Against the Grain – May 4, 2004
A conversation with Ruth Ozeki, whose latest novel All Over Creation is about genetic engineering, eco-activism, family dynamics, and reckoning with one’s past.
Against the Grain
12:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays to 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 – May 3, 2004
Robert McChesney speaks about the political economy of the media and his new book The Problem of the Media.
Against the Grain – April 27, 2004
It was far from just a chess match. Cold War politics, clashing tempers, and bizarre convictions pervaded the 1972 Fischer-Spassky chess championship match in Iceland. David Edmonds and John Eidinow have written an investigative account of the turbulent showdown in Rejkavik entitled Bobby Fischer Goes to War.
Against the Grain – April 26, 2004
The whole world should have said, ‘Thank you, Ariel; now we have a chance to begin the construction of a peaceful Palestinian state’." That’s what George W. Bush said in support of Ariel Sharon’s "disengagement" proposal. Author Roane Carey dissects the plan that would deny the Palestinians the right of return and would make permanent … Continued
Against the Grain – April 21, 2004
KPFA premiere of "Under Attack: Arab, Muslim & South Asian Communities Since September 11th," plus a conversation about the Supreme Court’s deliberations on the imprisonment of "enemy combatants" in Guantanamo and an update on the situation of immigrants targeted by the Patriot Act.
Against the Grain – April 20, 2004
Brian Copeland talks about his one-man show "Not a Genuine Black Man" which deals with life in the early 1970s in racist San Leandro. Also, graphic artist Peter Kuper speaks about his new cartoon version of Kafka’s Metamorphosis.
Against the Grain – April 19, 2004
Confronting Capitalism, a new anthology, features contributions from Chomsky, Ehrenreich, Arundhati Roy, Cockburn, and many others. Co-editor Eddie Yuen and contributor Iain Boal join C.S. in studio.
Against the Grain – April 12, 2004
How do people understand what’s going on in the economy, and thus their lives? At a conference earlier this month in Riverside, California, participants examined how economics and political economy are represented and understood by academics, activists, and others.
Against the Grain – April 7, 2004
A look at the play The Doll Hospital which takes on the war in Iraq, the oppression of women, and migration, with award-winning Australian playwright Christine Evans and actors from the Day Laborers’ Theater.
Against the Grain – April 6, 2004
A conversation about the export of pesticides from the U.S. to the developing world. We’ll be looking at the case of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who have been poisoned by the fumigant Nemagon.