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This week we are pleased to present something a little bit new for TFSR listeners. This is a kind of informal round table discussion that co host Scott and I had alongside Vicky Osterweil, who has been on the show before to speak on her book In Defense of Looting; A Riotous History of Uncivil Action. We all sat down to talk about a short and thought provoking article which was published in January of 2022 called "The Interregnum: The George Floyd Uprising, the coronavirus pandemic, and the emerging social revolution" which was published on the Haters Cafe and we will link to it in the show notes for anyone interested in reading it. An interregnum is defined as being a period of discontinuity in a government, organization, or social order, and it typically points to time frames at which there isn't a clear monarch or reigning body in a given place. This article points to the many ways the George Floyd uprising, the covid 19 pandemic, the rise of anti-work, and what the article calls the Great Refusal (a pivot from the 'Great Resignation' nomenclature of some mass media) have all created the conditions for a possible broadscale social revolution. Also stay tuned to the end of this episode where we chat briefly about what books we're reading right now. We hope you enjoy this chat! ((note to listeners, I'm now using the name I use in real life for this radio project, which is Amar. It's become more and more important to me to be as fully acknowledging of my culture and ethnicity as possible, and this is one way I'm choosing to do that)) A note on the audio, I messed up recording on my side – my bad - but Scott saved the audio by doing their own back up recording! In Defense of Looting interview with TFSR! Announcements: Disrupt Stone Mountain In the south eastern US state of Georgia, there is a call-out for anti-racists and anti-fascists to show up and counter and stop the yearly demonstration organized by the buffoonish Sons of Confederate Veterans at Stone Mountain Park for April 30th, 2022. Stone Mountain was intended by "lost cause" supporters as a confederate Mount Rushmore, including a large bas-relief carving and was maybe the site of the birth of the second KKK in 1915. More info on the twitter for Atlanta Justice Alliance and some background can be found in a prior TFSR interview Eric King A call-in campaign continues until we hear otherwise for Eric King, the anarchist prisoner who recently won a court case against his jailers at the federal Bureau of Prisons. After that case, they decided to transfer him to a higher security facility across the country. The BOP has a history of setting Eric up to get jumped by white supremacist prisoners at other facilities and the worry is that not only is this move an obvious act of vengeance by the BOP but that he'll be isolated and targeted at USP Lee or whatever facility they stick him in. You can find notes about the call in at SupportEricKing.org, in our chat with Eric on our April 3rd, 2022 episode and in the recent IGD This Is America interview on the subject. Libre Flot Libre Flot, a French anarchist and former volunteer alongside the YPG in Rojava, has ended his hunger strike after a judge released him for medical reasons but he'll be electronically monitored by the state pending a future court case, as reported by Abolition Media. Likely future updates and ways to support Libre Flot can be found at SolidarityToDecember8.WordPress.Com. Mountain Valley Pipeline Resistor Needs Support Max is facing a bunch of legal fees for locking down to block the delivery of pipeline to the MVP construction project and is looking for support in covering costs. More info can be found at https://tinyurl.com/MadMaxFines . ... . .. Music for this episode: Koda by Audio K. off of Old Song (2011), which can be downloaded off the Free Music Archive at archive.org

Eric King Speaks | 2 Radical Ukrainian Voices This week, we're sharing 3 segments on this episode. Transcript (Eric King, found alongside 3/27/22 episode) Transcript (Maria) Transcript (Mira) PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) Eric King Transferred To High Security Prison in VA [00:04:08 - 00:23:50] First up, you'll hear Eric King, anarchist prisoner whose recent legal victory against the Federal Bureau of Prisons in the US was featured on our episodes from the week of March 27th, 2022. Last week, Eric was suddenly transferred out of Colorado toward United States Penitentiary Lee in the southwest portion of Virginia near Johnson City, TN. This is in spite of the fact that Eric should be held at a medium security