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Countering Dispossession in Casiavera, Indonesia (with David E Gilbert)

An interview with David E Gilbert, anarchist political ecologist and author of “Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land: A Social Movement Ethnography”
Left Trans Voice from Turkey + NO Bonzo on Art and Anarchism

An interview with Eylem Çağdaş, a transwoman and an activist from Istanbul about current protest, queer and feminist perspective, anarchist participation and needs of solidarity by Frequenz-A followed by a conversation with no Bonzo about art and anarchism
Pushing Back On Flock Cameras with Kate Bertash

Technologist and designer Kate Bertash talks about Flock cameras, automatic license plate readers, the ubiquity of ai-driven surveillance, databasing and storage of real-time info of people and vehicle movements in public and privacy fears being raised
Solidarity Collectives: 3 years into the Full-scale Russian Invasion in Ukraine

The first half of an interview with Anton of Solidarity Collectives, a Ukrainian anti-authoritarian and anarchist project supporting comrades resisting the Russian invasion and giving aid to civilians and animals suffering in the war
Prefiguring Autonomy: Student-led Social Movement in Serbia Shake The Government

An interview with three anarchists in Serbia (two current students, one form 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)
Jay Ward on Hunger Strike + Antifascists Organizing in Europe

An interview with Jay Ward about his hunger strike and demands from Mansfield CI in Ohio, then crna luknja interviews antifascists about demonstrations in Budapest and Sofia plus Sean Swain’s segment
Bodily Autonomy and Health Education In An Easy To Swallow Package (Abortion Pill Zine)

An interview with the creators of the Abortion Pill Zine on comics, sex education and healthcare access
Military Decruitment, Trump 2.0 and Resisting New Empire (with Fig of About Face)

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
5 Months After Hurricane Helene in Barnardsville, NC

A chat with Badger and Jazz of Barnardsville Area Mutual Aid about the effects and aftermaths of Hurricane Helene and community resilience
Surveillance Self Defense, Encrypted Chat Apps and Securing Devices with Thorin Klosowski

Thorin Klosowski of the Electronic Frontier Foundation shares suggestions on how we can keep our devices and communications more private through encryption
CIMA on Community Defense Against ICE + Kristian Williams on the Comics of Alan Moore

Dulce from CIMA WNC speaks about immigrant solidarity in times of escalated threat of deportation and Kristian Williams talks about the comic books of Alan Moore
“From Hash Rebels to Urban Guerrillas” with Gabriel Kuhn

Gabriel Kuhn speaks about the recent “From Hash Rebels to Urban Guerrillas: A Documentary History of the 2nd of June Movement” (PM / Kersplebedeb) about the West German group active in the 1970s
The Ampelokipoi Case, Repression and Anti-Repression in Greece

Updates on the Ampelokipoi case in Athens, repression and antirepression in Greece with a member of Tameio
Forced Labor, Living Conditions, Opacity and Impunity in Texas Prisons (with Michelle Pitcher)

A recent interview with Michelle Pitcher of the Texas Observer about living conditions and forced labor in the TDCJ, the Texas prison system
We (MUST) Keep Us Safe: An interview with a Long-Term, Anonymous Anarchist Comrade on Repression, Trauma, Security Culture, and Revolutionary Solidarity

An anonymized chat with a longtime anarchist on lessons learned trying to be free while being targeted by state repression