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Open Air: The People’s Radio Hour

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Join us this Wednesday, September 27, for The Peoples’ Radio Hour: Housing & Wages in WNC

The Peoples’ Radio Hour is hosted by Jen Hampton, who heads up the Asheville Food and Beverage Union and works on tenants and housing at Just Economics. This week Jen is being joined by Homelessness Prevention Program Director at Pisgah Legal Services David Bartholomew and local union leader and cook Ariana Lingerfelt.

Jen and her guests want to hear from YOU. What are your questions about your rights as a renter in NC? Aside from the obvious issue of affordability, what is most concerning to you about housing? How about labor? What do you want to know about labor organizing and unions in NC? What have you heard about unions in NC that you’re not sure is true?

Email your questions to [email protected]

David Bartholomew is a native of Waynesville, NC and currently works as a Homelessness Prevention Program Director for Pisgah Legal Services. Before returning home to WNC, he practiced with the Georgia Legal Services Program and Atlanta Legal Aid. David’s work focuses on housing law, administrative law, and community economic development.

Ariana Lingerfelt is a leader in the local labor movement. She is a union leader, full time cook, UNCA student and member of the Asheville Food & Beverage Untied steering committee.


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Radio Active Kids September 23! Interview with Knuckleheadz!

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Aw yeah y’all, I’m stoked to interview Knuckleheadz: Father/Son Rap Group on this week’s Radio Active Kids episode! They have a hilarious new album out called Lunchables for Breakfast! Also, new songs by Alphabet Rockers, Martin and Rose Music, Robbie Schaefer, Ingrid Hofer, Emily Who, Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs, Pez al revés ft. Dr. Sapo, Larrikin Puppets & Yeah Nah, Will Sings Songs, Cee Bee Teatime, Dots and Lines, Don’t Splash Marty, Nicosaurus & MORE! 8-10am ET Saturday at ashevillefm.org/show/radio-active-kids or the Asheville FM app & podcasting at https://anchor.fm/radio-active-kids!


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Stop Cop City Movement RICO Indictments + No Border Camp in Netherlands

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Stop Cop City Movement RICO Indictments (with Matt Scott of ACPC)

Antique map of Atlanta with the words "Block Cop City" repeating across verticallyThis week, we’re featuring an interview with Matt Scott of the Atlanta Community Press Collective update us on the movement to Stop Cop City in light of the recent indictment of 61 people on Racketeering charges by the state of Georgia at the end of August and the legal shenanigans of the city to block a public referendum on the police training center that would destroy the south Atlanta forest and river. We’ll also hear about recent non-violent civil disobediences and the call for a mass action on November 13th, 2023 (with a multi-city info-tour in the buildup).

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No Border Camp in Netherlands

from B(A)D News #70:

Anarchist Radio Berlin prepared interview on the upcoming No Border Camp in Groningen (NL). Between the 21st and the 27th of august the fifth edition of the dutch No Border Camp will take place in Groningen. We spoke with one of the organizers about the camp and the situation for people on the move in the dutch-occupied territories.

More info can be found at nobordercamps.eu or instagram.com/nobordernl/

Then, you’ll hear a segment by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain on alien abductions.

Belarusian and Ukrainian Anarchist Perspectives

We released a recording of a panel from St-Imier, Switzerland, this July where Belarusian and Ukrainian anarchists talked about their experiences in the last few years since the uprising against Lukashenko and the escalation in the Russian invasion. You can check it out at our website or in our podcast stream: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2023/09/13/ukrainian-belarusian-perspectives-on-resisting-russian-invasion/

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Featured Track:

  • They Want Efx (instrumental) by Das efx

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Civic Roundup for 9-13-23 covers Early Childhood grants, ARPA funding

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The Civic Roundup for September 13, 2023 has Mark West reporting on the Buncombe County Commissioners meeting of last Tuesday. At that meeting, the Early Childhood Education Committee provided an annual update on the Early Childhood Education and Development Fund. This year $3.82 million is available in the fund. The committee reviewed grant applications and made recommendations on funding 35 community partner projects and 14 county department projects across Buncombe County. The commissioners also approved a budget amendment ordinance to carry forward unspent funds from fiscal year 2023 to 2024 totaling $4.9 million. Additional carry forwards for other funds total $509,274.  Hear all about it on this week’s Civic Roundup!


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Oral Histories of Political Prisoners + The Role of Anarchist Radio

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Oral Histories of Political Prisoners + The Role of Anarchist Radio

book cover of "Rattling The Cages" featuring the drawing of a hand reaching from the dark to pull a string and turn on a bare, hanging light bulbThis week, we’re sharing 3 segments.

First up, Josh Davidson from the Certain Days: Freedom For Political Prisoners Calendar talks about the upcoming book that he co-edited with political prisoner Eric King from AK Press entitled RATTLING THE CAGES: Oral Histories of North American Political Prisoners, containing over 450 pages of first hand experiences of resisting from within the belly of the beast across generations and movements in Turtle Island. And you can find out more about the Running Down The Walls events at ABCF.Net/WarChest

Then, we’re sharing Sean Swain’s segment on Goyaałé, aka Geronimo.

Finally, we’ll be sharing [part of] a panel discussion by members of the A-Radio Network recorded on Saturday, July 22nd 2023 at the International Anarchist Gathering at St-Imier, Jura, Switzerland on the history and role of radio in anarchist and anti-authoritarian resistance, mostly in Europe. If you’re listening to the live radio edition, you’ll hear about 1/3 of that segment, but can hear the whole thing at our website, TheFinalStrawRadio.NoBlogs.Org or at A-Radio-Network.Org


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