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 co-produced and co-hosted by Sasha Lilley and C. S. Soong.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – September 20, 2010
Filmmaker James Davis talks about his documentary “Meeting Room,” which tells the story of a grassroots social movement called Concerned Parents Against Drugs, which drove out heroin dealers from the poorest neighborhoods in Dublin in the 1980s, against a backdrop of social unrest and IRA militancy.
Against the Grain – September 15, 2010
Political economist and historian Jason W. Moore puts the crises of the environment and the economy into historical perspective. With host Sasha Lilley.
Against the Grain – September 14, 2010
Slovenian critical theorist Slavoj Zizek talks about apocalypticism, dialectics, liberalism, and what global capitalism brings.
Against the Grain – September 13, 2010
In the volume “Communities of Sense,” David Joselit writes about class stratification in the suburbs, people’s relationship to images, and ways in which collective life and civic engagement might be fostered.
Against the Grain – September 8, 2010
Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek speaks about the state of ideology and capitalism today.
Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley – September 7, 2010
Radical writer Loren Goldner talks to Sasha Lilley about the history of South Korean working class militancy, IMF-imposed austerity, and last year’s 77 day Ssangyong auto factory occupation.
Against the Grain – September 6, 2010
Human rights and their violation are an insistent focus of many activists and organizations. But are there important limitations to rights-based politics? Because an individualist interpretation of rights holds sway, Richard McIntyre asserts that the rights revolution has failed to advance the collective strength of US workers. (Encore presentation.)
Against the Grain – September 1, 2010
Rick Rowden describes how International Monetary Fund policies block poor countries from developing and from combating diseases of poverty.
Against the Grain – August 31, 2010
UC Berkeley professor emerita Clare Cooper Marcus discusses children’s needs in urban settings and how to meet them through better neighborhood design and planning.