Features
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Saturday, April 28, 2012 0:00 - 1 Comment
Special Report">Austerity cuts: the coalition’s shameful assault on the disabled Special Report
With the UK government cutting vital benefits for disabled people, Jonathan Benett investigates what the new policies mean for those accessing services on the ground
Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Olympics Watch - Wednesday, April 25, 2012 15:02 - 11 Comments
Special Report">#London2012: an Olympian exercise in corporate greenwashing Special Report
Amidst its lofty rhetoric about excellence and sustainability the London Olympics have chosen some of the world's most unethical companies as corporate sponsors. Phil England presents powerful first-hand testimonies from victims and campaigners dismayed and angry at this betrayal.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 24, 2012 15:50 - 2 Comments
Interview">Jeff Halper: “A two-state solution is no longer viable, we must stop talking about it” Interview
Jeff Halper, co-founder and coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) talks exclusively to Ceasefire's Livia Bergmeijer about the end of the two-state solution, the failure of the Palestinian Authority and how Israel is losing the moral war.
New in Ceasefire, Politics, Special Reports - Monday, April 23, 2012 17:32 - 11 Comments
Special Report">Selling the NHS: how parliament and the healthcare industry got cosy Special Report
In a hard-hitting investigative exposé, Andrew Robertson examines the network of vested interests that runs between Parliament and the private healthcare industry. This cosy, toxic relationship, he warns, threatens not only the future of the NHS but that of democracy in the UK.
New in Ceasefire, Olympics Watch, Special Reports - Thursday, April 12, 2012 12:00 - 76 Comments
Special Report">Want to cleanse your city of its poor? Host the Olympics Special Report
Hosting the Olympics is often presented to us as an ideologically neutral opportunity to boost tourism and sports. In a thought-provoking piece Ceasefire Magazine's Ashok Kumar outlines a clear and consistent, yet barely noticed, pattern of the Games being used to fundamentally restructure the host City to the purposeful exclusion of its working class and ethnic minority residents.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, April 11, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments
Politics">Al-Khawaja: Bahrain’s peaceful resistance, the world’s shameful silence Politics
As Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja nears the 70th day of his hunger strike. Fatema Abuidrees warns this could be our last opportunity to save his life, and Bahrain's future.
Features, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, April 7, 2012 0:00 - 5 Comments
Comment">In defence of Liam Stacey’s freedom of speech Comment
The jailing last week of Liam Stacey for posting racist tweets about Fabrice Muamba was met with near universal approval. And yet, Musab Younis argues, criminalising hate speech is wrong, ineffective and counter-productive. Racist Tweets deserve our scorn, not prison.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, April 2, 2012 14:30 - 0 Comments
Special Report">Ireland: Abandon Ship! Special Report
In the first of two special reports from Ireland, Ceasefire's Lily Murphy draws a sombre portrait of an accelerating mass exodus by the country's young people seeking better prospects abroad.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Saturday, March 24, 2012 6:15 - 2 Comments
Special Report">Portuguese strike and march against austerity plan Special Report
Ceasefire's Sebastião Martins reports exclusively from Lisbon on yesterday's general strike and popular marches against austerity measures, and the heavy crackdown by riot police that left protesters and journalists injured.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Friday, March 16, 2012 22:11 - 0 Comments
Special Report">Bloody Sunday in Afghanistan Special Report
Ceasefire's Sebastião Martins reports on the events and aftermath of Sunday's deadly attack by a US soldier that resulted in the death of sixteen Afghan civilians.
