Against the Grain – August 5, 2008
Michael Gene Sullivan and Lizzie Calogero discuss the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s election-year satire "Red State." And Liz Duffy Adams discusses her new post-apocalyptic play, entitled "The Listener."
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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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – August 4, 2008
Can we overcome our murderous antagonism toward difference? In the essays he’s contributed to the volume "Intimacies," Leo Bersani writes about the possibility of a new way of being present to others, one that draws on a certain kind of narcissism.
Against the Grain – July 30, 2008
Curator Taraneh Hemami and artist Gita Hashemi discuss the art exhibition "Theory of Survival," which probes the activities of the Iranian student movement of the 1960s and ’70s. The historian Behrooz Ghamari also comments on the movement and its legacy.
Against the Grain – July 29, 2008
In his book "The Death of Sigmund Freud," Mark Edmundson examines Freud’s ideas about the human propensity to embrace authoritarianism in politics and in religion.
Against the Grain – July 28, 2008
Veteran scholar, author and activist Stanley Aronowitz discusses his book "Left Turn: Forging a New Political Future."
Against the Grain – July 23, 2008
"Constantine’s Sword" traces the history of religious bigotry from the Emperor Constantine to modern day Evangelical Christianity. And George Lakoff talks about how are brains are wired and how politics can play on our thought processes. Against the Grain two hour special.
Against the Grain – July 22, 2008
Radical economist Rick Wolff comments on the ongoing crises in real estate and finance. Also, Jeff Conant and Gopal Dayaneni discuss the new volume "A Community Guide to Environmental Health."
Against the Grain – July 21, 2008
In response to calls to "re-institutionalize" marriage, historian Stephanie Coontz describes how marriage has evolved through the ages. And Terry Kupers describes the societal impact of the warehousing of mentally ill prisoners in long-term isolation.
Against the Grain – July 16, 2008
Veteran activist and writer Grace Lee Boggs spoke about the need for a new American Revolution at Left Forum 2008. And labor advocate Elaine Bernard talked about building the power of working people at a Jobs and Justice conference.
Against the Grain – July 15, 2008
Veteran activist and writer Grace Lee Boggs spoke about the need for a new American Revolution at Left Forum 2008. And labor advocate Elaine Bernard talked about building the power of working people at a Jobs and Justice conference.