Against the Grain

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


The Morning Show

The Morning Show – December 10, 2003

7:00 amElection Results from San Francisco Tim Redmond, executive editor of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, 7:30 amDavid Bacon on Labor: Stuart Acuff, director of organizing for the AFL-CIO Re: demonstrations for the right to organize, Tu Do, Sec. Treasures of Local #2 of the SF Hotel and Restaurant Workers’ Union, Peter Olney, co-Director of … Continued


Former Vice President Al Gore endoreses Howard Dean’s bid for teh Democratic presidential nomination, praising Dean’s fervent opposition to the Iraq war which Gore calls the US’s biggest foreign policy blunder in over 200 years – Gore says that to beat president Bush Democrats don’t have the luxury of fighting among themselves SF voters are … Continued