Against the Grain – September 26, 2006
A look at living wage campaigns in California and around the US with economist Robert Pollin and activist Martin Bennett.
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.
A look at living wage campaigns in California and around the US with economist Robert Pollin and activist Martin Bennett.
Graham Cassano discusses Thorstein Veblen’s understanding of why the working class, despite its exploitation, identifies with and supports the capitalist system. And Robert Weil describes recent labor unrest in China.
Veteran radical thinker John Bellamy Foster talks about his new book "Naked Imperialism: The U.S. Pursuit of Global Dominance."
Acclaimed fiction writer Edward P. Jones discusses his latest book, a short-story collection entitled "All Aunt Hagar’s Children."
Steven Fischler and Joel Sucher discuss the two documentaries they’ve produced about anarchist ideas and practices: "Anarchism in America" and "Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists."
Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen discusses a new report about what oil companies are doing to consumers, markets, and the environment.