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.
Riane Eisler talks about her latest book "The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics." And Sylvia Federici connects the European witch hunts to the rise of capitalism in her book "Caliban and the Witch."
The Stoics on Happiness 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."
The acclaimed antiracism educator Tim Wise, author of the new book "Between Barack and a Hard Place," spoke recently about what the election of Barack Obama means for race, racism, and social justice.
Rick Wolff and Harriet Fraad describe both the economic and the psychological dimensions of the current crisis in jobs, markets, and housing.
Forests are imperiled by the activities of wood products companies like Sierra Pacific Industries, says Joshua Buswell-Charkow. The impacts on ecological systems and climate stability are enormous. Also, Aviva Imhoff describes plans to build dams in Southeast Asia.
In "Caliban and the Witch," Sylvia Federici argues that the European witch hunts, rather than being products of medieval superstition, constituted an effort to impose an emerging capitalist logic on unruly populations.
When the media highlights a "miscarriage of justice," the focus is often on innocent people wrongly convicted. Douglas Berman contends that such a focus distracts us from the growing US tendency to inflict extreme punishment. Also, artists discuss the "Art & the Body Politick" show at The Red Door Gallery.
In his book "No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America," U.C. Berkeley professor Waldo Martin examines the role of black culture, including music, art and dance, in fueling and enriching the civil rights and Black Power movements.
The political economist David McNally describes what caused the massive, ongoing financial crisis and how that crisis brought on a global economic slump.
As Julia Mickenberg and Philip Nel document in a new book, many participants in social movements wrote children's stories that promoted radical ideas and values. Also, Nadine Wettstein discusses a last-minute Bush Administration ruling that undermines immigrants' rights.
