June, 2011
Books, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:00 - 1 Comment
Books ‘The Golden Cage’ by Shirin Ebadi
Ceasefire's Frederick Andrews reviews The Golden Cage, an intriguing semi-fictional collation of personal memories, encounters and stories by the Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi.
New in Ceasefire, Paul Guest's Musical Notes - Wednesday, June 29, 2011 20:09 - 1 Comment
The “Opera vs Youth” myth
James Rhodes’ latest blog on the Telegraph website entitled ‘Classical concerts are too sacred for their own good. Only the Proms always gets it right’, whilst arguably provocative, is certainly thought-provoking. When I started critiquing classical music and opera I had exactly the same views as Rhodes; however, being a music journalist and spending lots […]Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:21 - 36 Comments
Media Johann Hari apologises, will the tweeting mob?
In the wake of the media "storm" over accusations of plagiarism against Johann Hari, Ceasefire's editor-in-chief, Hicham Yezza, argues the accusations are absurd, and the outrage largely disingenuous.
Arts & Culture, Features, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:00 - 2 Comments
Chess Corner Return of the Romantic
Ceasefire's Chess columnist, Paul Lam, pays tribute to the game's ‘Romantic’ age, with its Bohemian outlook and lifestyle and the spectacular chess that it produced.
Features, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 27, 2011 10:00 - 5 Comments
Essay Creating the Future: When Conservatives Become Socialists
After gaining political power the progressives gradually began to lose it. In the second part of his 'Creating the Future' series on the left, Paul Schloss looks at the reasons why.
New in Ceasefire, Passing for Normal - Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:05 - 0 Comments
Passing for Normal The roadside grotto
One day, Dave Prescott was driving along in his car, late for something really important, "when I saw one of these signs and it made me stop and perform a dangerous U-turn. Under normal circumstances I would have driven past, confident in the fact that I already had eggs, for example, or didn’t need runner beans. But this time the sign offered more."
Arts & Culture, Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, June 25, 2011 15:01 - 0 Comments
Opera Two Boys (World Premiere, ENO)
In his latest review, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, gives his verdict on the world premiere of 'Two Boys' at the English National Opera.
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, June 25, 2011 10:00 - 1 Comment
Palestine is Still the Issue On American principles for negotiating With official enemies
This week Barack Obama confirmed the opening of negotiations with the Taliban. And yet, the United States government continues to refuse talks with Hamas, a popularly-elected movement. In his new column, Asa Winstanley argues this double standard tells us a lot about strategies of resistance.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 24, 2011 10:00 - 3 Comments
In Theory Bakunin: Statism and Class Struggle
In a new addition to his "A to Z of theory" series, political theorist Andrew Robinson introduces, in a three-part essay, the ideas of Mikhail Bakunin, "perhaps the best-known of the classical anarchists". In part one, Robinson introduces Bakunin's thoughts on statism and class struggle.
New in Ceasefire, South of The Border - Thursday, June 23, 2011 1:26 - 0 Comments
South of the Border The view from Latin America
This week in South America: a former top Columbian security official is indicted for the murder of a critical journalist, Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala visits Bolivia, and recent revelations implicate the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in fuelling Mexico's drug wars. Ceasefire's Tom Kavanagh reports.
