Reflections on 2013: from Thatcher to Taksim | ROAR Magazine

Reflections on 2013: from Thatcher to Taksim | ROAR Magazine

 "This was the year Thatcher died — yet her zombie ideology lives on. It was the year Chávez passed on as well, but the grassroots revolution of ordinary Venezuelans continues unabated. This was also the year Mandela moved on, but the social struggle against economic apartheid remains in full swing. Most of all, however, this was the year that the indomitable spirit of resistance resurfaced around the globe — and still no one really seems capable of jamming the genie back into its bottle just yet."

 

 

The year 2013 gave both reasons to hope and to despair. Here’s a selection of our most widely read essays, from Thatcher’s death to the Taksim Commune.