Against the Grain
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays - Wednesdays
Acclaimed program of ideas, in-depth analysis, and commentary on a variety of matters—political, economic, social, and cultural—important to progressive and radical thinking and activism. Against the Grain is produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
State Repression in Mexico, Under the Shadow of the Drug War
Journalist John Gibler talks about the 43 disappeared students in the Mexican town of Iguala, how the Mexican state benefits from the drug war, and what the story of EPR guerrilla Andrés Tzompaxtle tells us about the continuum of state repression in Mexico.
Against the Grain – November 4, 2014 – 12:00pm
Was what happened in Spain beginning in 1936 a civil war or a workers’ revolution? It’s called the Spanish Civil War, and it did pit Francisco Franco’s forces against a democratically elected government, but what George Orwell discovered when he arrived in Spain was “a revolution in full swing.” Adam Hochschild talks about the conflicts, … Continued
Against the Grain
Has the Great Recession affected men and women differently? What should we make of reports that the fortunes of American men and boys are on the decline? And what impact are books and films that tout the economic vitality and resilience of women having? In Suzanne Leonard‘s eyes, cultural discourses like these tend to ignore … Continued
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – October 29, 2014 at 12:00pm
Natalie Melas discusses the poetry, times, and politics of the great Martiniquan anticolonial writer Aimé Césaire.
The Poetry, Times, and Politics of Aimé Césaire
The great Martiniquan anticolonial writer. Hosted by Sasha Lilley.