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 – September 26, 2006
A look at living wage campaigns in California and around the US with economist Robert Pollin and activist Martin Bennett.
Against the Grain – September 25, 2006
Graham Cassano discusses Thorstein Veblen’s understanding of why the working class, despite its exploitation, identifies with and supports the capitalist system. And Robert Weil describes recent labor unrest in China.
Against the Grain – September 19, 2006
Veteran radical thinker John Bellamy Foster talks about his new book "Naked Imperialism: The U.S. Pursuit of Global Dominance."
Against the Grain – September 18, 2006
Acclaimed fiction writer Edward P. Jones discusses his latest book, a short-story collection entitled "All Aunt Hagar’s Children."
Against the Grain – September 13, 2006
Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher discuss the two documentaries they’ve produced about anarchist ideas and practices: "Anarchism in America" and "Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists."
Against the Grain – September 12, 2006
Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen discusses a new report about what oil companies are doing to consumers, markets, and the environment.