ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 23

Elisabeth Dmitrieff: feminist, unionist, Communarde

At the age of 20, Dmitrieff founded and led the Union des femmes, the foremost radical feminist and socialist organization that emerged during the Commune.

Spadework’s Organizing Toolbox: Getting Started

A podcast dedicated to circulating the practices and mechanisms that make resilient, rewarding and effective organizations and movements.

Queer and feminist militants are shaping Tunisia’s protests

A decade after the 2011 Revolution, a new generation of Tunisians is back on the streets as a broad, intersectional movement united through grassroots militancy.

Economic Update: Democrats’ Self-Promotion

A weekly show focusing on the economic dimensions of everyday life and alternative ways to organize our economy and politics, with Prof. Richard D. Wolff.

The Laura Flanders Show: Vaccine Hesitancy

Weekly in-depth interviews with forward-thinking people in the worlds of arts, entrepreneurship and politics with Laura Flanders.

Rising up against the global police state

A global police state is emerging in response to poor and working class uprisings around the world; William I. Robinson’s new book reveals its architecture.

David Harvey’s Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: The Evolution of Capital

A bimonthly podcast hosted by Professor David Harvey that looks at capitalism through a Marxist lens.

“Resist much, obey little”: Walt Whitman and the Paris Commune

Whitman’s salute to the Paris Commune is a valuable lesson in international solidarity, but some of his political ideals caution against embracing him fully.

New Zealand and the corporate power of The One Ring

PM Ardern’s government has been hailed as “the most progressive in the world,” but the LOTR saga reveals its unwillingness to take on corporate power.

Resisting Greece’s rapid descent into authoritarianism

The heavily militarized response to the pandemic and endemic police violence has exacerbated old conflicts within Greek society — and many have had enough.