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Global finance and the potential for social resistance

ROAR editor Jerome Roos joined the Laura Flanders Show to talk about the world’s financial state and the potential for building social power to contest the financial powers that be.

Economic Update: Is US Capitalism in Decline?

In this week’s show, prof. Wolff talks about pay inequality, mega-mergers, billionaire charity and he discusses the problems of US capitalism with prof. McIntyre.

There is no such thing as a green war

The military industrial complex is a major contributor to climate change — this calls for a merger of anti-war, climate and refugee solidarity movements.

New partnership with the Laura Flanders Show

Starting today, ROAR will be hosting the weekly Laura Flanders Show podcast, expanding our network of allied independent media platforms.

Laura Flanders Show: Feminists Writing History

This week on the show, Laura Flanders goes in-depth with two feminist authors — Cherríe Moraga and adrienne maree brown — and a feminist bookstore.

Call for solidarity with the Indigenous Council of Guerrero

The Indigenous communities of the Emiliano Zapata Popular Indigenous Council of Guerrero have been under attack from paramilitary forces and need your solidarity.

What went wrong for the municipalists in Spain?

Spain’s municipalist parties suffered a major setback at the May elections — their own actions and inactions are largely to blame for the loss of support.

Economic Update: China’s Economic Record and Strategy

In this week’s show, prof. Wolff presents part two of his analysis of the USSR and anti-capitalist governments, looking at China’s economic development and strategy.

Supporting dictators is not anti-imperialism

Why do so many Western leftists side with dictators in the name of anti-imperialism? A new book seeks to moved beyond the old “the West and the rest”-binary.

David Harvey’s Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Ep. 18

Prof. Harvey answers the question of production and realization as it relates to today’s economy and job market and the contemporary composition of the working class.