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Against the Grain

Against the Grain

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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.

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Against the Grain – July 22, 2009

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NYU professor Vivek Chibber explains why ruling elites are biased toward the capitalist class rather than toward working people.  


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Against the Grain – July 21, 2009

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Michael Newman, a professor of politics at London Metropolitan University, talks about his book "Socialism: A Very Short Introduction."  


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Against the Grain – July 20, 2009

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Political economist Jack Rasmus describes the nature and status of the current economic crisis, and puts it into historical context.  


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Against the Grain – July 8, 2009

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Curtis Austin talks about his book "Up Against the Wall: Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party."  


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Against the Grain – July 7, 2009 at 12:00pm

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Against the Grain – July 6, 2009

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In the new volume "Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State," Natalie Ring describes how the US South was linked in many people's minds with the nation's tropical colonial possessions, and Kristin Hoganson describes how turn-of-the-twentieth-century US consumers "bought into empire."  


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Against the Grain – July 1, 2009 at 12:00pm

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Against the Grain – June 30, 2009

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In "Darwin's Sacred Cause," Adrian Desmond and James Moore argues that there was a moral impetus behind Darwin's work on human evolution. That impetus was rooted in Darwin's hatred of slavery.  


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Against the Grain – June 29, 2009

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Economist Richard McIntyre asks whether the human rights revolution, with its individualist focus, has benefited the collective rights and collective strength of workers. McIntyre is author of "Are Worker Rights Human Rights?"  


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Against the Grain – June 24, 2009

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The influential British thinker and leftist Peter Gowan died on June 12. He spoke last March about what's happened to US hegemony and about the evolving relationships among advanced capitalist nations.  


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