What makes one group of people show up and stand up for another group’s interests? Manijeh Moradian describes how what she calls affects of solidarity spurred Iranian student leftists in the U.S. to become active in Black liberation, Palestine liberation, and other radical movements and struggles of the 1960s and ‘70s. Manijeh Moradian, This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States Duke University Press, 2022 The post Solidarity Across Difference appeared first on KPFA.

What makes one group of people show up and stand up for another group’s interests? <a href="https://barnard.edu/profiles/manijeh-moradian" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Manijeh Moradian</a> describes how what she calls affects of solidarity spurred Iranian student leftists in the U.S. to become active in Black liberation, Palestine liberation, and other radical movements and struggles of the 1960s and ‘70s. Manijeh Moradian, <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/this-flame-within" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States</a> Duke University Press, 2022 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-august-9-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Solidarity Across Difference</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Solidarity Across Difference

State-ownership of the means of production and a planned economy appear to be the hallmarks of Marxist thought, along with the notion that revolution necessitates passing through socialist and communist stages. But, as Peter Hudis points out, these ideas don’t originate with Marx. He discusses his Critique of the Gotha Program, in which Marx most fully expounds his conception of life after capitalism, and the gap between Marx’s vision and that of his later followers.  Resources: Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program (Introduction by Peter Hudis) PM Press, 2022 The post Marx’s Communism Before Marxism appeared first on KPFA.

State-ownership of the means of production and a planned economy appear to be the hallmarks of Marxist thought, along with the notion that revolution necessitates passing through socialist and communist stages. But, as Peter Hudis points out, these ideas don’t originate with Marx. He discusses his Critique of the Gotha Program, in which Marx most fully expounds his conception of life after capitalism, and the gap between Marx’s vision and that of his later followers. Resources: Karl Marx, <a href="https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&amp;p=1241" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Critique of the Gotha Program</a> (Introduction by Peter Hudis) PM Press, 2022 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-august-8-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marx’s Communism Before Marxism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Marx’s Communism Before Marxism

Revolutionaries in one country can inform and inspire rebels in another. Kevin A. Young examines the impact of Vietnamese and Chinese revolutionary strategies on El Salvador’s guerrillas in the tumultuous 1970s and ’80s. Among other things, he describes how conceptions of “prolonged popular war” were adopted and adapted by the FPL, the FMLN’s largest faction. Becker, Power, Wood, and Zumoff, eds., Transnational Communism across the Americas University of Illinois Press, 2023 The post (Re)making Revolution appeared first on KPFA.

Revolutionaries in one country can inform and inspire rebels in another. <a href="https://kevinyounghistory.wordpress.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kevin A. Young</a> examines the impact of Vietnamese and Chinese revolutionary strategies on El Salvador’s guerrillas in the tumultuous 1970s and ’80s. Among other things, he describes how conceptions of “prolonged popular war” were adopted and adapted by the FPL, the FMLN’s largest faction. Becker, Power, Wood, and Zumoff, eds., <a href="https://www.transnationalcommunism.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Transnational Communism across the Americas</a> University of Illinois Press, 2023 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-august-7-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Re)making Revolution</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

(Re)making Revolution

The call to abolish the family and liberate its members has been one of the central pillars of the radical left historically. Yet today that venerable tradition is almost forgotten, abandoned with the ebbing of the Sixties. Sophie Lewis renews the argument for abolishing the family and replacing it with collective forms of care. Resources: Sophie Lewis, Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation Verso, 2022 The post Family Abolition appeared first on KPFA.

The call to abolish the family and liberate its members has been one of the central pillars of the radical left historically. Yet today that venerable tradition is almost forgotten, abandoned with the ebbing of the Sixties. Sophie Lewis renews the argument for abolishing the family and replacing it with collective forms of care. Resources: Sophie Lewis, <a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/2890-abolish-the-family" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation</a> Verso, 2022 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-august-2-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Family Abolition</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Family Abolition

Why was the political philosopher Hannah Arendt so critical of mainstream Zionism? What did her criticisms have to do with how she understood nationalism and historical antisemitism? According to Jonathan Graubart, Arendt sought to delink Jewish nationalism from Israel’s state project; she also condemned Herzlian Zionism for subscribing to a view of eternal antisemitism. Jonathan Graubart, Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and Other Pariahs Temple University Press, 2023 The post Arendt on Zionism appeared first on KPFA.

