Arts & Culture
Deserter's Songs, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:19 - 9 Comments
Deserter’s Songs: The shape of education to come?
In this week's Deserter's Songs column on music and politics, David Bell considers the relevance of free improvisation for a 'new way of making and living education'. In so doing, he examines the resonances between the practice of free improvisation and what is commonly termed 'critical pedagogy'.The similarities, he contends, are startling.
New in Ceasefire, Short Stories - Sunday, October 10, 2010 3:15 - 3 Comments
Short Story
‘The ants’
In a new exclusive short story by Dave Prescott, Stu, a dutiful, careful husband, is dutifully and carefully pretending to mow his lawn. When his wife joins him, they quickly find themselves talking, and thinking, about being 'anti-death', the fate of the universe, and ants.
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.
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.
Chess Corner, Features - Thursday, September 23, 2010 23:00 - 2 Comments
Chess Corner: The original beautiful game
In a new regular column, Chess Corner, Paul Lam, Ceasefire‘s very own chess guru, explores the enduring mystique of a quasi-magical realm. Lam brings us the latest news on the various intrigues, rivalries, political machinations and, of course, epic duels. In his first column, Lam looks at what makes chess such a powerful obsession for so many.
Books - Thursday, September 23, 2010 11:15 - 6 Comments
Books">Žižek – The most dangerous thinker in the west? Books
Love him or loathe him, Slavoj Žižek is a cultural phenomenon. He seems to inspire unconditional adulation amongst his legions of followers and, predictably, equally unbridled derision amongst his many detractors. Some see him as a serious and original thinker, others as an overrated fraudulent showman. So who's right? Alex Baker tries to find clues in the pages of Zizek's latest offering 'Living in the end times'.
Arts & Culture, The Cutting Edge - Monday, September 20, 2010 0:30 - 93 Comments
The End of the World As We Know It? The rise of the post-carbon era
In an exclusive new essay, political scientist Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed presents a dramatic picture of the world we're about to leave behind, and the new possibilities ahead. He argues that the age of Carbon is coming to a close, and only a concerted effort can prevent an impending crisis on a global scale.
Arts & Culture, Columns, Deserter's Songs, Features, Music & Dance - Saturday, September 18, 2010 17:46 - 6 Comments
Deserter’s Songs – Looking Backwards: In Defence of Nostalgia
When Dave Bell skims his ipod, the most common thing he looks out for is "the feeling of nostalgia". In this week's Deserter's Songs music column, he revisits the enduring spell of looking backwards. Through a tour of musical gems he shows us how "the past and the radical future may not be so hostile to one another" after all.
Arts & Culture, Features, Short Stories - Wednesday, September 15, 2010 18:25 - 1 Comment
Short Story: The Zoo
Ceasefire presents 'The Zoo', an exclusive short story by acclaimed writer Ben White. After a traumatic onslaught of unremitting violence, a community's children, adults and animals are thrust into a vortex of incomprehension and bewilderment.
