Final Straw: Continuing the Struggle Against The Mountain Valley Pipeline

Long-running anarchist radio and podcast show The Final Straw speaks with activists on the ongoing struggle against the Mountain Valley Pipeline.

This week, we’re sharing a conversation with Rose and Crystal, two comrades involved in the struggle against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 304 mile, 41 inch in diameter liquefied so-called natural gas pipeline with a possible 75 mile extension crossing many delicate waterways, slopes and communities across Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina.

This project has been off and on under construction since 2018 and was recently forced through at a Federal level as part of the debt ceiling deal by the Biden administration and Democrats. For the hour we talk about the project, the land and water it threatens, the history of resistance and how to get involved in stopping this mess.

Just a heads-up, there are some audio quality issues throughout the conversation with both guests, so if you have trouble hearing consider checking out the upcoming transcript or meanwhile watching on YouTube with the subtitles on.

You can find more from the folks resisting the MVP by searching Appalachians Against Pipelines on various social media platforms or check the links in our show notes, where you can also find links to our various interviews with folks from this initiative from the last 5 years.

Links Appalachains Agianst Pipelines (Facebook) (Twitter) (Instagram):

• AppalachiansAgainstPipelines (at) protonmail.com
• Volunteer intake form
• Donation site