Ideas

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.

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.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:00 - 50 Comments

Comment | Lowkey: Why I had to say no to Westwood TV

Earlier this month, Lowkey, one of the UK’s leading hip hop artists, turned down an invitation to appear on TimWestwoodTV, the influential YouTube channel hosted by UK Hip Hop’s biggest name. In an exclusive piece, he explains why.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, January 13, 2012 13:49 - 1 Comment

Comment | Iraq – What was done in our name?

Baha Mousa, 26, with his wife and two children. The Iraqi hotel worker died after being detained by the British army for 36 hours (Photograph: Reuters)

Phil Shiner, one of the UK's leading human rights lawyers, argues we shouldn't forget that everything the world community abhors about US military actions, from Guantanamo Bay to this week's US Marines video scandal, is of a piece with UK policies and practices in Iraq, including, as he documents, the abuse, torture of killing of detainees.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 4, 2012 13:00 - 0 Comments

Interview | Larissa Sansour: “For Palestinians, politics is not just an option, but a fundamental circumstance.”

Two weeks ago Lacoste pressurised the Musée de l’Elysée to withdraw an entry for the Prix Lacoste Elysée by Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour for being "too pro-palestinian". In an exclusive interview, she talks to Ceasefire deputy editor Musab Younis about the fall out.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 29, 2011 19:10 - 0 Comments

Arts & Culture | Jonathan Swift: icon of 2011?

Jonathan Jacobs argues that Swift's Irish Writings speak, with unusual precision, to a very current moment in resistance.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 23, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments

Analysis | European Parliament: an unexpected victory for Western Sahara

The European Parliament's decision last week to end the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement is a historic one, argues Stefan Simanowitz.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:31 - 1 Comment

Politics | El Salvador: 30 Years after El Mozote

Thirty years ago this week, almost 400 men, women and children from the El Salvador town of El Mozote were brutally tortured, raped and killed by US-trained governmental units who then burned their bodies and houses. As the country unites in remembrance, Sebastião Martins reflects on the historical legacy of the event.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 9, 2011 8:00 - 9 Comments

Comment | The Arab Spring: A Palestinian Perspective

In the fourth instalment of our series of Arab reflections on the regional uprisings, award-winning Palestinian author and playwright Ahmed Masoud explores the impact of the Arab Spring on the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice.

Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 1, 2011 9:22 - 0 Comments

Comment | On Freedom and Imperialism: the Arab Spring and the Responsibility of Intellectuals

In the second of our series of reflections on the Arab revolutions. Acclaimed journalist and author Ramzy Baroud argues the Arab Spring is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries.