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Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, January 21, 2013 0:00 - 3 Comments
Books">Review | Cruel Britannia: A Secret History of Torture Books
Musab Younis reviews 'Cruel Britannia' by Ian Cobain, the shocking recent exposé of Britain's use of torture from the Second World War onwards.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, January 7, 2013 21:50 - 2 Comments
Books">Review: The Lives of Things by José Saramago Books
Mark Sabine reviews 'The Lives of Things', a surreal short story collection from the late Portuguese novelist José Saramago.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, November 8, 2012 6:27 - 2 Comments
Books">Review | The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan Books
Media representations of Pakistan often portray it as a backward country fuelled by religious extremism. But, as Saadia Toor shows in her insightful new book, reviewed for Ceasefire by Shozab Raza, the complex history of the Left in Pakistan offers a much more compelling explanation for the country's current predicament - and gives some clues with regard to its future.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, October 27, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments
Books">Review – After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine Books
Hilary Aked reviews a landmark new essay collection exploring the arguments for, and obstacles against, a one-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, September 15, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Books">Review: The Spanish Holocaust – Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain Books
Heather McRobie reviews Paul Preston's impressive study of the Spanish civil war and the systemic campaign of extermination by General Franco that claimed hundreds of thousands of innocent lives.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, June 10, 2012 12:03 - 2 Comments
Books">Review: ‘Why Marx Was Right’ by Terry Eagleton Books
Hrannar Baldvinsson reviews "Why Marx Was Right", Terry Eagleton's bold and boisterous defence of one of the most revered, maligned and misunderstood figures of modern intellectual and political thought.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 4, 2012 15:17 - 0 Comments
Books">Review: ‘The Least of All Possible Evils: Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza’ Books
Alex Baker reviews Eyal Weizman's landmark exploration of the philosophical underpinnings of Western humanitarian intervention.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, May 14, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Books">Review: ‘Social Movements in the Global South’ Books
The role of activist researchers from wealthy nations in social movements in the Global South is a question rarely explored in academia. Adam Elliott-Cooper reviews an important new volume of scholarly accounts from across the Globe, edited by Sara Motta and Alf Nilsen.
Books, Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 4, 2012 15:09 - 4 Comments
Film">Review: A Separation Film
Academic and author Nacim Pak-Shiraz reviews Iranian filmaker Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning 'A Separation'.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:53 - 0 Comments
Books">Review: ‘Economic Policy and Human Rights: Holding Governments to Account’ Books
Are particular economic policies responsible for human rights abuses? Do governments have legal obligations to pursue economic policies that protect human rights? Should economic success be measured via human rights rather than mere growth? Leoni Linek reviews an important new volume on the subject.
