Against the Grain – December 7, 2009
In the new volume "Communities of Sense," David Joselit writes about class stratification in the suburbs, people's relationship to images, and ways in which collective life and civic engagement might be fostered.
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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – December 1, 2009
Malalai Joya, one of the few women to be elected to the Afghan parliament, later expelled for her radicalism, speaks out against the US occupation of Afghanistan.
Against the Grain – November 30, 2009
The British historian Peter Clarke discusses his new book "Keynes: The Rise, Fall, and Return of the 20th Century's Most Influential Economist."
Against tha Grain – November 25, 2009
Ashraf Cassiem, a leader of the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign, talks about their work in South Africa fighting the eviction of shack dwellers, water cut-offs, and police brutality under the ANC government.
Against the Grain – November 24, 2009
In "Tiny Kushner," a set of five one-act plays, Tony Kushner offers a number of ruminations on the value of psychotherapy, the relationship of ideas to suffering, and the uses of Dostoevsky. And playwright Charlie Varon has a new passion: audio collages.
Against the Grain – November 23, 2009
Noam Chomsky talks with host Sasha Lilley about anarchism, the state, science and the Enlightenment.
Against the Grain – November 18, 2009
Radical philosopher Simon Critchley talks with guest host Andrej Grubacic about neo-anarchism, Obama, and political mobilizations on the right and left.
Against the Grain – November 11, 2009
Cari Carpenter finds in Sarah Winnemucca's book "Life Among the Piutes" both an alternative origin story of the US and a direct challenge to the myth of the vanishing Indian. Also, Andrea Smith talks about the role of indigenous ideas in anti-violence movement theorizing.
Against the Grain – November 10, 2009
Greg Grandin, author of Empire's Workshop, talks about neoconservatism's roots in the US interventions in Central America in the 1980s. With host Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – November 9, 2009
Rebecca Smith is coauthor of a new report about the impact of US immigration enforcement on workers' rights. And Amy Bach asks whether Joe Sullivan, sentenced as a 13-year-old to life without parole, got a fair trial.