Against the Grain
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to 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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – May 23, 2007
Acclaimed analyst and author Chalmers Johnson talks with Gray Brechin about Johnson’s new book "Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic."
Against the Grain – May 22, 2007
Author and activist Stephen Duncombe discusses his book "Dream: Re-imagining Progressive Politics in an Age of Fantasy."
Against the Grain – May 21, 2007
Israeli academic Ilan Pappe talks about his groundbreaking book entitled "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine."
Against the Grain – May 16, 2007
"Occupation 101" looks at the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Against the Grain – May 15, 2007
Marxist geographer David Harvey talks about the origins, trajectory, and significance of free market fundamentalism.
Against the Grain – May 14, 2007
Morris Berman discusses his book "Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire," in which he argues that the US, as evidenced by domestic and foreign-policy trends and developments, has entered a new Dark Age.
Against the Grain – May 9, 2007
A look at our credit-driven society in the "Overspent American".
Against the Grain – May 8, 2007
Cultural studies expert Stuart Hall examines whether reality has any meaning apart from that which we give it – and what this means for how events are interpreted through the media.