Against the Grain
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to Wednesdays
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.
Against the Grain – December 7, 2005
A discussion of globalization and imperialism with Neil Smith, author of The Endgame of Globalization, and guest host Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – December 5, 2005
Media critic and syndicated columnist Norman Solomon talks about his latest book War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.
Against the Grain – November 30, 2005
Skin color gradations play a big factor in how racial hierarchies are constructed. Tanya Hernandez talks about colorism claims in US courts as well as racial ideologies and realities in Latin American countries like Brazil. Evelyn Nakano Glenn discusses the widespread use of skin whitening products.
Against the Grain – November 29, 2005
An in-depth look at the politics of capital punishment with Lance Lindsey, executive director of Death Penalty Focus, and Phil Gasper, member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty.
Against the Grain – November 28, 2005
Could the pen be mightier than the sword? Was it mightier in the early twentieth century than it is now? Lauren Coodley has a book out about the muckraker and novelist Upton Sinclair in California. Depression-era fiction is the subject of Janet Galligani Casey’s book The Novel and the American Left. (Encore presentation.)
Against the Grain – November 23, 2005
Elections are held in nations that the US bullies or invades, and Bush proclaims a victory for democracy. But what is democracy in its truest sense? Ian Angus, author of Emergent Publics, contends that real democracy both depends on and emerges from movements for social change. (Encore presentation.)
Against the Grain – November 22, 2005
Ha Jin talks about his life, his writing process, and his award-winning novels, including his latest, War Trash.