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.
In his new book "The Threat of Race: Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism," David Theo Goldberg examines how race is mobilized politically and how racism operates in today's world.
Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander's new book is "The Superferry Chronicles: Hawaii's Uprising Against Militarism, Commercialism and the Desecration of the Earth."
Jeremy Brecher and Tim Costello discuss the nature of the ongoing economic crisis, the solution-generating potential of people's movements, and the status of labor in China.
Rory Cox talks about the perils of importing liquefied natural gas into California. And Lester Rowntree explains how global warming is affecting, and will affect, the Bay Area.
In this first-time airing of C.S. Soong's full-length interview with William Irvine, the Wright State philosophy professor talks about his book "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy."
Gretchen Gordon describes Bolivian peoples' resistance to efforts by foreign energy companies, often abetted by Bolivian governments, to control that nation's oil and natural gas resources. And George Packer's play "Betrayed" portrays the plight of three Iraqis who accept jobs with the US occupiers.
A encore broadcast of the special program Capitalism and Its Discontents, looking at recent strikes in France, the World Social Forum in Brazil with Andrej Grubacic, and a look at finance capital and the economic crisis with Richard Walker. Hosted by Sasha Lilley.
According to Markus Dubber, "miscarriage of justice" is a misnomer because the US penal system does not in fact seek to do justice. Also, we present Part Two of Harriet Fraad and Rick Wolff's presentation on today's economic and psychological crises.
Michael Klare discusses his book "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy."
