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 produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – March 27, 2007
Beyond Capitalism Political economist Gar Alperovitz discusses the second half of his book "America Beyond Capitalism," which highlights new approaches and institutions that point in the direction of greater equality, liberty, and democracy.
Against the Grain – March 26, 2007
Novelist Sigrid Nunez In her latest novel "The Last of Her Kind," Sigrid Nunez explores the countercultural idealism and class-conscious intensity of the 1960s through the lives of two women who meet at Barnard in 1968.
Against the Grain – March 21, 2007
Food, Farms, and Agribusiness George Naylor of the National Family Farm Coalition and Eric Holt-Gimenez of Food First discuss food sovereignty, farm policy, and the agribusiness agenda. They also describe the contents and likely impact of the 2007 Farm Bill.
Against the Grain – March 13, 2007
Emma Goldman and the Spanish Anarchists What kind of anarchism did Emma Goldman espouse and practice? And how did she interpret the Spanish anarchists’ revolution of the 1930s? David Porter is author of a book about Goldman entitled "Vision on Fire." Barry Pateman spoke about Goldman’s early actions and beliefs at an AK Press event.
Against the Grain – March 12, 2007
Ghana’s Kwame NkrumahGhanaian freedom fighter and Pan-Africanist Kwame Nkrumah became independent Ghana’s first president. He delivered an impassioned speech at the UN General Assembly in 1960. USF professor Tetteh Kofi describes what Nkrumah did to advance African self-determination.
Against the Grain – March 7, 2007
Has the Right Been Stopped? Did the Democrats’ victory last November signal an end to the rightward shift in US politics? Radical historian Robert Brenner addresses this question in light of transformations in this nation’s political economy over the past several decades.
Against the Grain – March 6, 2007
Laura Kipnis on "The Female Thing" Laura Kipnis, who authored the acclaimed polemic "Against Love," discusses her new book about feminism and the female condition. It’s entitled "The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability."