ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 24

The Laura Flanders Show: Dreaming & Building Immigrant Freedom

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

Economic Update: Sales Tax on Stocks

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.

Deeper than “hate”: racial violence and the Atlanta shootings

The violence faced by Asian migrant and sex workers is predicated by colonialism, militarism and the border — and policing is part of the problem.

Progressive International introduces the Art of Internationalism

The Progressive International’s platform, Art of Internationalism, explores the role of art and culture in imagining and shaping 21st century internationalism.

From red scarfs to yellow vests: the communalist tradition

The legacy of the Paris Commune and its dreams of radical social change resonate through time, inspiring revolutionary thinkers and activists to this day.

Élisée Reclus: the making of a Communard

The experience of the Paris Commune had a profound impact on the thinking of Élisée Reclus and inspired him to develop his extensive philosophy of freedom.

The survival of the Paris Commune

The Commune of 1871 was never truly vanquished — its political imaginary lived on and is today being liberated and revived in a new cycle of struggles.

China’s Communards in the Cultural Revolution

The memory of the Paris Commune in China was used to justify political purges, but it also inspired the founding of communes from Beijing to Shanghai.

The Civil War in France: Karl Marx on the Paris Commune

On the dawn of March 18, Paris arose to the thunder-burst of “Vive la Commune!” What is the Commune, that sphinx so tantalizing to the bourgeois mind?

Engels’ Postscript to “The Civil War in France”

In 1891, on the 20th anniversary of the Paris Commune, Engels put together a new edition of “The Civil War in France,” emphasizing its historical significance.