facility according to BOP standards, unlike the high security and max prisoners at USP Lee. We caught up with him mid-transfer while at Grady County Jail in Oklahoma where many Federal prisoners stop during cross-country transfers. Eric and his supporters are afraid that he'll be facing time in the SHU, or Secure Housing Unit at USP Lee for no reason other than punishment for his legal case and his supporters are putting together a call-in campaign to raise Eric's visibility to keep him safe. There is information about this in our show notes at TheFinalStrawRadio.NoBlogs.Org and hopefully soon at https://SupportEricKing.Org . This is followed by Sean Swain's segment [00:23:53 - 00:32:42] Maria of Anarchist Black Cross Kyiv [00:33:06 - 01:07:52] Then, you'll hear Maria, a member of Anarchist Black Cross Kyiv, just returned from Ukraine and currently in Warsaw, Poland. We talk about ABC Kyiv, mutual aid and refugee support, border crossing, some information about anarchists participating in the territorial defense, NATO, non-violent as well as armed resistance to the Russian invasion, Russian forcibly moving Ukrainians from Mariupol into territories they control and other recent news stories. You can find more on how to support Operation Solidarity at linktr.ee/OperationSolidarity and the Resistance Committee of anarchists participating in armed resistance to the invasion at linktr.ee/TheBlackHeadquarter. You can also find a benefit for ABC resistance to the invasion at ABCMusicalSolidarity.Bandcamp.Com, written up at North Shore Counter-Info. Mira, leftist punk from Kharkiv [01:09:06 - 01:41:14] Finally, you'll hear a conversation recorded on Sunday, April 3rd with Mira, a member of the street punk band Bezlad and a show booker in the hardcore scene of Kharkiv near the Russian Border. Mira talks about his leaving of Kharkiv to L'viv to aid leftist and punk territorial defense fighters getting protective gear, his experience of the devastation of war on the city he loves and the breakdown of solidarity with antifascist and punk communities across the border between Russia & Ukraine since the war in the Donbass and intensifying today. We'll play a song by Bezlad after this interview and will link them in the shownotes. Announcements Libre Flot's Hunger Strike Continues As a continuation of our recent announcement of the former YPG volunteer on hunger strike against unending detention by the French government, there is a call for a day of solidarity for Libre Flot for what is both his 36th day of hunger strike and his birthday. Libre Flot was hospitalized in relation to the hunger strike on March 24th but has continued due to his more than 15 months of pre-trail detention. On April 4th, 2022, the supporters are asked to make some noise at French embassies, consulates and other institutions to raise awareness of his plight. More info at SolidarityToDecember8.wordpress.com Eric King Call-In Alongside a recent post showing photos of the scene of Eric's assault in the broom closet, there will be a post with phone numbers and talking points up at SupportEricKing.Org by Monday. Below are some contacts you are suggested to reach out to to check in on Eric's condition and talking points to help ask why he's being treated this way despite his noted security level leading into the embarrassing trial loss by BOP: Why is Eric King, who is at a medium level according to the BOP, being moved to a high security facility across the country?; Why is this move coming so quickly after Eric successfully won a lawsuit showing that the BOP was closing ranks to set Eric up for 20 years of additional prison as he approaches his out time?; What will you, as a public official, do to challenge the impunity of the federal prisons to persecute prisoners and violate their human rights?; DRAFT MESSAGES / TEMPLATES Hello Senator _____, I am writing about my friend who is a prisoner in the Federal Bureau of Prisons. His name is Eric King, inmate number 27090-045. He was recently found not guilty on all counts at a trial in the U.S. District of Colorado. Eric was moved from FCI Englewood and is currently being held in a private facility, Grady County Jail in Oklahoma. He has been told he is en route to USP Lee, a maximum security prison in Virginia. I am writing because I believe Eric should not be sent to USP Lee, and would be in danger if he were sent there. He is scheduled to be released from prison in December 2023, and wants to avoid anything that would infringe on this release date. There is an active threat against his life. A few years ago, before being sent to Colorado, Eric was held in the Segregation Unit