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
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 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.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – June 2, 2014
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
Against the Grain – May 28, 2014
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.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – May 26, 2014
The Black Panther Party left a rich legacy of militant and innovative organizing. Yet one component of their work is largely forgotten. Sociologist Alondra Nelson discusses the Black Panther Party’s medical activism, from setting up free clinics to screening for sickle cell anemia. She situates its work within a long tradition of African American health … Continued
Against the Grain – May 19, 2014
Sharon Strand Ellison on the value and methods of non-defensive communication.