Fighting for our lives: why we need a revolution
We need a revolution because this system is not a system for the people; because even those who are on the favored side are not able to find true fulfillment.
BBC covers The Global Square: a grassroots social network
Heather Marsh, spokesperson for The Global Square, appeared on BBC radio to discuss the ongoing effort of building a secure, decentralized social network.
Financial Times: “Greece is the eurozone’s first colony”
When even the media paragon of free-market ideology argues that "Greece must default if it wants democracy," you know something is profoundly wrong.
Spanish police brutalize student protesters in Valencia
Conjuring up memories of Franco's dictatorship, a peaceful student protest in Valencia was brutally disturbed by violent police assaults on harmless minors.
Massivity: over a million protest labor reforms in Spain
Hundreds of thousands fill up Spain's squares in the first mass mobilization against the radical labor market reforms of the newly-installed Rajoy government.
Virality: international media coverage of The Global Square
With Wikileaks and several other major players throwing their weight behind the project, a vaporware press release has made The Global Square go viral.
Parallelisms: Sankara, the hero who defied his creditors
Resounding from the anti-austerity protests in Greece, we can hear the echo of Thomas Sankara -- Africa's own Che Guevara; the hero who defied his creditors.
The Global Square: a call for coders to build the platform
The Global Square -- a proposal launched on ROAR last year -- is starting to take shape. Now we need coders to help us build the actual platform!
Athens burns: has Greece entered its Argentina moment?
Greece's political establishment trembles as banks and government offices burn amid violent anti-austerity riots. Has the country finally reached a tipping point?
Breaking the taboo: the inevitability of a Greek exit
For years, the EU and IMF said a Greek euro exit was not an option. Now, with protests surging and negotiations stalling, the impossible is becoming inevitable.
Egypt’s radicalized hooligans: “Tantawi, we want your head!”
A week after the Port Said stadium massacre, the Ultras once again find themselves on the front-line of Egypt's ongoing revolution against the military regime.
European Forum in Rome: income, commons, democracy
On Feb. 10-12, over forty organizations, networks and social movements will meet in the Teatro Valle in Rome to organize a common front for an alternative Europe.
Post-education: empowering the children of the revolution
The only thing we need to become truly free is the final realization of our own freedom. Education must cultivate this emerging state of consciousness.
In defense of Foucault: the incessancy of resistance
Revolution is entirely possible within Foucault’s theory; our task is to take on the challenge posed by his more honest account of power-as-social-relation.
Occupy South Africa: “we are all kings and queens!”
Suffering from the highest income divide and the worst violence in the world, the time has come for the people of South Africa to rise up and reclaim their country.
