Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – September 3, 2014
Richard Swift considers alternatives to capitalism, from state socialism to anarchism, social democracy to degrowth.
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.
Against the Grain – September 2, 2014
Adam Kotsko on the Italian theorist Giorgio Agamben’s ideas about sovereign power vis-à-vis the individual. For more details and higher-quality audio, visit againstthegrain.org.
Against the Grain – September 1, 2014
A landmark federal law bans human trafficking. So why does Grace Chang assert that the US sponsors human trafficking? And why doesn’t Chang like the federal antitrafficking regime’s emphasis on sex trafficking and prostitution? (Encore presentation.) For more details and higher-quality audio, visit againstthegrain.org.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 27, 2014
Christian Parenti on why radicals need to engage with the state to stop climate change. For more information: http://www.againstthegrain.org/
Against the Grain – August 26, 2014
People with criminal records are written off by society. Is that fair, asks Emily Baxter, given that we’ve all violated the law at one time or another? For more details and higher-quality audio, visit againstthegrain.org.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 25, 2014
Barbara Epstein and Kevin Anderson explore the rise and fall of socialist humanist ideas — and what its decline has meant for the left.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 20, 2014
David Palumbo-Liu makes the case for boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel. He discusses academic freedom and the firing of Steven Salaita from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 12, 2014
Urban geographer Rachel Brahinsky talks about gentrification in the San Francisco Bay Area.