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/

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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.
Christian Parenti on why radicals need to engage with the state to stop climate change. For more information: http://www.againstthegrain.org/
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.
Barbara Epstein and Kevin Anderson explore the rise and fall of socialist humanist ideas — and what its decline has meant for the left.
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.
Urban geographer Rachel Brahinsky talks about gentrification in the San Francisco Bay Area.