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.
A discussion on the watershed year 1968, with World Systems theorist Immanuel Wallerstein, Robert King of the Angola 3, Mexican novelist Paco Ignacio Taibo II, feminist historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Balkans anarchist Andrej Grubacic.
Jeffrey Juris argues that network-based technologies have influenced the logic and values of radical social movements. And Dorothy Kidd describes the global movement to democratize communications.
In his new book "Black Bodies, White Gazes: The Continuing Significance of Race," George Yancy explores the lived reality of Black bodies within the context of whiteness. He also describes difficulties whites face as they try to undo their own racism.
In "Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century," Stephen Shalom suggests a system of political decision-making appropriate for a good society, and Cynthia Peters forwards a vision of enlightened kinship relationships and activities.
Daniel Wolfe explains how and why drug users are often criminalized rather than protected by HIV/AIDS policies. Mark Townsend belongs to a group that operates North America’s only legal supervised injection facility, called Insite.
In a new book, U.C. Berkeley sociologist Samuel Lucas sheds light on the history of race- and gender-based oppression in the US and examines how prejudice and discrimination operate today.
The South Africa-based political economist Patrick Bond discusses the financial meltdown and comments on whether corporate social responsibility is addressing economic injustice and environmental degradation in his home country.
