Against the Grain – October 10, 2005
Alexander Cockburn, radical journalist, author and co-editor of the newsletter CounterPunch, shares his perspectives on recent political developments.
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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – October 5, 2005
Louise Erdrich, who has been called "one of the most gifted, prolific, and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists," discusses her latest book The Painted Drum.
Against the Grain – October 4, 2005
The 5,500 workers at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation or CBC have been locked out of their jobs for 7 weeks; employees at the UK’s public service BBC have been threatened with large-scale layoffs. CMG’s Sue Elrington and NUJ’s Paul McLaughlin talk about the issues faced by workers in public broadcasting.
Against the Grain – October 3, 2005
A look at the indictment of House Majority leader Tom DeLay, with Craig McDonald of Texans for Public Justice; and a discussion of corruption in the awarding of contracts for post-Katrina reconstruction, with Scott Amey of the Project on Government Oversight.
Against the Grain – September 28, 2005
The Art of the Social Statement The war on Iraq. Commodity culture in relation to African Americans. The systems that surround and comprise us. All of these themes, and many more, have been taken up by artists chosen for the Bay Area Now 4 exhibition. Adriane Colburn, Emily Prince, and Hank Willis Thomas discuss their … Continued
Against the Grain – September 27, 2005
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have brought global warming into the mainstream, but what can be done about it? C.S. Soong talks to Dr. Kevin Trenberth from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Tom Athanasiou from Ecoequity about global solutions to the impending environmental crisis.
Against the Grain – September 21, 2005
Whether it’s at a Senate subcommittee hearing or a debate with Christopher Hitchens, British MP George Galloway attracts attention and controversy wherever he goes. A veteran antiwar activist, Galloway assesses the situation in and beyond Iraq and discusses his new book Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington.
Against the Grain – September 20, 2005
A conversation about the French philosopher Michel Foucault’s little-known support of the Islamic clerics in the Iranian Revolution – and its significance today. With Janet Afary and Kevin Anderson, authors of Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism, and host Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – September 19, 2005
A look at utopian thought and how utopias came to be dismissed as leading to genocide, with Russell Jacoby, author of Picture Imperfect: Utopian Thought for an Anti-Utopian Age. Sasha Lilley hosts.