January, 2012
Beautiful Transgressions, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:50 - 3 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions">Our Blood is Red Beautiful Transgressions
In her latest column, Sara Motta reflects on women's relationship with their bodies, including their experience of menstruation. Looking back to history, she argues, we begin to unravel the processes of disconnection, separation and estrangement that devalue, silence and make shameful the female body and its cycles.
Exhibition, New in Ceasefire - Monday, January 30, 2012 9:44 - 0 Comments
Exhibition">Review: Asier Mendizabal (Raven Row) Exhibition
Ceasefire's Janine DeFeo reviews an exhibition of Basque artist Asier Mendizabal's work at the Raven Row gallery in London, his largest exhibition outside Spain to date.
Ceasefire Bites - Monday, January 30, 2012 9:16 - 0 Comments
Blog">Noam Chomsky remembers Howard Zinn Blog
Noam Chomsky pays a moving tribute to his friend, scholar and activist Howard Zinn, who passed away two years ago this week.
New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, January 29, 2012 22:25 - 1 Comment
The Anti Imperialist">David Lammy and (Mis)understanding Violent Coercion The Anti Imperialist
David Lammy's remarks blaming the riots on a lack of corporal punishment have been widely reported in the media. Adam Elliott-Cooper argues that Lammy's clumsiness not only draws attention from the multitude of factors underpinning the riots, but also the culture of violence that is far more damaging to the communities he claims to represent.
New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Friday, January 27, 2012 10:11 - 0 Comments
North African Dispatches">Western Sahara: a precarious status quo North African Dispatches
In his latest column, Kateb Salim looks at the current situation in Western Sahara in the aftermath of the re-election last month of Mohamed Abdelaziz as chairman of the POLISARIO movement.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 26, 2012 19:13 - 0 Comments
Interview">Guy S. Goodwin-Gill: on terrorism, the ECHR, Palestinian statehood, and drones (Part 2) Interview
We present the second installment of our interview with Professor Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, an international authority on refugee law, Senior Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and barrister for Blackstone Chambers in London.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 10:00 - 64 Comments
Comment">Lowkey: Why I had to say no to Westwood TV Comment
Earlier this month, Lowkey, one of the UK’s leading hip hop artists, turned down an invitation to appear on TimWestwoodTV, the influential YouTube channel hosted by UK Hip Hop’s biggest name. In an exclusive piece, he explains why.
Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 25, 2012 3:19 - 1 Comment
Barak Obama’s State of the Union Address [Full Text]
We reproduce below Barak Obama’s State of the Union Address as prepared for delivery before a joint session of Congress Tuesday.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, January 24, 2012 18:00 - 5 Comments
Special Report">Palestinian home demolitions: the ethnic cleansing that dare not speak its name Special Report
Livia Bergmeijer reports on the destruction by Israeli bulldozers earlier today of two Palestinian families' homes. This is the latest in a long-running pattern across the occupied territories, whose rate and methods, Bergmeijer argues, betray a policy of gradual ethnic cleansing at work.
Counterpoetics, New in Ceasefire - Monday, January 23, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments
Counterpoetics">of the imperishable spirit Counterpoetics
January's offering from Ceasefire's poet-in-residence Dominic Fox.
