Against the Grain – March 5, 2012
Anne Tamar-Mattis calls into question conventional notions of gender and gender identity; she also describes what happens to people born with so-called intersex conditions.
Against the Grain
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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 with Sasha Lilley – February 29, 2012
Radical union organizers and Occupy participants Adrian Maldonado and Angela MacWhinnie discuss the relationship between unions and the Occupy movement. (Part 2 of our look at organized labor and the social movements of the last year.)
Against the Grain – February 28, 2012
In a new collection of political cartoons, Mr. Fish offers a scathing critique of business elites, the political establishment, and mainstream social mores.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – February 27, 2012
Michael Yates, editor of Wisconsin Uprising, takes a look back at the pro-labor upsurge in Wisconsin a year ago and reflects on the lessons learned.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – February 21, 2012
David Graeber, anarchist anthropologist and an instigator of the Occupy movement, recently spoke in San Francisco for well over two hours about 5000 years of debt. We feature highlights.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – February 13, 2012
Radical scholar Mike Davis assesses the global array of forces at this conjuncture — incomplete revolution in Egypt, Occupy movements at a crossroads, class struggle in China, and economic chaos in Europe.