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
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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 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.
Against the Grain – October 17, 2012
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.)
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – October 16, 2012
Historian of science Robert Proctor, author of “Golden Holocaust,” discusses why cigarettes may be the world’s deadliest invention.
Against the Grain – October 15, 2012
What kind of category is “Latino,” and how do Latino populations in the US racialize themselves and one another? SF State professor Tomas Almaguer shares his insights.