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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.
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.
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.
Michael Klare discusses his book "Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy."
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
"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."
In "The Middle Mind: Why Americans Don't Think for Themselves," Curtis White contends that the American imagination has become dangerously impoverished. Capitalism, according to White, has become expert at managing our creativity.
Films about Ho Chi Minh and about the Ottoman Empire and its impact on the Middle East are part of a never-before-featured set of 31 documentaries produced in conjunction with The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones.
Encore broadcast of Against the Grain on economics and psychology as a means to understand the current crisis.
In their film "Secrecy," Peter Galison and Robb Moss explore the vast, invisible world of government secrecy and its implications for democracy.
