ROAR Magazine's Blog, page 99

Monsters of the financialized imagination: from Pokémon to Trump

How can we confront the financialization that is shaping our lives, from the games we play, the decisions we make to the leaders who rise to power?
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Manufactured consent: power, media and thinktanks

Corporations don’t just shape our politics or economics, they also seek do to the same to public opinion. What do they fund and who do they represent?
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The call center as a site of control and resistance

Instead of seeing call centers as defined only by their technological methods of control and surveillance, they can be understood as a site of struggle and anger.
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No more presidents: protesting the Trump inauguration

The days of action surrounding the inauguration of Donald Trump marked a clear rejection of his administration and the global rise of right-wing populism.
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The ZAD: an autonomous zone in the heart of France

In a heroic struggle of solidarity and resistance, locals and activists of the ZAD have been fighting against the construction of an airport for many years.
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Resisting the neoliberal university in the age of Brexit

The Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College is under threat of imminent closure. Join the campaign to stop the marketization of our universities.
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Democratize the union: let the rank-and-file decide!

To revitalize labor unions, workers themselves will have to be put in control. Applying participatory budgeting to dues allocation would be a good start.
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Women on the verge: the essence of feminist struggle

The women’s march against Trump is not an exception. It signals an evolving tendency in feminist struggle and hints at what will come in the following decades.
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Trump and everyday anti-fascism beyond punching Nazis

The goal of everyday anti-fascism is to increase the social cost of oppressive behavior to the point where those who promote it see no option but to hide.
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Of love, hate, hope and despair: ten theses on Trumpland vocabulary

How are we to navigate the ideological struggle over politically charged concepts that can either rally people to the streets, or make them stay at home?
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