Why was the political philosopher Hannah Arendt so critical of mainstream Zionism? What did her criticisms have to do with how she understood nationalism and historical antisemitism? According to <a href="https://politicalscience.sdsu.edu/people/graubart" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan Graubart</a>, Arendt sought to delink Jewish nationalism from Israel’s state project; she also condemned Herzlian Zionism for subscribing to a view of eternal antisemitism. Jonathan Graubart, <a href="https://tupress.temple.edu/books/jewish-self-determination-beyond-zionism" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Jewish Self-Determination beyond Zionism: Lessons from Hannah Arendt and Other Pariahs</a> Temple University Press, 2023 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-august-1-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arendt on Zionism</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Arendt on Zionism

A hallmark of our age is feeling we’re perpetually struggling with time — not having enough of it to accomplish seemingly endless tasks and obligations, while swimming in a sea of distractions. Can we cope if we learn, following the gurus of time management, to become ever more disciplined and productive? Or does that just feed into a capitalist logic that doesn’t benefit us? Journalist Oliver Burkeman discusses the perils of time management orthodoxy. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2021 The post Mastering Time? appeared first on KPFA.

A hallmark of our age is feeling we’re perpetually struggling with time — not having enough of it to accomplish seemingly endless tasks and obligations, while swimming in a sea of distractions. Can we cope if we learn, following the gurus of time management, to become ever more disciplined and productive? Or does that just feed into a capitalist logic that doesn’t benefit us? Journalist Oliver Burkeman discusses the perils of time management orthodoxy. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Oliver Burkeman, <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374159122/fourthousandweeks" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals</a> Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2021 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-31-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mastering Time?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Mastering Time?

In the award-winning film “Aware,” six thinkers weigh in on the nature of consciousness. The post Fund Drive Special: On Consciousness appeared first on KPFA.

In the award-winning film “Aware,” six thinkers weigh in on the nature of consciousness. The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-26-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fund Drive Special: On Consciousness</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Fund Drive Special: On Consciousness

The climate crisis no longer looms in the future, but has arrived in the form of deadly heat waves, enormous wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and droughts. While the fight to slow the effects of global warming continues, it’s clear that we also need to protect ourselves and the most vulnerable around us from the devastating effects of global warming. Award-winning science writer and broadcaster David Pogue discusses concrete steps to safeguard ourselves and our loved ones in an increasingly precarious world.   The post Fund Drive Special: Preparing for the Climate Crisis appeared first on KPFA.

The climate crisis no longer looms in the future, but has arrived in the form of deadly heat waves, enormous wildfires, floods, hurricanes, and droughts. While the fight to slow the effects of global warming continues, it’s clear that we also need to protect ourselves and the most vulnerable around us from the devastating effects of global warming. Award-winning science writer and broadcaster David Pogue discusses concrete steps to safeguard ourselves and our loved ones in an increasingly precarious world. The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-25-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fund Drive Special: Preparing for the Climate Crisis</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Fund Drive Special: Preparing for the Climate Crisis

Peter Cave discusses his new book “How to Think Like a Philosopher: Scholars, Dreamers and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live.” The post Fund Drive Special: Enduring Ideas appeared first on KPFA.

Peter Cave discusses his new book “How to Think Like a Philosopher: Scholars, Dreamers and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live.” The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-24-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fund Drive Special: Enduring Ideas</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Fund Drive Special: Enduring Ideas

The acclaimed physician Gabor Maté believes that capitalist society damages us at an early age and that we carry that trauma through our lives—making us alienated, sick, and often prone to destructive behaviors. Maté draws from his remarkable background and radical commitments to provide us with tremendous insights into the maladies that are the norm in our society. His deeply humanistic work is featured in an award-winning documentary film. The post Fund Drive Special: Gabor Mate on Trauma appeared first on KPFA.

The acclaimed physician Gabor Maté believes that capitalist society damages us at an early age and that we carry that trauma through our lives—making us alienated, sick, and often prone to destructive behaviors. Maté draws from his remarkable background and radical commitments to provide us with tremendous insights into the maladies that are the norm in our society. His deeply humanistic work is featured in an award-winning documentary film. The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-19-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fund Drive Special: Gabor Mate on Trauma</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Fund Drive Special: Gabor Mate on Trauma

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.

