New in Ceasefire
New in Ceasefire - Sunday, May 22, 2022 16:54 - 0 Comments
Books | Review | ‘Come What May’ by Ahmed Masoud
Come What May, the latest novel by Palestinian author Ahmed Masoud, introduces us to the essential human story behind daily Palestinian issues and concerns, a story we rarely see in the press or on our TV screens, writes Amanda Huggins in her review.
New in Ceasefire - Sunday, January 2, 2022 12:53 - 0 Comments
Comment | For the Culture: Reflections on Black & Brown Activism
Any black and brown activist knows activism carries an enormous personal cost, yet our campaigns continue to rely on the sacrifices of a few. The only way we can succeed is by working together, writes Samantha Asumadu.
New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, December 28, 2021 13:50 - 4 Comments
Comment | On the Nationality and Borders Bill and the UK Left
The Nationality and Borders Bill, which goes to the House of Lords next week, presents a grave danger to Britain’s ethnic minorities. So why has there been so little opposition to it from the UK left? Asks Sam Asumadu.
New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 27, 2021 18:26 - 0 Comments
Analysis | Profits before People: Britain’s unjust housing system preys on asylum seekers
The logic of asylum housing is simply an extension of the housing system in the UK more broadly. They are both underpinned by profiteering, deregulation, and racism, write Bogumila Hall and Ola Hall.
New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, October 13, 2021 19:31 - 0 Comments
Interview | The Bigotry of Man: “Darwin’s views on race were far from radical”
It is 150 years since the publication of Darwin's The Descent of Man. Kezia Picard sat down with Samuel Grove, author of Retrieving Darwin’s Revolutionary Idea, to talk about the radical and reactionary implications of Darwin’s theory.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, September 16, 2021 19:08 - 0 Comments
Analysis | The Girl in the Mirror: On Media Representations and Aesthetics of Shamima Begum
Shamima Begum has become the repository of Britain's self-mythology around the ‘dangers’ of having so many of 'them’ amongst 'us', writes Fatima Rajina.
New in Ceasefire, Passing for Normal - Sunday, August 15, 2021 18:56 - 1 Comment
Passing for Normal | Elevation
Over several months during lockdown, Dave Prescott became increasingly aware of an urge to see over the hedge of his back garden and across to the hills beyond. Naturally, he began to investigate the concept of an elevated chair.
Arts & Culture, Exhibition, New in Ceasefire - Friday, August 13, 2021 17:07 - 1 Comment
Exhibition | Forensic Architecture: Cloud Studies (Whitworth Gallery)
From Gaza to Grenfell, Forensic Architecture’s latest exhibition, Cloud Studies, documents the perpetration of, and resistance to, slow violence as it is enacted by states and corporations, writes Esther Kaner in her review.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, August 12, 2021 19:11 - 0 Comments
Comment | Forcing the bend: On the police killing of Anthony Alvarez
When Anthony Alvarez was fatally shot five times in the back by a Chicago police officer earlier this year, Mike Friedberg joined the local protests demanding justice and accountability. What ensued is a story of cruelty and impunity which is as disturbing as it is familiar in today's America, he writes.
New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, July 20, 2021 11:25 - 0 Comments
Comment | The Shawcross Prevent Review will lead to greater criminalisation of activism — We must stop it
As the official Shawcross review of Prevent gets under way, and a parallel People’s Review gathers steam to challenge it, it is crucial for us to understand the Government's intentions behind the Shawcross charade, argues Alim Islam.
