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.
Is the Bush Administration Fascist? Radical writer Matthew Lyons, co-author of "Rightwing Populism in America", talks to host Sasha Lilley about the troubling political consequences for the left in assuming that the US is sliding into fascism.
Unions and Corruption Robert Fitch, author of "Solidarity for Sale", and SEIU organizer Gabe Kramer debate the impact of the mafia on US trade unions. With host Sasha Lilley.
"Why I am an Atheist" Atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair speaks about her successful fight to end prayer in public schools in this historic talk from 1965.
Spurring Struggle A conversation about Amilcar Cabral, who organized independence movements in Africa in the 1950s and ’60s. Also, Mark Jackson discusses his new play "The Forest War."
What are multinational corporations doing in African nations like Liberia? Activists question the activities of both Firestone and the steel giant Mittal Steel.
In his new book "The Immortal Game: A History of Chess," David Shenk explains how chess has served as a metaphor for society and as a powerful intellectual tool.
A look at what payday lenders, check-cashers, and other players in the so-called fringe economy are doing to the working poor.
Gar Alperovitz discusses his book "America Beyond Capitalism: Reclaiming Our Wealth, Our Liberty, and Our Democracy."
In her new serio-comic solo show "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest," Kristina Wong examines mental illness and the Asian American experience. And Meizhu Lui has written about where Asians fit within the US racial hierarchy in a book entitled "The Color of Wealth."
Should women who defend themselves be criminalized? And how is disability being constructed in the New World Order? Two contributors to an anthology entitled "Color of Violence" join C.S. Soong.
