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.

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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.
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.)
Historian of science Robert Proctor, author of “Golden Holocaust,” discusses why cigarettes may be the world’s deadliest invention.
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.