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This week, an interview with Tom Goyens, professor of history at Salisbury University and author of Johann Most: Life of a Radical, out last year from University of Illinois Press speaking about the life and times of the atheist and propagandist (notably through his journal, Freiheit) and his development from social democrat parliamentarian to socialist revolutionary to anarchist. For the chat we talk about Mosts’s life, development and legacy, from the mid-1800’s in Bavaria up to his death in 1906.

To hear the full chat, check out our blog or the streaming services listed at TFSR.Media

Other links:

• Tom’s prior book on radical German immigrants in the US, Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880-1914
• Tom’s compilation of the memoir of Helene Minkin, Storm in My Heart: Memories from the Widow of Johann Most
• Tom’s wixsite: https://txgoyens.wixsite.com/tomgoyens
• Tom on facebook, instagram and bluesky

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• TFSR by The Willows Whisper

This week, we’re sharing a conversation with Nina at Anarchist Black Cross Dresden to speak about the political landscape in Germany, the Antifa Ost and Budapest Komplex cases and the impacts on anti-repression work in Germany since the Trump administration’s declaration that a group they’re calling Antifa Ost be added to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations that is kept by the US State Department.

This sits alongside the US government prosecuting the Prairieland case in Texas that was the subject of our prior episode, and could be one step further toward an official declaration of war on Antifa in the US, whatever that means exactly. We really feel that these cases are important to keep up on as the administration telegraphs it’s bizarre but frightening counterinsurgency strategies.

Some German Context:

• ABC Dresden articles on deBanking:
  • https://abcdd.org/en/2026/03/05/debanking-current-status/
  • https://abcdd.org/en/2025/12/18/debanking-attack-on-anarchist-black-cross-dresden-solidarity-work/
• Past episodes on Antifa Ost and the Budapest Komplex including support links: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/antifa-ost/
• A past episode mentioning Lina E: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2022/07/03/stop-cop-city-intl-day-of-solidarity-with-antifascist-prisoners/

US Implications:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSPM-7
• Trump Admin calls for Anti-Antifa (…. ) summit in June / July this year: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-counterterror-officials-plan-antifa-summit-sources-say-2026-03-31/
• Prairieland Case episodes: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/category/prairieland-case/
• NLG lawyer Mo Meltzer-Cohen on NSPM-7: https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2025/09/28/the-implications-of-trumps-war-on-antifa-with-moira-meltzer-cohen/
• WSJ on Trump weaponizing IRS against the US left: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-irs-investigations-left-leaning-groups-democratic-donors-612a095e

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Featured Track:

• TFSR by The Willows Whisper