ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 49

The Laura Flanders Show: Raul Midón on Creative Adaptation During COVID-19

At a time when many of us are scrambling to adjust to the challenges of life during a pandemic, Raul Midón provides a model of creative adaptation.

Solidarity means dismantling the system everywhere

International solidarity is an important and necessary step in dismantling the institutions of racist state violence, not only in the US, but across the world.

Charging George Floyd’s killers is only the beginning

Make no mistake, justice has not been served and it will not until we live a world free from police violence. The only way to achieve this is to keep the pressure on.

Counterinsurgency: dousing the flames of Minneapolis

As people rise up against police violence and structural racism, what counterinsurgency techniques is the state deploying to attack and undermine the movement?

COVID-19 Chronicles with Noam Chomsky

In the COVID-19 Chronicles, Frank Barat interviews analysts, doctors, thinkers, activists and politicians on the coronavirus crisis and its impact on global politics.

Rising up against white revenge

The current uprisings reveal that America is haunted by the reality of white revenge and manufactured fears of Black revenge. But the tide is turning.

We defend ourselves so we can all breathe in peace

To move from uprising to liberation we each have a role to play. The conflict is at our doors, and we need to put collective needs before individual wants.

The Laura Flanders Show: Environmental Injustice During the Pandemic

“We do not want to go back to normal. That is not the way it should go. We need a different system. One that takes into account race equity and gender equity.”

Economic Update: Cornel West on Pandemic 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.

Kurdish Women’s Movement in solidarity with George Floyd protests

In a true internationalist spirit, the Kurdish Women’s Movement is condemning the murder of George Floyd, drawing a parallel with the suffering of the Kurds.