Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – January 15, 2013
Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, co-editors of “Shift Happens! Critical Mass at 20,” discuss the successes and paradoxes of Critical Mass.

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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.
Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, co-editors of “Shift Happens! Critical Mass at 20,” discuss the successes and paradoxes of Critical Mass.
In “Jewish Radicals,” Tony Michels explains the sustained participation of American Jews in leftist politics, movements, and debates. Also, Colleen Stockmann on “The Radical Camera,” an exhibition about New York’s Photo League.
Sociologist Laura Barraclough discusses how a white, rural settler identity was shaped in LA’s San Fernando Valley.
Anarchist historian Peter Staudenmaier speaks about conspiracy theory as a substitute for social critique.
David Graeber discusses his book “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” (and specifically the chapter entitled “Honor and Degradation, or, On the Foundations of Contemporary Civilization”).