Against the Grain
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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – November 6, 2007
Song For Night, the new novella by the Nigerian writer Chris Abani, follows an African boy soldier through the maddening hell of a nonstop civil war. Abani, a former political prisoner, offers up his own reflections on violence, war and the human condition. And Ken Gonzales-Day has done groundbreaking research into racially-motivated lynching. He’s discovered … Continued
Against the Grain – November 5, 2007
Much of the Left ignores or denigrates things like celebrity media, violent video games, and slick advertising. But according to Stephen Duncombe, there’s much progressives can learn from commercial culture and popular fantasies. In this follow-up interview, the author of Dream reveals what the Left can learn from the best-selling video game Grand Theft Auto.