Editor’s Desk
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Friday, September 25, 2020 12:09 - 2 Comments
Analysis | Should you use the UK Government’s new Coronavirus Contact Tracing App? Well…
The UK Government's new Covid-19 contact-tracing app for England and Wales is a marked improvement on its dismal earlier attempt, but should you use it? It's complicated, writes Paul Bernal.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Friday, September 18, 2020 11:45 - 0 Comments
Comment | Lebanon: Even freedom of expression, our last bastion, is now under threat
As Lebanon reels from deepening political unrest and the repercussions of last month's horrific port explosion, an alarming crackdown on freedom of expression is gathering momentum, writes Lebanese novelist Naji Bakhti.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, August 26, 2020 8:51 - 0 Comments
Profiles | Deportation Cuts: Stories of exile and survival
Over the last two decades, the UK has deported thousands of people to Jamaica, many of whom left the Caribbean as infants and grew up in the UK. Luke de Noronha, author of a new book on the painful and intimate life stories of these deportees now living in exile, presents snippets of their stories framed by music videos which speak to their biographies — an invitation to read, pause, watch and listen.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Monday, August 3, 2020 10:21 - 0 Comments
Comment | How did we arrive here? On the Anniversary of Egypt’s Rabaa Massacre
This month marks the seventh anniversary of the Rabaa Massacre, which signalled the end of Egypt’s once promising democratic project. While the military’s role in the revolution’s defeat is clear, Egypt’s liberal and leftist forces must examine their own complicities and failures, writes Hesham Shafick.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, July 22, 2020 16:38 - 1 Comment
Analysis | Strained Solidarities: On (re)building a mass anti-racist movement in Britain
Anti-racist activists in the UK must eschew stale debates over terminology and representation, and instead focus on building a movement rooted in structural knowledge and powered by cross-communal solidarity, write Ilyas Nagdee and Azfar Shafi.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 29, 2020 14:10 - 1 Comment
Ideas | ‘Counter-Terrorism’ is a dangerous myth, it is high time we abolished it
At a moment when demands for police and prison abolition have travelled from the radical fringes into mainstream prominence, the radical social transformation that we seek requires nothing less than the abolition of the category of ‘terrorism’ altogether and the dismantling of the global counter-terrorism infrastructure, writes Eda Seyhan.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 15:21 - 2 Comments
Ideas | Making It Count: Resisting the Authority of Ignorance
We are governed by pathological liars, buffoons, and brutish aristocrats, yet they keep getting away with it. Just what will it take to make the truth count and hold them accountable? Asks Sita Balani.
Editor's Desk, Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, July 29, 2019 8:27 - 1 Comment
Interview | Yanis Varoufakis: “Never before have we had so much money, yet so little investment in what humanity needs”
Yanis Varoufakis talks to Ceasefire's Laura Siegler about building a transnational movement to tackle climate change, the ongoing crisis of capitalism, and his return to Greek politics.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, July 4, 2019 13:55 - 0 Comments
Tribute | Our Simon. Rest in Power.
"His death is a massive loss, not only to his family, his friends and comrades, but to all those fighting for a fairer society, not just in Britain but beyond". Pablo Navarrete pays tribute to fellow film-maker Simon Baker who passed away earlier this week.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Friday, October 26, 2018 11:01 - 1 Comment
Comment | ‘He could not breathe’: Remembering Jimmy Mubenga, eight years on
In October 2010, Jimmy Mubenga, a 46-year-old father of five, died on a British Airways plane at Heathrow after being restrained violently by G4S guards. Eight years on, his death continues to speak volumes about structural injustice, institutional racism, and state and corporate impunity.
