KPFA - Against the Grain

Left Climate Strategies

Degrowthers, Half Earthers, advocates of green growth – what distinguishes the ecological left’s...

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Repressing Opposition to Israel

U.S. higher education is in the grips of a new McCarthyism over criticisms of Israel. Sociologist...

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• 6 días

Ernst Bloch’s Utopianism

Of what use is utopian thinking? Is hope something we need to cultivate, or rediscover? Jon...

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• 7 días

Fund Drive Special: War, Peace, and KPFA Radio

Radio is a medium with extraordinary propagandistic power — seductively transmitting ideas into...

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• 8 días

Fueling Change

What does bold and militant action in the face of climate calamity look like? What sorts of...

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• 13 días

Claiming Adam Smith

How did a Scottish moral philosopher of the Enlightenment become an apostle of the libertarian...

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• 14 días

Race & Redevelopment

Urban renewal processes and projects have wreaked havoc on many communities of color. Lindsey...

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• 15 días

War and Film

Film brings to us — with unparalleled rawness — what feels like the intimate experience of war....

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• 20 días

Covid Carceral Calamity

What happened to California’s prisons and jails when the Covid pandemic struck? Why did so many...

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• 21 días

Profiting from Care

The pandemic highlighted the vital importance of care work—whether childcare, nursing home care,...

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• 22 días

Lessons in Self-Managed Abortion

While the Supreme Court considers restricting abortion pills, feminists in the Global South have...

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• 27 días

Angry Planet

What if Earth were furious with humanity? What if revolutionaries took their cues from an unruly...

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• 28 días

Contemporary Capitalism’s Road Through the U.S. South

Hostility to unions, lax environmental regulations, and –- perhaps less obviously –- far flung...

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• 29 días

Fossil Fuel Fights

Are countries like India and South Africa still committed to coal extraction? What plans are...

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DARE: Promoting the Police

The program DARE — in which police officers stepped into the role of teacher to warn 5th and 6th...

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A History of Sanctuary

What was the modern Sanctuary Movement formed to do? What sorts of challenges has it faced, and...

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In Search of Lost Foods

Our food system, as well as our ecosystems, is clearly in crisis. Should we look to technological...

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Portraying Black Loss

How can people be moved from sympathy to solidarity with an oppressed group? Juliet Hooker...

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The Price of Big Pharma

Medicines – we’re told by the pharmaceuticals industry – are expensive by necessity owing to the...

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Against the Grain – March 6, 2024

A radio and web media project whose aim is to provide in-depth analysis and commentary on a...

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