ROAR Magazine is an independent journal of the radical imagination providing grassroots perspectives from the frontlines of the global struggle for real democracy.
This is the story of the movement for housing justice in Berlin — one of Europe’s most vibrant struggles to secure a city for all.
Marcela, an indigenous healer and organizer, reflects on the role of traditional knowledge and medicine in both her personal and collective struggles for liberation.
This is the story of the rise and fall of the alter-globalization movement, and how its legacy shapes radical struggles today.
A group of migrants in Germany are organizing against the inhumane living conditions imposed upon them. They demand good housing for all — regardless of residence status.
This is the story of Spain’s first street vendor union and its creative solidarity in the face of racism, police harassment and COVID-19.
Every year, Russian activists gather in Helsinki, continuing a long tradition in which the city has served as a safe haven for Russian revolutionaries.
This is the story of the radical and feminist wave of Swedish comic art and literature.
In 2015, the PUCARL Collective in Veracruz, Mexico, booked a historic victory and successfully halted the construction of a dam that was threatening the entire region.
Before she built her first greenhouse and became an organic farmer, Mercedes never imagined that she would be the sole breadwinner of her family.
Don Andrés, a beekeeper and healer from Coatepec, Mexico has made it his life’s work to protect the endangered pollinators that keep the tropics alive.
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Local communities in Mexcio’s Yucatan peninsula resist the Maya Train, a mega project favored by president AMLO that risks doing irreparable damage to the region.
Women from Candelaria in Chiapas, Mexico, explain how they took back control over their own lives and have collectively achieved social and economic independence.
The peace process is underway in Colombia and Esteban, a former FARC guerrilla, dreams of becoming a musician. But first he must reconcile with his family.
“O’Dell shares his insightful outlook on past and present race relations in the United States, augmented beautifully with the stark and poignant imagery” – Danielle Piper, The Georgia Straight...
This is the story of a group of homeless mothers who for 58 days occupied a vacant home in Oakland, and eventually claimed a historic victory in the struggle...
The police violence in Hong Kong has intensified, but so has the militancy of the protesters. All dressed in black, they are ready for the confrontation.
The extremely violent repression of the Gilets Jaunes movement has affected the lives of many, continuing a long tradition of police violence in France.
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...
This film looks at a group of activist subvertisers in London who aim to minimize the threat from advertising and the commercial culture that has spawned it.
ROAR Magazine is an independent journal of the radical imagination providing grassroots perspectives from the frontlines of the global struggle for real democracy.
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