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 – September 18, 2013
According to Priya Kandaswamy, race is socially constructed, and the construction of race is a gendered and sexualized process.
Against the Grain – September 17, 2013
What accounts for the disportionate involvement of American Jews in leftist causes, socialist parties, and radical debates? A book by Tony Michels traces the contributions made by Jewish immigrants and their offspring to left-wing theory and activism. Also, Amy Herzog has written a play about three generations of a radical Jewish family.
Against the Grain – September 16, 2013
What does it mean to say that we humans are alienated from nature? Does that statement even make sense? Not according to philosopher Steven Vogel, who contends that another kind of alienation is at play, one that we can and must address.