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 – April 27, 2009
Matthew Carr shares key insights from his book "The Infernal Machine: A History of Terrorism."
Against the Grain – April 22, 2009
U.C. Davis professor Clarence Walker talks about his new book "Mongrel Nation: The America Begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings."
Against the Grain – April 21, 2009
In his book "Moral Relativism," Steven Lukes asks whether we can, or should, abstain from judging other cultures' practices.
Against the Grain – April 20, 2009
Nari Rhee talks about key factors that have shaped the political-economic development of the South Bay. And Robert Cherny and Catherine Powell discuss their new guide book to San Francisco labor landmarks.
Against the Grain – April 15, 2009
On KPFA's 60th birthday, we present archived audio of two great dissidents: the writer and social activist James Baldwin, speaking in December 1964, and the Indonesian writer and long-time political prisoner Pramoedya Ananta Toer, being interviewed on KPFA in 1999.
Against the Grain – April 14, 2009
Ian Buruma talks about his new novel "The China Lover." Also presented are portions of a talk given by Rachel Carson following the publication of her book "Silent Spring" in 1962.
Against the Grain – April 13, 2009
Radhika Desai talks about the "new imperialism" of the 21st century and the usefulness of theories of imperialism forwarded during the early 20th century.
Against the Grain – April 8, 2009
Adrian Burgos Jr. discusses the key roles played by Afro-Latinos in the racial integration of US baseball and the struggle against Jim Crow. And Octavio Solis talks about "Lydia," his new play about a Mexican immigrant family in El Paso in the 1970s.
Against the Grain – April 7, 2009
Why does the radical geographer David Harvey call the economic crisis a financial Katrina? And what can we learn from the general strike that shut down Seattle ninety years ago? Harvey and the sociologist Howard Kimeldorf discuss class power and worker power.