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Mutt on the (Incomplete) Black Autonomy Reader

 

This week, you’ll hear my conversation with Mutt, editor of a new and incomplete Black Autonomy Reader, contributor to Muntjac Magazine, Organise Magazine and Seditionist Distro. We speak about Black Anarchism, intellectual property, community self-defense in response to the racist riots that spread around the UK in August of 2024 as well as other topics. And keep an ear out for an interview on the ItsGoingDown podcast with Mutt as well.

To hear the complete interview, you can find the episode at our website or on various streaming services.

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Featured Track:

• No Agreement by Fela Kuti and Africa 70 from No Agreement

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ISM in the West Bank and the Assassination of Ayşenur Eygi

This week on the final straw we’re featuring a conversation with Tom and Miriam of the International Solidarity Movement, a Palestinian-led network of activists standing in solidarity with Palestinians on the ground in the occupied territories. For the hour we talk about the organization, its history, what got these folks involved, the recent and tragic murder of Ayşenur Eygi in Beita in the West Bank which Miriam witnessed, and how conditions have changed as the war by the Israeli settler state has expanded.

To hear our prior conversation with Tom about the uprising in Bristol, check out this interview and to hear another 30 minutes of ISM chat, plus Sean Swain’s segment, check out our website.

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Featured Track:

• Long Live Palestine pt1 by Lowekey from Long Live Palestine Parts 1 & 2 (single)

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Hear an exclusive excerpt of an interview with the legendary David Gilmour, of Pink Floyd fame, which aired on Closer to the Edge September 12th, and is up for two weeks on our web-site and App! The interview begins at the one hour mark of the archive! Asheville journalist and music historian Bill Kopp did the interview for Spin Magazine, who granted Asheville FM permission to broadcast it across our shows… If you just want to hear the interview, click arrow below. David Gilmour is heading out on a limited tour, supporting the album and also perform his favorite Pink Floyd songs this Fall, in residency’s at only six venues in the world, in Rome, London, New York and Los Angeles! To follow JD and listen to his show, here is the page: Archive

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Revolution in 35MM with Samm Deighan

This week, we’re sharing Ian’s talk with Samm Deighan, co-editor of Revolution in 35 MM: Political Violence and Resistance in Cinema from the Arthouse to Grindhouse, 1960-1990, out 9/24/24 from PM Press. Among other things, they discuss the origins of the book, the benefits and limitations of genre storytelling, the forces that shape movie funding, and where to watch some of the films discussed. You can check out Twitch of the Dead Nerve podcast here.

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Featured Tracks:

• Guns of Navaronne by The Skatalites from Studio One Story
• 5-45 by Gang of Four from Entertainment!

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This week, we’re featuring two conversations relating to the so-called Green Border in Podlaskie region of eastern Poland, on the Belarus border concerning topics of migration, repression, militarization, nationalism and solidarity among residents and people on the move into Fortress Europe.

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  • H5Poland
  • Podlaskie

First up, you’ll hear Alex, a member of the feminist anti-repression group, Szpila Collective, about the H5Poland case of 5 activists facing charges for aiding people in need in what could be a landmark case in Poland and Europe. More at Szpila.BlackBlogs.Org or on Mastodon: @[email protected]

Then, you’ll find a chat with an anarchist who grew up in this border region and returned in adulthood and whose affinity group does solidarity with people on the move through the Białowieża forest.

If you’d like to hear the full episode, including 30 minutes more of the second chat, check out our website. To hear past interviews about this border, check out our chat with two folks from Grupa Granica, or other chats where we’ve covered / carried chat about the border at Calais, the Mediterranean, the Balkan Route, Australia or the US / Mexico border.

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Featured Track:

• Help4Dunkerqe by Ratajkovsky

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