ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 53

Liberating logistics: all power to the frontline workers

May Day strikes are capping off a global wave of labor action through which logistic workers have asserted themselves against capital in the face of a pandemic.

Introducing our fellow travelers

Two new associate editors will join us on our quest to cultivate the radical imagination and explore possible pathways to a post-capitalist future.

Economic Update: Capitalism’s Unemployment Problems

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.

From white fragility to white power in the age of COVID-19

In the COVID-19 era, white fragility intensifies a collective sense of white life in peril, paving the way for a rising fascism. How can we intervene?

Webinar — States of Control: The dark side of pandemic politics

How do we ensure that COVID-19 doesn’t become the new 9/11 — a new milestone in authoritarian states of control? Join this free webinar on Wednesday, April 29.

Mutual aid: “When the system fails, the people show up”

Across the US, mutual aid initiatives provide basic goods and services while building community, resilience and collective power that could outlast the pandemic.

COVID-19 Chronicles with Brazilian doctor Thiago Silva

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

Economic Update: Virus Triggers Capitalist Crash

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 forgotten futures of anti-colonial internationalism

The strange story of an Irish Buddhist anti-colonial activist in the heyday of Empire in Asia sheds light on the non-linear nature of radical social change.

The Women of Candelaria

Women from Candelaria in Chiapas, Mexico, explain how they took back control over their own lives and have collectively achieved social and economic independence.