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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, April 5, 2012 19:36 - 0 Comments

Reflections | From Tahrir to OWS: Resources for a Journey of Hope

Roger Bromley reflects on how the Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement, which arose out of very different circumstances and in very different places, have both challenged the individualism of neoliberalism by seeking to reclaim public spaces, demonstrating the power of assembly, and acting collectively.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 26, 2012 15:01 - 0 Comments

Ideas | Screening Žižek: Laconic Axe vs Lobottonised Thought

London Mayor Boris Johnson “participates” in the post-riots clean-up operation

In the second of his essays on "Screening Thought" Paul Taylor explores the wider constraints imposed on serious thinking by the media. Despite the problems caused by Zizek's popularity, his celebrity-intellectual persona still retains an important aspect of “the return of the repressed” - abstract thought's stubborn survival in a heavily mediated age.

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.

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?

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 12, 2012 20:08 - 1 Comment

Ideas | Screening Žižek : on the decaffeination of provocative ideas

In the first of three essays on "Screening Thought", academic and author Paul Taylor draws upon his first-hand experience of giving a public talk with Slavoj Zizek to show how the media's worst tendencies risk being adopted by audiences who should know better.

Blogs, Politics - Friday, March 9, 2012 20:49 - 10 Comments

Comment | Why #StopKony is vile: a response to comments

David Leon's article on the repulsiveness of the 'StopKony' campaign has sparked a wide-ranging online debate. In this short piece, he addresses the claim of his critics that he has not provided a useful alternative to the Kony campaign.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, February 26, 2012 21:27 - 1 Comment

Comment | Malcom X: between theory and the riots

In the wake of last week's anniversary event featuring academic heavyweights Paul Gilroy and Tariq Ramadan, Jonathan Bennett and Adam Elliott Cooper argue that it is through real life contexts, rather than theoretical abstractions, that we can best understand, and honour, the legacy of Malcolm X.

New in Ceasefire, The People in Between - Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:00 - 4 Comments

People in between | The dogs in between

Dogs: loved when small, hated when big. (photo: Jason Smith)

Whilst admiring the wonderful differences in cultures on his journeys across the world, Jason Smith still finds dogs terrorising. In his latest blog for Ceasefire, he explains his feelings on the subject.

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.