September, 2011
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, September 30, 2011 12:54 - 19 Comments
An A to Z of Theory Roland Barthes’s Mythologies: A Critical Theory of Myths
In the second of his series on Roland Barthes, political theorist Andrew Robinson presents the French author's theory of myths.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:30 - 2 Comments
Special Report Uncertain Future: Five days in Bahrain’s Courts
Two days ago, the appeal trials of dozens of pro-democracy Bahraini doctors, nurses and MPs were concluded, their punishments ranging from 15-year prison sentences to death. Janet Salmon reports on the shameful repression of legitimate dissent in the country, and what needs to be done.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, September 28, 2011 15:01 - 0 Comments
Special Report">After Palestinian Statehood Special Report
In the third of her series of reports from Israel/Palestine, Ceasefire correspondent Teodora Todorova looks at the implications and prospects of the Palestinian Authority's UN statehood bid.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, September 26, 2011 16:24 - 2 Comments
Analysis ‘Flat Earth News’ from Oslo
After reading Nick Davies' 'Flat Earth News', Ceasefire's Matthew Butcher finds that the book provides an illuminating context to why press coverage of the Oslo massacres was so dismal.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, September 25, 2011 14:00 - 5 Comments
Books">Paint them black: the riots and mass incarceration Books
Ceasefire's Jonathan Jacobs reviews Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow', a best-selling landmark study of the de-facto racism of the US penal system, and points to striking parallels with the UK's response to the recent riots.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, September 24, 2011 14:33 - 3 Comments
Analysis">Palestine’s “bad peace” Analysis
Ceasefire's Sebastião Martins looks at the curious attempt, notably by Israel and the US, to label the Palestinian UN Statehood bid as a 'Bad Peace'. A look at the facts, he argues, shows the only peace they will ever consider "good" is one that keeps the Palestinians in their shackles.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, September 23, 2011 12:57 - 22 Comments
An A to Z of Theory Roland Barthes and Semiotics
Roland Barthes was one of the major theorists of culture of the twentieth century. In the first of a six-essay series, political theorist Andrew Robinson presents the French author's approach to semiotics.
Letters from Brussels, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, September 22, 2011 13:00 - 0 Comments
Letters from Brussels Welcome to Europe! (Go Away!)
In her latest column, Ceasefire's European correspondent, Emily Macintosh, reports on the desperate plight of migrants in Belgium, and argues this is yet another example of shameful, hypocritical EU immigration policies.
New in Ceasefire, Paul Guest's Musical Notes - Wednesday, September 21, 2011 15:05 - 1 Comment
Opera – An unusual venue: The Yard, Hackney
Hackney is an area I’ve always been interested in, East London has become a hub for new ways of presenting opera with Go Opera’s production of Verdi’s La Traviata in a warehouse and then Vignette Production’s updated La Boheme, in the Village Underground- a regular rave venue. Last night I took my first trip of […]New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, September 21, 2011 13:00 - 2 Comments
Analysis ‘Waking sleeping lions’: Fascism and the English Defence League
In the wake of the movement's rise to prominence, Malte Ringer takes a look at the ideological anatomy of the English Defence League.
