Sasha Lilley
Sasha Lilley (born 1975) is an English-born radio host, writer and journalist based in Oakland, California.
Career
[edit]Lilley is the editor of Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult, published by PM Press.[1] Lilley is a contributor to the Turbulence Collective's What Would it Mean to Win?, a collection of debates about the direction of the Global Justice Movement, published by PM Press.[2] She is the series editor of the political economy imprint Spectre.[3]
Lilley is a co-founder and host of the Pacifica Radio program Against the Grain.[4] From 2007 to 2009, she was the interim program director at KPFA. She directed Pacifica Radio's coverage of the Winter Soldier hearings in Silver Spring, Maryland,[5] launched the War Comes Home,[6] about the human costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations, curated the multimedia project “1968: The Year that Shook the World” commemorating 1968 with archival audio from the Pacifica Radio Archives, and launched the multimedia collaboration “Afghanistan 2008: Seven Years After the Taliban”.[7]
She has overseen national broadcasts,[8] including on torture under the George W. Bush administration,[9] the testimonials of survivors of Hurricane Katrina, and on the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[10]
Lilley was an editor, staff writer, and researcher at CorpWatch, reporting on the World Bank, labor struggles, and agribusiness.[11]
She has worked as an academic researcher and investigative journalist, including into US contracts in Iraq[12] following the American-led invasion.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Lilley is married to PM Press and AK Press founder Ramsey Kanaan.
Books
[edit]- Lilley, Sasha. Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult PM Press, 2011.
- Turbulence Collective (ed.) What Would it Mean to Win? PM Press, 2010.
- Lilley, Sasha, et al., Catastrophism: The Apocalyptic Politics of Collapse and Rebirth PM Press, 2012.
Misc
[edit]- Lilley, Sasha. Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn (DVD) PM Press, 2010.
References
[edit]- ^ Lilley, S. "Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult" PM Press, 2011
- ^ Turbulence Collective, "Move into the Light" PM Press, 2008
- ^ PM Press, "Sasha Lilley"
- ^ Golden Reel Nomination, Sasha Lilley and CS Soong “What’s Wrong with Tolerance?”
- ^ Project Censored, Winter Soldier 2008: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations
- ^ CounterSpin, "Sasha Lilley on The War Comes Home" 14 November 2008
- ^ Common Dreams, "CorpWatch and KPFA Radio Launch 'Afghanistan 2008: Seven Years After the Taliban' Multimedia Project Collaboration.
- ^ Bruce Brugmann, "God Bless KPFA" San Francisco Bay Guardian, 28 August 2008
- ^ "KPFA Radio Broadcasts Live from the House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Torture"
- ^ Pacifica Radio, "Capitalism and Its Discontents: A 5 Part Series on the Financial Meltdown" February 2009
- ^ Lilley, Sasha."Paving the Amazon with Soy: World Bank Bows to Audit of Maggi Loan" Archived 2011-03-11 at the Wayback Machine CorpWatch; Lilley, Sasha.
- ^ Chatterjee, Pratap. Iraq, Inc.: A Profitable Occupation Seven Stories Press, 2004
- ^ Chatterjee, Pratap. Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War Nation Books, 2009
External links
[edit]- Counterspin, “Interview with Sasha Lilley on the War Comes Home” November 14, 2008
- “Christopher Hitchens and Chris Hedges Debate ‘Is God Great?’ Moderated by Sasha Lilley", May 24, 2007
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