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 produced and hosted by Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – May 18, 2005
Pox Americana The writing of some of the leading thinkers about imperialism — Peter Gowan, Sam Gindin, Noam Chomsky, Samir Amin, among others — have been gathered into a thought-provoking book titled Pox Americana. And at a recent event at Modern Times Bookstore, contributors Barbara Epstein, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Bernardine Dohrn joined Tariq Ali and … Continued
Against the Grain – May 17, 2005
Empire and Resistance Over the past week resistance to US empire has spread through Afghanistan, Pakistan, and much of the Muslim world. No critic better understands the issues of imperialism and struggles against it than novelist, historian, and activist Tariq Ali, as he illustrated in a recent speech given in Berkeley.
Against the Grain – May 16, 2005
Weapons of Mass Deception Why did the US invade Iraq? What’s happened to the people of Iraq since then? In his film Weapons of Mass Deception, veteran media critic Danny Schechter takes on the mainstream media, showing its complicity with the Bush administration and the many ways it misinformed and manipulated the American public.
Against the Grain – May 11, 2005
Progress and Disaster "Are all human systems doomed to stagger along under the mounting weight of their internal logic until it crushes them?" Ronald Wright asks this question in his new book A Short History of Progress. He also examines past cases of human progress and disaster, in the process making relevant — and chilling … Continued