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 – May 1, 2013
A May Day cornucopia, with contributions from Aziz Choudry, Jodi Dean, Chris Dixon, Max Haiven, and Richard Peet; Pacifica Radio May Day reports from years past; and more.
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.
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.