Against the Grain – November 12, 2012
David McNally connects zombie imagery in popular culture to wage labor and manic consumerism; Sasha Lilley describes the contours, and perils, of left-wing catastrophism.
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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – November 7, 2012
Pavlos Stavropoulos talks about the collapse of the Greek economy and the rise of the fascist party Golden Dawn.
Against the Grain – November 6, 2012
Cynthia Kaufman’s new book “Getting Past Capitalism” examines what capitalism is, how it is reproduced, and how it can be challenged.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – November 5, 2012
Sleep, insomnia, and capitalism with Matthew Wolf-Meyer, author of “The Slumbering Masses.”
Against the Grain – October 31, 2012
Max Haiven talks about the positioning of universities and the role of cognitive labor in the neoliberal capitalist order.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – October 30, 2012
John Arena, author of “Driven from New Orleans,” explains how nonprofits played a key role in the privatization of public housing in New Orleans.
Against the Grain – October 29, 2012
Dr. Marcia Angell makes the case for physician-assisted dying; Julie McCormick discusses memory in the context of storytelling and the ancient Greeks.
Against the Grain – October 23, 2012
Sylvia Federici talks about elder care, abortion, technology, and collective struggles against privatization. And Daniel Lang/Levitsky discusses a new volume about Occupy. (Part One of the Federici interview aired on Oct. 17.)
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – October 22, 2012
We remember pioneering Marxist geographer Neil Smith, who died on September 29th.