at USP Lee for approximately two weeks. Before that, at USP Atlanta, a white supremacist gang member told him he would be killed at USP Lee if he was released into general population. This was documented at USP Lee. It is imperative that Eric not be put in harm's way. I am asking that you not send him into a situation that is so dangerous. The Bureau of Prisons knows this and there is established case law regarding the BOP sending someone into dangerous and life threatening scenarios. See Fitzharris v. Wolf, 702 F.2d 836, 839 (9th Cir. 1983); Gullatte v. Potts, 654 F.2d 1007, 1012-13 (5th Cir. 1981); Roba v. U.S., 604 F.2d 215, 218-19 (2d Cir. 1979). Additionally, Eric is in this situation because of a bogus maximum management variable on his security profile. This has him erroneously being sent to a facility beyond his actual security level. He has no pending charges and no incident reports. He intends to be released to Colorado to live with his wife and his two children in just over a year. I ask that this management variable be removed so that he can be sent to a medium- or low-custody prison close to home and begin preparing for release. I am afraid for my friend Eric's life if he is sent to USP Lee and I am asking that you intervene with the Bureau of Prisons and ask them not to send Eric King into harm's way by sending him to USP Lee. His lawyer is Lauren Regan and can be reached at 541-687-9180 or lregan@cldc.org. Please help my friend. Sincerely, _____ CONTACT INFORMATION DSCC Office Designation & Sentence Computation Center U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex 346 Marine Forces Dr. Grand Prairie, TX 75051 Email: GRA-DSC/PolicyCorrespondence@bop.gov Phone: 972-352-4400 Fax: 972-352-4395 Mid-Atlantic BOP Regional Office 302 Sentinel Dr, Annapolis Junction, MD 20701 Email: MXRO-ExecAssistant@bop.gov Phone: 301-317-3100 Fax: 301-317-3119 BOP National Office 320 First Street, NW Washington, DC 20534 Email: info@bop.gov Phone: 202-307-3198 Virginia Senators to Contact Tim Kaine PHONE: (202) 224-4024 Email: https://www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/share-your-opinion Twitter: @TimKaine 231 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Mark. R Warner Email: https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactPage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkRWarner Twitter: @MarkWarner Phone: 202-224-2023 IG: https://www.instagram.com/senatorwarner/ 703 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 . ... . .. Featured tracks: Ricky's Theme by Beastie Boys from Ill Communication Bella Ciao by Leslie Fish from the album "It's Sister Jenny's Turn to Throw the Bomb" Kharkiv Hardcore Skins by Bezlad

This week's episode has two segments... Merced County Prisoner Hunger Strikes This week, you'll hear a chat with California-based activist Victoria from Merced Under Construction, who talks to us about the prisoner hunger strikes at Merced County Jail and John Latorraca Center. Over 40 prisoners engaged in hunger strike for 17 days, fighting for issues like protesting black mold, little food, lack of visitation and other issues. The hunger strike ended Saturday, March 28th, despite the disrespect of the jail administration. You can learn more about how to support and keep up on https://linktr.ee/mercedunderconstruction or MIRA's facebook page You can find coverage of the 2016 Merced Jail protests, check out ItsGoingDown.Org Eric King Trail Ends Then, you'll hear from Josh from the Certain Days Calendar and Mookie from the Civil Liberties Defense Center do an update on a roundup of the recent trial of Eric King. Eric was found innocent on charges of assaulting a Federal Bureau of Prisons Lieutenant, a charge that would have added another 20 years to his time in prison, thankfully. More on his case at SupportEricKing.Org, more on Certain Days at CertainDays.Org and the CLDC at CLDC.org Eric King links: https://linktr.ee/supportericking https://supportericking.org Fedbook: Support Eric King Twitter: https://twitter.com/SupportEricKing Instascam: https://instagram.com/supcldportericking/ Youtube Music Playlist 1: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaYQRsIuV33FyjzDkqPVVXPOzqJ_p3eAS Youtube Music Playlist 2: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaYQRsIuV33GrDdsrvQXyccRSM2KpAi0V CLDC links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CLDC Fedbook: https://www.facebook.com/theCLDC/ Instascam: https://www.instagram.com/the_cldc/ Donate: https://cldc.org/donate/ Store: https://cldc.org/store/ . ... . .. Featured Tracks: Kick Push (instrumental) by Lupe Fiasco from 'Food & Liquor' We Came To Dance by The Gaslight Anthem from 'Sink or Swim'

