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.
Is crime control connected to the repression of political movements? Pamela Oliver talks about the Black urban riots of the 1960s and the ongoing mass incarceration of African Americans. Also, Patrick Bond comments on the global economic strategy announced at last week's G-20summit.
The London-based architect and activist Eyal Weizman discusses his book "Hollow Land: Israel's Architecture of Occupation."
Joel Magnuson describes what an economic system that's equitable, democratic, stable and sustainable might look like. And Charlie Varon talks about his new one-man play "Rabbi Sam," about the controversy generated by a synagogue's new rabbi.
Chris Carlsson discusses his book "Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today!"
Minal Hajratwala discusses her new book "Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents."
Esther Leslie articulates many of Walter Benjamin's ideas on the relationship between politics and art and on the growth of mass industrial society.
Janet Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini call into question the secularism-religion divide; they contend that a kind of Christian secularism dominates US politics. They also see gender and sexuality as central to the development of the neoliberal agenda.
Mae Ngai's investigations into the history of immigration, citizenship and race provides critical context for ongoing debates over undocumented immigration.
U.C. Berkeley professor Charles Henry talks about his book "Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations."
Fyodor Dostoevsky's works of fiction, and the social and political ideas that animate them, are discussed by Liza Knapp and Robin Feuer Miller. Marilyn Campbell has co-adapted Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" for the stage.
