ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 66

A Story of Police Violence in France

The extremely violent repression of the Gilets Jaunes movement has affected the lives of many, continuing a long tradition of police violence in France.

What is going to happen here?

A film about those who challenge the conversion of Lisbon into a commodity, those who resist injustice by building power for, and with those who need a place to live.

Direct democracy and the passion for political participation

For a radically democratic and ecological society we need to build democratic and resilient communities capable of deepening citizen participation at all levels of public life.

David Harvey’s Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Ep.27

Prof. Harvey is joined by CUNY Graduate Center Professor Cindi Katz to discuss social reproduction and its relation and significance to capitalism’s success.

Economic Update: Political Strategy for Transition

What lessons can we draw from the transition from feudalism to capitalism for a strategy to move to an economy based on democratic worker-owned co-operatives?

Laura Flanders Show: The Rise of Authoritarianism in Brazil

In her new film, “The Edge of Democracy,” director Petra Costa tells the story of how Brazil went from a rising star among free nations to a democracy on the verge of collapse.

Evo Morales: from the Rainy Place to the Burnt Palace — and back again

After weeks of protest, Bolivia’s first indigenous president has been ousted in a coup, bringing a dramatic end to his thirteen eventful years in power.

International solidarity: fighting at home for the revolution abroad

Campaigns against apartheid in both South Africa and Israel provide important lessons for the Rojava international solidarity movement against Turkey’s invasion.

INVASION

For nearly ten years the Unist’ot’en Camp has been a beacon of resistance. This short film provides a glimpse of what lives has been like at the camp for the past year.

Economic Update: US’ Profit-Driven Medicine

This week on “Economic Update”: Berlin’s rent-freeze, slave labor in Los Angeles, the Gilets Jaunes in France and the US medical industrial complex, and more.