Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – July 7, 2014
Corey Robin, author of “The Reactionary Mind,” discusses the intellectual underpinnings of the Right.
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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 – July 2, 2014
Incarceration is commonly understood as detention in prisons and jails. Liat Ben-Moshe argues that the term’s meaning should be broadened to include confinement in places like psychiatric hospitals, mental institutions, and even nursing homes. Ben-Moshe discusses the trend toward deinstitutionalization, the position of people with disabilities in capitalist society, and what she calls the institution-industrial … Continued
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – July 1, 2014
Jason W. Moore argues against the notion of the Anthropocene — or the age of humans — for understanding climate change. He argues that we should instead see it as an outgrowth of the Capitalocene, or age of capital. Part one of a two part interview.
Against the Grain – June 30, 2014
Rebecca Gordon discusses her new book Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – June 25, 2014
Historical sociologist Fouad Makki discusses with host Sasha Lilley the massive rush by countries and corporations to acquire land in Africa, and considers the forces behind the “new enclosures” of commonly-held property. For more information, go to againstthegrain.org
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.
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.