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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 18:37 - 3 Comments
Ideas">On the rise and rise of China: threat, challenge, opportunity? Ideas
In an exclusive essay, David J. Franco examines the rise of China on the world stage.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, April 5, 2012 19:36 - 0 Comments
Reflections">From Tahrir to OWS: Resources for a Journey of Hope Reflections
Roger Bromley reflects on how the Arab Spring and the Occupy Movement, which arose out of very different circumstances and in very different places, have both challenged the individualism of neoliberalism by seeking to reclaim public spaces, demonstrating the power of assembly, and acting collectively.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 26, 2012 15:01 - 0 Comments
Ideas">Screening Žižek: Laconic Axe vs Lobottonised Thought Ideas
In the second of his essays on "Screening Thought" Paul Taylor explores the wider constraints imposed on serious thinking by the media. Despite the problems caused by Zizek's popularity, his celebrity-intellectual persona still retains an important aspect of “the return of the repressed” - abstract thought's stubborn survival in a heavily mediated age.
Books, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, March 18, 2012 20:18 - 1 Comment
Books">Review: “Hermeneutic Communism: From Heidegger to Marx” Books
In 'Hermeneutic Communism', Gianni Vattimo and Santiago Zabala offer a radical recasting of Marx’s theories that openly challenges calls, such as those by Negri and Hardt, for a return of the revolutionary left. Lev Marder argues this could be a Communist Manifesto for the 21st Century.
Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 12, 2012 21:53 - 2 Comments
Blog">Poll: Half Alabama & Mississippi voters think Obama is a Muslim Blog
A poll published today reveals a third of Alabama and Mississippi voters say interracial marriage should be made illegal, whereas half think Obama is a Muslim, and two thirds do not believe in evolution. Hicham Yezza asks: is it time for humanitarian intervention?
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, March 12, 2012 20:08 - 1 Comment
Ideas">Screening Žižek : on the decaffeination of provocative ideas Ideas
In the first of three essays on "Screening Thought", academic and author Paul Taylor draws upon his first-hand experience of giving a public talk with Slavoj Zizek to show how the media's worst tendencies risk being adopted by audiences who should know better.
Blogs, Politics - Friday, March 9, 2012 20:49 - 10 Comments
Comment">Why #StopKony is vile: a response to comments Comment
David Leon's article on the repulsiveness of the 'StopKony' campaign has sparked a wide-ranging online debate. In this short piece, he addresses the claim of his critics that he has not provided a useful alternative to the Kony campaign.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, February 26, 2012 21:27 - 1 Comment
Comment">Malcom X: between theory and the riots Comment
It is through real life contexts, rather than theoretical abstractions, that we can best understand, and honour, the legacy of Malcolm X, write Jonathan Bennet and Adam Elliott-Cooper.
New in Ceasefire, The People in Between - Thursday, February 16, 2012 12:00 - 4 Comments
People in between">The dogs in between People in between
Whilst admiring the wonderful differences in cultures on his journeys across the world, Jason Smith still finds dogs terrorising. In his latest blog for Ceasefire, he explains his feelings on the subject.
Ceasefire Bites, Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:12 - 0 Comments
Blog">Bahraini Activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Alkhawaja: A Letter from Prison Blog
On the one year anniversary of Bahrain's pro-democracy protests, we publish a letter by activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Alkhawaja, sentenced to life imprisonment for taking part in the protests and currently entering his second week of a hunger strike.
