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 23, 2012
Dean Baker discusses stimulus measures and “the need to get the dollar down”; Richard Wolff talks about the pattern of bailouts, government borrowing, deficits, and austerity.
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.