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Groundbreaking theorist David Harvey considers Marx’s analytical framework and applies it to contemporary conditions. The post Fund Drive Special: David Harvey appeared first on KPFA.

Groundbreaking theorist David Harvey considers Marx’s analytical framework and applies it to contemporary conditions. The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-18-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fund Drive Special: David Harvey</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Fund Drive Special: David Harvey

Modern art has always been a battleground — and the highly influential Museum of Modern Art has been partisan since its inception. Architectural historian Patricio Del Real discusses two differing political visions of modernism and modern architecture: one rooted in the left, and associated with figures such as Communist muralist Diego Rivera, and the other on the right, represented by the architect and fascist sympathizer Philip Johnson. He weighs in on MoMa’s promotion of a view of modernism in Latin America, stripped of its radical politics and racial fusions, and radiating American power and hegemony. Resources: Patricio del Real, Constructing Latin America: Architecture, Politics, and Race at the Museum of Modern Art Yale University Press, 2022 The post MoMa and Cultural Imperialism in Latin America appeared first on KPFA.

Modern art has always been a battleground — and the highly influential Museum of Modern Art has been partisan since its inception. Architectural historian Patricio Del Real discusses two differing political visions of modernism and modern architecture: one rooted in the left, and associated with figures such as Communist muralist Diego Rivera, and the other on the right, represented by the architect and fascist sympathizer Philip Johnson. He weighs in on MoMa’s promotion of a view of modernism in Latin America, stripped of its radical politics and racial fusions, and radiating American power and hegemony. Resources: Patricio del Real, <a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300254563/constructing-latin-america/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Constructing Latin America: Architecture, Politics, and Race at the Museum of Modern Art</a> Yale University Press, 2022 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-17-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MoMa and Cultural Imperialism in Latin America</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

MoMa and Cultural Imperialism in Latin America

Why is the aging of populations framed as a crisis? What settler-colonial and capitalist logics are at work, and how are older people viewed and treated as a result? Sandy Grande delineates and critiques mainstream frameworks; she also advances a decolonial perspective that draws on indigenous attitudes toward elders and toward old age-associated conditions like dementia. René Dietrich and Kerstin Knopf, eds., Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life: Settler States and Indigenous Presence Duke University Press, 2023 Sandy Grande, ed., Red Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political Thought Rowman &amp; Littlefield (Image on main page by Dwayne Reilander.)   The post Aged Out? appeared first on KPFA.

Why is the aging of populations framed as a crisis? What settler-colonial and capitalist logics are at work, and how are older people viewed and treated as a result? <a href="https://polisci.uconn.edu/person/sandy-grande/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sandy Grande</a> delineates and critiques mainstream frameworks; she also advances a decolonial perspective that draws on indigenous attitudes toward elders and toward old age-associated conditions like dementia. René Dietrich and Kerstin Knopf, eds., <a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/biopolitics-geopolitics-life" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Biopolitics, Geopolitics, Life: Settler States and Indigenous Presence</a> Duke University Press, 2023 Sandy Grande, ed., <a href="https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781610489898/Red-Pedagogy-Native-American-Social-and-Political-Thought-10th-Anniversary-Edition" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Red Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political Thought</a> Rowman &amp; Littlefield <h6>(Image on main page by <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dwayne Reilander</a>.)</h6> The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-12-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aged Out?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Aged Out?

Island nations have produced the least carbon dioxide emissions, but are paying the greatest price for global warming as they face inundation and obliteration. Yet many in wealthy continental countries know little about them or their plight. Scholar and environmental journalist Christina Gerhardt discusses the circumstances of islands surrounded by a rising sea, many made more vulnerable by economies dependent on tourism and histories of military exploitation and occupation. Resources: Christina Gerhardt, Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean UC Press, 2023 The post Islands in a Rising Sea appeared first on KPFA.

