Ideas
Books, Devil's Advocate, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:51 - 0 Comments
Books Natural Experiments of History
Can you run experiments on the past? A groundbreaking book seems to suggest the answer might be yes. 'National Experiments of History", co-authored by celebrated thinker Jared Diamond, attempts to propose a radical new way of studying history and other social sciences. Ceasefire's Omer Ali gives his verdict.
Ideas, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Friday, April 29, 2011 9:00 - 1 Comment
Interview Nicholas Shaxson, author of Treasure Islands
Since its release at the start of the year, Treasure Islands, Nicholas Shaxton's scathingly clinical critique of international finance, has attracted a huge amount of attention. In an exclusive interview with Ceasefire's deputy editor Musab Younis, Shaxson addresses some of the pressing questions raised by his book.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 0:00 - 10 Comments
Essay Reflections on Libya and the Left
In an exclusive opinion piece, Syrian-British novelist and commentator Robin Yassin-Kassab offers his take on the Western Left's contradictions on Libya.
Ideas, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 12, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Interview Kim Longinotto: Surviving with a smile
Kim Longinotto, one of the world's foremost female film-makers has gained worldwide acclaim for her brutally honest portrayals of oppression and violence against women and children. In an exclusive new interview, she speaks to Ceasefire's Melanie Scagliarini about life, art and the centrality of truth-telling to her work.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, March 17, 2011 0:00 - 6 Comments
Ideas Humpty’s Refrain: Four myths behind the coalition cuts
In a devastatingly forensic new piece, Samuel Grove takes apart the coalition's economic case for public sector cuts which have, he argues, nothing to do with economic imperatives and everything to do with ideological dogma.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, January 11, 2011 18:07 - 3 Comments
‘The cult of novelty’, 1968 and all that
Luke Cooper argues that the historical experience of the post-1968 radicalisation lays down some challenges to proponents of a new, non-hierarchical left in Britain that they are yet to fully answer
Ideas, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, November 22, 2010 12:00 - 2 Comments
Interview A Burmese Story: Waihnin Pwint Thon
In the past few days, Burma has witnessed both the exhilarating news of Aung San Suu Kyi's release after 15 years of confinement, and the crushing disappointment of discredited elections. In a powerful new interview, Melanie Scagliarini speaks to Waihnin Pwint Thon, one of the world's most prominent Burmese activists, whose father is currently serving a 65 year-sentence for his pro-democratic activities.
Diary of a Domestic Extremist, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:00 - 4 Comments
Diary of a Domestic Extremist Big Brother will soon be watching you
A week after the Milbank student protest, a vast witch-hunt is already under way by the police to track down the 'culprits'. Using popular displays of outcry over the cuts as a pretext, the government is stepping up its efforts to spy on activists and the public. In his new column, Mikhail Goldman says resistance is essential.
Devil's Advocate, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, November 11, 2010 0:00 - 1 Comment
Devil’s Advocate Ideology: another form of blindness?
Do you have a worldview? does it have a name? Is it socialism? Anarchism? Conservatism? Well, as Omer Ali argues, in a new 'Devil's Advocate' column, it's not that some ideologies are better than others, but that ideology itself, by definition, is a form of unreason.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 6, 2010 12:00 - 16 Comments
Music Is the government infiltrating the UK grime scene?
In a powerful exclusive piece, Jody McIntyre, a proponent of grime and Hip Hop music as vectors of revolutionary social change, takes two grime artists, Ghetts and Skepta, to task for seemingly allowing their message to be co-opted, and dictated, by the establishment.
