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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:31 - 2 Comments
Politics">El Salvador: 30 Years after El Mozote Politics
Thirty years ago this week, almost 400 men, women and children from the El Salvador town of El Mozote were brutally tortured, raped and killed by US-trained governmental units who then burned their bodies and houses. As the country unites in remembrance, Sebastião Martins reflects on the historical legacy of the event.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 9, 2011 8:00 - 9 Comments
Comment">The Arab Spring: A Palestinian Perspective Comment
In the fourth instalment of our series of Arab reflections on the regional uprisings, award-winning Palestinian author and playwright Ahmed Masoud explores the impact of the Arab Spring on the Palestinian struggle for freedom and justice.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 1, 2011 9:22 - 0 Comments
Comment">On Freedom and Imperialism: the Arab Spring and the Responsibility of Intellectuals Comment
In the second of our series of reflections on the Arab revolutions. Acclaimed journalist and author Ramzy Baroud argues the Arab Spring is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries.
Ceasefire Bites, Ideas - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:24 - 1 Comment
Blog">200 words the Sun doesn’t want you to read Blog
Yesterday the Sun asked the TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber to write 200 words setting out the case for the day of action, but they're nowhere to be seen in today's paper.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:13 - 11 Comments
Comment">In bed with the Enemy’s Enemy: on the hypocrisy of the authoritarian Left Comment
In an impassioned polemic, Donnacha DeLong denounces the "gross hypocrisy" of the unconditional support some on the Western Left have shown Arab dictators against their own people.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, November 18, 2011 2:37 - 5 Comments
Comment">Democracy and Process: The Real Power of Occupy LSX Comment
Writing from Occupy LSX, Ian Chamberlain argues the real power of the movement is the new world of possibilities it has created, built on consensus, cooperation and a rejection of the corporate-guided, party-political approach that has dominated the country for generations.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 14, 2011 23:02 - 1 Comment
Analysis">Guatemala: Return of the Iron Fist? Analysis
Last week, Otto Pérez Molina became the first military officer to rise to the Guatemalan presidency since the country’s brutal civil war. Ceasefire’s Sebastião Martins argues we could be witnessing a return to the hardline authoritarianism of the past.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, November 9, 2011 7:48 - 0 Comments
Comment">Activism: Powerful, Relevant, Necessary Comment
As ‘A Call Against Arms,’ the final film in the 'Activate' series airs this week, Al Jazeera's Asim Haneef explains why activism has never been more relevant than it is today.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 7, 2011 5:00 - 1 Comment
Analysis">Arab League’s Syria Plan: too little, too late? Analysis
In a exclusive essay, Chris Doyle, prominent analyst and commentator on the Middle East, surveys the situation in Syria in the wake of last week's Arab League plan. The prospects for a swift resolution, he warns, are slipping away.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, October 31, 2011 14:00 - 2 Comments
Comment">Noam Chomsky: Why the “Island of World Peace” must be preserved Comment
Away from the headlines, the inhabitants of South Korea's Jeju Island, home to more World Natural Heritage sites than any other place on earth, are bravely resisting plans to turn their idyllic home into a US military base, a "forward line" against China. In an exclusive essay, Noam Chomsky and Matthew Hoey raise the alarm about one of our "most critical struggles against a potentially devastating war".
