Ideas
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 9, 2014 20:58 - 2 Comments
Comment">‘Nobody listened to me’: Blair’s dismissal of the anti-war movement has fuelled violent extremism Comment
More than a decade on since the February 15 2003 protests, it is time to acknowledge that the UK government's refusal to heed the calls of the anti-war movement might have been directly responsible for fuelling violent extremism in the UK, Ian Sinclair argues.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, May 21, 2014 13:49 - 6 Comments
Comment">However well-meaning, the ‘Live Below The Line’ campaign is spurious and patronising Comment
The 'Live Below The Line' campaign, ostensibly aimed at highlighting the plight of the poor, seems to have turned into yet another conduit for putting people who are already privileged in the limelight, argues Maya Oppenheim.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, May 15, 2014 0:00 - 12 Comments
Special Report">Human Rights in Bahrain: It’s time to hold the British Establishment to account Special Report
This weekend, the Bahraini King is attending the Royal Windsor Horse Show while Prince Andrew is due to open a Bahraini-sponsored exhibition. This is the latest episode in Britain's ongoing betrayal of the Bahraini people, argues Alastair Sloan.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 6, 2014 16:32 - 2 Comments
Idea">Geographies of Resistance: Neoliberal Violence and Crisis Idea
Following a recent student-organised conference at Oxford University, Amber Murrey reports on the event and situates its discussions within the global longue durée of capitalism's rise.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 12:59 - 4 Comments
Ideas">Austerity in the UK: The Ideology of ‘Public Opinion’ Ideas
Richard Seymour, author of the recently released 'Against Austerity', examines the ideological and political mechanisms through which a politics of austerity can gain the consent not just of the elites but of the majority of the public.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, April 7, 2014 0:00 - 5 Comments
Arts & Culture">A Mirror into our World: The radical politics of ‘Game of Thrones’ Arts & Culture
In the lead-up to the premiere tonight of the fourth season of 'Game of Thrones', Tony McKenna argues for a radical political interpretation of the international hit series.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, April 3, 2014 11:01 - 0 Comments
Ideas">Anarchist without Adjectives: Why Rudolf Rocker still matters Ideas
On the occasion of the release of a new edition of Rudolf Rocker's classic, 'Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism', Donnacha DeLong revisits some of Rocker's most important contributions to trade union history in the UK.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 15:07 - 2 Comments
Analysis">Scottish Independence: Why progressives across the UK must support the Yes campaign Analysis
James Foley and Pete Ramand, authors of the new book Yes: The Radical Case for Scottish Independence, argue that Scotland's constitutional future is a matter that should be taken seriously by progressives everywhere, and that the break-up of the UK state will benefit us all.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, March 13, 2014 15:28 - 6 Comments
Comment">From Ukraine to Venezuela, the West is turning popular revolutions into pretexts for intervention Comment
As much of the liberal left is swept up in the protests in Ukraine and Venezuela, Tanzil Chowdhury and George Waterhouse look at Western attempts to use revolutions to further imperial interests.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, February 27, 2014 14:24 - 1 Comment
Blog">Another Chile is Possible Blog
As a new documentary revisits Chile's student uprisings of 2011, one of its producers, Samuel Grove, provides the context and background behind the film.
