Against the Grain, KPFASeptember 9th, 2020 The untimely death of David Graeber, anthropologist, anarchist, and one of the initiators of…
Sasha Lilley’s Blog
Urban Rebellions Then and Now— on Against the Grain
By Sasha Lilley Against the Grain, KPFA June 3rd, 2020 The widespread protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd…
The Global Economy, Climate Change, and Covid 19— Richard Walker on Against the Grain
By Sasha Lilley Against the Grain, KPFA April 22nd, 2020 Two historic global economic contractions almost within a decade of…
Labor Struggles in a Time of Pandemic— on Against the Grain
By Sasha Lilley Against the Grain, KPFA March 18th, 2020 These are anxious times for all of us, but even…
Peter Linebaugh on the Long History of Pandemics— on Against the Grain
By Sasha Lilley Against the Grain, KPFA March 18th, 2020 There are many ways that the crisis brought about by…
Epidemics, Elites, and Public Health— on Against the Grain
By Sasha Lilley Against the Grain, KPFA March 18th, 2020 Pandemics and other public health crises often require exceptional measures…
Lessons from the Spanish Influenza— on Against the Grain
By Sasha Lilley Against the Grain, KPFA March 16th, 2020 When looking back at pandemics in modern history, the 1918…
Apocalypse and the Left
The end of history arrives today. While the Maya never actually predicted that the world would end on 12.21.12, apocalypse…