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New in Ceasefire - Sunday, February 21, 2021 15:52 - 1 Comment
Comment | Dear Sadiq Khan, the last thing British schools need is more police
This week, London mayor Sadiq Khan became the latest politician to endorse greater police presence in British schools. This is a deeply misguided position, writes Roxy Legane.
New in Ceasefire - Thursday, February 18, 2021 21:06 - 1 Comment
Comment | Defending free speech on UK campuses means defending the right to organise
The Government's latest effort to regulate free speech in UK universities is a threat not just to academic freedom but to political organising and dissent on campus, and must be challenged on those terms, writes Azfar Shafi.
New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, February 17, 2021 13:59 - 0 Comments
Analysis | The latest Prevent Review is a political charade, we must boycott it
The UK government’s latest review of its Prevent strategy is not only a political facade but a trojan horse to expand the programme. We must be united in our call for disengagement from it, and to demand nothing less than Prevent’s abolishment, argues Na’eem Ibn Farooq.
New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 28, 2021 14:11 - 0 Comments
Comment | A decade after the Arab Spring, Western hypocrisy over arms sales is more brazen than ever
This week marks a decade since the 25 January revolution in Egypt. Much has changed since, but one exception is the US and UK governments’ habit of praising democracy and human rights while selling arms to the autocrats flouting them, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, January 26, 2021 13:19 - 0 Comments
Special Report | As countries around the world push for nuclear disarmament, the UK and its allies resist
More than 75 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a landmark agreement prohibiting nuclear weapons has come into force this week. However, the five original nuclear powers, including the UK, stand in opposition. Steve Shaw reports.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 21, 2021 16:00 - 0 Comments
Ideas | An End to Myth: For a New American Language
As the 2020 US elections have shown, national mythology remains at the heart of American identity and a bulwark of the status quo. For meaningful change, we need a new American language, writes Benjamin Parisi.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, January 10, 2021 15:06 - 0 Comments
Comment | Why you should leave WhatsApp, and how
As WhatsApp prepares to share even more of our personal data across the Facebook network, now is a good time to take stock of our online privacy options.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, January 8, 2021 12:37 - 0 Comments
Politics | “We will never concede”: The Capitol Hill riot did not come out of nowhere
The normalisation of right-wing populism made the historic breach into Capitol Hill possible. It should worry us that this brand of politics is growing in Britain too, writes Hamza Ali Shah.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, December 7, 2020 9:00 - 1 Comment
Comment | Why are ‘ethical’ UK universities investing in Israel’s apartheid?
It is imperative that universities abide by their own ethical investment policies and remove all links with companies and institutions complicit in human rights abuses, argues Taj Ali.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Sunday, November 8, 2020 9:51 - 0 Comments
Special Report | As another election looms in Myanmar, its democratic transition remains a facade
This Sunday, almost 40 million people in Myanmar will have their chance to vote in their country’s second multi-party election in decades. Yet this democratic opening remains nothing more than a façade, Steve Shaw reports.
