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.
Political scientist Stephen Zunes discusses Hillary Clinton’s positions on Iraq, militarism, and international law. And labor scholar Stephanie Luce describes what’s happened to working-class women in recent years.
Glenn Switkes and Aviva Imhof of International Rivers discuss Brazilian government plans to build dams on the Madeira River, the Amazon’s most important tributary. And acclaimed novelist and British leftist China Miéville shares his thoughts about libertarian seasteading; he also describes recent proposals for floating utopias.
Veteran scholar, author and activist Stanley Aronowitz discusses his latest book "Left Turn: Forging a New Political Future."
Landscapes of wealth and geographies of exclusion in this turbo-capitalist era are explored in the book "Evil Paradises: Dreamworlds of Neoliberalism." 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 … Continued
