Against the Grain – April 30, 2013
Judy Juanita’s new novel “Virgin Soul” is a thinly disguised memoir about her life as a member of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s.
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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 – April 29, 2013
In a recent talk, the influential theorist John Holloway asserted that the Left needs to rethink anti-capitalist revolution, to see it as the creation and proliferation of spaces of rejection and refusal.
Against the Grain – April 24, 2013
Prisons are zones of isolation and containment. That’s a common view, and one that Rashad Shabazz contests. He argues that prisons are in fact quite porous, in a way that’s life-threatening to especially poor communities and communities of color.
Against the Grain – April 23, 2013
Novelist Gish Jen, in her new intellectual autobiography “Tiger Writing,” examines how self-identity is recognized in the East and the West, and how that translates into art, society, and politics.
Against the Grain – April 17, 2013
Journalist Nicholas Jones describes Margaret Thatcher’s assault on organized labor, plus Gar Alperovitz shares his ideas on how to democratize wealth and empower communities, not corporations.
Against the Grain – April 16, 2013
In “The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Frankel shows how that classic western film rationalized US expansionism and the clash of cultures.
Against the Grain – April 15, 2013
Scholar-activist Jackie Smith is working to apply World Social Forum principles and processes to community-level activism. She also believes that more scholars need to engage with and participate in social justice movements.
Against the Grain – April 10, 2013
In his book “Present Shock,” media theorist Douglas Rushkoff argues that the digital age has created a situation in which we must keep track of everything at once, resulting in the loss of the future and of ourselves.
Against the Grain – April 9, 2013
Alison Mountz, a geography professor and principal investigator of the Island Detention Project, discusses US, Australian, and other national policies to house detainees in remote locations far from family, community, resources, and potential advocates.
Against the Grain – April 8, 2013
Sujatha Baliga and Mia Mingus spoke about restorative and transformative justice at the recent symposium “Race, Domestic, and Sexual Violence: From the Prison Nation to Community Resistance.” In another talk, Clarissa Rojas discussed anti-imperialist feminist politics and the medicalization of anti-violence work.