This week's episode features a workshop by Mel Bazil, an indigenous Gitxsan and Wetâsuwetâen organizer, sovereigntist, and anarchist of the Unistâotâen Action Camp. For folks in the listening audience, Unistâotâen is located on unceded native lands in so-called British Colombia, Canada. More about the Unistâotâen Action Camp can be found at unistotencamp.com
This audio is from an almost hour and a half presentation that Mel gave on Saturday the 24th of May at the Montreal Anarchist Bookfaire, entitled "Anarchy, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Decolonization." Many thanks to CKUT Radio in Montreal for sharing this content with the Final Straw. More info on CKUT can be found at www.ckut.ca The second half of this speech can be found here: http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/76017
Firstly though, an announcement about the health of longterm political prisoner, Kevin "Rashid" Johnson. The following text was found at http://rashidmod.com, where one can seek further updates on the situation.
For anyone in the Durham area of North Carolina, there is a call-out on June 13th for a Noise Demo at the jail. More info can be found at (http://prisonbooks.info/2014/05/30/jail-demo-june-13th-solidarity-with-l...)
For more info on the prisoner hunger strike at Polk CI in Butner, NC, including their demands, check out: (http://prisonbooks.info/2014/06/02/prisoner-hunger-strike-hits-polk-corr...)
The playlist for this episode is here: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/9434
Thanks to the Montreal Anarchist Book Faire 2014 for hosting these workshops and to CKUT Radio in Montreal for sharing this audio with us.