March, 2011
New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 7, 2011 0:00 - 4 Comments
Ideas Hyper-Mobility or the End of the Road?
In a fascinating, insightful new piece, Ceasefire contributor Murray Goulden looks at our modern obsession with ever-faster travel. We might be getting around faster, he argues, but it is certainly not making us happier.
New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, March 6, 2011 0:00 - 2 Comments
The Anti-Imperialist The Pitfalls of Black Nationalism
In his latest column, Ceasefire associate editor Adam Elliott-Cooper looks at Black nationalism, an intrinsic aspect of the anti-imperialist struggle. Many contemporary social movements across the Global South, he argues, are problematising the nationalism of the past, and finding new focal points and organising methods to resist modern-day imperialism.
Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, March 5, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments
Media “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
It's now 40 years since Gill-Scot Heron's iconic cry of defiance. Ceasefire associate editor Usayd Younis says the current rise in popular dissent, armed with new technologies, is now changing everything, not least TV itself.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, March 4, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Dakar 2011 Sound bites from the World Social Forum
The eleventh edition of the World Social Forum (WSF), which took place in the West African city of Dakar, ended this month. Nakama Popoh reports for Ceasefire.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, March 3, 2011 9:20 - 0 Comments
Special Report Tahrir, a month after
Almost a month after Hosni Mubarak's ousting, Ceasefire's Cairo correspondent Jumanah Younis reports on the cautious optimism, and growing disillusions, of the post-revolution era.
Arts & Culture, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 20:13 - 1 Comment
Music Devlin: Bud, Sweat & Beers and Live at the Islington Academy
Devlin, one of grime's rising stars has recently broken into the mainstream. Adam Elliott-Cooper went to the last gig of his tour and listened to his latest release, Bud, Sweat and Beers.
New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, March 2, 2011 8:48 - 1 Comment
North African Dispatches Morocco: the “tranquil” kingdom?
In this week's North African Dispatches, Kateb Salim looks at the tense status-quo in Morocco where King Mohammed VI's regime is keeping a close eye on a restless population.
New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 12:00 - 0 Comments
Theatre ‘Between the Fleeting Words’: celebrating Mahmoud Darwish
This Saturday 5th March, will see the première of a new production of 'Between the fleeting words", a play that revisits the Palestinian national tragedy through the prism of Mahmoud Darwish's poetry. In an exclusive piece, the director, Ahmed Masoud, explains the importance of art as a form of resistance.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, March 1, 2011 9:00 - 2 Comments
Special Report “This building is listed” The Anti-Cuts movement finds a new home
Three days ago, 11 Bedford Square, a Grade I listed building in central London, was occupied as an ‘Anti-Cuts Space‘. Ceasefire Associate Editor Usayd Younis reports.
