Arts & Culture
Ceasefire Bites, Film & TV - Thursday, June 7, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Ceasefire Bites">‘Hip Hop Revolución’: On Culture and Revolution in Venezuela Ceasefire Bites
Ceasefire presents an exclusive excerpt featuring 'Master', a Venezuelan rapper who appears in ‘Hip Hop Revolución’, a new documentary on music, politics and revolution in Venezuela.
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.
Counterpoetics, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, May 30, 2012 17:27 - 0 Comments
Counterpoetics">FOR TALHA AHSAN Counterpoetics
In this month's offering, Ceasefire's poet-in-residence Dominic Fox pays homage to Ceasefire's poet-in-prison, Talha Ahsan, detained without charge for almost six years, and currently facing the prospect of extradition to the US.
Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:38 - 3 Comments
Film & TV">Review: Elite Squad & Elite Squad: The Enemy Within Film & TV
Murray Goulden revisits two acclaimed, powerful dramas about corruption and crime in Rio De Janeiro.
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.
Arts & Culture, New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Sunday, May 13, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Theatre">Review: Cymbeline, South Sudan Theatre Company (Shakespeare’s Globe) Theatre
Part of the 'Globe to Globe' programme of 37 plays in 37 languages, the SSTC's Cymbeline is heavy with historical and political parallels. Ceasefire's Derek Oakley is impressed.
Arts & Culture, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, May 12, 2012 0:00 - 1 Comment
Music">Review: Brother Ali (XOYO) Music
In anticipation of the release of his new album "Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color", US Hip-hop artist Brother Ali is currently on a UK tour. Ceasefire's Usayd Younis went to see him perform in London.
Arts & Culture, Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, May 9, 2012 8:46 - 0 Comments
Arts & Culture">Review: Einstein on the Beach (Barbican) Arts & Culture
Ceasefire's Cordelia Lynn reviews 'Einstein on the Beach', Philip Glass and Robert Wilson’s "impressive but demanding spectacle", which had its UK premiere at The Barbican last week.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire, Unknown Spins - Sunday, April 29, 2012 6:15 - 0 Comments
Unknown Spins">Lost in the Humming Air: An interview with Harold Budd Unknown Spins
For his latest column, Andrew Fleming talks to Harold Budd, composer and ambient music pioneer, still going strong in his seventy-sixth year.
Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, April 22, 2012 0:00 - 3 Comments
Music">The Riots: A Grime Perspective Music
Like much social unrest, the music of the streets has drawn its own narratives of the revolts in August 2011. Terence Elliott-Cooper picks out some of his favourites
