In “I Am Not Your Negro,” director Raoul Peck revisits the insights of the towering writer James Baldwin to reveal how we got to where we are and, more importantly, why we are here as a society.
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.
Fund Drive Special: Toxic Chemicals in Our Bodies
The documentary film “Overload: America’s Toxic Love Story” looks at the alarming number of toxins we’re exposed to on a daily basis, the health consequences of such exposure, and steps we can take to protect ourselves.
Celebrated Marxist feminist Silvia Federici discusses how the witch hunts against women in medieval Europe helped give rise to capitalism.
Fund Drive Special: Ingesting Toxins
The documentary film “Overload: America’s Toxic Love Story” looks at the alarming number of toxins we’re exposed to on a daily basis, the health consequences of such exposure, and steps we can take to protect ourselves.
Fund Drive Special: The End of Endless Growth?
The documentary film “System Error” examines whether capitalism can continue to grow indefinitely — or whether a new economic paradigm is necessary.
Fund Drive Special: Ram Dass on “Polishing the Mirror”
“Polishing the Mirror,” by the influential spiritual seeker and teacher Ram Dass, has been turned into an audiobook.
Fund Drive Special: Race and Class Together
Ian Haney López makes the case for cross-racial solidarity in the cause of a progressive majority.
According to Hadar Aviram, the death penalty, life without the possibility of parole, and life with parole converged into a virtually indistinguishable regime of extreme punishment in California. She describes the roles played by the Manson family murder cases and the politicization of the parole process in the shift toward interminable incarceration. Hadar Aviram, Yesterday’s … Continued
The planet is getting hotter and the effects of global warming are compounding. The crisis of all ecological systems are becoming more evident. And yet so are environmental movements, which have become larger and more visible than ever. Scholar Julie Sze reflects on the history of struggles for environmental justice and the movement that we … Continued
Given the disparities between the lifespans of whites, African Americans, Native Americans and other groups, it might seem to be sensible to gear medicine along racial lines. But sociologist Leslie Hinkson argues that it represents a dangerous turn in science and healthcare. She discusses race, biology, and debt. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Nadine Ehlers and Leslie … Continued