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 – July 6, 2009
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."
Against the Grain – June 30, 2009
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.
Against the Grain – June 29, 2009
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?"
Against the Grain – June 24, 2009
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.
Against the Grain – June 23, 2009
Robert Arellano, author of the new novel "Havana Lunar," and social work professor David Strug talk about the attitudes of Cubans toward the 1959 revolution and the privations of the Special Period.
Against the Grain – June 22, 2009
The influential scholar and author Anne McClintock talks about imperial violence, paranoia, and torture, with a specific focus on Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib.
Against the Grain – June 17, 2009
According to U.C. Santa Barbara professor George Lipsitz, popular music tells alternative, hidden histories of people and places. He also critiques the Ken Burns film series "Jazz."
Against the Grain – June 16, 2009
Kai Wright has investigated why distressed homeowners aren't getting the mortgage loan modifications and workouts they need. And Jack Rasmus weighs in on whether the economy has really bottomed out.