This week, we're joined again by Aryanum, a member of the Federation of Anarchism Era (ASRAnarshism.Com), mostly made up of anarchists from Iran and Afghanistan. We mostly get updates about the situation of anarchists, atheists and feminists in Afghanistan under the Taliban or in an effort to escape as refugees, but we also get a few updates from Iran as well, including the regime's founding of a national anarchist group called Iranarshism. At the time of this release, we've already got the transcript and a zine available for download, translation, reading and sharing. You can find out more about the Federation by visiting ASRAnarshism.com, or finding them on instagram, twitter, Telegram, facebook and youtube. You can also hear our past interviews with Aryanum alongside other episodes concerning Iran here: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/iran/ Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) A few links of note: Resistance in Pancheer, Ahmad Massoud: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Massoud liberal Afghanistan news source that's decent: Amajnews.com Tamana (Zaryabi Paryani) whose phone was taken by the Taliban leading to the arrest of 49 people, 25 women trying to leave Afghanistan who had forced confessions: ngo that is all volunteer, anectdotally worth supporting Azadi Charity: https://azadicharity.com/ Baktash Abtin, poet dissident died of covid in prison which is causing political prisoner hunger strikes in Iran Ervin prison is where many political prisoners were on hunger strike Sohiel Arabi is an anarchist political prisoner in Iran who Aryanum describes as an FAE correspondent inside the prisons Announcements BAD News #54 The March 2022 episode of the A-Radio Network's monthly, English-language podcast. This month with additions from: 1431 Social Radio in Thessaloniki, Greece; A-Radio Berlin on workers from Gorilla gig delivery app service; A-Radio Vienna with experiences from a queer anarchist in Kyiv right after the invasion by Russia; Crna Luknja from Ljubljana, Slovenia with a Serbian anarcho-syndicalist organizer on the part in the war in Ukraine played by NATO and resisting from within that framework. Check it out! Eric King Trial In a surpisingly good piece of news, a jury recently found anarchist and antifascist political prisoner in the good ole USA, Eric King, not guilty of assaulting an officer, a charge which would have given a 20 year hit to Eric who has been slated for release from Federal prison in July of 2023. You can find updates at SupportEricKing.Org as well as ABCF.Net. You'll hopefully here more about this in an upcoming interview with members of his support crew and you can direct thanks to the amazing folks at the Civil Liberties Defense Center, or CLDC, for lawyering for him. Doug Wright Out of Prison! The remaining member of the Cleveland 4 case, Doug Wright, has been released from prison nearly 10 years since the initiation of the case. You can find our past interviews about the case here: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/cleveland-4/ You can support Doug's life on the outside: https://fundrazr.com/81xTKc?ref=ab_6jmRCDUT7nt6jmRCDUT7nt War In Ukraine Yup, still happening. There's continued coverage from crimethinc's resurrected Ex Worker podcast (the last 3 episodes have covered related topics). This week there was a video panel with voices from Operation Solidarity (Kyiv), Anti-Rupression (Russia) & Belarus ABC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0-M_voH-Bc A list of resources around supporting anarchists in Ukraine & Russia curated by Jewish anarchists: https://express.adobe.com/page/55i83AhF95E0b/ A recent writing by Peter Gelderloos on the topic: https://itsgoingdown.org/the-invasion-of-ukraine-anarchist-interventions-and-geopolitical-changes/ . ... . .. Featured Tracks: Rope (طناب) by Toomaj (توماج) and Biqlb (بی‌لقب). Tamooj is an Iranian protest hip hop artist released on March 17th 2022. Toomaj Salehi was detained by Iranian officials for propaganda because of his anti-corruption, anti-regime music and Amnesty International had to step in on his behalf, which in addition to popular pressure secured his release from Dastgerd Prison. Tamooj just released a new video on March 17th, 2022: Blind Spot ( نقطه کور) . You can hear more at his soundcloud or watch more videos on youtube. Year of Famine (Sale Ghahti, سال قحطی) by Fereydoon Forooghi (فریدون فروغی), recorded in 1974 and leading to Fereydoon's ban from acting for it's public performance by the Shah's regime. He released an album by this name in 1977.

