ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 30

Economic Update: Why Women Have Better Sex in Socialism

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.

Love: a counterpower to capital worthy of its name

It is time for those who aspire to love — which is to say everyone everywhere — to finally see the communism of their aspiration.

What’s in a slogan? Imagining abolition

Calls to “defund the police” are not an appeal on politicians to act, but rather a call to build our collective power as a first step on the road to abolition.

New film: “Commune des Communes”

In January, 2020, ahead of the municipal elections, Gilets Jaunes from all over France gathered in the town of Commercy for an “Assembly of Assemblies.”

The Laura Flanders Show: Democracy Demands a Democratic Economy

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

Economic Update: The Economics Lesson Taught by the Pandemic

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.

Anything is possible: toward an abolitionist vision

Abolitionism is about more than dismantling prisons. It is also about building a world with universal access to safety, self-determination, freedom and dignity.

The River Says “No”

In 2015, the PUCARL Collective in Veracruz, Mexico, booked a historic victory and successfully halted the construction of a dam that was threatening the entire region.

Spadework: Against the Doomsday Clock

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

Argentina’s long history of struggle for legal abortion

After many years of campaigning, Argentina’s feminist movements booked a historic victory at the end of 2020 when abortion was finally legalized.