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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, December 28, 2021 13:50 - 4 Comments
Comment">On the Nationality and Borders Bill and the UK Left Comment
The Nationality and Borders Bill, which goes to the House of Lords next week, presents a grave danger to Britain’s ethnic minorities. So why has there been so little opposition to it from the UK left? Asks Sam Asumadu.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 27, 2021 18:26 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Profits before People: Britain’s unjust housing system preys on asylum seekers Analysis
The logic of asylum housing is simply an extension of the housing system in the UK more broadly. They are both underpinned by profiteering, deregulation, and racism, write Bogumila Hall and Ola Hall.
Ideas, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 13, 2021 19:31 - 0 Comments
Interview">The Bigotry of Man: “Darwin’s views on race were far from radical” Interview
It is 150 years since the publication of Darwin's The Descent of Man. Kezia Picard sat down with Samuel Grove, author of Retrieving Darwin’s Revolutionary Idea, to talk about the radical and reactionary implications of Darwin’s theory.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, September 16, 2021 19:08 - 0 Comments
Analysis">The Girl in the Mirror: On Media Representations and Aesthetics of Shamima Begum Analysis
Shamima Begum has become the repository of Britain's self-mythology around the ‘dangers’ of having so many of 'them’ amongst 'us', writes Fatima Rajina.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, July 19, 2021 10:27 - 0 Comments
Ideas">Diversity of Tactics is Not a Compromise – it’s Praxis! Ideas
The dichotomy between violence and non-violence is not a moral or logical one, but rather is rooted in differences of power that can be challenged and transformed through diversity of tactics, argues Nora Ziegler.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 11, 2021 20:05 - 8 Comments
Analysis">Israel’s occupation and expulsion of Palestinians in Jerusalem violate International Law Analysis
As Palestinian civilians continue to resist Israel's ongoing military occupation, world governments and media must confront their own complicity in Israel's persistent violations of international law, writes Jasmine K. Gani.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, February 17, 2021 13:59 - 0 Comments
Analysis">The latest Prevent Review is a political charade, we must boycott it Analysis
The UK government’s latest review of its Prevent strategy is not only a political facade but a trojan horse to expand the programme. We must be united in our call for disengagement from it, and to demand nothing less than Prevent’s abolishment, argues Na’eem Ibn Farooq.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 21, 2021 16:00 - 0 Comments
Ideas">An End to Myth: For a New American Language Ideas
As the 2020 US elections have shown, national mythology remains at the heart of American identity and a bulwark of the status quo. For meaningful change, we need a new American language, writes Benjamin Parisi.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, October 9, 2020 8:51 - 0 Comments
Analysis">PREVENT’s cheerleaders fear intellectual scrutiny, for good reason Analysis
Attempts to demonise serious intellectual critiques of the UK Government's counter-extremism programme are not just vacuous but dangerous, argues Dr Layla Aitlhadj.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, July 22, 2020 16:38 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Strained Solidarities: On (re)building a mass anti-racist movement in Britain Analysis
Anti-racist activists in the UK must eschew stale debates over terminology and representation, and instead focus on building a movement rooted in structural knowledge and powered by cross-communal solidarity, write Ilyas Nagdee and Azfar Shafi.
