February, 2013
Features, New in Ceasefire, Profiles - Thursday, February 28, 2013 15:49 - 4 Comments
Comment | ‘Mon cher Stéphane’: Remembering Stéphane Hessel
Stephane Hessel, legendary French Resistance fighter and author of the 2010 manifesto 'Time for Outrage', passed away on Tuesday at the age of 95. In a highly personal tribute, Frank Barat, coordinator of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, pays homage to an inspiring and principled figure.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Monday, February 25, 2013 15:05 - 2 Comments
Notes from the Margins | Spain’s New Picaresque
In his latest column, Matt Carr looks at the disastrous impact of Spain's economic crisis and finds parallels in Spanish history.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, February 22, 2013 21:38 - 2 Comments
Comment | Sorry, colonies, we’re just not ready to say sorry yet
David Cameron’s trip to India has been marked by his refusal to offer a full apology for the 1919 Amritsar massacre. Sometimes, that pesky colonial legacy just won’t go away, will it? Wonders John Lubbock.
New in Ceasefire, Secret State - Tuesday, February 19, 2013 14:28 - 2 Comments
Secret State | The Justice and Security Bill: Placing the State above the Law
As the Justice and Security Bill is debated in the House of Commons, Heiba Lamara provides a brief account of the Government’s proposal to expand the use of secret evidence in British courts.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, February 18, 2013 17:02 - 0 Comments
Comment | Whether on Scotland or Palestine, the UK government’s selective use of legal advice must stop
Last week, the UK government hailed Professor James Crawford's legal advice on Scottish independence. So why, asks Chris Doyle, does it continue to ignore his advice on Israeli settlement trade?
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, February 17, 2013 13:18 - 18 Comments
Analysis | Indymedia: It’s time to move on
Launched in 1999 at the dawn of the anti-globalisation movement, the Indymedia publishing model represented a revolutionary step forward in democratic, non-corporate media production. And yet, a decade on, it seems the moment has arrived to ask whether it is still useful and necessary to the social movements that it grew from.
New in Ceasefire, West Bank Diary - Friday, February 15, 2013 19:28 - 2 Comments
West Bank Diary | Sebastiya: how Palestine’s trees are being poisoned
In his latest report from Palestine, Derek Oakley looks at the effects of water and environmental degradation caused by Israeli settlements on the livelihoods of Palestinians.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, February 12, 2013 20:42 - 2 Comments
Special Report | Fighting Fire With Fire: Uncovering the unglamorous underbelly of Fashion Week
As Fashion Week hits New York, Ashok Kumar and Chetan Ahimsa uncover the history of exploitation in clothing factories, and the contemporary movements resisting the dangers involved in modern production.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, February 8, 2013 9:54 - 4 Comments
Comment | Incompetent, sleazy and corrupt: why Scotland Yard must be dismantled
Recent scandals, from undercover agents stealing the identities of dead children to senior counter terrorism officers trying to sell information to the media, have further tarnished the Met Police's long record of incompetence, greed, corruption, mendacity and sleaze. It is not fit for purpose and should be dismantled, argues Yvonne Ridley.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, February 7, 2013 0:00 - 0 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Jean Baudrillard and Activism: A critique
Concluding his series on Baudrillard, capitalism and resistance, Ceasefire columnist Andrew Robinson here provides his own analysis of the usefulness and limits of Baudrillard's theory for activists today. He compares Baudrillard to other theories of crisis and collapse, and asks whether Baudrillard's theory is sufficiently global.
