Against the Grain – May 9, 2007
A look at our credit-driven society in the "Overspent American".
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 – May 8, 2007
Cultural studies expert Stuart Hall examines whether reality has any meaning apart from that which we give it – and what this means for how events are interpreted through the media.
Against the Grain – May 2, 2007
Clemente and "Speed City" David Maraniss discusses the playing career and social activism of the baseball star Roberto Clemente. And Larry Walls describes how athletes at San Jose State University engaged in racial justice activism in the late 1960s.
Against the Grain – May 1, 2007
In 1886, the movement for the 8-hour workday erupted when a bombing at a rally lead to the unjust convictions of eight anarchist organizers. There have been several attempts to memorialize the Haymarket Tragedy through permanent monuments. Art historian Nicolas Lampert talks about the complexities of permanent monuments which represent only one perspective and limit … Continued