December, 2013
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, December 31, 2013 15:06 - 8 Comments
An A to Z of Theory | Walter Benjamin: Critique of the State
In the penultimate essay in his series on Walter Benjamin, Andrew Robinson examines the critique of the state in Benjamin's much-discussed “Critique of Violence”. Robinson explains why Benjamin saw the state as an expression of a fatalistic worldview, what kind of action he believed could destroy oppression, and what this means for the possibilities of diffuse social power.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 30, 2013 15:07 - 3 Comments
Books | Review | The Front Man: Bono (In the Name of Power) by Harry Browne
Around the world, U2 lead singer Bono is seen as the archetypal celebrity philanthropist, jetting across the globe campaigning against hunger and injustice in Africa and elsewhere. Harry Browne’s new book, The Frontman, unmasks a very different picture.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, December 18, 2013 0:00 - 15 Comments
Comment | ‘Turning somersaults when there is no whip’: Challenging James Bloodworth’s Warmongering
As the Editor of Left Foot Forward, James Bloodworth is an increasingly prominent voice on the Left in the UK. And yet, Ian Sinclair argues, Bloodworth's positions, notably on the "war on terror", have more in common with those of hawks in the UK and US Governments.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, December 17, 2013 0:45 - 0 Comments
Film | The Sound of Trumpets: ‘Dirty Wars’ and the new killing fields
'Dirty Wars', the hard-hitting documentary based on Jeremy Scahill's book, is an insightful examination not only of some shameful episodes in the US's "war on terror" but also of the dehumanising psychology of US exceptionalism, argues Roger Bromley.
New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays - Friday, December 13, 2013 15:50 - 4 Comments
Photo Essay | Western Sahara: Our Long Road To Freedom
Prompted by her recent visit to her homeland, Agaila Abba presents a highly personal portrait of the historical origins of the Western Sahara question and the ongoing Sahrawi refugee problem. With exclusive photography by Joe Huddleston.
New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 12, 2013 16:16 - 2 Comments
Analysis | ‘Twenty years too long’: Campsfield and the migrant activism discourse
Describing his experience of a recent 'Close Campsfield' protest, Luke de Noronha asks whether we should move beyond a communitarian redefinition of belonging and instead adopt a discourse that radically challenges the notion that people can be assigned a place in the world by the states that try to order it.
Editor's Desk, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 9, 2013 22:49 - 10 Comments
Interview | Akala: “Just because you listen to rap or reggae doesn’t mean you respect black people”
In part two of our exclusive interview, Hip-Hop artist Akala talks to Ceasefire's Adam Cooper about Lily Allen, Mark Duggan, police impunity, slavery reparations, the banning of slang in schools and much more.
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- Analysis | Goddard’s ‘Westminster Mob’ are a threat to our common future
- Analysis | The far right is no longer a marginal force in British politics
- Comment | The Resistible Rise of Saint Tommy
- Comment | Nakba Day: Marking 70 Years of Palestinian dispossession, and resistance
- Analysis | “How could they all be so wrong?”: Reflections on the 2017 General Election
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- Analysis | What kind of Labour anti-racist movement do we want?
- Comment | Britain’s homelessness crisis shames us all
- Comment | After Khashoggi: This toxic UK-Saudi relationship cannot continue
- Comment | The Abdi Ali tragedy shows Britain is still failing its black men and boys
- Comment | The Bahraini authorities are slowly killing my father. Why is Theresa May helping them?
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- Special Report | The world’s shameful, ongoing failure to hold Burma to account
- Interview | Elsa Lefort: “The fate of my husband, Salah Hamouri, does not matter to our leaders”
- Photo Essay | Tindouf: A bright spark in Saharawi-Algerian solidarity
- Interview | “When governments criminalise journalism, we need to push back”: Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Sue Turton
- Special Report | Against Israel’s brutality, Palestinians remain undeterred
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- Theatre | Review | The Shroud Maker: Lives and death in Palestine
- Theatre | Review | Translations (National Theatre)
- Books | Nincompoopolis: The Follies of Boris Johnson
- Comment | The tone-deafness of privilege: Justin Timberlake at the Super Bowl
- Books | Shy Radicals: The Antisystemic Politics of the Militant Introvert, by Hamja Ahsan