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Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 26, 2012 19:13 - 0 Comments

Interview | Guy S. Goodwin-Gill: on terrorism, the ECHR, Palestinian statehood, and drones (Part 2)

We present the second installment of our interview with Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, an international authority on refugee law, Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and barrister for Blackstone Chambers in London.

New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 18:00 - 2 Comments

Special Report | Palestinian home demolitions: the ethnic cleansing that dare not speak its name

The ruins of the demolished Abu Omar family home 24th January 2012 - (photo: Itay Epshtain - ICAHD

Livia Bergmeijer reports on the destruction by Israeli bulldozers earlier today of two Palestinian families' homes. This is the latest in a long-running pattern across the occupied territories, whose rate and methods, Bergmeijer argues, betray a policy of gradual ethnic cleansing at work.

New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, January 19, 2012 15:48 - 1 Comment

Special Report | Some thoughts on the The Fabian New Year Conference

Last weekend’s Fabian new year conference, entitled ‘The Economic Alternative,’ was an early chance to see what kind of opposition the Labour party would offer to the relentless coalition narrative of cuts and austerity in 2012. Ceasefire's Andrew Fleming reports.

Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 18, 2012 16:06 - 1 Comment

Interview | Guy S. Goodwin-Gill: on power, refugees and modern international law (Part 1)

Are states dealing with refugees any better today than fifty years ago? How does state power interact with the rule of law and the movement of people in the international system of states? Musab Younis talks to Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, an international authority on refugee law, Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and barrister for Blackstone Chambers in London.

Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 11, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments

Interview | Yanar Mohammed: “This government of ethnic and sectarian divisions does not represent Iraqis in any way”

Yanar Mohammed, one of Iraq's most prominent feminists, speaks to Ceasefire deputy editor Musab Younis about the Arab Spring, the withdrawal of US troops and the prospects for democracy and equality in her country.

Features, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 30, 2011 7:48 - 2 Comments

Comment | Onward Christian Soldiers? Imperial Christianity and Resistance

A banner which reads "What would Jesus do?" flies outside St. Paul's Cathedral in London October 31, 2011. The Dean of London's St Paul's Cathedral resigned on Monday, after the church said it would take legal action to evict a 200-tent anti-capitalist protest camp occupying the square outside. Reverend Graeme Knowles resigned just days after the cathedral Chancellor, Reverend Giles Fraser, quit in opposition to the legal action he said could result in violence done in the name of the church. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett)

In a climate of social upheaval, with millions rising against consumerism, individualism, and apathy, how is it, Malte Ringer asks, that ecclesiastical hierarchies haven't rushed to embrace the Occupy and anti-austerity movements?

New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, December 22, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments

Comment | Ireland: From capitalist binge to ‘austerity’ hangover

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Earlier this month, the Irish government announced a new set of harsh austerity plans as part of its 2012 budget. Lily Murphy argues that the country's current woes, and gloomy-looking future, can be traced directly to the folly of its 'boom years'.

New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, December 12, 2011 7:46 - 2 Comments

Special Report | Saving Jeju: The winnable fight we can’t afford to lose

In an exclusive report, Matthew Hoey, the global outreach coordinator for the Save Jeju campaign explains why the fight against plans for a US military base on China's doorstep is one that peace activists, both in South Korea and internationally, can and must win. Failure to do so, he warns, could lead to the biggest nuclear showdown since the Cuban missile crisis.

Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 5, 2011 16:11 - 0 Comments

Interview | In Conversation: Samir Amin

Samir Amin Sara Motta Ceasefire Interview

In an exclusive and wide-ranging video interview, Samir Amin, one of the leading thinkers of the past half century talks to Ceasefire's Sara Motta about the Arab uprisings, political Islam, the contemporary crisis of capitalism and the nature of 21st century socialism.

New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays, The People in Between - Saturday, December 3, 2011 12:19 - 0 Comments

The People in Between | Ecuador: Cake with Criminals

In the latest of his travel essays for Ceasefire, Jason Smith recounts his lunchtime conversations with convicted drug smugglers inside a Quito prison.