ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 42

The deep history of police

Conversations about the history of policing often focus on the last 400 years, but they can be extended far beyond — all the way to ancient Egypt.

Economic Update: Pandemic Capitalism in Asia

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.

Hot spots and kill shots in the (post)colonial state

In the face of state violence, local communities are casting light on Trinidad’s uneven geographies of misanthropic skepticism — and sickening mimicry.

The Hologram: reclaiming the means of health and care

An interview with artist Cassie Thornton about The Hologram: a platform for peer-to-peer feminist care.

David Harvey’s Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: The Worker as Political Subject

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

Economic Update: Today’s Pandemic As A Crisis Of Capitalism

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.

Maya Train: Eye of the Storm

Local communities in Mexcio’s Yucatan peninsula resist the Maya Train, a mega project favored by president AMLO that risks doing irreparable damage to the region.

Pandemic pandemonium and the deadly privatization of risk

Angela Mitropoulos’s new book Pandemonium unpacks the deadly structures of power behind the pandemic that changed the world.

Pandemic Solidarity: care, love and mutual aid

A new book offers snapshots of struggles and intimate stories about life during the pandemic from across the globe, reminding us who we really are.

New TNI paper: “Counter-terrorism and the Arts”

What is the impact of counter-terrorism policies, legislation and national security measures on freedom of expression, specifically in relation to the arts?