Against the Grain –
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.
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 – February 25, 2009
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.
Against the Grain – The Stoics on Achieving Tranquility
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."
Against the Grain – February 23, 2009 at 12:00pm
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.
Against the Grain – February 18, 2009
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.
Against the Grain – February 17, 2009
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.
Against the Grain – February 16, 2009
Michael Klare discusses his book "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy."
Against the Grain – The Stoics on Happiness
How to attain equanimity and peace of mind was an obsession of the ancient Stoic philosophers. The psychological techniques they championed for taming desire and achieving happiness are described in William Irvine's book "A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy." This a rebroadcast of Against the Grain for February 2, … Continued
Against the Grain – February 11, 2009
"Are all human systems doomed to stagger along under the mounting weight of their internal logic until it crushes them?" Ronald Wright asks and addresses this question in his book "A Short History of Progress."