Columns
Beautiful Transgressions, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 5, 2011 15:40 - 3 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions Challenging ‘Politics as Normal’: Lessons from Chile
In this edition of Beautiful Transgressions, Ceasefire Magazine columnist Sara Motta reflects on the different forms of action during last week's TUC March in London, by revisiting the popular movements in Chile during the 1970s and 80s
New in Ceasefire, Shawerma Republic - Monday, March 28, 2011 0:00 - 1 Comment
Shawerma Republic It’s a ducking euphemism!
Earlier this month, the BBC received accusations of Tory-pandering when they began replacing the word ‘cuts’ with ‘savings’. Ceasefire columnist Ruqaya Izzidien takes a look at the pervasive, and damaging, dominance of euphemisms in our daily language.
New in Ceasefire, Politics, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, March 27, 2011 0:00 - 1 Comment
The Anti-Imperialist A Struggle for Black Community
One of the greatest achievements of the civil rights movement was the spread of political conciousness. Adam Elliott-Cooper looks at what we can learn about the organising methods it used, and how they can help us overcome apathy in today's Britain.
Beautiful Transgressions, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, March 22, 2011 0:00 - 9 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions Beyond the Picket Line
As popular resistance against the cuts continues to grow, the University and College Union (UCU) have voted to take strike action this week over pensions, pay and job security. Ceasefire columnist Sara Motta argues that spaces of resistance can, and must, be built on both sides of the picket line.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, March 18, 2011 0:00 - 12 Comments
In Theory Precariatans of all countries, unite!
Over the past thirty years, workers have been weakened and deprived of their ability to be, and act, united. In his latest 'In Theory' column, political theorist Andy Robinson takes a look at the concept of Precarity and the Precariat.
New in Ceasefire, Shawerma Republic - Monday, March 14, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments
Shawerma Republic Society encourages the young to stay jobless
When Ceasefire columnist Ruqaya Izzidien started her job hunting upon graduation, she discovered some rather startling truths.
New in Ceasefire, Sabir on Security - Friday, March 11, 2011 10:06 - 5 Comments
Sabir on Security Control Orders: out of control, out of order
When Rizwaan Sabir went on the 10 O'clock Live show to debate control orders with Anthony Glees, he was surprised by the Professor's misconceptions. In this week's Sabir on Security column, he sets the record straight.
Beautiful Transgressions, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, March 8, 2011 0:00 - 53 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions A radical feminism for our times
On international women’s day, Ceasefire columnist Sara Motta offers some reflections on why we urgently need a radical feminism for our movements of resistance.
New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, March 6, 2011 0:00 - 2 Comments
The Anti-Imperialist The Pitfalls of Black Nationalism
In his latest column, Ceasefire associate editor Adam Elliott-Cooper looks at Black nationalism, an intrinsic aspect of the anti-imperialist struggle. Many contemporary social movements across the Global South, he argues, are problematising the nationalism of the past, and finding new focal points and organising methods to resist modern-day imperialism.
New in Ceasefire, Shawerma Republic - Monday, February 28, 2011 6:41 - 12 Comments
Shawerma Republic Against segregation in mosques
After a recent trip to Bosnia, where Muslim men and women pray in the same shared space, Ceasefire columnist Ruqaya Izzidien asks why things can't be the same in the UK.
