Against the Grain – July 31, 2007
Vijay Prashad speaks about where antiracism ideology has gone and how we can get it back.
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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.
Against the Grain – July 30, 2007
Nukes Now? If global warming is the problem, is nuclear power the answer? Are nuclear reactors, as advocates (including a few with environmental credentials) contend, clean and relatively worry-free sources of energy? Veteran activist Harvey Wasserman offers a rebuttal to pro-nukes arguments. And Jacqueline Cabasso describes the current state of nuclear weapons proliferation, as well … Continued
Against the Grain – July 25, 2007
Radical economist Michael Yates discusses his new book "Cheap Motels and a Hot Plate," which is both an account of his on-the-road adventures and a penetrating analysis of work, inequality, and environmental damage in the places he visits.
Against the Grain – July 24, 2007
The 14th Annual LaborFest features, among other things, longshoreman Jack Heyman and labor historian Louis Prisco discussing the 1934 San Francisco General Strike, and educator Gifford Hartman explaining the 1946 Oakland General Strike.
Against the Grain – July 23, 2007
Landscapes of wealth and geographies of exclusion in this turbo-capitalist era are explored in the new book "Evil Paradises." Jon Wiener examines the environmental record of Ted Turner, this nation’s largest landowner. Rebecca Schoenkopf sounds off about Orange County’s politics and its affluent youth. And Sara Lipton explains how monastic retreats echo and legitimate neoliberal … Continued
Against the Grain – July 18, 2007
Moving People Millions who oppose the war in Iraq are apparently unwilling to become part of the antiwar movement. Why is this? What have antiwar groups been doing well, and how might their outreach efforts improve? Madeline Gardner has co-authored a pamphlet that proposes ways of attracting the broader public. Judith Le Blanc has many … Continued
Against the Grain – July 17, 2007
Psychologists & Torture; Battered Inmates
Against the Grain – July 16, 2007
Habeas and the Antiurban City The Brennan Center’s Jonathan Hafetz describes the current tenuous state of habeas corpus rights. And Don Mitchell discusses what the privatization of public space is doing to personal freedoms in urban areas.
Against the Grain – July 11, 2007
In her book "Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism," Susan Jacoby examines two centuries of secularist activism, shining a light on the contributions of people like Thomas Paine, Robert Ingersoll, and Walt Whitman.
Against the Grain – July 10, 2007
They come to the US: Indian IT workers on H-1B visas, and adopted Chinese babies. Payal Banerjee describes how the first group is marginalized as a result of racialized US immigration policies. Sara Dorow examines how notions of race, gender and identity shape at least some adoptive couples’ decisions to adopt from China.