Island nations have produced the least carbon dioxide emissions, but are paying the greatest price for global warming as they face inundation and obliteration. Yet many in wealthy continental countries know little about them or their plight. Scholar and environmental journalist Christina Gerhardt discusses the circumstances of islands surrounded by a rising sea, many made more vulnerable by economies dependent on tourism and histories of military exploitation and occupation. Resources: Christina Gerhardt, <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520304826/sea-change" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean</a> UC Press, 2023 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-11-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Islands in a Rising Sea</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Islands in a Rising Sea

What stances did the renowned sociologist and historian W. E. B. Du Bois take toward race and class? And how and why did his convictions change over time? According to Michael Burawoy, Du Bois moved from a phenomenology of racism to a Black Marxism, a shift that culminated in Du Bois’s book on the Civil War and Reconstruction. (Encore presentation.) Michael Burawoy, “The Making of Black Marxism: The Complementary Perspectives of W. E .B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon” (pdf) Michael Burawoy, Public Sociology Polity, 2021 Part Two of the interview The post Du Bois on Race and Class appeared first on KPFA.

What stances did the renowned sociologist and historian W. E. B. Du Bois take toward race and class? And how and why did his convictions change over time? According to <a href="http://burawoy.berkeley.edu/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Michael Burawoy</a>, Du Bois moved from a phenomenology of racism to a Black Marxism, a shift that culminated in Du Bois’s book on the Civil War and Reconstruction. (Encore presentation.) Michael Burawoy, “<a href="http://burawoy.berkeley.edu/Du%20Bois/The%20Making%20of%20Black%20Marxism.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Making of Black Marxism: The Complementary Perspectives of W. E .B. Du Bois and Frantz Fanon</a>” (pdf) Michael Burawoy, <a href="https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=public-sociology--9781509519149" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Public Sociology</a> Polity, 2021 <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-feb-15/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Part Two of the interview</a> The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-10-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Du Bois on Race and Class</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Du Bois on Race and Class

One of conservation’s greatest achievements happened mostly by accident and is still hiding in plain sight for most of us. When settlers established cities in the United States, they decimated the existing ecosystems. But in recent decades, as environmental historian Peter Alagona illustrates, there has been a remarkable return of wildlife to urban areas across the country. (Encore presentation.)   Resources: Peter S. Alagona, The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities UC Press, 2023  The post The Fall and Rise of Urban Wildlife appeared first on KPFA.

One of conservation’s greatest achievements happened mostly by accident and is still hiding in plain sight for most of us. When settlers established cities in the United States, they decimated the existing ecosystems. But in recent decades, as environmental historian Peter Alagona illustrates, there has been a remarkable return of wildlife to urban areas across the country. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Peter S. Alagona, <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520386310/the-accidental-ecosystem" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities</a> UC Press, 2023 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-5-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Fall and Rise of Urban Wildlife</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

The Fall and Rise of Urban Wildlife

Following the attacks of September 11th, the administration of George W. Bush instituted the widespread use of coercive interrogations of detainees, as well as kidnapping, forced disappearance, and sham commission proceedings. Yet for the first several years of the “war on terror” little was known about what the U.S. state was doing to prisoners, until hundreds of lawyers—some from the left, but others even from the military itself—challenged the U.S. government in court. Sociologist Lisa Hajjar describes the legal fight against torture and its legacy now. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Lisa Hajjar, The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture UC Press, 2022 The post Litigating Torture appeared first on KPFA.

Following the attacks of September 11th, the administration of George W. Bush instituted the widespread use of coercive interrogations of detainees, as well as kidnapping, forced disappearance, and sham commission proceedings. Yet for the first several years of the “war on terror” little was known about what the U.S. state was doing to prisoners, until hundreds of lawyers—some from the left, but others even from the military itself—challenged the U.S. government in court. Sociologist Lisa Hajjar describes the legal fight against torture and its legacy now. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Lisa Hajjar, <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520378933/the-war-in-court" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The War in Court: Inside the Long Fight against Torture</a> UC Press, 2022 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-4-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Litigating Torture</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Litigating Torture

Perhaps best known for his advocacy of “propaganda by the deed,” Johann Most (1846-1906) was a committed socialist before turning toward anarchism. What spurred that shift? Why did Most advocate violence – and later abandon that position? Tom Goyens is writing a biography of the fiery orator and influential editor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1882. Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer, eds., With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism University of Illinois Press, 2023 Anarchistories: Uncovering the World Anarchists Made Tom Goyens, Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880-1914 University of Illinois Press, 2014 (paper)   The post Anarchist Firebrand appeared first on KPFA.

