Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – June 24, 2014
Political theorist and media scholar Jodi Dean discusses why communism remains such a powerful ideological force — and why the left should claim the term without apology.
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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.
Against the Grain – June 23, 2014
After World War II, the US pushed the European imperial powers to abandon their colonies; it also adopted an anticolonial stance based on its democratic, anti-imperial values and principles. That’s the conventional narrative — but is it correct? Julian Go confronts the widely propagated notion of American exceptionalism and discusses the postwar rise of US global … Continued
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – June 18, 2014
Marxist geographer Richard Walker, coauthor of “The Atlas of California”, talks about the most populous state in the US, from the dispossession of Native Americans at its founding to its overcrowded prisons, dynamic but unequal economy, stressed education system, and biodiverse but fragile environment today.
Against the Grain – June 17, 2014
It’s an argument widely accepted within, and forcefully promoted by, feminist and queer circles: Gender and sexuality are socially constructed; they are the product of only socialization and social norms. Julia Serano believes this crucially ignores the role played by biology. She forwards what she calls a holistic model of gender and sexuality. For more details and … Continued
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – June 16, 2014
Longtime teacher Ira Rabois discusses the radical philosophy behind alternative education.
Against the Grain – June 11, 2014
Peter Burdon on what happened to Hannah Arendt’s understanding of evil after she saw Adolf Eichmann tried in Jerusalem.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – June 10, 2014
Sociologist Denis O’Hearn discusses prison hunger strikes and the life and death of Bobby Sands.
Against the Grain – June 9, 2014
Max Haiven on what the financial sector and its logic are doing to corporations, to governments, and to the way we live and think.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – June 4, 2014
It’s an unlikely book to take America by storm: a 700-page work of economic history by a French academic. But Thomas Piketty’s “Capital in the 21st Century” has proved to be a book for our times, explaining the extreme inequality that characterizes our world, and drawing some bold and empirically backed arguments about the inherent tendencies … Continued
Against the Grain – June 3, 2014
Sebastian Kaempf on what it means in ethical terms that the US military can kill enemy soldiers without putting the lives of its own personnel at risk.