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Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, May 14, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments

Books | Review: ‘Social Movements in the Global South’

Social Movements in the Global South Indian Women

The role of activist researchers from wealthy nations in social movements in the Global South is a question rarely explored in academia. Adam Elliott-Cooper reviews an important new volume of scholarly accounts from across the Globe, edited by Sara Motta and Alf Nilsen.

Books, Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 15:09 - 2 Comments

Film | Review: A Separation

Academic and author Nacim Pak-Shiraz reviews Iranian filmaker Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning 'A Separation'.

Books, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:53 - 0 Comments

Books | Review: ‘Economic Policy and Human Rights: Holding Governments to Account’

Are particular economic policies responsible for human rights abuses? Do governments have legal obligations to pursue economic policies that protect human rights? Should economic success be measured via human rights rather than mere growth? Leoni Linek reviews an important new volume on the subject.

Books, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, March 18, 2012 20:18 - 1 Comment

Books | Review: “Hermeneutic Communism: From Heidegger to Marx”

In 'Hermeneutic Communism', Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala offer a radical recasting of Marx’s theories that openly challenges calls, such as those by Negri and Hardt, for a return of the revolutionary left. Lev Marder argues this could be a Communist Manifesto for the 21st Century.

Books, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, February 21, 2012 0:09 - 1 Comment

Books | Review: ‘Palestinians in Israel’ by Ben White

Ceasefire's Hilary Aked reviews Ben White's new book "Palestinians in Israel", which examines an under-reported facet of the region, the Palestinian population within Israel itself.

Books, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 12:54 - 1 Comment

Books | Review: ‘Why It’s Kicking Off Everywhere’ by Paul Mason

As BBC Newsnight's economics editor, Paul Mason has enjoyed an unrivalled vantage point from which to observe the political, social and economic upheavals of the past year. His new book, 'Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere' is reviewed by Ceasefire's Alex baker.

Books, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, December 27, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments

Books | Review: ‘School Wars’ by Melissa Benn

Andrew Fleming reviews 'School Wars' by Melissa Benn, and discusses how a focus on the reactionary nature of recent education reforms threatens to obscure a vastly more important and unprecedented change to the way our nation’s schools work.

Books, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, December 10, 2011 20:06 - 2 Comments

Books | Review: The Political Economy of Media and Power

John Robertson reviews 'The Political Economy of Media and Power', edited by Jeffery Klaehn, an interdisciplinary collection addressing some of the most important issues at the intersections between mass media and the politics of power.

Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 28, 2011 5:47 - 1 Comment

Books | Review: ‘Spills and Spin’, the inside story of BP

Matthew Butcher reviews 'Spills and Spin', Tom Bergin's chronicle of thirty years of corporate recklessness and cynical PR at the heart of BP, leading to the worst oil spill in history.

Books, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, November 15, 2011 13:38 - 1 Comment

Books | Review: ‘Broken Republic’ by Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy's 'Broken Republic' is a collection of essays, featuring both reportage and analysis, that address India's protracted emergence as a global superpower. Ceasefire's Lucy Du reviews.