The Final Straw Radio

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Weekly anarchist radio show & podcast from Asheville, NC.

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2026-07-24 14:10:37 UTC

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Here's the transcribed zine of our interview with members of the @npub1n95…2fy0 on federal sentencing for the Prairieland Defendants
https://tfsr.media/zines/#July2026
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2026-07-19 13:30:46 UTC

M.V. Ramana, author of "Nuclear Is Not The Solution" ( Verso , 2024) speaks about Nuclear energy, it’s proposal as a clean option for power generation to counter the fossil fuel industry-exacerbated climate crisis, it’s ties to weapons development and other topics.
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/07/19/a-long-and-deadly-con-nuclear-power-and-weapons-with-m-v-ramana/
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2026-07-05 16:48:14 UTC

Updates from members of the @npub1n95…2fy0 on the federal sentencing in the Prairieland Antifa terror in north Texas, followed up by details and discussion of the court case related to an anti-flock sabotage in the Great Lakes region of the US
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/07/05/prairieland-defendants-federal-sentencing-plus-flock-sabotage-in-the-great-lakes/
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2026-04-19 14:00:22 UTC

This week, we’re sharing two segments: an interview with the recently released anarchist organizer and writer #HybachiLeMar, plus a member of the #Xinachtli Freedom Campaign speaks on the incarcerated elder’s condition in Texas prison
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/04/19/hybachi-lemar-shares-some-thoughts-updates-on-xinachtli/
#prison #politicalprisoner
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2026-03-29 13:30:48 UTC

An interview with two members of the @npub1n95…2fy0 about the recently finished federal trial for 9 defendants in the "Antifa terrorism" case around the #Prairieland Detention Center noise demo in July of 2025
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/03/29/out-here-for-them-updates-as-prairieland-federal-trial-ends/
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2026-03-17 14:00:04 UTC

A smidgen of Elia Ayoub's insights from our March 15th interview on the state of the global order and the spreading war and disruption in west Asia. Check out more at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/03/15/the-us-israeli-war-with-iran-spreads-nuclear-weapons-lebanon-anti-imperial-solidarity-with-elia-ayoub/
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2026-03-06 13:17:38 UTC

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proton appears less a honeypot than a business that operates in legal jurisdictions under a TOS, required to give info they have to governments during investigations.
Movements and individuals shouldn't consider info they give up safe to such a project (payment info, legal IDs, contact info).
Such concerns require services where anonymous payment is possible or no payment is required
This thread gives some smart challenges to the question of security v useability
https://bsky.app/profile/activistchecklist.org/post/3mgdwg4zn5c2d

2026-02-22 14:39:46 UTC

This week, [@cooperq](https://masto.hackers.town/@cooperq ) of the @npub1m24…d9a3 talks about cellular site simulators and counter-surveillance. Also, Radio Ausbruch ( of @npub1d46…w6yg ) presents info on the deBanking in Germany at US behest disrupting the work of Rote Hilfe, Dresden ABC and others
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/02/22/rayhunter-with-cooper-quintin-plus-debanking-the-movement-in-germany/
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2026-01-11 14:30:41 UTC

James Stout, author of "Against The State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar & Rojava" ( AK Press, 2026) talks about the idea of anarchist armies, discuss those three conflicts, left libertarian approaches to formalized armed resistance beyond a guerrilla unit, some of the novel technologies and international solidarities that have developed + a lot more
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2026/01/11/anarchists-at-war-in-spain-myanmar-and-rojava-with-james-stout/
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2025-12-07 18:55:35 UTC

Our chat with Mary & Fanny, two independent technologists, on contingency for "what if Signal were blocked in the US" and their suggestion: @npub17gp…nrxn
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/12/07/signal-contingency-plan-delta-chat-with-fanny-and-mary/
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2025-11-15 15:25:21 UTC

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#ICYMI our interview with Dr. Tariq D. Khan about Americanism, settler colonial violence and his book The Empire Shall Be Kept Clean. Check it out at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/10/12/tariq-d-khan-on-americanism-and-red-scares/
https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/115/554/406/177/216/197/original/a8b313d4aa5628bf.mp4

