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.
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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.
Pavlos Stavropoulos talks about the collapse of the Greek economy and the rise of the fascist party Golden Dawn.
Cynthia Kaufman’s new book “Getting Past Capitalism” examines what capitalism is, how it is reproduced, and how it can be challenged.
Sleep, insomnia, and capitalism with Matthew Wolf-Meyer, author of “The Slumbering Masses.”
Max Haiven talks about the positioning of universities and the role of cognitive labor in the neoliberal capitalist order.
John Arena, author of “Driven from New Orleans,” explains how nonprofits played a key role in the privatization of public housing in New Orleans.
Dr. Marcia Angell makes the case for physician-assisted dying; Julie McCormick discusses memory in the context of storytelling and the ancient Greeks.
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.)
We remember pioneering Marxist geographer Neil Smith, who died on September 29th.
Sylvia Federici discusses the momentous restructuring of caregiving and other so-called reproductive work in the global economy. (Part One of a two-part interview.)