Against the Grain – March 19, 2012
Gary Rivlin is the author of “Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. — How the Working Poor Became Big Business.”
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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 – March 14, 2012
Scholar and medical doctor Robert Aronowitz has written a social history of breast cancer, “Unnatural History: Breast Cancer and American Society.” He talks to Sasha Lilley about how the tremendous fear of the disease has changed over time — and how the push for ever more screening has increased fear without necessarily reducing cancer deaths.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – March 12, 2012
Anthropologist Gerald Creed, editor of “The Seductions of Community, speaks with Sasha Lilley about what might be wrong with the notion of “community” and the uses the term is put to.
Against the Grain – March 7, 2012
Money, according to David Hawkes, is a symbol of human labor power. Understanding that symbol, and our belief in it, is key to grasping the ideological underpinnings of two activities that dominate today’s world: lending and finance.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – March 6, 2012
Adrienne Carey Hurley explores the myriad forms of violence that young people face — in the home, in schools, in the military, and juvenile detention — while being depicted as violent and predatory.
Against the Grain – March 5, 2012
Anne Tamar-Mattis calls into question conventional notions of gender and gender identity; she also describes what happens to people born with so-called intersex conditions.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – February 29, 2012
Radical union organizers and Occupy participants Adrian Maldonado and Angela MacWhinnie discuss the relationship between unions and the Occupy movement. (Part 2 of our look at organized labor and the social movements of the last year.)
Against the Grain – February 28, 2012
In a new collection of political cartoons, Mr. Fish offers a scathing critique of business elites, the political establishment, and mainstream social mores.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – February 27, 2012
Michael Yates, editor of Wisconsin Uprising, takes a look back at the pro-labor upsurge in Wisconsin a year ago and reflects on the lessons learned.