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Hybachi LeMar Shares Some Thoughts + Updates On Xinachtli


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This week, we're sharing two segments: the main feature is an interview with the recently released anarchist organizer and writer Hybachi LeMar; but first up you'll hear Aarohi of the Xinachtli Freedom Campaign about the elder political prisoner's medical condition and the phone zaps to pressure the TDCJ to alleviate his medical neglect

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Xinachtli Phone Zap

[ 00:01:48 ]

Xinachtli is an elder, Chicano communist activist and political prisoner 30 years into a 50 year sentence for disarming a sheriff's deputy. Of that 30 years, he's spent 23 in solitary confinement. At age 73, Xinachtli has and continues to face medical neglect at the hands of the Texas prison system, with outside supporters having to apply pressure to get him things like a wheelchair or a proper diet. You'll hear Aarohi of the Xinachtli Freedom Campaign talk about his case and about the phone zaps about Xinachtli's condition as well as how to get in touch with the comrade.

Links
  • cashapp: $tierrayliberta
  • venmo: @tierraylibertad
  • newsletter: https://freexinachtli.substack.com/subscribe
  • phone blast: bit.ly/xphoneblast
  • xinachtlifreedomcampaign (at )protonmail( dot)com
  • an older support site for Xinachtli is at FreeAlvaro.Net
Past Interviews:
  • Our 2024 interview with Xinachtli talking about his conditions
  • An audio of Xinachtli telling his story
Hybachi LeMar

[ 00:17:07 ]

Then, an interview that's been a long time in the making. Hybachi LeMar is an anarchist who grew up in Chicago and began considering anarchism thanks to a letter he received from Anthony Rayson of the South Chicago Anarchist Black Cross Zine Distro during over a year in solitary confinement years ago. Since that time, Compa LeMar has been organizing with projects like IWOC, IWW IU613, the self-organized Liberation School in Englewood, food distribution mutual aid, the Chicago local organizing committee of the Black Autonomy Federation and is now the author of three collections of essays (listed at his website) as well as numerous zines.

The majority of this chat has difficult audio quality because it was over prison phones. Happily at the end of the chat, we speak with Hybachi following his recent release, having maxed out his sentence and returned to his organizing and life in the streets of Chicago. There is a fundraiser ongoing to support Hybachi in his post-release life.

After the interview, stay tuned for a reading of his essay On The Powers of Self-Reflection, produced by Slug. [ 01:02:03 ]

There are a few mentions of mental distress and suicide in the chat, just a headsup. Compa LeMar mentions a few names in the episode of people that we've had on the show in the past, and we'll link those episodes where we can (Brianna Peril of IWOC, Sean Swain, Anthony Rayson of South Chicago ABC Zine Distro, True Leap). You can find ways to support Casey Goonan at their support site.

Announcements B(A)D News Episode 100!

If you're looking for more anarchist news beyond the Channel Zero Network podcasts, check out B(A)D News: Angry Voices from Around The World from the A-Radio Network (of which we are also a member). The March 2026 episode features:

  1. FrequenzeA presents an interview about environmental struggles in Russia.
  2. A-Radio Berlin presents a satiric piece called "Weird politics" where they talk about German military, AfD, and the wolf.
  3. Parias radio-show presents an interview about the repression the Community of Squatted Prosfygıka in Athens.
  4. The last contribution is from Radio Ausbruch that was visiting feralcrust, an Eco-anarchist Infoshop and Social Center close to Davao City, Philipines. The first of a series.

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