Against the Grain – September 11, 2012
Finance capitalism, which Richard Peet claims defines and dominates the current political-economic era, differs from the industrial capitalism that preceded it in important respects.
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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 – September 10, 2012
Charles Post discusses the origins of capitalism in the United States.
Against the Grain – September 5, 2012
Oscar Wilde engaged and grappled with ideas about art, ethics, aesthetics, and sexuality. Nicholas Frankel has produced the first uncensored edition of Wilde’s only novel.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – September 4, 2012
Christina Heatherton and Jordan Camp, coeditors of “Freedom Now: Struggles for the Human Right to Housing in L.A. and Beyond,” discuss the criminalization of the poor though policies like “broken windows” policing.
Against the Grain – August 29, 2012
Selma James argues that unwaged work is indispensable to capitalist production; she also discusses the relationship of gender to class.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 28, 2012
A look at the Movement for a New Society, which existed from 1971 to 1988 and pioneered politics that we might recognize as “anarchist” today, with Andy Cornell.
Against the Grain – August 27, 2012
What can we learn from Ralph Waldo Emerson about collectivity and overcoming social divisions? Eric Keenaghan takes on the conventional notion that Emerson pushed a kind of radical individualism.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 22, 2012
Andy Cornell, author of “Oppose and Propose,” talks about the Movement for a New Society, which existed from 1971 to 1988 and pioneered politics that we might recognize as “anarchist” today.
Against the Grain – August 21, 2012
Is health promotion a technical or a political issue? Can community health be a vehicle for large-scale social change? Jenna Loyd discusses both theory and practice.