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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 17, 2013 16:37 - 25 Comments
Comment">Blood for Uranium: France’s Mali intervention has little to do with terrorism Comment
Adam Elliott-Cooper looks at the geo-strategic and economic interests shaping the current French intervention in Mali.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 20, 2012 12:10 - 9 Comments
Analysis">The Great Oil Swindle: why the new black gold rush leads off a fiscal cliff Analysis
A recent spate of official reports from energy agencies are predicting a rosy future of economic growth underpinned by cheap oil abundance. However, as Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed shows, scientific evidence largely ignored by mainstream media confirms that while we have enough oil and gas to burn our way to climate catastrophe, the age of cheap oil abundance is a myth.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 13, 2012 3:52 - 1 Comment
Ideas">The future of the University lies in challenging, not adopting, free-market dogma Ideas
At a time when universities as public institutions struggle for funding in the wake of the economic crisis, corporate voices have grown more strident in advocating privatisation and further alignment with industry. Neal Curtis argues that instead of sustaining free-market dogma, universities should produce heterodox, alternative views of the world.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 3, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments
Analysis">Despite Western complicity and Arab indifference, Bahrain’s revolution goes on Analysis
Nearly two years on from Bahrain's uprising, protests continue on a daily basis and human rights violations are rampant. Roshan Muhammed Salih argues the revolution has proven an inconvenient one not only for a complicit West but for the region's Sunnis too.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, December 2, 2012 14:46 - 1 Comment
Comment">Media Ethics: Leveson’s support for the Conscience Clause is a significant gain Comment
Donnacha DeLong, outgoing president of the National Union of Journalists, explains why one of the least noticed conclusions of the Leveson report, its support for the Conscience Clause, could prove a significant victory for ethical journalism.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, November 25, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments
Analysis">Equal marriage: challenging the ‘redefinition argument’ Analysis
Recent debate in the UK about equal, gay or same-sex marriage centred very significantly on what its legalisation would mean for religious communities’ rights to religious freedom. However, this very focus repeatedly re-entrenched their assumed right to define marriage. How was this curious near-monopoly perpetuated? asks A.L.Shaw.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, November 20, 2012 0:00 - 9 Comments
Analysis">Only real justice, not ephemeral ceasefires, can heal our Palestinian tragedy Analysis
Millions around the world watched in shock as Gaza-based blogger and activist Mohammed Suliman's interview on CNN was abruptly interrupted by an Israeli missile exploding nearby. In an exclusive piece, he reflects on the experience and provides a lucid analysis of the root causes at the heart of the Palestinian tragedy.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 17, 2012 10:41 - 25 Comments
Analysis">The Four Big Lies of Palestine-Israel Media Coverage Analysis
In the aftermath of Israel's latest attack on Gaza, we republish a major essay from our 2009 print issue by James Turner, in which he identifies the "Four Big Lies" that shape Media coverage - and even scholarly analysis - of the situation in Israel and Palestine.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 10, 2012 0:00 - 5 Comments
Analysis">A future in the balance: why the G8 must be stopped Analysis
As Britain prepares to host next year's G8 summit, grassroots movements are stepping up their opposition. Elliot Murphy argues the capitalist orthodoxies enshrined by the world's richest countries are unsustainable and unethical.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:43 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Why was the TUC demonstration a failure? Analysis
The TUC demonstration on October 20 illustrated the strength of public opposition to austerity and sent a strong message to politicians. Or did it? Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, argues that the demonstration was largely a failure, rooted in the trade unions' timid approach to the destruction of Britain's welfare state. "The union leadership has let its members, working people and the wider public down."
