Against the Grain – October 11, 2006
A live interview with Jared Diamond about specific case studies presented in his book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."
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 live interview with Jared Diamond about specific case studies presented in his book "Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed."
The highly-acclaimed film "An Inconvenient Truth" lays out the science and politics of human-caused global warming.
The film "The God Who Wasn’t There" examines the perils of Christianity.
A look at the politics and life of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
Acclaimed political analyst Michael Parenti joins C.S. in studio to discuss his latest book, "The Culture Struggle."
A postmortem of the Brazilian elections and a close look at Lula’s economic policies with Matias Vernengo and Mark Weisbrot.
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.