Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – September 14, 2011
Economic anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber speaks with Sasha Lilley about the politics of debt and how it conceals our social relations with each other.
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 – September 13, 2011
Jeff Conant dissects a highly touted policy that purports to address climate change by incentivizing the maintenance and protection of forests in the Global South.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – September 12, 2011
Richard Wolin, author of “The Wind from the East,” speaks to Sasha Lilley about the rise of Maoism following the upheavals of 1968 in France and its impact on the thinking of intellectuals like Sartre and Foucault.
Against the Grain – September 7, 2011
John Bowen calls recent condemnations of multiculturalism by European leaders misdirected and irresponsible. He also decries the targeting of European Muslims. And filmmaker Nicole Newnham considers the human costs of draconian US deportation policies.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – September 6, 2011
Noam Chomsky answers six questions about social change posed by writer John Berger, critic Chris Hedges, journalist Amira Hass, director Ken Loach, screenwriter Paul Laverty, and writer and poet Alice Walker.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 31, 2011
Immanuel Ness, co-editor of “Ours to Master and to Own: Workers’ Control from the Commune to the Present,” talks with Sasha Lilley about the history and potentialities of workers’ councils.
Against the Grain – August 30, 2011
August Wilson wrote a 10-play, decade-by-decade exploration of the African American experience in the 20th century. Sandra Shannon discusses Wilson’s life and work. Kent Gash directs a production of Wilson’s play “Seven Guitars,” set in 1948.
Against the Grain – August 29, 2011
Ben Rawlence of Human Rights Watch has written a penetrating report about armed conflict, famine, and human rights abuses in Somalia. Also, Anna Deavere Smith talks about her new solo show “Let Me Down Easy.”
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 24, 2011
Steve Early, longtime former organizer for the Communications Workers of America, talks about the uphill battle labor faces, at Verizon and elsewhere, to hold the line in the face of anti-union actions.