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.
Social Movements and Health in Latin AmericaHarry Vanden describes the movement of landless rural workers in Brazil. And Clara Mantini-Briggs and Charles Briggs describe efforts by Hugo Chavez’s government to rebuild Venezuela’s public health system and confront social inequity.
Are Refugees Protected? Jacob Stevens criticizes the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for not properly protecting the rights of refugees. Merrill Smith with the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants urges an end to the warehousing of refugees.
John Manley discusses the origins of the welfare state and its relationship to class-based fear. And Sasha Abramsky describes the progressive agenda of Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson.
The Potential of Worker Centers In a world of low wage, decentralized work, in which union membership continues to decline and regulations and labor laws are ever-more eviscerated, what can such workers do who want to know their rights, organize themselves, and act collectively? Janice Fine and Patricia Loya discuss how worker centers provide one … Continued
A discussion of the life and times of muckraking journalist, anti-racist organizer, and memoirist Jessica Mitford. With radical writer Conn Hallinan, Peter Sussman, editor of "Decca: The Letters of Jessica Mitford," and host Sasha Lilley.
How should we understand the social and economic forces, often labeled "globalization," that have shaped our world for the last thirty years? Host Sasha Lilley talks to eminent Marxist geographer David Harvey about the origins, trajectory, and significance of neoliberalism.
Is the Bush Administration Fascist? Radical writer Matthew Lyons, co-author of "Rightwing Populism in America", talks to host Sasha Lilley about the troubling political consequences for the left in assuming that the US is sliding into fascism.
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.
"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.
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."
