Against the Grain is a radio and web media project whose aim is to provide 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-hosted and co-produced by Sasha Lilley and C.S. Soong.

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Against the Grain - February 25, 2004 at 12:00pm
A conversation about the life, art and politics of the...

Against the Grain - February 24, 2004 at 12:00pm
A discussion of the privatization of the military and war profiteering by US companies in Iraq...

Against the Grain - February 23, 2004 at 12:00pm
A conversation about Karl Marx and ecological thought...

Against the Grain - February 18, 2004 at 12:00pm
The Uses of Philosophy. Christopher Phillips has traveled far and wide to hold philosophical dialogues, convinced that the six questions posed by Socrates are as relevant today as they were in Athens...

Against the Grain - February 17, 2004 at 12:00pm
Global Justice Now. The global justice movement burst onto the radar screen of mainstream politicians and media with the protests against the WTO in 1999, but the networks of opposition to corporate ...

Against the Grain - February 16, 2004 at 12:00pm
Life After Capitalism. We Leftists spend most of our time asserting what we're against, but very little time thinking about what we're for. At a World Social Forum panel last month, Michael Albert ...

Against the Grain - February 11, 2004 at 12:00pm
Philosophy teacher Gus Kostas Bagakis believes that an action-oriented class analysis should inform efforts to make the world a better place. Class-based structures and inequities are also important ...

Against the Grain - February 10, 2004 at 12:00pm
Sometimes it's good to laugh. British satirist John O'Farrell has the talent of making us laugh, while exploring otherwise serious social and political issues. In his new book, O'Farrell takes aim at ...

Against the Grain - February 9, 2004 at 12:00pm
Women and War. At a World Social Forum plenary titled "Wars Against Women, Women Against War," eminent feminists from the global South spoke out against the daily struggles that women face ...

Against the Grain - February 4, 2004 at 12:00pm
The California energy crisis, which jacked up electricity prices and produced rolling blackouts, was blamed at the time on environmental standards and other red herrings. Resource economist Eugene ...

Against the Grain - February 3, 2004 at 12:00pm
A look at the impacts of urban development and environmental activism on urban creeks and watersheds in the Bay Area...

Against the Grain - February 2, 2004 at 12:00pm
Speeches by Left luminaries at a World Social Forum panel on "Instruments of Imperialism: War, Finance, and Trade"...