Against the Grain – August 23, 2010
First-time presentation of the full-length interview with UC Santa Cruz scientist Gary Griggs about his book “Introduction to California’s Beaches and Coast.”
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 with Sasha Lilley – August 18, 2010
Economist William Tabb, author of “The Long Default,” talks to Sasha Lilley about the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis–which was resolved with an attack on public sector workers, the gutting of public services, and the restructuring of the city–and the parallels with the current crisis in California today.
Against the Grain – August 17, 2010
Paul Edwards discusses his book “ A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming.”
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – August 16, 2010
Pauline Lipman, author of “High Stakes Education; Inequality, Globalization, and Urban School Reform,” talks about Obama’s education policies, which promote standardized tests and charter schools at the expense of public education.
Against the Grain – August 11, 2010
U.C. Berkeley political scientist Kiren Chaudhry discusses what she calls the “economic underbelly” of the Af-Pak war and the chaotic nature of the US military effort there.
Against the Grain – August 10, 2010
Seth Tobocman and Eric Laursen, authors of the comic book “Understanding the Crash,” talk about the economic meltdown and its affects on poor and working class people.
Against the Grain – August 9, 2010
Human rights and their violation are an insistent focus of many activists and organizations. In his book “Are Worker Rights Human Rights?” economist Richard McIntyre identifies important limitations to rights-based politics.
Against the Grain – August 3, 2010
Richard Lichtman, the author of The Production of Desire, talks about a synthesis of psychoanalysis and Marxism.
Against the Grain – August 2, 2010
Acclaimed radical public intellectual Tariq Ali talks about idea of communism and its legacy today as capitalism melts down.