Against the Grain – October 16, 2006
Does the Israeli lobby have too much influence on US foreign policy? John Mearsheimer, Rashid Khalidi, Tony Judt, Dennis Ross, Schlomo Ben-Ami, and Martin Indyck debate the issue.
Against the Grain
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to Wednesdays
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 – October 11, 2006
A live interview with Jared Diamond about specific case studies presented in his book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."
Against the Grain – October 10, 2006
The highly-acclaimed film "An Inconvenient Truth" lays out the science and politics of human-caused global warming.
Against the Grain – October 9, 2006
The film "The God Who Wasn’t There" examines the perils of Christianity.
Against the Grain – October 4, 2006
A look at the politics and life of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
Against the Grain – October 3, 2006
Acclaimed political analyst Michael Parenti joins C.S. in studio to discuss his latest book, "The Culture Struggle."
Against the Grain – October 2, 2006
A postmortem of the Brazilian elections and a close look at Lula’s economic policies with Matias Vernengo and Mark Weisbrot.
Against the Grain – September 26, 2006
A look at living wage campaigns in California and around the US with economist Robert Pollin and activist Martin Bennett.
Against the Grain – September 25, 2006
Graham Cassano discusses Thorstein Veblen’s understanding of why the working class, despite its exploitation, identifies with and supports the capitalist system. And Robert Weil describes recent labor unrest in China.