If you listen to the show, you’ll usually hear a short audio essay by a wingnut in an Ohio Prison. That wingnut is almost certainly Sean Swain. Sean has been in prison in Ohio since 1991 on a murder charge, the self-defense killing of an abusive ex of his then-girlfriend who had just gotten out. Sean believes the self-defense portion didn’t save him from the murder charge because the dead man was a relative of a court official. While in prison Sean became an anarchist and a jailhouse lawyer and in recent years has also converted to Islam.
Sean’s expressions during his segments, which we call “You Are The Resistance” are sometimes his views and sometimes parody. They do not always reflect the views of the folks at The Final Straw nor those of the guests that we interview.
You can write to Sean at the following address:
Sean Swain #A243205
OSP Youngstown
878 Coitsville-Hubbard Rd
Youngstown, OH 44505
You find Sean’s:
- fundraising for his legal challenge to denial of parole after 30 years inside on cashapp via $Swainiac1969;
- writings Last Act Of The Circus Animals (co-authored by Sean) & Ohio, via Little Black Cart;
- his album Burning Down: The Songs of Anarchist Prisoner Sean Swain (performed by outside artists):
- & more at SeanSwain.org and at SwainRocks.org.