Against the Grain – August 7, 2013
In comparing Israel’s treatment of Palestinians with apartheid-era South Africa’s policies vis-à-vis the Bantustans, Andy Clarno finds both similarities and significant differences.
Against the Grain
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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 – August 6, 2013
In a new book, historian Walter Hixson describes how cultural and other factors have affected how we, and how US political and military elites, remember and understand the Vietnam War.
Against the Grain – August 5, 2013
Robin Kelley discusses the ideas and legacy of Aimé Césaire, who took a radical anticolonial stance informed by his engagement with surrealism and Marxism. Césaire also linked colonialism with fascism.
Against the Grain – July 17, 2013
What can we learn from Ralph Waldo Emerson about collectivity and about overcoming social divisions? Eric Keenaghan takes on the conventional notion that Emerson pushed a kind of radical individualism.
Against the Grain – July 16, 2013
Mark Sawyer examines factors that inhibit Latino-Black collaboration, including anti-Black racism among many Latinos, African American parochialism, and narrow visions of racial/ethnic identity. He also identifies points of commonality and convergence.
Against the Grain – July 15, 2013
As part of its effort to build a socialist society, the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) has worked to transform education, drawing on the ideas and inspiration of Paulo Freire and of several Soviet-era educational theorists. Rebecca Tarlau explains.
Against the Grain – July 10, 2013
What can environmentalism do? Andrew Ross, Mark Engler, and Charles Callaway addressed this ever more urgent question at Left Forum.
Against the Grain – July 9, 2013
Philosopher of science Sandra Harding calls into question Western exceptionalism and triumphalism in the areas of science and technology.
Against the Grain – July 8, 2013
How do we live a good life? What’s worth pursuing, and what should we avoid? Thomas Hurka, a philosopher at the University of Toronto, considers these weighty questions in his book The Best Things in Life: A Guide to What Really Matters.
Against the Grain – July 3, 2013
Alison Hope Alkon, author of Black, White, and Green: Farmers Markets, Race, and the Green Economy, takes a hard look at the “green economy” and farmers’ markets’ place within it. She contrasts two markets, one in West Oakland and the other in North Berkeley.