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 produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – January 16, 2013
UC Santa Cruz professor Ron Glass discusses the ideas of Paulo Freire, the Brazilian educator and philosopher who authored the seminal volume “Pedagogy of the Oppressed.”
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – January 15, 2013
Adriana Camarena and Chris Carlsson, co-editors of “Shift Happens! Critical Mass at 20,” discuss the successes and paradoxes of Critical Mass.
Against the Grain – January 14, 2013
In “Jewish Radicals,” Tony Michels explains the sustained participation of American Jews in leftist politics, movements, and debates. Also, Colleen Stockmann on “The Radical Camera,” an exhibition about New York’s Photo League.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – January 9, 2013
Sociologist Laura Barraclough discusses how a white, rural settler identity was shaped in LA’s San Fernando Valley.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – January 8, 2013
Anarchist historian Peter Staudenmaier speaks about conspiracy theory as a substitute for social critique.
Against the Grain – January 7, 2013
David Graeber discusses his book “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” (and specifically the chapter entitled “Honor and Degradation, or, On the Foundations of Contemporary Civilization”).