ROAR Magazine

Ten years on, the crisis of global capitalism never really ended

Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:17:25 +0000

With inequality on the rise, global debt higher than ever and international tensions intensifying, the political backlash to the crash of 2008 has only just begun.

Imagining a world with no bullshit jobs

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:36:01 +0000

In this interview about his latest book, David Graeber discusses the role of unions, the challenges posed by automation and “the revolt of the caring classes.”

Mass Trespass

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:02:10 +0000

This short film tells the story of several hundred brave ramblers from Manchester and Sheffield, whose trespass of Kinder Scout in 1932 played a major role in giving people across the UK access to their countryside.

ROAR #8: “Beyond the Border” coming soon!

Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:02:41 +0000

Our eighth issue, on the revolutionary internationalism of the twenty-first century, is coming soon! This will be our last issue to appear in print, so don’t miss it.

The Birdcage

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 20:07:52 +0000

A filmic experiment investigating the relationship between politics and economics, against a backdrop of democratic deficits, capital controls and soft European coups d’état.

The Long Shadow of May ’68

Tue, 29 May 2018 02:17:20 +0000

Fifty years on, contemporary social struggles continue to be shaped in profound ways by the ambivalent legacy of “The Long 1968.”

The revenge against the commons of the ZAD

Mon, 14 May 2018 10:41:25 +0000

Why French police, in its biggest operation since May 68, is prepared to kill for Macron’s neoliberal nightmare — and how the ZAD fought back.

Academic alienation: freeing cognitive labor from the grip of capitalism

Tue, 08 May 2018 20:00:46 +0000

In the neoliberal university, intellectual labor has largely become inscribed into the machine of knowledge production. We need to think of new ways of resisting.

The world’s deadliest border: a photo reportage

Tue, 01 May 2018 16:35:48 +0000

Over the past years, the Mediterranean Sea has claimed thousands of lives. But for those who survived the dangerous crossing, the challenges are far from over.

Their Land, Our Home

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:21:11 +0000

About to be evicted from their homes, the last residents of Santa Filomena reflect on their lives in an informal neighborhood on the outskirts of Lisbon.