June, 2012
Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 18, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments
Music | Review: Akala – Knowledge is Power [Volume 1]
Terrence Elliott-Cooper reviews the latest release from scholar, activist and UK Hip-Hop artist, Akala.
New in Ceasefire - Saturday, June 16, 2012 0:00 - 1 Comment
Music | Review: Sahara Nights (Roundhouse Studio Theatre)
Donnacha DeLong reviews Sahara Nights, last week's diverse and engaging multimedia showcase in London aimed to draw attention to the rich culture of the people of the Western Sahara.
Beautiful Transgressions, Columns, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, June 14, 2012 14:07 - 2 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions | The Messiness of Motherhood in the Marketised University
In her latest column, Sara Matta speaks up about the predicament of academic mothers faced with the violence of a marketised University sector.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 0:00 - 22 Comments
Comment | Black Gangs, White Lads: on (mis)understanding gang culture
Gang culture is a phenomenon that dominates headlines and election campaigns, yet whose historical and political context is almost always absent or ignored. To address the issue, Dom Anderson argues, we must begin by understanding the critical role social structures and institutions play.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 0:00 - 4 Comments
Special Report | Turkey must address existing women’s rights issues, not create new ones
Latifa Akay reports from Turkey where thousands of women took to the streets on Friday across the country to protest against proposed government anti-abortion plans. As a country struggling to protect existing women’s rights effectively, Akay argues, Turkey is in no position to start constructing artificial conflicts.
Letters from Brussels, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 11, 2012 2:50 - 1 Comment
Letters from Brussels | Resisting Corporate Europe’s narrative
In her latest dispatch, Emily Macintosh reports from Corporate Europe Observatory’s ‘EU in Crisis’ conference held in Brussels on 5-6 May and on the importance of opposing the EU’s new ‘Austerity Treaty’.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, June 10, 2012 12:03 - 2 Comments
Books | Review: ‘Why Marx Was Right’ by Terry Eagleton
Hrannar Baldvinsson reviews "Why Marx Was Right", Terry Eagleton's bold and boisterous defence of one of the most revered, maligned and misunderstood figures of modern intellectual and political thought.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, June 9, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Interview | John Carlos: “Occupy the World”
John Carlos, world-famous for his defiant, iconic black power salute at the Olympic games of '68, talks exclusively to Ceasefire's Samayya Afzal on human rights, racism and global change.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 8, 2012 20:23 - 1 Comment
Comment | Racism in football: a silence that says it all
As the Euro 2012 tournament begins in the shadow of controversies over racism, Terence Elliott-Cooper argues that racism in football still doesn't receive the serious attention it deserves, whether abroad, or here in the UK.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 8, 2012 0:00 - 3 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Jean Baudrillard: aleatory power and deterrence
In the latest instalment of his series on Jean Baudrillard's ideas, Andrew Robinson explores three distinct concepts: aleatory power, deterrence, and non-war, and explains why, according to Baudrillard, the Gulf War did not take place.
