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Ceasefire Bites is Ceasefire's news and opinion blog.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, February 28, 2015 21:15 - 7 Comments
Politics | Creating ‘Jihadi John’: Are the UK security services putting us in danger?
The apparent unmasking of 'Jihadi John' has dominated international headlines of the past 48 hours. Far less coverage, however, has been given to troubling revelations that Mohammed Emwazi and others had been subjected to sustained harassment by UK security services for years. This raises important and urgent questions about current anti-terror policies.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, December 1, 2014 17:22 - 7 Comments
Politics | This state-imposed persecution of the UK’s international students must end
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.
Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, May 22, 2013 23:55 - 24 Comments
Blog | Woolwich Attack: A journalist’s guide to reporting violent death
In light of newspaper layoffs and in the interests of continued professional education, we at Ceasefire are proud to continue our free online advisory course for journalists. This week's topic: how do you report violent death?
Editor's Desk, Events - Monday, February 4, 2013 0:00 - 1 Comment
Event | Ten years since the Iraq War: living with the reality of ‘war without end’
On Tuesday 5th Feb, to mark the anniversary of the huge protests against the invasion of Iraq, Ceasefire Magazine and Anticapitalist Initiative present an evening of discussion on how imperialist wars in the Middle East and North Africa continue to shape our lives, heighten insecurity, extinguish precious civil liberties and further the reach of US Empire.
Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, November 18, 2012 10:24 - 31 Comments
Blog | Did he say it? Misquoting Noam Chomsky on Gaza
A recent quote attributed to Noam Chomsky, on Israel's current assault on Gaza, has been widely circulated over the past few days. Except that it is neither recent nor (entirely) by Chomsky.
Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:12 - 0 Comments
Blog | Bahraini Activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Alkhawaja: A Letter from Prison
On the one year anniversary of Bahrain's pro-democracy protests, we publish a letter by activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Alkhawaja, sentenced to life imprisonment for taking part in the protests and currently entering his second week of a hunger strike.
Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:21 - 0 Comments
Blog | BBC to apologise for airing Egypt documentary made by Mubarak partner
The BBC is to issue an apology over broadcasting programmes by a third party company that featured the latter's own clients, including Hosni Mubarak and the Malaysian government.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, February 9, 2012 18:27 - 0 Comments
Blog | US officials: Israel is using terror group to target Iran
Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists, U.S. officials tell NBC News.
Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Monday, February 6, 2012 21:24 - 1 Comment
Blog | Congresswomen visit S Arabia to help bring democracy to Iran. Find no female toilets.
US Congresswomen visit Saudi Arabia to discuss the "Iranian threat" but get treated to some gender segregation instead.
Ceasefire Bites - Monday, January 30, 2012 9:16 - 0 Comments
Blog | Noam Chomsky remembers Howard Zinn
Noam Chomsky pays a moving tribute to his friend, scholar and activist Howard Zinn, who passed away two years ago this week.
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