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Against the Grain

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A Program about Politics, Society and Ideas

 Berkeley, CA
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Joined September 2014
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John Sanbonmatsu makes the case for opposing and abolishing the animal economy in tandem with capitalism. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…

Capitalism, the Animal Economy, and Meat Eating | KPFA

Is it possible to eat animal products ethically, as proponents of small-scale animal agriculture advocate? Or, as critical theorist John Sanbonmatsu argues, is consuming animals unjustifiable not...

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Prof @VillanovaU Vincent W. Lloyd talks about his co-edited @DukePress book “Political Theology Reimagined": kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
Political Theology | KPFA

Political Theology | KPFA

What is political theology, and where is this field of inquiry headed? Vincent Lloyd points to various connections between religion, power, and political discourse; he also considers the impact of...

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Marcus Rediker illuminates the ways that the culture of port cities and of free black communities helped the formerly enslaved make their way to freedom. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
Escaping Over Water | KPFA

Escaping Over Water | KPFA

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, enslaved people who traveled to freedom on foot did so mainly from Southern states that bordered free states. But those in the deep South didn’t have that...

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Alice Lovejoy reflects on the history of film companies like Kodak in the making of the atom bomb, chemical warfare, and the legacy of radioactive fallout. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
Film Making and War Making | KPFA

Film Making and War Making | KPFA

Film in the 20th century conjures up the glamor of the big screen, as well as the intimacy of family snapshots. According to film historian Alice Lovejoy, celluloid and its successors should also...

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Benjamin Balthaser considers the history of American Jews and the left, including in opposition to Jewish nationalism, arguing that the recent florescence of Jewish anti-Zionism is a return to a much longer tradition. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
American Jews and the Left | KPFA

American Jews and the Left | KPFA

Jews and the left have been closely associated with each other for well over a century, both in Europe where the Nazis genocidally linked one with the other, and in the United States. Scholar...

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Neda Atanasoski and @NassimParvin discuss their @DukePress book “Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen”: kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
Technocreep | KPFA

Technocreep | KPFA

Many new and emerging smart technologies are characterized as creepy. What’s the basis for these claims, and how should we respond to them? Neda Atanasoski and Nassim Parvin consider creepy technol...

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Historian David Roediger looks back at how he became a radical antiracist. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
The Making of an Antiracist and Anticapitalist | KPFA

The Making of an Antiracist and Anticapitalist | KPFA

White working class people are frequently dismissed by liberals as intractably racist — the purported bedrock of reaction in this country. While the support of working class whites has never been...

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Alexander Menrisky argues that contemporary American culture furnishes a wealth of material for the right, from the ubiquity of apocalyptic and misanthropic ideas to concerns with Wellness and bodily purity. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
The Fodder of Eco-Fascism | KPFA

The Fodder of Eco-Fascism | KPFA

As the environmental crisis worsens, not everyone is drawing the same lessons. On the far right, xenophobic and racist ideas are increasingly dressed up as means of protecting nature. And, as scholar...

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Alexander Menrisky argues that contemporary American culture furnishes a wealth of material for the far right, from the ubiquity of apocalyptic and misanthropic ideas to concerns with Wellness and bodily purity. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
The Fodder of Eco-Fascism | KPFA

The Fodder of Eco-Fascism | KPFA

As the environmental crisis worsens, not everyone is drawing the same lessons. On the far right, xenophobic and racist ideas are increasingly dressed up as means of protecting nature. And, as scholar...

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Arun Gupta reflects on lessons from the last quarter century -- from the Global Justice Movement to Occupy, the George Floyd protests, the Palestine Solidarity Movement, the victory of Zohran Mamdani, and immigrant communities’ militant resistance to ICE. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…

Gupta on Left Organizing | KPFA

The authoritarianism of the Trump regime calls out for mass radical organizing, but with some exceptions, much of the left has not mounted a coherent response. Journalist Arun Gupta reflects on...

