Against the Grain – September 4, 2013
As Stephen Germic points out, stories of nationhood propagated at national memorials and parks leave out the claims of American Indians to territory and recognition.
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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 – September 2, 2013
Sarah Swider describes what’s happening to millions of Chinese peasants who migrate to urban centers to do precarious work in China’s construction industry. She also considers what the growing concentration of Chinese migrant workers in cities might mean for working-class politics and solidarity.
Against the Grain – August 28, 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.
Against the Grain – August 27, 2013
At the Historical Materialism conference in New York City, Stanley Aronowitz spoke about what technology and machinery are doing to the labor process, and Richard Smith discussed the relationship between capitalist production and ecological destruction.
Against the Grain – August 26, 2013
According to an article co-written by U.C. Irvine professor Susan Coutin, deportation not only removes “unwanted” others, but also in a sense transforms de facto US citizens into de facto stateless persons.
Against the Grain – August 21, 2013
What do you get when you mix evangelical Christianity, consumer capitalism, and feminism? Ellen Flournoy proffers an answer.
Against the Grain – August 19, 2013
At this year’s Left Forum, Bruno Gullì, Carlos Frade, and Marcus Grätsch spoke about austerity and repression in Italy, Spain, Germany, and beyond. They also discussed the Left’s response.
Against the Grain – August 14, 2013
According to Max Haiven, global capitalism turns cooperative and creative activity into calcified narratives, hierarchies, and commodities. Haiven emphasizes the importance of a task he calls “commoning memory.”
Against the Grain – August 13, 2013
Ann Laura Stoler’s new book focuses on the less perceptible, more protracted, and still-persisting effects of imperial interventions.
Against the Grain – August 12, 2013
Uranium fuels nuclear weapons and controversial power plants. But uranium mineworkers labor in obscurity — and in exceptionally dangerous settings. Gabrielle Hecht has gone to Africa to investigate.