ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 62

Economic Update: Capitalism & the Family — Myth vs. Reality

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.

Survival as resistance in occupied Kashmir

A local journalist’s account of life in Kashmir, where close to a million Indian troops oversee a heavy-handed crackdown and commit human rights abuses with impunity.

International solidarity when things are not black and white

The internationalist left often fails to transcend facile polemics, even when effective solidarity can mean the difference between life and death. We can do better than this.

The year in six longreads

What better way to celebrate New Year’s than cozying up on the couch with a glass of champagne, reading through some of the best longreads we published over the past year?

Introducing: the Tumultuous Times blog and book project

ROAR founder Jerome Roos is launching a new blog to accompany the research for his next book — a global history of anti-establishment politics.

Fighting with pens in Rojava’s “war of education”

Rojava’s revolutionary education system is built around a homegrown curriculum promoting gender equality, ecology and social and cultural inclusivity.

A Dual Power Reading List

Examples of dual power can be found all over: from Standing Rock to the Zapatistas, Rojava to workers’ cooperatives. Here’s a selection of ROAR’s coverage over the years.

Social Ecology: Radicalizing the Climate Movement

The struggle for climate justice cannot limit its focus to environmental issues. It is the hierarchical system as a whole that is threatening our planet and our lives.

Dual Power Then and Now: From the Iroquois to Cooperation Jackson

Confederacies, local autonomy and neighborhood democracy: dual power practices have existed across North America from precolonial times to today.

Tenants’ Unions: Building Dual Power in the Neighborhood

Tenants’ unions do not only help stop evictions, but they also carry within them the seeds of an organized counter-power to the rule of the landlords.