April, 2014
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, April 28, 2014 16:50 - 0 Comments
Interview">Black Community Struggle, Academia and the Legacies of Enslavement Interview
Racism in policing, education and employment continue to be some of the biggest issues facing black communities. Ceasefire's Adam Elliott-Cooper talks to Robbie Shilliam and Stafford Scott about how academia, and the legacies of enslavement can help us understand and contribute to black community struggle today.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 12:59 - 4 Comments
Ideas">Austerity in the UK: The Ideology of ‘Public Opinion’ Ideas
Richard Seymour, author of the recently released 'Against Austerity', examines the ideological and political mechanisms through which a politics of austerity can gain the consent not just of the elites but of the majority of the public.
New in Ceasefire, Reflections - Sunday, April 20, 2014 17:32 - 1 Comment
Reflections">‘Kwibuka’: Remembering the Genocide in Rwanda Reflections
As the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda is commemorated this month, Roger Bromley reflects on the ways in which moral disengagement - the readiness to slaughter with impunity – was produced by discourses of ideological justification.
Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 15, 2014 16:09 - 1 Comment
Arts & Culture">Review | Opin Yu Yi: Sierra Leone’s Human Rights Film Festival Arts & Culture
In February and March 2014, the third edition of Sierra Leone’s key human rights film festival, Opin Yu Yi (‘Open Your Eyes’) took place in Freetown, the country’s capital city. Catriona Towriss reviews.
New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays - Sunday, April 13, 2014 16:12 - 2 Comments
Photo Essay">This Hidden Hell: A Walk in Yarl’s Wood Photo Essay
Setting out for a walk in Yarl's Wood on a fine winter's day, Jake Stanning expected a pleasant English countryside experience. Instead, he found Yarl's Wood detention centre: a prison where vulnerable men, women and children are detained for years without trial. How is such a place possible? He asks.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, April 7, 2014 0:00 - 5 Comments
Arts & Culture">A Mirror into our World: The radical politics of ‘Game of Thrones’ Arts & Culture
In the lead-up to the premiere tonight of the fourth season of 'Game of Thrones', Tony McKenna argues for a radical political interpretation of the international hit series.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, April 4, 2014 21:40 - 17 Comments
Politics">Narendra Modi and the Indian election: Why the corporates love a fascist Politics
With India's general election set to begin on Monday, the BJP is widely expected to secure victory and its controversial leader, Narendra Modi, to become the country's next prime minister. Amrit Wilson reports.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, April 3, 2014 11:01 - 0 Comments
Ideas">Anarchist without Adjectives: Why Rudolf Rocker still matters Ideas
On the occasion of the release of a new edition of Rudolf Rocker's classic, 'Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism', Donnacha DeLong revisits some of Rocker's most important contributions to trade union history in the UK.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 2, 2014 12:01 - 2 Comments
An A to Z of Theory">Alain Badiou: Ontology and Structuralism An A to Z of Theory
Alain Badiou is one of the best-known French critical theorists today. In the first installment of a ten-part series on the French thinker, Andrew Robinson examines the basic underpinnings of Badiou's philosophy, crucial for making sense of his political claims. Robinson also examines how this philosophy can be traced back to the tradition of structuralist Marxism.
Arts & Culture, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 1, 2014 15:43 - 0 Comments
Arts & Culture">Interview | Drifa Mezenner: “I lived in the absence twice” Arts & Culture
In her debut feature, “j’ai habité l’absence deux fois”, Algerian filmmaker Drifa Mezenner captures in words and images the emotional aftermath of separation and civil war. She talks to Ceasefire's Rachida M Lamri about the absence and emptiness reverberating through the lives of Algerian youth, a story told through her own experience and that of her family.
