November, 2010
New in Ceasefire, South of The Border - Monday, November 8, 2010 0:00 - 1 Comment
South of the Border The view from Latin America
In the news this week in Latin America: no light at the end of the tunnel in Mexican drug war, 68 die in Cuban air disaster, deadly landslide in Costa Rica and Venezuelan ambassador accuses Spanish border police of “abuse”. Ceasefire correspondent Tom Kavanagh delivers his weekly round up of what's been going on south of the border.
Jody Mcintyre's Life on Wheels, Politics - Saturday, November 6, 2010 20:21 - 1 Comment
Life on Wheels – Week 71: “See you next week Vince!”
When Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, headed to a constituency surgery last week, he probably expected some form of protest would be taking place. However, nothing could have prepared him for a grilling by Ceasefire contributor Jody McIntyre. In a new blog entry, McIntyre recounts a very unusual encounter.
Features, New in Ceasefire, The Cutting Edge - Saturday, November 6, 2010 16:00 - 6 Comments
The Cutting Edge The next crisis: “business-as-usual” will kill us all
In an exclusive new essay, the second of a monthly series, political scientist Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed argues that, despite official assurances to the contrary, current economic trends illustrate that the worst is yet to come. How much crisis can we take before we wake up and realise that business-as-usual is killing us?
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 6, 2010 12:00 - 16 Comments
Music Is the government infiltrating the UK grime scene?
In a powerful exclusive piece, Jody McIntyre, a proponent of grime and Hip Hop music as vectors of revolutionary social change, takes two grime artists, Ghetts and Skepta, to task for seemingly allowing their message to be co-opted, and dictated, by the establishment.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, November 5, 2010 0:00 - 2 Comments
In Theory Behind enemy (thought) lines
In a new essay, political theorist Andrew Robinson looks at the arguments of the 'other side', that of policy makers and military planners. In particular, Robinson examines the establishment approach to one central concept: asymetrical war.
Arts & Culture, Chess Corner, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, November 4, 2010 12:00 - 3 Comments
Chess Corner – Original Maverick: Remembering Tony Miles
In this week's Chess Corner, Paul Lam pays homage to Tony Miles, one of the greatest players of his generation. Miles was a flawed, irreverent, gentle genius, whose tragic early death robbed the chess world of one of its true, irreplaceable originals.
New in Ceasefire, The Unveiled Truth - Wednesday, November 3, 2010 22:00 - 8 Comments
The Unveiled Truth">Slumdog Billionaires The Unveiled Truth
In the old town of Mumbai you can find the Dharavi slum, a place where one million people live in squalor, on less than a dollar a day. Yet just six miles from this tragedy, in a billion dollar house with twenty seven floors, lives the fourth richest man in the world, a man who’s spent years accumulating wealth whilst feuding bitterly with his only brother. This perverse proximity is a perfect lesson in the infinite paradoxes of human nature, and the moral bankruptcy of our capitalistic age, writes Shirin Sadeghi.
Diary of a Domestic Extremist, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, November 3, 2010 8:00 - 7 Comments
Diary of a Domestic Extremist One of the lads!
A few days ago, the UK activist movement was rocked by the revelation that one of its leading activists has been working, for over a decade, as an undercover police officer. As Mikhail Goldman highlights in his latest column, the case of Mark Stone/Kennedy has exposed some serious weak spots in activism. Lessons must be learnt, fast.
New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, November 3, 2010 0:00 - 5 Comments
North African Dispatches The “War on Terror”’s new frontier?
In this week's 'North African Dispatches' Kateb Salim looks at the emergence, and remarkably-swift growth, of 'Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb' (AQIM), highlighting the context surrounding the phenomenon, including US attempts to extend its 'war on terror' to the region. The months to come, he argues, might herald some crucial developments.
Modern Times, New in Ceasefire, Profiles - Tuesday, November 2, 2010 0:00 - 0 Comments
Modern Times: Playing to Win
In this week's Modern Times column, Corin Faife recounts his eye-opening meeting with Michael Albert, one of the world's greatest thinkers and activists, and how it got him wondering about the future, and our need to win the battle to shape it.
