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.
According to Tim Shorrock, a new US intelligence institution will soon be established to expand domestic spying to an unprecedented degree. And Melvin Goodman argues that the CIA’s clandestine operations harm US security.
William Tabb examines the relationship between money and power in political campaigns and in US politics more generally. And Adam Bock talks about his new play "The Shaker Chair," which contrasts activism with complacency.
Guest host Ramsey Kanaan talks to Lenni Brenner about the fundamentalist politics of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Guest host Ramsey Kanaan talks with Critical Resistance organizer Rachel Herzing about the boom in prison building and what alternatives might exist to replace the imprisonment of people.
Picasso began to paint Guernica five days after the Spanish town of Guernica was obliterated by aerial bombardment. C.S. Soong speaks with Ian Patterson, author of "Guernica and Total War" about Picasso’s famous painting.
Punk Rock Rebellion and Commercialism As lead singer and rhythm guitar player for the English punk rock band The Clash, Joe Strummer embodied for many the the marriage of radical politics, internationalism, and punk rebellion. Guest host Ramsey Kanaan speaks with Joel Shalit and Craig O’Hara about the contradictions of commercial success for the politics … Continued
The Pitfalls of Eco-Localism. Greg Albo questions whether localist projects are necessarily environmentally responsible and democratic in nature. And Leo Panitch shares some of the other insights offered in the anthology "Socialist Register 2007".
The Battle Against Gentrification In the past decade, cities like San Francisco and Oakland have witnessed skyrocketing housing costs and the ejection of poor and working class people from affordable dwellings to make room for high income tenants and owners. Guest host Ramsey Kanaan speaks with Dawn Phillips and Gilda Haas about the political economy … Continued
Environmental justice activist Azibuike Akaba asks whether New Orleans should be rebuilt. And ethnic studies professor Dylan Rodriguez explores the meaning of "disaster" in the context of white racial dominance.
Political scientist Stephen Zunes discusses Hillary Clinton’s positions on Iraq, militarism, and international law. And labor scholar Stephanie Luce describes what’s happened to working-class women in recent years.
