July, 2011
New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Friday, July 22, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Theatre Fit for Purpose
Watching Royal Court young writer Catherine O'Shea's new play, Adam Elliott-Cooper is confronted with the most unsettling aspects of how the British state polices its borders.
Classical & Opera - Tuesday, July 19, 2011 0:00 - 1 Comment
Opera William Tell, BBC Proms (Royal Albert Hall)
Ceasefire's Classical and Opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews a performance of Rossini's William Tell in this year's BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
Books, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, July 17, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments
Books ‘Chavs’ by Owen Jones
Ceasefire's Matthew Butcher reviews Owen Jones' "Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class".
Music & Dance - Saturday, July 16, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Music First Night of the Proms (Royal Albert Hall)
Ceasefire's Classical and Opera critic, Paul Guest, reviews the first night of this year's BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.
Events, New in Ceasefire, The Rebellious Media Conference 2011 - Sunday, July 10, 2011 21:05 - 0 Comments
The Rebellious Media Conference 2011
Ceasefire is proud to announce that world-renowned linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky will be giving the keynote address at this October’s Rebellious Media Conference, co-organised with Peace News, Red Pepper, undercurrents and visionOntV. A leading critic of the mainstream media, Chomsky is the author of “Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies” and (with Edward […]
New in Ceasefire - Sunday, July 10, 2011 20:45 - 0 Comments
Announcement: Rebellious Media Conference
Paul Guest's Musical Notes - Sunday, July 10, 2011 18:32 - 0 Comments
“Revs” – A revolution in the way of classical music
At first glance, this is somewhat mad -exciting, but totally mad. For someone like me who hates clubbing because of its intimate settings, claustrophobia and loud booming music normally of genres I dislike, this merges a love and a hate. Will I like it? I don’t know. From the way critic Igor Toronyi-Lalic describes it […]New in Ceasefire, Politics - Sunday, July 10, 2011 16:59 - 9 Comments
Politics When Innocence is Not Enough: Talha Ahsan and the Rise of the (In)Security State
For the past half decade, Talha Ahsan, a bright young Muslim poet with Asperger's has been held in a maximum security prison, to be extradited to the US for offences that have never been clarified or proven. Author Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed charts Talha's tragic, ongoing plight and places it in the wider context of a rising (in)security state.
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, July 9, 2011 17:59 - 1 Comment
Palestine is Still the Issue The Freedom Flotilla, Raed Salah, and Israel’s myth of invincibility
Despite Israel's posing as the region's strongman, its attempts to crush simple acts of Palestinian civil resistance and international solidarity demonstrate how weak and morally bankrupt it really is, argues Asa Winstanley.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, July 8, 2011 9:00 - 3 Comments
In Theory Bakunin: the Urge to Resist
In the last of his series on Mikhail Bakunin, political theorist Andrew Robinson presents his critical assessment of Bakunin's ideas and his legacy.
