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New in Ceasefire - Sunday, March 22, 2020 20:38 - 0 Comments
Special Report | Too poor to stay in? State responses to COVID-19 cannot ignore people’s economic realities
Protecting the health of the public must remain the top priority of states tackling COVID-19, but emergency measures cannot ignore the economic realities and pressures facing the poor and vulnerable.
New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 5:11 - 0 Comments
Comment | Weinstein, Polanski and beyond: The ripening fruits of #MeToo
Last week, Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski faced different, though not totally dissimilar, public consequences for their long histories of sexual violence against women. These are significant victories for #MeToo, but the fightback must go on, Jennifer Izaakson writes.
New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 20, 2019 15:06 - 0 Comments
Notes from the Margins | Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold
Last week's shocking defeat is a national tragedy. We now need a Labour Party that is the sum of its parts, rather than a party in which one faction defeats the other, writes Matt Carr.
New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 19, 2019 15:33 - 1 Comment
Analysis | After Corbyn: The British Left must reflect, learn and fight again
As it prepares to fight again, the British Labour left should not make the same errors committed by its centrist adversaries, argues James A. Smith.
New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 5, 2019 15:31 - 0 Comments
Books | A resonant poetry of survival: Shareefa Energy’s Galaxy Walk
The poems in 'Galaxy Walk', Shareefa Energy’s debut collection, come together to form a picture of a woman whose writing has offered her a way to live in a traumatic and complicated world, writes Rachel Seoighe in her review.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, December 3, 2019 12:57 - 1 Comment
Special Report | ‘Need a coat? Take one. Want to help? Leave one’: Tackling the scourge of homelessness in the UK
In 2018, more than 700 homeless people died on the streets of Britain. As temperatures plummet, an initiative offering warm clothing to the homeless and rough-sleepers is launched this week in the UK. One of the organisers, Stefan Simanowitz, reports.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 17:43 - 0 Comments
Analysis | The BBC cannot fight ‘fake news’ if it’s part of the problem
The failure of much of the British media, and the BBC in particular, to understand, or at least acknowledge, their role in the spreading of fake news, is potentially disastrous for our political future, writes Paul Bernal.
Arts & Culture, Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, November 20, 2019 16:36 - 0 Comments
Film | ‘Official Secrets’: Can one woman stop a war? Should she have to?
By focusing on personalities at the cost of structural issues, 'Official Secrets' ignores too much of the ideological and structural paradigms behind the Iraq War, writes Georgie Carr.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Saturday, November 16, 2019 16:19 - 0 Comments
Special Report | France: Why I can no longer stay silent on my country’s Islamophobia
Zaynab Kahina reports from a historic “Stop Islamophobia” demonstration in France, the biggest anti-racism march the country has seen in almost 40 years.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Friday, November 15, 2019 11:25 - 0 Comments
Books | Palestine +100: Stories from a century after the Nakba
'Palestine +100', a landmark collection of science fiction short stories, offers a fresh and compelling portraits of the Palestinian experience, writes Asim Qureshi.
