Against the Grain – April 22, 2009
U.C. Davis professor Clarence Walker talks about his new book "Mongrel Nation: The America Begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings."
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 – April 21, 2009
In his book "Moral Relativism," Steven Lukes asks whether we can, or should, abstain from judging other cultures' practices.
Against the Grain – April 20, 2009
Nari Rhee talks about key factors that have shaped the political-economic development of the South Bay. And Robert Cherny and Catherine Powell discuss their new guide book to San Francisco labor landmarks.
Against the Grain – April 15, 2009
On KPFA's 60th birthday, we present archived audio of two great dissidents: the writer and social activist James Baldwin, speaking in December 1964, and the Indonesian writer and long-time political prisoner Pramoedya Ananta Toer, being interviewed on KPFA in 1999.
Against the Grain – April 14, 2009
Ian Buruma talks about his new novel "The China Lover." Also presented are portions of a talk given by Rachel Carson following the publication of her book "Silent Spring" in 1962.
Against the Grain – April 13, 2009
Radhika Desai talks about the "new imperialism" of the 21st century and the usefulness of theories of imperialism forwarded during the early 20th century.
Against the Grain – April 8, 2009
Adrian Burgos Jr. discusses the key roles played by Afro-Latinos in the racial integration of US baseball and the struggle against Jim Crow. And Octavio Solis talks about "Lydia," his new play about a Mexican immigrant family in El Paso in the 1970s.
Against the Grain – April 7, 2009
Why does the radical geographer David Harvey call the economic crisis a financial Katrina? And what can we learn from the general strike that shut down Seattle ninety years ago? Harvey and the sociologist Howard Kimeldorf discuss class power and worker power.
Against the Grain – April 6, 2009
Is crime control connected to the repression of political movements? Pamela Oliver talks about the Black urban riots of the 1960s and the ongoing mass incarceration of African Americans. Also, Patrick Bond comments on the global economic strategy announced at last week's G-20summit.
Against the Grain – Hollow Land: Israel’s Architecture of Occupation
The London-based architect and activist Eyal Weizman discusses his book "Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation."