Against the Grain
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to 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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain: Daniel Wolfe. – December 1, 2008
Daniel Wolfe explains how and why drug users are often criminalized rather than protected by HIV/AIDS policies. Mark Townsend belongs to a group that operates North America’s only legal supervised injection facility, called Insite.
Against the Grain: Berkeley sociologist Samuel Lucas. – November 24, 2008
In a new book, U.C. Berkeley sociologist Samuel Lucas sheds light on the history of race- and gender-based oppression in the US and examines how prejudice and discrimination operate today.
Against the Grain: Patrick Bond discusses the financial meltdown. – November 17, 2008
The South Africa-based political economist Patrick Bond discusses the financial meltdown and comments on whether corporate social responsibility is addressing economic injustice and environmental degradation in his home country.
Against the Grain: Immanuel Wallerstein on the structural constraints faced by Obama. – November 12, 2008
Immanuel Wallerstein comments on the structural constraints faced by Obama, and asserts that we're in a depression, not a mere recession. Ismael Hossein-Zadeh enumerates several major flaws in what he calls the Wall Street bailout scam.
Against the Grain: August Wilson sought to illuminate the 20th-century Black experience. – November 10, 2008
In his ten-play cycle, August Wilson sought to illuminate the 20th-century Black experience. Scholar Harry Elam, Jr. and actor Brent Jennings describe Wilson's project, both generally and in the context of the play "Joe Turner's Come and Gone." And Ian Williams spells out foreign policy priorities for Barack Obama.