The Final Straw: Dan Berger on “The Struggle Within: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States”

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Streaming at AshevilleFM from 3AM EST on Monday, 04/28/2014 for a week, then podcasting later at radio4all.net and airing onKOWA-LPFM in Olympia, WA, KWTF in Bodega Bay, CA, and KXCF in Marshall, CA.

This week, William speaks with Dan Berger – who is an author, prison activist and movement historian – about his new book “The Struggle Within: Prisons, Political Prisoners, and Mass Movements in the United States” just out from PM Press. They speak about histories pertaining to radical mileus as well as the much debated term “political prisoner” and how it relates to prison abolition and support work, among other topics. More about him and his work can be found at http://danberger.org.

Also included is a piece by comrades at ARadio Berlin entitled
“Practical Self Help; An Abortion Hotline in Chile”. More
of thier works can be found at http://aradio.blogsport.de.

Sean Swain’s segment this week is read by The Stimulator of http://Submedia.tv, check out their radical films at that site. Sean is still refusing meals, so far as we are aware. Updates can be found at http://seanswain.org

Also we announce that we will hopefully be broadcasting soon at WCRS-LP Columbus Community Radio 98.3 and 102.1, in the state capital of Ohio, stomping ground of Governor JWOW, at 9pm on Thursdays. Check out http://www.wcrsfm.org for more on the station.