Against the Grain – December 26, 2006
Unions and Corruption Robert Fitch, author of "Solidarity for Sale", and SEIU organizer Gabe Kramer debate the impact of the mafia on US trade unions. With host Sasha Lilley.
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 – December 25, 2006
"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.
Against the Grain – December 20, 2006
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."
Against the Grain – December 19, 2006
What are multinational corporations doing in African nations like Liberia? Activists question the activities of both Firestone and the steel giant Mittal Steel.
Against the Grain – December 18, 2006
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.
Against the Grain – December 13, 2006
A look at what payday lenders, check-cashers, and other players in the so-called fringe economy are doing to the working poor.
Against the Grain – December 12, 2006
Gar Alperovitz discusses his book "America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy."
Against the Grain – December 11, 2006
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."
Against the Grain – December 6, 2006
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.