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<p>This week I had the
opportunity to sit down with Margaret Killjoy to talk about her new
EP called &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://nomadicwarmachine.bandcamp.com/">https://nomadicwarmachine.bandcamp.com/</a>"&gt;Every
Breath Our Last&lt;/a&gt; out this October from her one woman project
Nomadic War Machine. Margaret is a writer, musician, and anarchist
based in Western North Carolina. We got to talk about a lot of things
in this episode, including her new EP, what went into making it,
Nomadic War Machine as a project in general, and her new anarchist
fiction podcast called &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.wewillrememberfreedom.com/">https://www.wewillrememberfreedom.com/</a>"&gt;We
Will Remember Freedom&lt;/a&gt;. 
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<p>This was a great
conversation to have for me, and is a little bit of a different
approach than what we usually do in that the conversation unfolded
organically with little in the way of pre set prompts. I hope you
will get a sense of sitting down at a kitchen table with two people
who have known each other for some while, talking about stuff they
would kind of normally talk about anyway, except it’s being
recorded. I am also clearly not a music journalist, and that comes
out, especially because I neglect to ask her about the political or
social themes of her new EP. Give it a listen tho on any streaming
platform!  
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<p>Click on her &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy">https://www.patreon.com/margaretkilljoy</a>"&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;
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<p>This episode of the
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.soleone.org/solecast/2018/9/7/w-margaret-killjoy-on-anarchist-sci-fi-the-cultural-war-prefiguration">http://www.soleone.org/solecast/2018/9/7/w-margaret-killjoy-on-anarchist-sci-fi-the-cultural-war-prefiguration</a>"&gt;Solecast&lt;/a&gt;
includes her reading a short story called The Northern Host (“nazis
don’t go to Valhallah”), and an &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2017/07/31/1645/">https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2017/07/31/1645/</a>"&gt;interview
on TFS&lt;/a&gt; where we talk about her then new book The Lamb Will
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<p><b>Support Project</b>
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FANG:<b></b><p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>
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From their fundrazr page:<p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>
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<p>“The climate crisis, and ongoing
destruction of landscapes and wildlife, are provoking a deepening
sense of urgency in an increasing number of people. It can be a
serious struggle to care for a world that is being plundered for
profit, but there are more and more people turning their grief into
resistance in defense of nature and other animals. From water
protectors to pipeline protestors, and wildlife and caged animal
defenders – good people who care for our world are standing up for
all of us. Unfortunately taking such a stand can result in arrest,
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<p><strong>Background:</strong></p>
<p>In 2016, &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://nycabc.wordpress.com/fang/">https://nycabc.wordpress.com/fang/</a>"&gt;project
FANG&lt;/a&gt; was established by the NYC ABC as a much-needed attempt to
fill a gap in the ongoing support work for the growing number of eco
and animal rights prisoners in the United States. The focus of
project FANG funding is to help pay for prison visitation costs for
friends and family of these prisoners. 
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<p><strong>Why are visits so important?</strong></p>
<p>Visits from friends, family, and loved ones are repeatedly
identified by prisoners as one of the most important life lines that
exist for them. Without visits, the crushing isolation of life inside
a prison becomes unbearable. However, visits can often be
prohibitively expensive. Travel costs might include not only an
expensive plane ticket, but also lodging, a rental car, and meals.
These quickly add up to hundreds of dollars.</p>
<p><strong>How you can help:</strong></p>
<p>Currently, project FANG has committed funding of $5,000 per year,
but due to the increase in eco and animal rights prisoners, and
requests for visitation funding, we need to increase our available
funds. With your support we are aiming to double the fund’s annual
budget for 2019 and 2020 by raising $10,000. Can you help us reach
our $10,000 goal?”</p>
<p>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://fundrazr.com/project_fang?ref=ab_d8c7xc_ab_5zRAZ25xVf75zRAZ25xVf7">https://fundrazr.com/project_fang?ref=ab_d8c7xc_ab_5zRAZ25xVf75zRAZ25xVf7</a>"&gt;To
help support, please visit their fundrazr page!&lt;/a&gt; Stay tuned to TFS
for a possible interview with these folks in future, or visit our
&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2016/11/27/new-york-city-anarchist-black-cross/">https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2016/11/27/new-york-city-anarchist-black-cross/</a>"&gt;archives&lt;/a&gt;
for a past interview with a founder of this project.</p>
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<p>Music for this
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<p>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7uYrlFIIqI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7uYrlFIIqI</a>"&gt;Perdidos
– FR<i>Í''</i>O
y VAC'<b>Í'</b>O<i>&lt;/a&gt;</i>
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(musical loop by william)<i></i><p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>
<p>&lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://nomadicwarmachine.bandcamp.com/track/we-feel-no-shame">https://nomadicwarmachine.bandcamp.com/track/we-feel-no-shame</a>"&gt;<i>We</i>
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Feel No Shame – Nomadic War Machine<i>&lt;/a&gt;</i><p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>
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