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.
Beshara Doumani discusses the causes and consequences of the continuing Israeli air strikes on Gaza. And in the second part of a talk given by Leo Panitch, the Toronto-based political economist examines whether US empire operates only in the interests of US capital.
Rahul Mahajan comments on the current state of the US antiwar movement and assesses the Left's relationship to Obama. And Leo Panitch holds forth on the financial crisis, US empire, and the state's role in neoliberal globalization.
What happens when a newborn's gender is ambiguous? Katrina Karkazis's new book traces how physicians, parents and others have approached and treated intersexuality, and describes the terrain of intersex advocacy.
John Borsos of United Healthcare West talks to guest host Ramsey Kanaan about grassroots organizing, class struggle, and the conflict between UHW and parent union SEIU.
Timothy Brennan, author of "Wars of Position: The Cultural Politics of Left and Right," talks about how ostensibly radical academic theory helped lay the ground work for the rise of neoliberalism with host Sasha Lilley.
A discussion on the watershed year 1968, with World Systems theorist Immanuel Wallerstein, Robert King of the Angola 3, Mexican novelist Paco Ignacio Taibo II, feminist historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Balkans anarchist Andrej Grubacic.
Jeffrey Juris argues that network-based technologies have influenced the logic and values of radical social movements. And Dorothy Kidd describes the global movement to democratize communications.
In his new book "Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race," George Yancy explores the lived reality of Black bodies within the context of whiteness. He also describes difficulties whites face as they try to undo their own racism.
