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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.
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
Longtime teacher Ira Rabois discusses the radical philosophy behind alternative education.
Peter Burdon on what happened to Hannah Arendt’s understanding of evil after she saw Adolf Eichmann tried in Jerusalem.
Sociologist Denis O’Hearn discusses prison hunger strikes and the life and death of Bobby Sands.
Max Haiven on what the financial sector and its logic are doing to corporations, to governments, and to the way we live and think.
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
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.
In 1805, a remarkable slave rebellion took place — not in the Atlantic, but in the Pacific, and involving an unusual ruse. And it illustrates, argues historian Greg Grandin, something fundamental about freedom and unfreedom in the New World. Grandin examines the historical event, immortalized by Herman Melville, in which insurgent slave leaders maintained a striking … Continued
In his explosive new book, Gerald Horne argues that the American Revolution was in large part a counter-revolution waged to preserve and defend the institution of slavery.
