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Columns, Features, Modern Times - Tuesday, September 14, 2010 4:39 - 11 Comments
Modern Times: A voice from the Wilderness
In this week's 'Modern Times' column, Corin Faife discovers, through a mix of serendipity and curiosity, one of the most talked-about music videos of the past ten years: Arcade Fire's The Wilderness Downtown.
Columns, Diary of a Domestic Extremist, Politics - Tuesday, September 14, 2010 0:30 - 2 Comments
Morrissey, the privileged and the ‘Subspecies’ of Neoliberalism
Morrissey's outburst in Saturday's Guardian, calling the Chinese a "subspecies", provoked acres of outraged newsprint. And yet, as Mikhail Goldman argues in this week's diary, whilst many of us in countries like the UK may not consciously agree with the idea, we certainly end up benefiting from the very treatment of the Chinese and other Asians, Africans, Latin Americans and East Europeans as "subspecies". Our hypocritical outrage, Goldman points out, is no less outrageous.
South of The Border - Monday, September 13, 2010 16:01 - 0 Comments
South of The Border: The view from Latin America
In the news this week in Latin America: The UN praises Chavez, Castro says he's been misquoted, Mexico's drug wars escalate further and much more. Ceasefire correspondent Tom Kavanagh delivers his weekly round up of what's been going on south of the border...
Arts & Culture, Deserter's Songs, Music & Dance - Friday, September 10, 2010 22:08 - 5 Comments
Deserter’s Songs: A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens
In the first of a new series of columns on music, 'Deserter's Songs', Dave Bell discusses his fascination with what, he admits, is a "very boring" piece of music: Talking Heads' 'Heaven'.
This is a song, Bell argues, that epitomises "pop as Samuel Beckett might write it: tedious, beautiful and desperate".
New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, September 8, 2010 17:05 - 1 Comment
I am a fly
I am a fly. Weakness and strength reside within me. Allow me to develop my whole mind and to release the cure for the disease that I produce. As much as I focus on the obstacles in the outside world, I know that they can never truly stand in my way. Society is powerless on my journey. Friends are powerless and not even my family is truly capable of stopping me. It’s not the outside world that keeps my cure suppressed. It is I.New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, September 8, 2010 17:04 - 2 Comments
How I got here…
Aya Sophia is a 22 year old student living in London. Until recently, her life so far has been the same collection of excesses and conformity as of any other young 'westerner'. And yet, a year ago, restless with angst, she decided to embark on a path of self-discovery in search of 'Meaning' in her life. To her surprise, she found herself seriously considering converting to Islam, and so has decided to spend this year discovering, and living, the faith. In her new blog, 'Aya Sophia: Journal of a Muslim-to-be", she will share with Ceasefire readers her journey towards what could be the most important decision of her life.
New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, September 8, 2010 0:52 - 3 Comments
Aya Sophia: Journal of a Muslim-to-be
Aya Sophia is a 22 year old student living in London. Until recently, her life so far has been the same collection of excesses and conformity as of any other young 'westerner'. And yet, a year ago, restless with angst, she decided to embark on a path of self-discovery in search of 'Meaning' in her life. To her surprise, she found herself seriously considering converting to Islam, and so has decided to spend this year discovering, and living, the faith. In her new blog, 'Aya Sophia: Journal of a Muslim-to-be", she will share with Ceasefire readers her journey towards what could be the most important decision of her life.Columns, Features, Modern Times - Tuesday, September 7, 2010 0:20 - 5 Comments
Modern Times: The Blackout
Our internet access is now so ubiquitous, our broadband so fast, cheap, consistent and always on, that losing it seems unthikable. Yet this is precisely what happened to Corin Faife. In this week's Modern Times, he discovers our most modern, most invisible addiction.
Politics, South of The Border - Monday, September 6, 2010 1:07 - 1 Comment
South of The Border: The view from Latin America
In this week's Latin America news round up: a prisoner hunger strike against anti-terror law in Chile, Chavez goes on the attack, Uribe under fire and much more. Our correspondent Tom Kavanagh reports.
Columns, Devil's Advocate, Features - Thursday, September 2, 2010 22:17 - 7 Comments
Devil’s Advocate: In defence of Tesco
In yesterday's 'Domestic Extremist' column, Mikhail goldman launched a vigorous attack on the increasingly ubiquitous dominance of the Tesco "empire". In this week's Devil's Advocate column, Omer Ali offers a thoughtful and solid attempt at counter-argument. For all their charmlessness, he argues, Supermarkets are in fact better for (almost) everyone, including the environment.
