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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.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Friday, November 18, 2011 22:28 - 0 Comments

Blog | With or without an account, Facebook will be tracking you

Disturbing reports today reveal that Facebook keeps track of where millions go on the Web after visiting a Facebook web page, whether they are FB members or not.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Friday, November 18, 2011 20:57 - 0 Comments

Video Blog | Retired police chief arrested at OWS after calling fellow officers ‘obnoxious, arrogant and ignorant’

The rolling circus of perpetual own-goals that is the NYPD's crackdown on Occupy Wall Street is the gift that keeps on giving.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, November 9, 2011 6:29 - 2 Comments

Special Report | Did Zionist hackers bring down our Russell Tribunal website?

Last week, hacktivist outfit 'Anonymous' temporarily disabled the websites of the Israel Defence Force and Mossad, causing much embarrassment to Israel. A few days later, a cyber attack brought down the website of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. In an exclusive report, the website's designer, Harry Fear, says this was no amateur job but a highly sophisticated attack.

Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Saturday, November 5, 2011 2:15 - 2 Comments

Blog | “A Real Man”: Alaa Abdel Fattah writes from prison

We publish our translation of Egyptian blogger and revolutionary Alaa Abdel Fattah's latest letter from prison, where he remains detained for "insulting" the Egyptian military.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Friday, November 4, 2011 20:18 - 0 Comments

Video Blog | David Held, Saif-al-Islam Gaddafi and the LSE

The partnership between authoritarian regimes and celebrated academics is not unusual in British higher education; indeed it is encouraged as good business practice.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk - Tuesday, November 1, 2011 1:15 - 1 Comment

Blog - | Palestine joins UNESCO, US officials murder the English Language

Today's vote at UNESCO, granting full membership of the UN body to the Palestinians, marks a symbolic victory for one of the world's longest-suffering peoples, but also a new low (if such a thing can be imagined) in US diplomacy's always-creative relationship with the English language.