UA based in Kharkiv, Ukraine, speaks about disaster capitalism, journalism, resistance to the invasion by Russia and living in a warzone. Finally, a member of BOAK, or the Anarchist Communist Combat Organization, speaks about sabotage against the war effort and decruitment in the military of the Russian Federation.
An interview with Tony Lane about the movement to defend the Atlanta Forest from the construction of the police training center in the USA and a film studio by Blackhall. Then, antifascist and former prisoner David Campbell talks about his experience of incarceration, the upcoming July 25th International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners, prisoner support and other topics.
This week on The Final Straw, we’re featuring a recent conversation with anarchist author and activist, Peter Gelderloos about his latest book, “The Solutions Are Already Here: Strategies For Ecological Revolution From Below”, published by Pluto Press in 2022.
This episode, we speak to anarchist prisoner Eric King about his punitive transfer to USP Lee after winning his case against the BOP in Federal court. Then we hear from Maria of Anarchist Black Cross Kyiv about her efforts against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, followed by Mari, a punk rocker currently in Lviv who is supporting leftists in the territorial defense. You’ll also hear a segment by anarchist prisoner Sean Swain.
Victoria from ‘Merced Under Construction’ talks about conditions and hunger strikes at jails in Merced County, CA. Then Josh and Mookie talk about political prisoner Eric King’s recent trial in which he was acquitted of charges of assault that could have added 20 years to his sentence.
This week on the show, we sat down with Bayla Ostrach, an activist, anarchist, longtime defender, provider of and researcher around issues of reproductive healthcare, particularly abortion and abortion access in the so-called US & Catalunya.
An interview with Marko of Anarcho-Syndicalist Initiative in Belgrade, Serbia about the Ecological Uprising of November and December to stop jadarite mining and other initiatives that could destroy water, air and soil in the Balkan mountains, antifascist perspectives on far right organizing in Belgrade, the presence of US neo-nazi Rob Rundo in the fascist scene, and challenges to left anti-authoritarian organizing in the former Yugoslavia.
Mèo Mun is an anarchist collective working to make anarchist materials and ideas more accessible to a Vietnamese audience, together with providing an analysis of social struggles from a Vietnamese anarchist lens. We talk about broken promises of socialism from the government, queer experiences in Vietnam, the legacy of Agent Orange and colonialism, use of nationalism by the regime and more.