This week, we spoke with Petr, a Russian anarchist member of the group Autonomous Action, who is living in Europe right now. For the hour we speak about the invasion of Ukraine, a bit about the resistance inside of Russia to the war drums and the Putin regime, the dangers of a nuclear conflict, the impacts of increased sanctions and anarchists organizing across the borders of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus against the war and against tyranny. You can learn more about what's going on by visiting Avtonom.org and finding the English tab, or using tools like google translate to read articles from the Russian there. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) – pending Zine (Imposed PDF) – pending If you'd like to support anarchist organizing against Putin and the war in Russia, below you'll find links to some crypto-currency wallets: Ethereum 0x5DF79A64A9CE5B630B50E490F586716522B746d9 Bitcoin bc1qpr0dcvhar5fmysqkg4wuk8p6h0hl7ln20dmjwc Zcache t1SqHUbGW8KDRp1hddNAYoVvYHBZoAfG3oc Monero 49eZzSF4uhni3DYnVPCeBPGFZ7cXrbPnWBJuQVYKUNNg7aDxRz6L87fbh9ZQtVNUn87kpSgNgHadAjKthZWmor7yHq9SkTP Also, a reminder that you can find links to anarchist solidarity and defense organizing and fundraising as well. Mutual Aid: https://linktr.ee/operation.solidarity Defense Units: https://linktr.ee/Theblackheadquarter To hear our past interviews, including histories of Antifascist organizing in Russia, queer organizing, state repression, ecological resistance and other topics, we're linking them here as well: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/russia/ Announcement Ex-YPG French Anarchist Prisoner Hunger Strike On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, 9 comrades were arrested by the DGSI, the French anti-terrorist police unit, across France. In Toulouse, in Dordogne, in the Paris region, in Brittany, and in Rennes. Anarchists are accused of being "the criminal association planning a terrorist attack". All but one comrade were released, some after months in pre-trial detention. They are awaiting trial and are placed under the judicial control. The defendants, not all of whom know each other, have been under surveillance for a long period of time, including digital surveillance such as planting recording devices in vehicles as well as physical surveillance. On March 4th, 2022 it was announced that it was six days since our comrades started the hunger strike. He did so at the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine knowing very well that this information would drown in the news about the war. That all efforts would be focused on supporting the resistance in Ukraine and the people fleeing from there. It's amazing what support for Ukraine has gathered, even thought it also came with shortcomings and contradiction; racist sentiment and nationalist visions for the future to name but two of them. Our comrade would in the same way support people fight for freedom. He is in isolation, the method the state use to deprive us of connection and communication with others. He needs us in the same way we need each other, we can never win alone. A person with their body can resist the repression of the state, but without the access we have on the outside his voice will not be heard. There are suggestions of steps to support the comrade and more information at the blog, https://solidaritytodecember8.wordpress.com/category/english/ Statement from Sanctuary Camp Defendants retrieved from BRABC.BlackBlogs.Org: The following is an update from the now 15 defendants facing charges in Asheville, NC as a part of the city government's attempt to repress food sharing and mutual aid organizing. "Since our last statement at the beginning of February, the state has targeted 8 more community members in connection with the December demonstration in Aston Park criticizing the City government's inhumane treatment of homeless folks. We are now a group of 15 locals facing multiple felony charges for participating in mutual aid efforts in our community. The city government claims we are each responsible for leaving behind more than 500 lbs of trash following a peaceful protest. APD claims this resulted in a 100 hours of "clean-up efforts", the use of heavy machinery, and a cost of $2,680. Over the past three months, the taxpayer dollars and time expended surveilling, harassing, arresting, and now prosecuting the defendants vastly exceeds the damages claimed by APD. How many of the same resources and heavy machinery have