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Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Friday, April 27, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments

Blog | “I do have an opinion. I just haven’t been told what it is”

An Australian minister's surreal video interview perfectly encapsulates everything that's wrong with modern party politics.

Blogs, Ceasefire Bites, Politics - Sunday, April 15, 2012 1:24 - 0 Comments

Blog | Wave of Protests over Palestine Solidarity Flytilla ban and Hunger Strike

Activists call for a protest on Sunday as an initiative to fly 1,500 people into Tel Aviv Airport, a solidarity 'Flytilla', is blocked at Manchester airport.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 12, 2012 21:53 - 2 Comments

Blog | Poll: Half Alabama & Mississippi voters think Obama is a Muslim

A poll published today reveals a third of Alabama and Mississippi voters say interracial marriage should be made illegal, whereas half think Obama is a Muslim, and two thirds do not believe in evolution. Hicham Yezza asks: is it time for humanitarian intervention?

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:12 - 0 Comments

Blog | Bahraini Activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Alkhawaja: A Letter from Prison

Bahraini Activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Alkhawaja's Letter from Prison

On the one year anniversary of Bahrain's pro-democracy protests, we publish a letter by activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Alkhawaja, sentenced to life imprisonment for taking part in the protests and currently entering his second week of a hunger strike.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:21 - 0 Comments

Blog | BBC to apologise for airing Egypt documentary made by Mubarak partner

The BBC is to issue an apology over broadcasting programmes by a third party company that featured the latter's own clients, including Hosni Mubarak and the Malaysian government.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Monday, February 6, 2012 21:24 - 1 Comment

Blog | Congresswomen visit S Arabia to help bring democracy to Iran. Find no female toilets.

Rep. Diane Black, R-Gallatin, got an up-close look at gender segregation in Saudi Arabia last week. (Photo: Aaron Thompson/Gannett Tennessee)

US Congresswomen visit Saudi Arabia to discuss the "Iranian threat" but get treated to some gender segregation instead.

Ceasefire Bites - Monday, January 30, 2012 9:16 - 0 Comments

Blog | Noam Chomsky remembers Howard Zinn

Noam Chomsky pays a moving tribute to his friend, scholar and activist Howard Zinn, who passed away two years ago this week.

Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:19 - 1 Comment

Barak Obama’s State of the Union Address [Full Text]

We reproduce below Barak Obama’s State of the Union Address as prepared for delivery before a joint session of Congress Tuesday.

Ceasefire Bites, Ideas - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:24 - 1 Comment

Blog | 200 words the Sun doesn’t want you to read

Yesterday the Sun asked the TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber to write 200 words setting out the case for the day of action, but they're nowhere to be seen in today's paper.

Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Saturday, November 19, 2011 17:31 - 1 Comment

Special Report | From OWS to St Paul’s: The One Percent Panic

Stefan Simanowitz, reporting from OWS and Occupy LSX, argues the authorities' determination to dismantle both protest camps is indication of the very success of the Occupy Movements.