Havin Guneser discusses the rise of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and the attempt to build a radical socialist-feminist society while…
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Andrej Grubacic: Reconsidering Yugoslav Socialism
Against the Grain, KPFAMarch 25th, 2019 Socialist Yugoslavia was born out of resistance to fascist occupation during WW2 and ended…
Matthew Lyons: The Origins and Politics of the Alt-Right
Against the Grain, KPFAFebruary 6th, 2017 Until the last year or two, most people had never heard of the alt-right.…
Were Bakunin and Marx So Different? An Interview with Mark Leier
By CS SongAgainst the GrainJuly 5th, 2017 Why didn’t Karl Marx and Mikhail Bakunin get along? What accounts for the…
The Liberty Tree on Against the Grain
Historian Alan Taylor talks about Paine’s life, his political convictions, and Common Sense, which Taylor calls the most powerful and…
Denis O’Hearn on Against the Grain
Against the Grain, KPFAJune 10th, 2014 Sociologist Denis O’Hearn discusses prison hunger strikes and the life and death of Bobby Sands.…
Against Climate Paralysis— Jeremy Brecher on Against the Grain
June 18th, 2019Against the Grain For years, the fight against global warming was hampered by misinformation about whether climate change…
scott crow on Against the Grain, October 21st 2013
In a recent talk, scott crow spoke about how he came to anarchist politics and grassroots organizing, and about how…
Silvia Federici on How Capitalism Endures on Against the Grain
Against the Grain4/26/2017 Despite the precariousness that it creates, why does capitalism survive? Radical theorist Silvia Federici discusses how capitalism…
Red Vienna, Sports, and Antifascist Organizing: Gabriel Kuhn on Against the Grain
Against the GrainAugust 22nd, 2017 At a time when the far right has become more visible and emboldened in the…