December, 2014
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 19, 2014 12:23 - 7 Comments
Analysis">Inconvenient victims: Tracing the roots of anti-Armenianism in Israel Analysis
Robert Kazandjian traces the sources of the hostile treatment of Armenians in the Israeli press, placing it within the wider historical and political context of the region.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:17 - 2 Comments
Politics">A Fine Bromance, the Corporates and The Hindu Right: On Narendra Modi’s First Six Months in Power Politics
Amrit Wilson examines Narendra Modi's record in power in the six months since the BJP's electoral victory in May.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 15, 2014 11:13 - 11 Comments
An A to Z of Theory">Alain Badiou: The Event An A to Z of Theory
Badiou's theory of the Event is the lynchpin of his influential, but controversial, theory of revolutionary politics. In the fifth instalment of his series, Andrew Robinson traces the contours of the Event, and its fundamental attributes, such as undecidability, ontological disruption, and unfoundedness. He also examines which historical revolts are viewed by Badiou as authentic Events – and why some historical revolts fall short.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, December 9, 2014 23:59 - 4 Comments
Comment">Must the Wretched of the Earth Be Moral? Revisiting Fanon on Violence Comment
On the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the passing of Frantz Fanon, a defining figure of the anti-colonial struggle, Tanzil Chowdhury revisits Fanon's defence of the violence of the oppressed, and its contemporary implications for those engaged in solidarity efforts with global resistance movements.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 5, 2014 13:37 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Operation Skybreaker: When the State Co-opts the ‘Community’ Analysis
Sita Balani examines Operation Skybreaker, a pilot scheme launched by the Home Office in July 2014 across five of London’s most racially diverse boroughs. She argues the scheme is a worrying harbinger of future government policies and epitomises the Home Office's growing tendency to deploy notions of community, charity and consent in their attacks on undocumented migrants.
Diary of a Domestic Extremist, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, December 3, 2014 21:16 - 10 Comments
Diary of a Domestic Extremist">Obstacles to Solidarity: On the Decline of Radical Activism in the UK Diary of a Domestic Extremist
Five years ago, radical activism in the UK appeared to be entering a golden age. Today, it seems to have run out of momentum and ideas. In his latest column, Mikhail Goldman examines the sources of the malaise, and potential ways out of it.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, December 1, 2014 17:22 - 8 Comments
Politics">This state-imposed persecution of the UK’s international students must end Politics
In a letter published today in Ceasefire, more than a hundred UK academics, activists, and students write in to raise the alarm over Home Office policies towards non-EU colleagues and students, and warn that such policies are not only discriminatory but are causing irreparable damage to British higher education.
