Against the Grain – October 19, 2011
Marxist economist Richard Wolff discusses the crisis of capitalism, how the US became so unequal–and why he believes revolution, not reform, is in order.

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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.
Marxist economist Richard Wolff discusses the crisis of capitalism, how the US became so unequal–and why he believes revolution, not reform, is in order.
According to the renowned environmental advocate David Suzuki, the ecological emphasis on the interconnectedness of all things is grounded in the science of air, water, earth, and energy.
Corey Robin, author of “The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin,” speaks with Sasha Lilley about the intellectual underpinnings of the Right.
In a new documentary film, Noam Chomsky holds forth on conformity and social control; Mark Mirabello discusses the history of money; Ramsey Kanaan talks about anarchism; and AtG’s own Sasha Lilley stresses collective action.
The late Howard Zinn, author of “A People’s History of the United States,” presented an alternative understanding of Christopher Columbus and his legacy.
Anarchist and anthropologist David Graeber talks to Sasha Lilley about the Occupy Wall St demonstrations, which he helped organize, and the burgeoning movement sweeping the country.
In their groundbreaking book “The Spirit Level,” Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson show that greater economic equality — not greater wealth — is the mark of the healthiest, happiest societies.
Award-winning Guardian reporter Jonathan Steele, author of “Ghosts of Afghanistan,” speaks to Sasha Lilley about Afghanistan, ten years after the US invasion.
Jeremy Varon, author of “Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies,” talks about armed struggle coming out of the New Left and its legacy.