been employed by the city and county government to remove and destroy homeless camps in the last year alone? These actions are not an effort to make our city safer, they are an attack on mutual aid. We remain committed to ensuring all members of our community have a safe place to live, a community around them, and agency over their own lives. We still need your help as we face state repression and attempts to shut down our networks of care. "Keep sharing food and care and solidarity with one another. Keep delivering groceries, cooking meals, sharing funds, and showing up in the parks. Keep standing with your community. Keep building this beautiful, transformative mutual aid movement. Keep sharing our story. In solidarity and community, the Sanctuary Camp Defendants" . ... . .. Featured Tracks Complete History Of The Soviet Union, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris by Pig With The Face Of A Boy from La la ha ha This Will Pass (Это пройдёт) by Pornofilmy (Порнофильмы) from the eponymous album. A translation of the lyrics can be found here: https://therussianreader.com/2020/03/01/pornofilmy-this-will-pass/

This week, you'll hear my chat with Jon Bigger about the status of the monarchy in the UK, the power it wields, the interventions it makes into parliamentary procedure and where we might see hopes of challenging it from an anarchist approach. Jon is an anarchist who is involved with the Anarchism Research Group, writes a column on UK politics at Freedom News and has been involved in the project Class War. You can find him online at twitter and at his website, jonbigger.uk Further reading: The Black Spider Memos The Pandora Papers If you're interested in some more commentary from politics in the UK, check out Red and Black's bite sized opinion pieces on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RedAndBlackTelly/ Announcements Updates from Ukraine If you missed our conversation from 2/25/22 with Ilya, a Russian anarchist in Ukraine, you should check it out. Crimethinc's Ex Worker podcast just recently two episodes (part 1 or part 2) with perspectives from the region on the war that's worth a listen. We shared a link tree site that contained ways to send international solidarity and keep up with viewpoints of anarchists involved in mutual aid on the ground that can be found at linktr.ee/operation.solidarity . Since that broadcast, an anarchist and anti-authoritarian formation has announced itself and is seeking defensive and offensive support in the form of equipment and volunteers, an important improvement to the situation where fascists and nationalists will find fertile soil for recruitment and have already used the war in the Donbass to train our enemies abroad. You can learn more about the anarchist grouping and follow updates from the ground by checking out linktr.ee/TheBlackHeadquarter Eric King's Trial Begins Soon Anarchist and antifascist prisoner, Eric King, is facing a jury trial beginning on March 14th in Denver, Colorado. His defense crew is headed by the Civil Liberties Defense Center and will be arguing that employees at the US Bureau of Prisons manufactured a scenario to add 20 years to Eric's almost completed term as well as consciously endangered him from facility to facility by putting him in harms way of known white supremacist prisoners. You can learn more about his case and how to support his defense at SupportEricKing.Org and we hope to bring some updates with his legal support in the near future. Bad News February 2022 Members of the A-Radio Network released the Feburary 2022 installment of our monthly, international, English-language podcast roundup with features from Brazil (via Slovenia), repression in Siberia by the Russian security forces, voices from Thessaloniki in Greece on recent police actions against anarchists, and from Poland on the struggle for legal abortion access. Check it out at A-Radio-Network.org or in our show notes. . ... . .. Featured Tracks: God Save The Queen (Instrumental) by The Sex Pistols from The Complete Sex Pistols Sessions '76-'77 Corgi Crap by The Drones from Temptations Of A White Collar Worker Anarchy In The UK by Wild Billy Childish & The Blackhands from Play: Capt'n Calypso's Hoodoo Party

