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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – May 16, 2012
The social critic and philosopher Richard Lichtman gave a presentation last Friday entitled “Cry the Corrupted Country: Reflections on the Psychopathology of Capitalism.”
Against the Grain – May 15, 2012
In a recent public presentation, Richard Lichtman spoke about the rise of corporations, ruling-class ideology, and the incompatibility between capitalism and democracy.
Against the Grain – May 14, 2012
A look at moments in radical social history, from Rosa Luxemburg and the German Revolution, to the environmental movement in the Bay Area.
Against the Grain – May 9, 2012
Selma James on Unwaged Work; Peter Linebaugh on the Luddites
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – May 8, 2012
Litigator Michelle Alexander talks to Sasha Lilley about her book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.”
Against the Grain – May 7, 2012
Richard Lichtman explains what Karl Marx meant when he used the term “alienation” to describe the condition and consciousness of workers under capitalism.
Against the Grain – May 2, 2012
A new documentary features previously unseen footage of Stokeley Carmichael, Angela Davis, and other African American militants, and commentary by Robin DG Kelley, Talib Kweli, Harry Belafonte, Kathleen Cleaver, and Erykah Badu about the trajectory of black struggles from the late 1960s to the 70s.
Against the Grain – May 1, 2012
Sasha Lilley and Mitch Jeserich host live coverage of International Workers’ Day from downtown Oakland.
Against the Grain – April 30, 2012
According to U.C. Berkeley professor Margaret Weir, long-held assumptions about poverty and inequality in US metropolitan areas no longer hold up. Weir describes how the social and political geography of poverty has shifted in recent years.