Aug 14, 2017
Interviews
For this week we are featuring two interviews from listeners and
past contributors.
August 19th Protest in
Solidarity with Prisoners
The first interview is an excerpt of a longer interview that
Disembodied Voice did with with a supporter of Malik
Washington about the august 19th demo in Washington to end
prison slavery, the millions for prisoners march. they talk about
how the march came to be and what kinds of goals the organizers
might have in mind. they also discuss a rationale for approaching
what might be called "reformist" tactics from an anarchist
perspective, and how pathways to social change can have multiple
layers.
For more information on this event, you can visit https://amendthe13th.org/ and also check out the
Asheville solidarity march with this event as well on August 19th
at 11:30 AM in front of Pack Square, fedbook event here
Resisting LNG storage in
Tacoma, WA
The next conversation, Jules holds a conversation with Roxanne
Murray who is an indigenous activist involved in struggles against
a Liquified National Gas storage facility proposed in the Port of
so-called Tacoma, WA, Port of Tacoma, which is both notably on a
fault-line and first for such a populated area.
One correction for the interview, at one point it's mentioned that
the company has "12 gallon tanker trucks" when actually it's meant
that they have "12,000 gallon tanker trucks".
They talk about lng and lng facilities, also the process by which
this is extracted and some of the specifics of how fracking works,
differences between this struggle and that at Standing Rock, as
well as the timeline for this resistance plus many more topics.
If you want to learn more about this struggle you can visit the
fedbook page for Climate First Responders.
Announcements
ACP State Regulatory Public
Comment Period
from SMED
"Join us Friday Aug. 18th to tell the NC Dept of Environmental
Quality to reject the 401 water quality certification for the
Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The construction of the ACP threatens our
wetlands, streams, rivers, springs and wells. Additionally it will
destroy sites sacred to the Lumbee and Tuscarora peoples, and sieze
people’s family farms for the private gain of energy
companies like Duke Energy and Dominion. The fracked gas that the
ACP will bring to market will create greenhouse gas emissions
equivalent to constructing 20 new coal plants or adding 14 million
cars to the road.
In the meantime please submit a public comment to the DEQ by Aug
19th telling them to reject the ACP:
Mail your own comments to:
401 Permitting,
1617 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, NC, 27699-1617.
Email your own comments to: PublicComments@ncdenr.gov (include “ACP”
in the email’s subject line)"
To learn more about Smoky Mountain Eco Defense you can visit
smed.blackblogs.org/. For more information on
the ACP, you can listen to an interview that
Bursts did with Whitney, who spoke about the logistical and
environmental impacts the pipeline would have plus the impact on
human and non human life, plus some of the context to its
resistance.
Reminder: Asheville
Solidarity Rally with Millions for Prisoners Human
Rights March
on Washington DC
On August 19th at 11:30 AM at Pack Square Park (In front of City
Hall), folks will be gathering to show resistance to the
continuation of slavery in the exception clause to the 13th
Amendment of the U.S. constitution and in solidarity with prisoners
and the rally by iamweubuntu.com in D.C.
For more information, please check out this Fedbook event.
More resistance to FBI in
NC
I'd also like to take this opportunity to spread word about another
Anarchist statement against intimidation tactics by Federal Law
enforcement in North Carolina. Jayden Savino, who currently
lives in Asheville, published their statement on EF!J on Saturday the 12th
stating that "The FBI is attempting to make myself and my community
feel isolated and fearful. Unfortunately for the FBI, this
harassment has done the opposite for myself, my community, and my
family. This type of FBI repression is not a new phenomenon, and
the state’s efforts to target activists and dismantle movements is
as American as genocide. While it is unclear what exactly is being
investigated, I will continue to embody my solidarity with the
resilient herstory of state repression resistors, along with those
who will continue to resist after my time. There is no greater
betrayal or humiliation to our movement and the Earth than to
cooperate with the state." The Final Straw would love to
extend a warm hug to Jaydan and all of our support.
Charlottesville
A quick post-script to this introduction: Many of our listeners may
be aware of the huge and tragic events that took place in
Charlottesville, Virginia, on May 11th and 12th, 2017. In the
near future, we'll be bringing some voices from that struggle
against the United The Right rally attempted by such groups as The
Proud Boys, chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, National Socialist
Movement, League of the South, Vanguard America, and other ass-hats
of the far right and alt-right. A few writeups are already
showing up on ItsGoingDown.org and are worth a
read.
I would like to take a moment to raise my voice in praise of the
people that showed up in Charlottesville despite the dangers, to
the affinity groups and collectives and individuals who stood in
the muggy, Virginia summer heat to face off against 500 literal
fascists weilding torches on the night of the 11th around the
Robert E. Lee statue, who came to those activists aide. I
want to raise my voice in honor of the people who came out despite
the terror of the night before to face off against these same 500
or so cowards and turned them running, who saw through transparent
arguments of "free speech" meant to confuse the liberals. We
wish to send love to those who pushed back against the fash, to the
clergy who bore witness in the face of such a threat, to the
neighbors who fought for their city against this horde of white
supremacists, who cared for the injured, who loved their neighbors
by defending them, housing them, healing them. Around the world,
shows of solidarity are going
up, with Heather Herey who was brutally murdered by an alleged
Vanguard America member from Ohio who drove into a crowd of
protestors, and in doing so injured about 20 more. And also, I want
to raise my voice for those who struggled against the police, the
police who may not have protected the fash as much this day but who
are institutionally on the side of authoritarianism and still know
what side their bread is buttered on. Our liberation will never
come with the handshake of a cop.
If you have a few dollars burning a whole in your pocket and want
to help out the folks in Charlottesville as they cover legal,
medical and other costs, you can visit http://solidaritycville.com/donate/ for ideas.
Solidarity from us, friends and comrades, we will win.