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.
Can the environmental crisis be solved by orthodox economics? Michael Perelman, author of The Perverse Economy: The Impact of Markets on People and the Environment, talks about market solutions versus economic planning.
One Big Lie Why do we hand over power to those who mislead and abuse us? In what ways can real individual freedom be achieved? Playwright Liz Duffy Adams invites us to consider these and other big-picture questions in her new play One Big Lie. Rebecca Novick and Paul Lancour of Crowded Fire Theater Company … Continued
Poverty & Labor in the North Bay A recent report takes a close look at issues of income inequality and poverty in Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties, and turns up with some quite alarming trends — including the fact that during the high growth period of the late 1990s, many working families became poorer. … Continued
Camus on Resistance & Revolution The world is absurd — so what do we as individuals do about it? Albert Camus had a lot to say on this subject. The French writer’s thoughts on revolution and its methods, as expressed in his play The Just, are currently on stage courtesy of the Shotgun Players. Camus … Continued
Reforming the Media, Round II Last year a large up swell of media activism put the kibosh on the FCC’s plan to further relax the rules on media ownership. Sydney Levy of Media Alliance, Pete Tridish with Prometheus Radio Project, and Craig Aaron from Free Press take a look at the state of the media, … Continued
C.L.R. James, the radical thinker from Trinidad, has been described as one of the most outstanding figures of the twentieth century. James and his relationship to and impact on Marxist thinking is the subject of a new book by scholar and activist John McClendon.
A conversation about the emergence of progressive social organizations in Iraq with Eric Davis, as well as interviews with three of Iraq’s leading trade unionists — Hassan Juma’a, Falah Alwan, and Ghasib Hassan.
The Politics of Consumption Linda McQuaig is a Canadian journalist and author of It’s the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil, and the Fight for the Planet. At the book’s launch last October, McQuaig gave a talk in Vancouver that addressed not only the politics of oil but also international law, the privatization agenda, Iran, Islamist … Continued
The Politics of Consumption Linda McQuaig is a Canadian journalist and author of It’s the Crude, Dude: War, Big Oil, and the Fight for the Planet. At the book’s launch last October, McQuaig gave a talk in Vancouver that addressed not only the politics of oil but also international law, the privatization agenda, Iran, Islamist … Continued
Rescuing Democracy Elections are held in nations that the US bullies or invades, and Bush proclaims a victory for democracy. But what is democracy in its truest sense? Ian Angus, author of Emergent Publics, contends that real democracy both depends on and emerges from movements for social change.