2025-10-19 13:36:42 UTC

An interview with an anarchist in Kathmandu on the #GenZ anti-corruption protests that ousted the Nepalese Prime Minister followed by a chat about the first, upcoming Pittsburgh anarchist book fair October 24-26
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/10/19/anarcho-on-movement-in-nepal-and-the-gen-z-uprising-that-rocked-the-state/
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2025-10-12 17:19:42 UTC

Dr. Tariq D. Khan comes on to speak about his 2023 book "The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean", US Settler Colonial violence, Red Scares in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Americanism then and now and the importance of education
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/10/12/tariq-d-khan-on-americanism-and-red-scares/
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2025-08-11 15:53:19 UTC

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Find the zine of our interview with Dani Burlison of CAW on her recent book on mutual aid, destructive California fires, capitalism and more at https://tfsr.media/zines/#July2025
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2025-07-27 13:18:29 UTC

Author Dani Burlison speaks about disaster and renewal in "Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California’s Fire Country" ( AK Press , 2025)
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/07/27/mutual-aid-in-cas-fire-country-with-dani-burlison/
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2025-07-20 13:02:08 UTC

Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block talk about their book, "Strike While The Needle Is Hot: A Discography of Workers Revolt" (Common Notions, 2025), labor, history, music and culture in struggle
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/07/20/labor-resistance-on-vinyl-with-josh-macphee-kennedy-block/
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2025-07-19 11:11:18 UTC

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Here you'll find the zine of our recent chat with Nuke and Heatscore from @npub12aj…wuy5 about the first episode of InterRebellium on the Chilean Uprising, The Estallido Social , alongside many others, at https://tfsr.media/zines/#July2025
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2025-07-15 16:15:10 UTC

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Here's the zine of our interview with Richard Amm of Disability Action Research Kollective on anarchism and disability.
This and a growing lineup of zines available for printing and reading at https://tfsr.media/zines/#June2025
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2025-07-06 13:16:00 UTC

This week, @npub12aj…wuy5 speaks about the first episode of the InterRebellium docu-series, The Estallido Social about the 2019 Chilean uprising
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/07/06/interrebellium-by-sub-media/
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2025-07-03 14:54:31 UTC

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We're sharing the transcribed interview with Angel Espinosa-Villegas from ICE Detention about their incarceration, conditions inside multiple southwestern facilities in May of 2025.
This and other texts and zines available for free at https://tfsr.media/zines/#May2025
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2025-06-22 13:30:09 UTC

An interview with two southern Californian anarchists about the recent protests against ICE raids alongside military and national guard, as well as resistance to recent anti-homeless sweeps
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/06/22/rapid-responses-to-immigration-raids-homeless-sweeps-in-so-cal/
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2025-06-15 13:15:43 UTC

Richard Amm from DARK speaks about disability, anarchism, history, Covid-19 and more, plus [@aradio_berlin](https://kolektiva.social/@aradio_berlin ) speaks with anarcho-syndicalists in Azerbaijan and Črna Luknja speaks with antifascists in Austria (via @npub1d46…w6yg 's BADNews pod)
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/06/15/anarchism-and-disability-plus-a-radio-segments/
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2025-05-11 13:30:27 UTC

An interview with Clifton Ariwakhete Nicholas and @npub1ur4…gxs2 about about the film currently in production via @npub1srk…l9a9 , "A Red Road To The West Bank: An Indigenous journey of resistance and solidarity", settler-colonialism, indigenous ties between Palestine and Kanehsatà:ke in so-called Canada
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/05/11/a-red-road-to-the-west-bank-with-clifton-ariwakhete-nicholas-and-franklin-lopez/
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2025-05-04 13:01:38 UTC

An interview with Angel, a former 2020 Uprising prisoner and current ICE detainee of trans-masculine lesbian of Mapuche heritage facing deportation to Chile, speaking about conditions in ICE detention
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/05/04/former-uprising-defendant-from-ice-detention-angel-espinosa-villegas/
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2025-03-23 13:30:54 UTC

An interview with three anarchists in #Serbia (two current students, one from the early 2010s) about the student-led protests that have blossomed to a democratic social movement in response to government corruption and the collapse of a train canopy in Novi Sad on November 1st, 2024, killing 16 people (so far)
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/23/prefiguring-autonomy-student-led-social-movement-in-serbia-shake-the-government/
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2025-03-02 14:15:40 UTC

