Against the Grain – December 30, 2009
Terrorism is routinely condemned; should we try to understand it as well? Matthew Carr is author of "The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism."
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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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Terrorism is routinely condemned; should we try to understand it as well? Matthew Carr is author of "The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism."
Debal Deb discusses his new book "Beyond Developmentality: Constructing Inclusive Freedom and Sustainability."
A look at the direct action movement to shut down coal production with Ted Nace, author of "Climate Hope: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Coal", and guest host Ramsey Kanaan.
Greg Grandin, author of "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City," speaks with host Sasha Lilley.
George Monbiot and activists Tadzio Mueller and Andre Pugsy speak about the politics and economics of global warming at the Klimaforum, the counter summit to the UN conference on climate change, in Copenhagen. With host Sasha Lilley.
Historian Cal Winslow talks about divergent approaches to labor organizing and what the union movement can learn from labor militancy in the 1970s. With guest host Ramsey Kanaan.
Kathleen Weaver, author of "Peruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal", talks with host Sasha Lilley about the pioneering poet, feminist, and revolutionary.