Editor’s Desk

Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, February 9, 2012 18:27 - 0 Comments

Blog | US officials: Israel is using terror group to target Iran

A car that was bombed by two assailants on a motorcycle in Tehran on Jan. 11, killing Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahamdi Roshan, is removed by a mobile crane. The photo was distributed by the semi-official Iranian photo agency Fars.

Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News.

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.

Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, December 6, 2011 19:38 - 8 Comments

Editorial | Frantz Fanon: Fifty Years On

Fifty years ago, Frantz Fanon, one of the major intellectual figures and revolutionary leaders of the decolonization struggle, passed away. Ceasefire editor-in-chief Hicham Yezza pays tribute to an extraordinary legacy.

Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 28, 2011 14:01 - 8 Comments

Editorial | Can’t think of an alternative to the cuts? Think harder

The government's ongoing attacks on the poor and the vulnerable are always presented as our necessary and unavoidable path to recovery. Far from it, says Hicham Yezza, plenty of alternatives exist but those in power prefer to look the other way.

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, 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.

Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, October 25, 2011 2:37 - 3 Comments

Blog | On Herman Cain’s crazy campaign ad

US presidenial campaign adverts: we've seen silly, dull, OTT and even witty, but we've never seen THIS.