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 – December 23, 2009
A look at the direct action movement to shut down coal production with Ted Nace, author of "Climate Hope: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Coal", and guest host Ramsey Kanaan.
Against the Grain – December 22, 2009
Greg Grandin, author of "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City," speaks with host Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – December 21, 2009
George Monbiot and activists Tadzio Mueller and Andre Pugsy speak about the politics and economics of global warming at the Klimaforum, the counter summit to the UN conference on climate change, in Copenhagen. With host Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – December 14, 2009 at 12:00pm
Historian Cal Winslow talks about divergent approaches to labor organizing and what the union movement can learn from labor militancy in the 1970s. With guest host Ramsey Kanaan.
Against the Grain – December 9, 2009
Kathleen Weaver, author of "Peruvian Rebel: The World of Magda Portal", talks with host Sasha Lilley about the pioneering poet, feminist, and revolutionary.
Against the Grain – December 8, 2009
Timothy Brennan, author of "Secular Devotion: Afro-Latin Music and Imperial Jazz", speaks about the liberatory potential of African-derived music with host Sasha Lilley.
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.