Against the Grain – October 18, 2006
"Orwell Rolls in His Grave" takes hard look at the media. With Robert McChesney, Charles Lewis, Michael Moore, and others.

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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 produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
"Orwell Rolls in His Grave" takes hard look at the media. With Robert McChesney, Charles Lewis, Michael Moore, and others.
Does the Israeli lobby have too much influence on US foreign policy? John Mearsheimer, Rashid Khalidi, Tony Judt, Dennis Ross, Schlomo Ben-Ami, and Martin Indyck debate the issue.
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.