On Thursday, February 24th, I spoke with Ilya, a Russian anarchist living and organizing in Kyiv, Ukraine. We spoke about the relationship between Russia and Ukraine, the Maidan uprising and war in the Donbass, resistance to the invasion of Ukraine and the Putin regime, conspiracy theories about Ukraine promoted by Russia and Russian-aligned media outlets, critiques of the Ukrainian state, and anarchists choosing their own path of self-defense and revolutionary mutual aid in the face of invading armies. You can learn more, following anarchists organizing resistance on the ground in Ukraine and find out how to donate to their initiatives and share your solidarity by visiting https://linktr.ee/operation.solidarity. Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed Zine) To hear interviews about resistance and repression in Russia from the last decade, check out our past interviews. You can also find an interview from the period of the Maidan protests as well as experiences from Belarus. We're releasing this episode a little early to get this voice out at such an important moment. No war but the class war, y'all! . ... . .. Featured Track: Лютая погодка by Граница from their 2012 album Знамя Цвета Ночи (written by Fedir Shchus)

Hey folks. This week, we're sharing our 2020 chat with Keith Lamar aka Bomani Shakur who is facing execution on November 16th 2023. We hope you enjoy his insights and check out his support website, KeithLamar.Org and get involved in helping him fight for his life and for justice. Starting February 25, 2022 you can hear Keith, Albert Marquet and others performing "Freedom First" Lorenzo Transcript Bomani Transcript PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) We'll have new content coming out next week. Bomani Shakur speaks to us from death row at OSP Youngstown in Ohio. Bomani is accused of crimes related to the 1993 Lucasville Uprising he claims innocence of and has an execution date set for November 16, 2023. For the hour we speak about his upbringing, his case, injustice in white supremacist and capitalist America, Bomani's politicization and struggle to find himself, defend his dignity and his life. To hear a longer, podcast version, check out this link on archive. This interview was originally recorded on April 29th, 2020. Thanks to Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement – NYC for hooking us up with the chat and helping coordinate the Month Of Solidarity. More on his case can be found at KeithLamar.Org, on the facebook page "Justice For Keith Lamar" and at the twitter account, @FreeKeithLamar. On his website you can find a link to his book, Condemned, ways to donate to his phone fund, and a link to the excellent, 30 minute documentary on youtube about his case also named Condemned. Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin is an author, black anarchist, organizer, former Black Panther and former political prisoner based in Kansas City, Missouri. In this segment, Lorenzo talks about prisoners organizing unions and other associations in the past, the thoughts of George Jackson and Martin Sostre and more. You can find a recently republished edition out from Pluto Press of Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin's classic "Anarchism & the Black Revolution" plus a bunch of other essays. If you order this from Firestorm books here in Asheville, you'll get a 10% discount and we'll get a kickback, too! Otherwise, it's available at any number of renowned booksellers. And a quick note that the interview with Lorenzo was conducted by a member of True Leap Press. Since 2017, True Leap has provided free print political education materials for imprisoned people engaging in abolitionist study. They have over 200 titles in their new 2022 catalog. They don't keep a mailing list, as literature is only available upon request. If you would like a new catalog of their 2022 literature selections, please visit them at their website TrueLeapPress.com or at their new address: True Leap Zine Distro PO Box 6045 Concord, CA 94524 Announcements Political Prisoner Updates Daniel Baker has a book wish list online at the Anarchist Black Cross Federation website: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1L3A3PSLOYAY4?ref_=wl_share Eric King's mail ban is gone, so he can receive books and letters! Reach out to him! More info, plus new poetry by Eric at SupportEricKing.Org. Sundiata Acoli is appealing his continued incarceration: https://www.abcf.net/blog/oral-arguments-in-sundiata-acolis-appeal-case-can-now-be-viewed/ Sean Swain is back in general population, has phone access and seems to have a reprieve from being interstate transferred for the moment. Find out how to write and support Sean by visiting SeanSwain.Org . ... . ..

