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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, November 25, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments
Analysis">Equal marriage: challenging the ‘redefinition argument’ Analysis
Recent debate in the UK about equal, gay or same-sex marriage centred very significantly on what its legalisation would mean for religious communities’ rights to religious freedom. However, this very focus repeatedly re-entrenched their assumed right to define marriage. How was this curious near-monopoly perpetuated? asks A.L.Shaw.
Blogs, Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, November 23, 2012 0:00 - 3 Comments
Blog">A moral course: Alan Dershowitz defends targeted assassinations Blog
Alan Dershowitz's latest attempt to bring his usual “proportionality” to a farcical New York Times “debate” on extra-judicial killings leaves Peter Warren unimpressed.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, November 20, 2012 0:00 - 9 Comments
Analysis">Only real justice, not ephemeral ceasefires, can heal our Palestinian tragedy Analysis
Millions around the world watched in shock as Gaza-based blogger and activist Mohammed Suliman's interview on CNN was abruptly interrupted by an Israeli missile exploding nearby. In an exclusive piece, he reflects on the experience and provides a lucid analysis of the root causes at the heart of the Palestinian tragedy.
Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, November 18, 2012 10:24 - 31 Comments
Blog">Did he say it? Misquoting Noam Chomsky on Gaza Blog
A recent quote attributed to Noam Chomsky, on Israel's current assault on Gaza, has been widely circulated over the past few days. Except that it is neither recent nor (entirely) by Chomsky.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 17, 2012 10:41 - 25 Comments
Analysis">The Four Big Lies of Palestine-Israel Media Coverage Analysis
In the aftermath of Israel's latest attack on Gaza, we republish a major essay from our 2009 print issue by James Turner, in which he identifies the "Four Big Lies" that shape Media coverage - and even scholarly analysis - of the situation in Israel and Palestine.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 10, 2012 0:00 - 5 Comments
Analysis">A future in the balance: why the G8 must be stopped Analysis
As Britain prepares to host next year's G8 summit, grassroots movements are stepping up their opposition. Elliot Murphy argues the capitalist orthodoxies enshrined by the world's richest countries are unsustainable and unethical.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:43 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Why was the TUC demonstration a failure? Analysis
The TUC demonstration on October 20 illustrated the strength of public opposition to austerity and sent a strong message to politicians. Or did it? Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, argues that the demonstration was largely a failure, rooted in the trade unions' timid approach to the destruction of Britain's welfare state. "The union leadership has let its members, working people and the wider public down."
Blogs, Ceasefire Bites, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, October 30, 2012 0:00 - 1 Comment
Comment">Racism in Football: Are Black Players Kicking Themselves? Comment
Amid the whirlwind of allegations and denials over the past few days and weeks, Terence Elliott-Cooper looks at the recent cases of overt racism in football, and the options available to those who are serious about kicking it out.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, October 19, 2012 8:18 - 1 Comment
Analysis">Morsi’s Challenge in Palestine: Between the Hammer of Camp David and the Anvil of Expectations Analysis
Egypt’s first elected President, Mohamed Morsi, is expected to break with his predecessor’s notoriously self-serving policies towards Palestinians. For the departure however to be real and lasting, it must overcome the incessant attempts at distracting ‘new Egypt’ through unnecessary factional entanglements, argues Ramzy Baroud.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, October 8, 2012 14:55 - 0 Comments
Ideas">Goodbye to the freedom of the press? Ideas
As academics, journalists and campaigners gather tomorrow for a debate on freedom of the press in the post-Leveson age, Vanessa Pupavac reflects on our changing notions of free speech.
