Against the Grain

12.25.06 - 12:00pm

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"Why I am an Atheist" Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair speaks about her successful fight to end prayer in public schools in this historic talk from 1965.

12.20.06 - 12:00pm

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Spurring Struggle A conversation about Amilcar Cabral, who organized independence movements in Africa in the 1950s and ’60s. Also, Mark Jackson discusses his new play "The Forest War."

12.19.06 - 12:00pm

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What are multinational corporations doing in African nations like Liberia? Activists question the activities of both Firestone and the steel giant Mittal Steel.

12.18.06 - 12:00pm

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In his new book "The Immortal Game: A History of Chess," David Shenk explains how chess has served as a metaphor for society and as a powerful intellectual tool.

12.13.06 - 12:00pm

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A look at what payday lenders, check-cashers, and other players in the so-called fringe economy are doing to the working poor.

12.12.06 - 12:00pm

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Gar Alperovitz discusses his book "America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy."

12.11.06 - 12:00pm

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In her new serio-comic solo show "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest," Kristina Wong examines mental illness and the Asian American experience. And Meizhu Lui has written about where Asians fit within the US racial hierarchy in a book entitled "The Color of Wealth."

12.06.06 - 12:00pm

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Should women who defend themselves be criminalized? And how is disability being constructed in the New World Order? Two contributors to an anthology entitled "Color of Violence" join C.S. Soong.

12.04.06 - 12:00pm

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11.27.06 - 12:00pm

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Gregory Meyerson and Michael Roberto have authored a Monthly Review article on the plausibility of fascism in the US.