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
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 produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
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.
Against the Grain – February 27, 2008
Monty Neil of the group FairTest discusses the move toward standardized testing in US education. And Kai Lundgren-Williams describes what a non-standardized, liberatory education might look like.
Against the Grain – February 26, 2008
Hilary Klein and Marina Sitrin describe the recent Zapatista Women’s Encuentro in Chiapas, which they attended, and Gustavo Esteva discusses the uprisings in Oaxaca.
Against the Grain – February 25, 2008
Timothy Brennan, author of "Wars of Position: The Cultural Politics of Left and Right," on about how ostensibly radical academic theory helped lay the ground work for the rise of neoliberalism. Guest host Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – February 20, 2008
A look at the neuroscience of brain health and what it takes to keep one’s brain sharp into old age.
Against the Grain – February 19, 2008
The documentary "The Power of Nightmares" explores the similarities between American neo-conservatism and radical political Islam.