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Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender warn us against falling for AI hype and discuss the impact of purported artificial intelligence on surveillance and work, education and science. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
Hyping AI | KPFA

Hyping AI | KPFA

Will artificial intelligence usher in a world of increasing convenience and productivity, as its boosters claim? Or will AI take away our jobs and risk a robot apocalypse? Scholars Alex Hanna and...

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Quinn Slobodian reflects on neoliberal thinkers’ preoccupation with racist and misogynistic ideas of human nature and intelligence, borders and gold — all in service to their war on the left. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…

The Neoliberal Roots of Rightwing Populism | KPFA

Was the populist far right a reaction to neoliberal free market fundamentalism? Or, as historian Quinn Slobodian argues, did such rightwing currents come out of the ideas of neoliberalism itself?...

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A look at the U.S. Constitution — an object of great political veneration in this country. Legal scholar Aziz Rana examines the contradictions within it, which have allowed for the authoritarianism of the Trump administration. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…

Depending on the Constitution | KPFA

As Trump sends troops into Los Angeles, a look at the U.S. Constitution — an object of great political veneration in this country. Legal scholar Aziz Rana examines the contradictions within it,...

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In the decade of the 2010s, more people took to the streets than in any other time in history. Vincent Bevins discusses the lessons from those horizontal protests, which were frequently co-opted by the right. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
The Mass Revolts of the 2010s | KPFA

The Mass Revolts of the 2010s | KPFA

In the decade of the 2010s, more people took to the streets than in any other time in history. And yet those horizontal protests, often spread through social media, were frequently co-opted by the...

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Historian Lauren Shepherd illustrates how campus groups such as Young Americans for Freedom groomed future Republican leaders and influential conservatives like Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich. There they learned to spin unpopular politics as popular. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
The Right on Campus | KPFA

The Right on Campus | KPFA

At the height of leftwing activism in the Sixties, conservatives funded tax-deducible rightwing groups on campuses to counter Black Power, demands for ethnic studies, and the New Left. As historian...

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Historian Lauren Shepherd illustrates how campus groups such as Young Americans for Freedom groomed future Republican leaders and influential conservatives like Karl Rove and Newt Gingrich. There they learned to spin unpopular politics as popular. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
The Right on Campus | KPFA

The Right on Campus | KPFA

At the height of leftwing activism in the Sixties, conservatives funded tax-deducible rightwing groups on campuses to counter Black Power, demands for ethnic studies, and the New Left. As historian...

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Historian Adam Goodman describes the U.S. state’s “deportation machine,” motivated by a shifting combination of bureaucratic self-interest, capitalist gain, and racism, which Trump has now put at the center of his presidency. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…

Driving Out Immigrants | KPFA

The United States has often been celebrated as a nation of immigrants. Yet over the last century, the U.S. government expelled more people than were allowed to stay permanently. Historian Adam...

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Historian @SophiaRosenfel2 argues that the notion that being free means the "freedom to choose" is central to modern Western society -- but may be coming apart. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…

Is Freedom a Choice? | KPFA

Our lives are filled with innumerable choices, such as for the countless array of products for us to buy, assuming we can afford them. Our politics are often framed as a question of individual, not...

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Howard Botwinick discusses the lessons from the U.S. Labor Party's rise and fall — including how the failure to build leftwing politics rooted in the working class created a vacuum that was ultimately filled by the right. kpfa.org/episode/against-the…
Lessons from the U.S. Labor Party | KPFA

Lessons from the U.S. Labor Party | KPFA

“The bosses have two parties,” they said. “We need one of our own.” In 1996, representatives and activists from hundreds of local and international unions came together to launch a workers’ party —...

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Professor @EnglishatPSU John Marsh talks about his new @monthly_review book “A Rotten Crowd: America, Wealth, and One Hundred Years of The Great Gatsby”: kpfa.org/episode/against-the…

Wealth, Inequality, and "The Great Gatsby" | KPFA

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about rich people. Does his work also offer a critique of wealth and inequality? According to John Marsh, we can learn a lot about class, power, privilege, and impunity from...

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