Against the Grain – April 28, 2009
The influential thinker and sociologist Saskia Sassen talks about what she calls global cities; argues that it's too late to save the global financial system; and describes new landscapes of territory and power.
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Award-winning 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.
The influential thinker and sociologist Saskia Sassen talks about what she calls global cities; argues that it's too late to save the global financial system; and describes new landscapes of territory and power.
Matthew Carr shares key insights from his book "The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism."
U.C. Davis professor Clarence Walker talks about his new book "Mongrel Nation: The America Begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings."
In his book "Moral Relativism," Steven Lukes asks whether we can, or should, abstain from judging other cultures' practices.
Nari Rhee talks about key factors that have shaped the political-economic development of the South Bay. And Robert Cherny and Catherine Powell discuss their new guide book to San Francisco labor landmarks.
On KPFA's 60th birthday, we present archived audio of two great dissidents: the writer and social activist James Baldwin, speaking in December 1964, and the Indonesian writer and long-time political prisoner Pramoedya Ananta Toer, being interviewed on KPFA in 1999.
Ian Buruma talks about his new novel "The China Lover." Also presented are portions of a talk given by Rachel Carson following the publication of her book "Silent Spring" in 1962.
Radhika Desai talks about the "new imperialism" of the 21st century and the usefulness of theories of imperialism forwarded during the early 20th century.
Adrian Burgos Jr. discusses the key roles played by Afro-Latinos in the racial integration of US baseball and the struggle against Jim Crow. And Octavio Solis talks about "Lydia," his new play about a Mexican immigrant family in El Paso in the 1970s.