August, 2013
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, August 24, 2013 16:50 - 1 Comment
Special Report">‘Black Guy with an Afro’ | Policing at the Trayvon Martin Solidarity Demo Special Report
Last month, in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal, activists gathered in Central London to demand justice for Trayvon Martin, as well as for those who have died at the hands of the police in the UK. Reporting for Ceasefire on the protest, Corine Dhondee reflects on the extraordinary police response to it.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, August 15, 2013 16:05 - 5 Comments
Interview">Live from Cairo: Hannah Elsisi on the Egyptian crisis Interview
Egyptian revolutionary socialist Hannah Elsisi, currently in Cairo, talks to Hesham Zakai about the sources and repercussions of Egypt's unfolding tragedy.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, August 14, 2013 0:00 - 5 Comments
An A to Z of Theory">Walter Benjamin: Fascism and Crisis An A to Z of Theory
The context of economic crisis and rising fascism cast a long, and fatal, shadow over Walter Benjamin's world. This shadow strangely prefigures contemporary problems, with the economy once more in crisis and the far right on the rise. In the fourth of his eight-part series, Andrew Robinson discusses Benjamin's analyses of the effects of economic crisis on everyday life in Germany, and his account of fascism as the 'aestheticisation of politics'.
New in Ceasefire - Thursday, August 1, 2013 14:39 - 3 Comments
Analysis">‘You want your land back?’ The Geo-Politics of Military Bases, Empire and Independence Analysis
The Ministry of Defence's latest threat to keep Faslane as sovereign territory in the event of Scottish Independence should be seen in the context of Britain's imperial history of maintaining military bases against the wishes of local people across the world.
