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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:09 - 1 Comment
Analysis">The Meles Zenawi Mystery: Has anyone seen Ethiopia’s Prime Minister? Analysis
Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's leader for the post two decades, has not appeared in public since June, fuelling rumours that he is dead or facing a life-threatening illness. Graham Peebles reports.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, August 3, 2012 17:34 - 2 Comments
Analysis">Civil war in Syria: The end of the beginning? Analysis
As Syria's tragedy deepens, Franco Galdini argues that, far from signalling the end of the violence, a collapse of the government could presage the eruption of fullscale civil war.
New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays, The People in Between - Saturday, July 28, 2012 22:21 - 0 Comments
The People in Between">A Pot of Kindness: the joys and consolations of hitchhiking The People in Between
Having just completed (yet another) trip around the world, Jason Smith makes the case for why hitchhiking is the perfect means of travel through which to explore the world's wildly different cultures.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, July 16, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Special Report">The Academy of Latinity: For a new humanism Special Report
Santiago Zabala reports from the Beijing conference of the Academy of Latinity. In a global era when humanity seems to have lost its self-esteem, Zabala writes, the call for a new humanism capable of facing existential annihilation is not only necessary but also urgent.
Blogs, Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire, Olympics Watch, Politics - Saturday, July 14, 2012 19:43 - 1 Comment
Blog">Why is the UK’s leading Black newspaper denied access to the Olympic Stadium? Blog
Today the UK’s leading black newspaper, The Voice, announced that they have been denied access to the Olympic Stadium for the London 2012 Games. While happy to exploit the sporting achievements of black athletes, the British Olympic Association are now literally unwilling to give black people a voice, argues Samantha Asumadu.
Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, July 12, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Blog">A new approach to police-community relations? Blog
In an environment of strained community-police relations, Nnamdi Kalu reports on the tensions of engagement, and how technology can strengthen police accountability to the public.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, July 9, 2012 3:43 - 5 Comments
Ideas">The fiction of a free internet Ideas
Musab Younis argues that our perception of the "battle for the internet" is skewed by our acceptance of a hierarchical network run in the interests of advertisers, whose ability to codify, individuate and manipulate large populations is being increased by the spread of social media.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, July 2, 2012 19:17 - 1 Comment
Analysis">Housing Benefit Cuts – Another Tory own goal Analysis
David Cameron's controversial plans to cut housing benefit for under-25s are grossly unfair, hypocritical and based on archaic notions of the modern family, says Robin Whitlock.
New in Ceasefire, Politics, The People in Between - Wednesday, June 27, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
The People In Between">Lonesome George: Icon of the Galapagos The People In Between
Earlier this week, Lonesome George, the world's last Giant tortoise of its kind died at the age of 100. Jason Smith pays tribute to a potent symbol of humanity's need to reconsider its relationship with nature.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, June 19, 2012 0:00 - 7 Comments
Comment">Do Israelis Teach Their Children To Hate? Comment
Last week's revelation that an official Israeli civics exam instructed Jewish girls not to 'hang around with Arabs' is part of a long-running, systemic pattern of racism and dehumanisation against the Palestinians that must be exposed and addressed, argues Ali Hocine Dimerdji.
