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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, February 17, 2013 13:18 - 19 Comments
Analysis">Indymedia: It’s time to move on Analysis
Launched in 1999 at the dawn of the anti-globalisation movement, the Indymedia publishing model represented a revolutionary step forward in democratic, non-corporate media production. And yet, a decade on, it seems the moment has arrived to ask whether it is still useful and necessary to the social movements that it grew from.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, February 6, 2013 0:00 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Why we must rethink women’s development in Palestine Analysis
Rena Zuabi examines the challenges of the existing development framework for women and girls in the occupied territories, especially in regards to the destructive role of international and local organizations. Protecting and ensuring the rights of Palestinian women, she argues, must coincide with programs that tackle the question of Israel's colonial enterprise.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, January 25, 2013 13:54 - 3 Comments
Analysis">Israeli Election Results Bring Peace No Closer Analysis
Media coverage of this week's Israeli elections has generally portrayed the results as a shift away from the right by the electorate, presumably moderating its positions and attitudes on peace and security. Such optimism is not only false, but dangerous, argues Jon Simmons.
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.
Blogs, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 0:00 - 0 Comments
Blog">Some thoughts on The Fabian New Year Conference 2013 Blog
Andrew Fleming reports from the Fabian Society's Annual Conference, where there are signs of an upcoming battle to smuggle progressive policies into Labour’s next manifesto.
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.
Blogs, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, November 26, 2012 15:02 - 0 Comments
Blog">A Meeting of Minds: Daniel Craig jets into Camp Bastion Blog
Last weekend, James Bond star Daniel Craig paid a visit to British troops stationed at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, the latest example of leading lights from the cultural world paying homage to “our brave boys” as they ride roughshod over the dignity of the people of Afghanistan, argues Peter Warren.
