Ideas
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, October 24, 2011 3:22 - 1 Comment
Media">The Hankyoreh: A People’s Paper Media
The Hankyoreh, South Korea’s fourth largest newspaper, is the country's only non-corporate daily. Owned by workers and thousands of citizens, it's a unique experiment in radical media. In an exclusive essay, its executive editor, Taesun Kwon, charts a highly inspiring success story.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:35 - 0 Comments
Special Report">From Wall Street to St Paul’s Special Report
Recently returned from a week in New York, Stefan Simanowitz explores the similarities between the London occupation and Occupy Wall Street.Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, October 8, 2011 9:00 - 2 Comments
Media">A Note on The Propaganda Model: Chomsky-Herman vs Herman-Chomsky Media
The Herman/Chomsky propaganda model of the media, as articulated in the seminal "Manufacturing Consent', was published more than two decades ago. In a new essay, Milan Rai examines the subtle but key differences between Noam Chomsky's understanding of the model and his co-author's.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, September 25, 2011 14:00 - 5 Comments
Books">Paint them black: the riots and mass incarceration Books
Ceasefire's Jonathan Jacobs reviews Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow', a best-selling landmark study of the de-facto racism of the US penal system, and points to striking parallels with the UK's response to the recent riots.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Passing for Normal, Short Stories - Saturday, September 17, 2011 15:56 - 3 Comments
Passing for Normal A sad little symphony for children
Desperate to console his sobbing daughter, who was suddenly aware of her own mortality, Dave Prescott attempts to convey his views on the topic, and watches in horror as the conversation descends into farce...
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:36 - 10 Comments
Politics – Peter Tatchell on Terror and Talibanisation in Balochistan
In an exclusive essay, writer and campaigner Peter Tatchell sheds light on the invisible, Western-supported war by the Pakistani state against the people of Balochistan.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, August 25, 2011 0:00 - 5 Comments
Analysis Libya: what price victory?
In a new analysis piece for Ceasefire, Akkas Al-Ali considers the dawn of a post-Gaddafi Libya, and the course of the Arab Spring so far.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, August 18, 2011 16:42 - 4 Comments
Analysis The ‘Big Society’ Riots
In a thought-provoking analysis, author and academic Neal Curtis, argues that the UK riots should be understood in the context of David Cameron's 'Big Society' project, whose ideological roots, Curtis shows, can be traced back to Margaret H Thatcher and Ayn Rand.
Books, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, July 17, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments
Books ‘Chavs’ by Owen Jones
Ceasefire's Matthew Butcher reviews Owen Jones' "Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class".
Books, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, June 21, 2011 0:00 - 1 Comment
Books How to aim your gun
In his new book, 'Third World Protest', Rahul Rao attempts to ground the sterile world of international normative theory in the practices and discourses of subaltern protest groups. Ceasefire's deputy editor, Musab Younis, reviews Rao's arguments.
