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 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.
The Maracanã stadium in Rio is not only a space for leisure but, above all, a space of struggle — for education, housing, Indigenous rights and against capital development....
An indigenous community in the highlands of Chiapas is learning about the theory and practice of agroecology to lessen their dependency on pesticides.
In 2015, more than a dozen Kurdish towns in southeastern Turkey declared their autonomy from the state, only to be met by an extremely violent crackdown.
Angelina Lopez Gomez is a potter from Chiapas. She shows her work and home, discusses her commitment to Indigenous traditions and how she learned her rights as a woman.
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The latest Global Uprisings documentary explores the broader meaning of the anti-fascist movement, taking the viewer to the scenes of street battles from Washington to Berkeley and Charlottesville.
Filmmaker Ross Domoney is in Paris ahead of the second round of the French elections, where he follows those who were never offered a choice to begin with.
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.
A myth-shattering documentary about women and men whose identity as Arab Jews challenges the very notion of enmity and belonging.
Telling and reliving the collective story of the 2008 Republican national convention is fundamentally important for resistance movements in the US.
Conservation is about the survival of ecological communities — but what if poaching were the only solution for the survival of a human one?
This short documentary co-produced by Neil Young tells the story of Michael White, a fourth generation farmer, who went toe to toe with Monsanto.
This final part of a mini series on the dreams and struggles of refugees in Greece tells the stories of those stuck at the unofficial Eko refugee camp.
Living in tents and over-crowded ferry terminals in the port of Athens, refugees wait for the right to continue their journeys and to seek hoped-for refuge.
A glimpse of the quietly devastating impacts of border closures, and reflections of some of those in Idomeni, Greece, seeking refuge in Europe.
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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