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Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire - Friday, October 8, 2010 4:43 - 9 Comments
World Briefing Kashmir: the occupation the world forgot
When searching for items on Kashmir in her local library, Zainab Daniju got more results for a song by Led Zeppellin than for the region itself. Yet this country, under continuous brutal oppression since 1989, is virtually absent from mainstream media coverage. In her piece, Daniju explores the roots of the conflict, as well as the reasons why the world should start caring.
Chess Corner, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, October 7, 2010 12:00 - 6 Comments
Chess Corner: The eccentric, ruthless despot who controls chess
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is the ruling dictator of a former Soviet republic, a multimillionaire businessman, and a self-declared alien-abductee. He is also the chess world's biggest patron. This week, after a fraught and bitterly contested campaign, he was re-elected as president of the World Chess Federation. Paul Lam examines the dark, surreal saga of Kirsan's rule.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, October 7, 2010 4:25 - 2 Comments
Special Report – N. Korea: The kid who would be king
A few days ago, an obscure 27-year old was announced as the soon-to-be leader of North Korea, the country with the fourth largest army in the world. A succession process shrouded in mystery and speculation has left many asking whether the regime will be able to survive. In an exclusive special report, Peter Ward, Ceasefire's Korea correspondent, shows that however decried and derided the regime might be publicly, Western governments are tacitly hoping for its survival.
Diary of a Domestic Extremist, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 6, 2010 2:00 - 49 Comments
Diary of a Domestic Extremist: Why I hate activism
What does it really mean to be an "activist"? Are activists deluding themselves about being agents of radical change? In an impassioned polemic, Mikhail Goldman argues that today's activist movements, far from being the creative, truly revolutionary wave they purport to be, risk becoming, themselves, agents of bigotry, sexism, and elitism.
Columns, Modern Times, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, October 5, 2010 5:14 - 1 Comment
Modern Times: WAR.com
You might not have realised it, but the world is at war. Not a war of tanks and guns, but one of espionage and government-sponsored, carefully buried paper trails. From computer viruses targeting Iran's nuclear sites, to cyber attacks against the banking systems of entire nations, Corin Faife examines, in this week's Modern Times column, a crackling, effervescent yet invisible frontline.
New in Ceasefire, Politics, South of The Border - Monday, October 4, 2010 0:00 - 1 Comment
South of The Border: The view from Latin America
In the news this week in Latin America: Correa fights back in Ecuador, Presidential elections in Brazil, Chavez retains a majority, and US crimes in Guatemala exposed. Ceasefire correspondent Tom Kavanagh delivers his weekly round up of what's been going on south of the border.
Politics, Stateside - Wednesday, September 29, 2010 0:00 - 4 Comments
The fight for public education in California
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg, the Billionaire founder of Facebook, announced a $100million dollar donation to Newark’s crumbling public education sector. Much of the media attention has focused on how this coincided with the release of The Social Network, a biopic casting Zuckerberg in a negative light. However, the much larger and more pressing issue was ignored: that of why the US public school system is so desperately reliant on private donations in the first place. Ceasefire's US correspondent Humza Tahir reports.
Columns, Modern Times - Tuesday, September 28, 2010 0:00 - 1 Comment
Modern Times: Battle with the Beast
With so much going wrong with our world, we still find it easier to focus our resentment and antipathy onto one single avatar: "The Banker", "The System", "The Man". As Corin Faife argues in this week's Modern Times column, it might be time to come up with a better target: The Beast.
Politics, South of The Border - Monday, September 27, 2010 0:00 - 2 Comments
South of The Border: The view from Latin America
In the news this week in Latin America: Brazil's bails out its oil company, Mexican mayors escape to the US, rising insecurity in Argentina and much more. Ceasefire correspondent Tom Kavanagh delivers his weekly round up of what's been going on south of the border.
Arts & Culture, Columns, Deserter's Songs - Saturday, September 25, 2010 0:00 - 2 Comments
Deserter’s Songs – Hang on to Each Other: The Critical Dystopianism of Silver Mt.Zion
In this week's Deserter's Songs column, Dave Bell revisits critical dystopia through the music of the Canadian band Silver Mt.Zion, which expresses a juxtaposition of horror and hope better than any other he knows. Their pained, sorrowful and always beautiful music invites the listener to meditate on the horrors of US imperialism; the ineptness of Canadian politicians and the general “shit and dismay” of a world in which neoliberal capitalism has run amok.
