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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – March 13, 2007
Emma Goldman and the Spanish Anarchists What kind of anarchism did Emma Goldman espouse and practice? And how did she interpret the Spanish anarchists’ revolution of the 1930s? David Porter is author of a book about Goldman entitled "Vision on Fire." Barry Pateman spoke about Goldman’s early actions and beliefs at an AK Press event.
Against the Grain – March 12, 2007
Ghana’s Kwame NkrumahGhanaian freedom fighter and Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah became independent Ghana’s first president. He delivered an impassioned speech at the UN General Assembly in 1960. USF professor Tetteh Kofi describes what Nkrumah did to advance African self-determination.
Against the Grain – March 7, 2007
Has the Right Been Stopped? Did the Democrats’ victory last November signal an end to the rightward shift in US politics? Radical historian Robert Brenner addresses this question in light of transformations in this nation’s political economy over the past several decades.
Against the Grain – March 6, 2007
Laura Kipnis on "The Female Thing" Laura Kipnis, who authored the acclaimed polemic "Against Love," discusses her new book about feminism and the female condition. It’s entitled "The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability."
Against the Grain – February 27, 2007
Oil Out of Africa In its relentless pursuit of dependable oil supplies, the US is militarizing oil-producing nations in West Africa, with potentially devastating consequences. Paul Lubeck and Michael Watts discuss a new Center for International Policy report entitled "Convergent Interests."
Against the Grain – February 26, 2007
Black Realities, Black Fantasies Donn Worgs discusses the fantasy and reality of African American violent revolt. And Lisa Yaszek describes a storytelling genre called Afrofuturism and how it relates to the work of Ralph Ellison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and others.