June, 2020
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, June 30, 2020 15:27 - 7 Comments
Comment | Let’s Measure the Exact Angle: A Palestinian Perspective on the Maxine Peake controversy
"Why is nobody asking us, the Palestinians, what we think?" Author and playwright Ahmed Masoud offers his perspective on the Maxine Peake controversy.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 29, 2020 14:10 - 3 Comments
Ideas | ‘Counter-Terrorism’ is a dangerous myth, it is high time we abolished it
At a moment when demands for police and prison abolition have travelled from the radical fringes into mainstream prominence, the radical social transformation that we seek requires nothing less than the abolition of the category of ‘terrorism’ altogether and the dismantling of the global counter-terrorism infrastructure, writes Eda Seyhan.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 26, 2020 11:31 - 0 Comments
Books | Review | ‘Chav Solidarity’ by D. Hunter
"A guide and a balm, a meditation on the politics of survival and an appeal to extend our arms towards each other". Chav Solidarity, by D. Hunter, is a book that must be read, writes Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, June 25, 2020 14:56 - 0 Comments
Ideas | On The Politics of Window Smashing: Black Lives Matter and White Allyship
Self-described white allies must stop indulging in facile, exploitative narratives surrounding the BLM protests, writes Jamie Ranger.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 19, 2020 8:43 - 0 Comments
Books | The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity by Darryl Li
If the global War on Terror has taught us anything, it is that it is very easy to write badly about Muslims, particularly in the context of conflict. Darryl Li's ‘The Universal Enemy’ stands as a salutary antidote to so much that passes for scholarship on the subject, writes Asim Qureshi in his review.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, June 15, 2020 15:05 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Palestinian Lives Matter: The killing of Eyad Hallaq and Israel’s state racism
The killing on May 30th of Eyad Hallaq, an autistic Palestinian young man in Jerusalem, by Israeli police, has elicited enormous sympathy and outrage. It also provides a stark reminder that racist state violence remains a daily reality for Palestinians, Yousef Al-Helou reports.
Columns, In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, June 13, 2020 0:00 - 1 Comment
In Theory | Anti-Lockdown Theory: Stop Securitisation!
Global lockdown is finally giving way to a period of economic crash and social unrest. Yet the state response to the outpouring of justified anger at police atrocities is remarkably similar to its response to the coronavirus pandemic. In the second of his series on lockdown theories, Andy McLaverty-Robinson looks at securitisation, notably the long history of shifting framings of healthcare and the creeping securitisation of social problems.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 15:21 - 2 Comments
Ideas | Making It Count: Resisting the Authority of Ignorance
We are governed by pathological liars, buffoons, and brutish aristocrats, yet they keep getting away with it. Just what will it take to make the truth count and hold them accountable? Asks Sita Balani.
