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Against the Grain

12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to Wednesdays

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Award-winning 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

Against the Grain – November 24, 2003

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11.24.03 - 12:00pm

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A conversation about the ’90s boom, labor, globalization, and trade with Doug Henwood, editor of the Left Business Observer and author most recently of After The New Economy.


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Against the Grain – November 18, 2003

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In current Western thought, the concept (and rhetoric) of freedom reigns supreme. What consequences does this have for the pursuit of equality and social justice? Henry Rosemont, Jr. dissects claims to individual liberty, and suggests an unusual source for an alternative way of thinking and acting: the tenets of classical Confucianism.


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Against the Grain – November 17, 2003

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Selected presentations recorded at the recent "Marxism and the World Stage" conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Visit the conference website. visit www.LivingRoomRadio.org


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Against the Grain – November 12, 2003

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A conversation with world-renowned playwright David Edgar, author of the play cycle Continental Divide about the radical Left in the 1960s, and Tony Platt whose life inspired the production, currently playing at the Berkeley Rep. Visit the Berkeley Rep


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Against the Grain – November 11, 2003

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Environmental crises abound; their source is almost invariably human activity. But what if humans could be part of the solution, not the problem? Could permaculture be the path toward a truly sustainable future? Permaculturalists Penny Livingston-Stark and Larry Santoyo share their insights; Jack Shepherd explains why he’s invited trainers to an urban site in Alameda, … Continued


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Against the Grain – November 10, 2003

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James Syfers discusses his new book Law and Philosophy Subversive of Democracy.


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Against the Grain – November 5, 2003

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A discussion of about the cult elevation of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, with Margaret A. Lindauer, author of Devouring Frida: The Art History and Popular Celebrity of Frida Kahlo.


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Against the Grain – November 4, 2003

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Does capitalism fail to deliver the enjoyment it promises? Cultural critic Todd McGowan believes that true enjoyment, rather than being located in acquisition and accumulation, needs to be reformulated by the Left. He also assails the notions that nostalgia or cynicism are effective responses to the status quo.


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Against the Grain – November 3, 2003

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A conversation about film noir, the dark, disturbing, and powerful movie genre of the 1940s, much of it made by Hollywood Leftists.


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Against the Grain – October 29, 2003

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A discussion about the history, present, and future of the Iraqi labor movement with historian Peter Slugett, labor organizer Michael Eisenscher, and ILWU member Clarence Thomas who has just returned from Iraq.


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