This week, we are re-broadcasting an inteview with the sci-fi and picture book author, technologist and social critic Cory Doctorow. Cory is an editor of the blog BoingBoing, a fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the book we spoke of on this episode was Walkaway (you get a 10% discount and support for us when you order from the above link from Firestorm Books in Asheville), out from Head of Zeus and TOR books. The novel plays with themes of open source technologies, class society, post-scarcity economics, ecological remediation, drop-out culture and liberatory social models. It was released a few days ago in paperback, along with matching re-issues of his other adult sci-fi novels. For the hour, we spoke about themes from the book, sharing, trans-humanism, imagination and monsters. To find more work by Cory, check out his blog craphound.com. You can also find him on twitter, free writings on Project Gutenberg, his content on archive.org, or his podcast. In 2019 he released Radicalized, a collection of four novellas, and in 2020 he released Attack Surface, a novel in the universe of his prior works, Little Brother and it's sequel, Homeland. We hope you enjoy! Upcoming Anti-Repression Workshops This week, the second free, online workshop in the Anti-Repression series hosted by Firestorm Books is happening. You can find out more (plus supplemental info) at the Blue Ridge Anarchist Black Cross website, and sign up for the zoom event on Digital Security coming up at 7pm on Tuesday, February 15th at 7pm EST (UTC - 5) here . ... . .. Featured tracks: Finders Keepers by Noxe13 from Finders Keepers

We are sharing a cross-over episode with the Time Talks Podcast (member of the Channel Zero Network alongside TFSR) where Chris "Time" Steel and Bursts share songs about the struggle for abolition and what they like about them. Check out the "Time Talks" at https://TimeTalks.Libsyn.Com. Chris made a spotify playlist for further tracks as well. You can hear Time's music at his Bandcamp. Please support the podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/timetalks Channel Zero Network: https://channelzeronetwork.com/ Show Playlist: Dead Prez - Behind Enemy Lines Archie Shepp - Attica Blues Vic Mensa - Shelter feat. Wyclef Jean & Chance the Rapper Zack de la Rocha - Digging For Windows Ric Wilson - Fight Like Ida B & Marsha P Invincible - The Door Apani B. Fly feat. L.I.F.E. Long - Outasite JP Robinson - George Jackson Rocky Rivera - Headhunter feat. Bambu Blackbird Raum - Lucasville Sole & DJ Pain 1 - FTL Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak Asheville Responses to Recent Repression In relation to the subject matter of our late December interview about housing and homeless camp sweeps in Asheville and persecution of activists weeks later, we have this to share: We stand in solidarity with the 7 defendants in Asheville currently facing charges brought against them in an act of blatant state repression. On Tuesday February 8th, our comrades will have their first probable cause hearing. As these proceedings continue, our comrades are asking our community to amplify their story and continue the essential, revolutionary work of mutual aid. You can also offer financial support by checking out Firestorms fundraiser (Twitter, Instagram) and donating directly to the Blue Ridge ABC Bail & Legal Solidarity Fund (venmo: @BlueRidgeABC). Coming weeks will see a series of online workshops featured by Firestorm Books on anti-repression subjects online for free: Tues, Feb 8th, 7-8:30pm EST, Anti-Repression 101: What to expect during door knocks, arrest, jail, & court. Register here Tues, Feb 15th, 7-8:30pm EST, Digital Security 101: How to secure phones, computers, and communications from falling into the wrong hands. Register here Tues, Feb 22nd, 7-8:30pm EST, Advanced Directives: How to make a crisis plan when facing state repression. Register here . ... . .. Additionally, featured track: Music by AwareNess: Bandcamp