Against the Grain – March 24, 2008
Sabu Kohso of the group No! G8 Action describes Left movements and workers’ struggles in Japan over the years. And Robert Weil talks about worker resistance in the sprawling factories of Shenzhen, China.
Against the Grain
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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.
Against the Grain – March 19, 2008
Sociologist Michael Schwartz describes the current catastrophic situation in Iraq and offers an historical and strategic analysis of the US-led war and occupation. And journalist Arun Gupta discusses the specific ways in which the war has been about oil.
Against the Grain – March 18, 2008
Russell Banks’s new novel “The Reserve,” about class relations, love, and deception, is set in the Adirondack mountains. And Lenny Kohm describes the impact of mountaintop removal mining on Appalachian ecologies and communities.
Against the Grain – March 11, 2008
The veteran activist and theorist Michael Albert, who co-founded Z Magazine and South End Press, has penned a memoir entitled "Remembering Tomorrow: From SDS to Life After Capitalism."
Against the Grain – March 10, 2008
In his book "The Lemon Tree," Sandy Tolan traces the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the lives of two people, an Arab who as a boy left his home in 1948 and a Jew who moved into and grew up in the Arab man’s former house.
Against the Grain – March 5, 2008
Anna Stubblefield talks about how the US eugenics movement produced distinctions between "pure" and "tainted" whites, which led to the sterilization of many white women classified as feebleminded. And Heather MacDonald has made a film about anti-gay politics and violence in Oregon in the context of a divisive ballot measure.
Against the Grain – March 4, 2008
Joel Andreas talks about the rebel movement of the Chinese Cultural Revolution and examines the role of charisma in how social movements arise and take action.
Against the Grain – March 3, 2008
Joel Kovel, author of "The Enemy of Nature," now in its second, updated edition, discusses capitalism’s relationship to the growing ecological crisis.