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
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 – 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.
Against the Grain – June 15, 2009
Tommi Avicolli Mecca has edited the new volume Smash the Church, Smash the State! The Early Years of Gay Liberation. Paola Bacchetta and Don Kilhefner contributed essays to the volume.
Against the Grain – Domestic Terrorism
Eleanor Bader puts the assassination of abortion provider George Tiller in political and historical context. And Susan Choi's novel "A Person of Interest" begins with the targeting, Unabomber-style, of a professor at a small Midwestern college.
Against the Grain – June 9, 2009
Paul Gilroy, the influential scholar on the politics of race and racism, discusses the prospects for a robust multiculturalism in a former imperial power like Britain. He also talks about the meaning and significance of Bob Marley's politics and music.
Against the Grain – June 8, 2009
Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould discuss their new book "Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story."
Against the Grain – June 3, 2009
In "The World Without Us," Alan Weisman asks the question: What would happen, to the planet and to human structures and other creations, if human beings suddenly disappeared? (Program-length interview.)