Against the Grain – May 13, 2013
In his book Animal Rights, anthrozoologist Paul Waldau contends that humans can’t live a meaningful, integrated life without radically changing the way we regard and treat animals.
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 – 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.