November, 2011
Ceasefire Bites, Ideas - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:24 - 1 Comment
Blog | 200 words the Sun doesn’t want you to read
Yesterday the Sun asked the TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber to write 200 words setting out the case for the day of action, but they're nowhere to be seen in today's paper.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:20 - 1 Comment
Comment | On the Arab Revolution: between the historical leap and laments for an extinct past
In a new exclusive comment piece, Dyab Abou Jahjah argues that it is only through new paradigms and ideas, rather than discredited notions and stale clichés, that we can fully understand the Arab Revolution.
Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 28, 2011 18:06 - 4 Comments
Film | Review: The Crisis of Civilization
The Crisis of Civilization, due to premiere tomorrow, is a documentary film that is remarkably pleasant to watch considering its subject matter: the looming destruction of civilisation as we know it. Hicham Yezza reviews.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 28, 2011 14:01 - 8 Comments
Editorial | Can’t think of an alternative to the cuts? Think harder
The government's ongoing attacks on the poor and the vulnerable are always presented as our necessary and unavoidable path to recovery. Far from it, says Hicham Yezza, plenty of alternatives exist but those in power prefer to look the other way.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 28, 2011 5:47 - 1 Comment
Books | Review: ‘Spills and Spin’, the inside story of BP
Matthew Butcher reviews 'Spills and Spin', Tom Bergin's chronicle of thirty years of corporate recklessness and cynical PR at the heart of BP, leading to the worst oil spill in history.
New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, November 27, 2011 11:27 - 5 Comments
The Anti Imperialist | The Second Death of Mark Duggan
Mark Duggan was killed twice: first, when police officers shot him dead as he emerged from a taxi. Second, when the IPCC, Police and media all colluded in covering up the real circumstances of his death. As Adam Elliott-Cooper argues, this is merely the latest example of the institutional injustice and systemic abuses at the heart of our law enforcement establishment.
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:42 - 1 Comment
Palestine is Still the Issue | The Question of Palestine: liberation or independence?
Asa Winstanley asks some fundamental questions about the very nature of the Palestinian idea.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, November 25, 2011 2:04 - 2 Comments
In Theory | Global Cities: the rise and rise of Capitalism’s behemoths
As the economic crisis continues to bite, and governments rush to prop up failing banks, the neoliberal model is widely seen to be failing. This is therefore a good time, Andrew Robinson argues, to look back at the structure of economic power today. In a two-part essay, he takes on the incredible rise of global cities.
Debate, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, November 24, 2011 5:31 - 3 Comments
Debate | Helping the poor…by getting rich: ingenious or delusional?
What would be better: to work as a highly-paid banker so you can give more money to charity, or to take up a lower-paid job in an NGO, so you can help others directly? Aveek Bhattacharya, of 'Giving What We Can', and Puneet Dhaliwal, of War on Want, take sides in a thought-provoking debate introduced by deputy editor Musab Younis.
New in Ceasefire, On Corporate Power - Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:17 - 3 Comments
On Corporate Power | Private Philanthropy Vs Public Education
Michael Barker explores the leading role played by private philanthropic foundations in the accelerating corporatisation of public education. Unless this relationship is understood and its impact resisted, he warns, we could be seeing the end of public education as we know it, with disastrous consequences.
