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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.
There’s a kind of war being waged on the US-Mexico border, and the victims are defenseless civilians. Jose Palafox connects the dots between border policy, corporate globalization, trade pacts, and anti-immigrant sentiment. Sanctuary movement co-founder John Fife describes efforts to prevent migrant deaths along the border.
Acclaimed radical historian Robert Brenner talks about whether the invasion of Iraq can be explained as simply an act of imperialism within a long tradition or if it represents a substantive change from prior US foreign policy.
The members of the Retort Collective — Timothy Clark, Michael Watts, Joseph Matthews, and Iain Boal — discuss their interlocking arguments about imperialism and military neoliberalism at a symposium titled "States of War: The Geopolitical Logic of Contemporary Capitalism."
How should we understand the social and economic forces, often labeled "globalization," that have shaped our world for the last thirty years? Sasha Lilley talks to eminent Marxist geographer David Harvey about the origins, trajectory, and significance of neoliberalism.
How should the left understand the experiment that was the Soviet Union? Moshe Lewin, author of The Soviet Century, talks with host Sasha Lilley about the rise and fall of the USSR.
A look at the history of sectarian divisions in Iraq and the role the current US occupation has played in perpetuating communal strife. With Middle East scholar Stephen Zunes and host Sasha Lilley.
Edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez, Women Writing Resistance brings together U.S., Latin American, and Caribbean women connected by their struggles against injustice. Contributor Margaret Randall describes how her experiences in Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua have informed her understanding of disenfranchisement and human rights.
Trade union organizer Jim Straub talks about the rise of evangelical Christians and the decline of unions in America’s rust belt.
Historian Paula Giddings talks about what the life of African American feminist leader and anti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells can teach us about race and gender today. With host Sasha Lilley.
