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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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Doug Dowd is a radical economist, prolific author, and dedicated community teacher. His book "The Broken Promises of America: An Encyclopedia for Our Times" constitutes, like all his work, a direct challenge to capitalism.
Monica Ali has followed up her first, highly-acclaimed novel "Brick Lane" with a new book, entitled "Alentejo Blue". And Thomas Gibbons discusses "Permanent Collection," a play he’s written about art and race that’s currently on stage at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.
Scholar Stephen Cohen discusses America’s new Cold War against Russia.
Women Within Spanish Anarchism In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, a momentous social revolution took place, spearheaded in many places by anarchists and their allies. In Free Women of Spain, Martha Ackelsberg recounts the revolution as well as the role played by a group of women anarchists called Mujeres Libres.
Victor Navasky, longtime editor and publisher of "The Nation" magazine discusses the media, politics, and journals of opinion with host Sasha Lilley.
Can climate change be reversed? If not, are humans doomed to extinction? Elizabeth Kolbert lays out the cold, hard facts in her new book "Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change." Kolbert’s book has been called "nothing less than a ‘Silent Spring’ for our time."
Has the biblical myth of the promised land influenced past and present notions of progress, technology, and the market? Activist and scholar David Noble thinks it has, to our great detriment. In his book "Beyond the Promised Land: The Movement and the Myth," Noble explains the mythological foundations of the Western imagination, and why need … Continued
Latin American Left Brazilian economist Matias Vernengo and Mexican scholar Claudio Albertani talk about the promise and reality of the economic policies of Latin American leftists like Brazil’s Inacio Lula da Silva and Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador. With host Sasha Lilley.
