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 – December 23, 2013
Microfinance constitutes an attempt to convert the shadow economy of the poor into globally circulating finance, asserts Ananya Roy. Microfinance is a microcosm of what Roy calls “bottom billion capitalism.”
Against the Grain – December 18, 2013
James Pfeiffer on what structural adjustment programs and PEPFAR guidelines are doing to the public sector in poor nations like Mozambique, with tragic consequences.
Against the Grain – December 17, 2013
Nick Nesbitt on why so much effort has been devoted, over the course of two centuries, to undermining Haiti.
Against the Grain – December 4, 2013
In his new book, Robert Samuels describes why higher education in the US is in crisis; he also contends that free tuition, room, and board to public colleges and universities is not only desirable but feasible.