The Final Straw Radio

Hosted By: WilliamG and bogoodness

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The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggle around the world. Since 2010, we’ve been broadcasting from occupied Cherokee land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humorous) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain.

The Final Straw has been operating since mid-2010 out of AshevilleFM.org, a freeform internet radio station in Asheville, North Carolina now broadcasting at WSFM-LP, 103.3 FM! The show is currently being rebroadcast on a number of other radio stations around the so-called US. Archives of the series can be found on archive.org. Please feel free to borrow, steal and modify the content to further spread the ideas. If you see fit to do so, please drop us an email at thefinalstrawradio(at)riseup( dot)net to let us know so we can brag about it! Archives of the show can be found at The Final Straw Radio website.

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Ongoing Resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline

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An interview about current resistance to the Mountain Valley Pipeline across eastern central Appalachia; then, an update on labor struggles at the Gallo Negro restaurant in Leipzig, Germany.
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An interview with German anarchist and former political prisoner, Thomas Meyer-Falk, about his time in prison and plans upon his recent release.
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