Perhaps best known for his advocacy of “propaganda by the deed,” Johann Most (1846-1906) was a committed socialist before turning toward anarchism. What spurred that shift? Why did Most advocate violence – and later abandon that position? <a href="https://txgoyens.wixsite.com/tomgoyens/contact" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Goyens</a> is writing a biography of the fiery orator and influential editor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1882. Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer, eds., <a href="https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p087141" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism</a> University of Illinois Press, 2023 <a href="https://tomgoyens.substack.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Anarchistories: Uncovering the World Anarchists Made</a> Tom Goyens, <a href="https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p080463" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Beer and Revolution: The German Anarchist Movement in New York City, 1880-1914</a> University of Illinois Press, 2014 (paper) The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-july-3-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anarchist Firebrand</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Anarchist Firebrand

The Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies, are celebrated on the left for their militant opposition to capitalism, their broad church unionism across race and gender lines, and their ability to organize migrant and other precarious workers. As Ahmed White documents, they were crushed by unprecedented violence and vigilantism, which cast a long shadow over the U.S. labor movement and the left. (Encore presentation.)  Resources: Ahmed White, Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers UC Press, 2022 The post The War on the Industrial Workers of the World appeared first on KPFA.

The Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies, are celebrated on the left for their militant opposition to capitalism, their broad church unionism across race and gender lines, and their ability to organize migrant and other precarious workers. As Ahmed White documents, they were crushed by unprecedented violence and vigilantism, which cast a long shadow over the U.S. labor movement and the left. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Ahmed White, <a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520382404/under-the-iron-heel" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Under the Iron Heel: The Wobblies and the Capitalist War on Radical Workers</a> UC Press, 2022 The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-june-28-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The War on the Industrial Workers of the World</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

The War on the Industrial Workers of the World

Throwing away the key is what the criminal punishment system – and, by extension, the U.S. public – does to tens of thousands of people behind bars. Why does the acclaimed public interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson attend to and represent those serving extreme sentences? What does Joseph G. Ramsey mean when he refers to Stevenson’s “compassionate radicalism”? Ramsey talks about Stevenson’s transformative ideas, and his own. Joseph Ramsey, “Never Throw Away the Key” Portside Joseph Ramsey, “Don’t Judge an Issue Just by Its Cover – 12 Important Points from Jacobin’s Latest Issue ‘Reduce the Crime Rate,’” The Multiracial Unity Blog (Image on main page by Ron Lach.) The post Beyond Condemnation appeared first on KPFA.

Throwing away the key is what the criminal punishment system – and, by extension, the U.S. public – does to tens of thousands of people behind bars. Why does the acclaimed public interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson attend to and represent those serving extreme sentences? What does <a href="https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/english/english_faculty1/joseph_ramsey" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Joseph G. Ramsey</a> mean when he refers to Stevenson’s “compassionate radicalism”? Ramsey talks about Stevenson’s transformative ideas, and his own. Joseph Ramsey, <a href="https://portside.org/2022-10-15/never-throw-away-key" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">“Never Throw Away the Key”</a> Portside Joseph Ramsey,<a href="https://multiracialunity.org/2021/11/27/dont-judge-an-issue-just-by-its-cover-12-important-points-from-jacobins-latest-issue-reduce-the-crime-rate/?fbclid=IwAR0CHIBTBQlJP9AhsraDiFncnjOoSJ8yBB3nOJ_MfLbVqoyYDXU5ZPYhmKQ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"> “Don’t Judge an Issue Just by Its Cover – 12 Important Points from Jacobin’s Latest Issue ‘Reduce the Crime Rate,’”</a> The Multiracial Unity Blog <h6>(Image on main page by Ron Lach.)</h6> The post <a href="https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-june-27-2023/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beyond Condemnation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://kpfa.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">KPFA</a>.

Beyond Condemnation

I listen to most every episode of this show!

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i seem to be unable to subscribe to the feed through itunes, though. Is there some way to fix this?

great podcast

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