Against the Grain – December 29, 2003
Five storytellers of local and national renown tell stories with a profoundly important theme for these troubled times — the theme of peace.
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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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain – December 24, 2003
The KPFA Local Station Board Elections, featuring candidates Max Blanchet, Hep Ingham, Yasuo Monno, Bill McCune, Chandra Hauptman, Ted Friedman, Riva Enteen, and Tim Modok Pearson. Visit election.kpfa.org.
Against the Grain – December 23, 2003
A look at feminist thinking past and present, with Cynthia Kaufman, author of Ideas for Action, and Aida Hurtado, author of The Color of Privilege.
Against the Grain – December 22, 2003
Excerpts from a recent talk given by Slovenian cultural critic Slavoj Zizek, in which he addresses Bush in Iraq; utopianism; the "end of history"; the nature of tolerance; and much more. Also, Max Elbaum with War Times shares impressions of his recent visit to Vietnam.
Against the Grain – December 17, 2003
A conversation about the revolutionary Russian dramatist Meyerhold with scholar Mel Gordon and playwright and director of Shotgun Player’s "The Death of Meyerhold" currently running at Live Oak Theater in Berkeley.
Against the Grain – December 16, 2003
In a world where war and conflict seem unavoidable, how can music help us, console us, empower us? U.C. Berkeley music professor Davitt Moroney taught a freshman seminar called "Come Woeful Orpheus: Music’s Voice in a Violent World"; it explored ways in which musicians have raised voices of peace and consolation in response to private … Continued
Against the Grain – December 15, 2003
At the recent Marxism and the World Stage conference, left theorist Michael Hardt, co-author with Antonio Negri of the book Empire, spoke about the US in Iraq; the hegemony of what he calls immaterial labor; and his and Negri’s concept of the multitude.
Against the Grain – December 10, 2003
What happens to human motivations, values and desires in capitalist societies? What attitudes and beliefs arise that help to perpetuate commodity-dominated systems? Both Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud were interested in the unconscious; can any of the latter’s insights be integrated into Marxist theory? Social theorist Richard Lichtman has devoted years of research to such … Continued
Against the Grain – December 9, 2003
University of Washington law professor Anita Ramasastry and Human Rights Watch staffer Joanne Mariner, both FindLaw columnists, discuss recent attacks on civil liberties and privacy rights in the US.
Against the Grain – December 8, 2003
More voices from last month’s Marxism and the World Stage conference: James Crotty predicts the demise of neoliberalism.