Fig, an anarchist, member of the anti-Imperialist US veterans org About Face talks decruitment, assessments of shifts in military priority under Hegseth towards the southern US border + the Trump administration 2.0’s multi-polar spin
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/02/military-decruitment-trump-2-0-and-resisting-new-empire-with-fig-of-about-face/
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2025-02-28 17:15:28 UTC

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Now you can read / translate / print / share our recent interview with @[email protected] of the @npub1m24…d9a3 on encrypted communication and more, found at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/zines/#February2025
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2025-02-23 14:31:04 UTC

A chat with Badger and Jazz of Barnardsville Area Mutual Aid about the effects and aftermaths of Hurricane Helene and community resilience
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/02/23/5-months-after-hurricane-helene-in-barnardsville-nc/
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2025-02-16 14:30:43 UTC

@npub1l3x…v4qu of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( @npub1m24…d9a3 ) shares suggestions on how we can keep our devices and communications more private through encryption and explores the surveillance self defense site, ssd.eff.org
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/02/16/surveillance-self-defense-encrypted-chat-apps-and-securing-devices-with-thorin-klosowski/
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2024-12-26 23:03:00 UTC

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Did we mention that we transcribed our interview with a member of TA on the situation in #Syria and in #Rojava in particular? No, well we did. There's a zine and a transcript for reading, printing, translating and sharing at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/zines/#December2024
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2024-12-24 01:37:33 UTC

Pre-releasing for Patreon supporters of $3+/month a recent chat with editors at @Interstices on recent developments in #Syria. Check it out and get the self-satisfaction of supporting our transcription costs!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/we-will-need-two-118545356
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2024-12-22 20:12:47 UTC

An interview with Errico, a combatant member of Tekoşîna Anarşist, an internationalist anarchist formation in critical solidarity with the Rojava Revolution, speaks about the conditions on the ground in Syria, particularly the north east
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2024/12/22/an-anarchist-view-from-rojava-on-recent-events-in-syria-a-conversation-with-a-combatant-of-tekosina-anarsist/
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2024-12-10 17:46:10 UTC

We compiled our catalog for December 2024 of zines transcribed of our interviews from the last 14.5 years, especially useful if you're offering transcripts to people behind bars. Find it for printing, alongside the links to zines at https://tfsr.wtf/zines
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2024-11-24 14:15:27 UTC

"Abortion Beyond The State" by Jex Blackmore recorded at @npub108l…kgxh 2024 in so-called Asheville, NC, on the history and need for autonomous health care
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2024/11/24/abortion-beyond-the-state-with-jex-blackmore-acab24/
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2024-11-10 15:27:35 UTC

An interview with Maru Mora-Villalpando of La Resistencia about organizing against the privately owned immigration prison the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. Then, @npub1l3d…h9c9 talks about documenting and challenging local fascists in western PA
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2024/11/10/resisting-immigration-prison-in-tacoma-and-fascists-in-pittsburgh/
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2024-08-25 13:15:49 UTC

A chat with two members of No More Deaths / No Más Muertes in its 20th year of operation about humanitarian relief on the borderlands between Mexico and the USA, the Border Patrol, medical response and more.
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2024/08/25/no-more-deaths-no-mas-muertes-on-the-mexico-us-frontier/
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2024-08-05 14:01:04 UTC

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Here's the zine of our interview with two participants in Grupa Granica in Poland near the Belarus border speaking about border militarization and supporting people on the move.
This and more can be found at https://tfsr.wtf/zines/#July2024
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2024-08-01 14:01:05 UTC

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#ICYMI this week, we spoke with Grupa Granica about conditions at the Polish side of the "green border" with Belarus at Bialoweza forest, increased military presence and supporting people on the move. Find this, transcripts & more at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2024/07/28/grupa-granica-activsists-speak-about-perils-on-the-belarus-poland-border/
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2024-07-28 13:15:20 UTC

An interview with two human rights activists involved in Grupa Granica in eastern Poland near the Belarus border, about the situation with the migrant route there and increased militarization on both sides of the border through this ancient forest and through the region
https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2024/07/28/grupa-granica-activsists-speak-about-perils-on-the-belarus-poland-border/
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