New in Ceasefire
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, February 2, 2015 19:28 - 1 Comment
Ideas">First we take Athens, then we take Berlin? Syriza’s victory and the twilight of Neoliberalism Ideas
Last week's Greek electoral earthquake has left in its wake a wave of hope that an alternative to neoliberalist orthodoxy is possible. Laurence Cox and Alf Gunvald Nilsen examine the prospects of further breakthroughs elsewhere in Europe.
New in Ceasefire, Reflections - Friday, January 30, 2015 11:01 - 0 Comments
Reflections">Displacement and Belonging: ‘Like Travelling the World by Being in One Place’ Reflections
'The Commonality of Strangers', a new exhibition launching today at the New Art Exchange, is a reminder that belonging is a set of alliances and allegiances and not something that can be defined in terms of ancestral claims, skin colour, and packaged territorial boundaries, argues Roger Bromley.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 10:54 - 1 Comment
An A to Z of Theory">Alain Badiou: Truth, Subjectivity, and Fidelity An A to Z of Theory
In his latest column on Alain Badiou, Andrew Robinson explores how the French theorist believes an Event should be unfolded or followed in revolutionary politics. Robinson covers three key Badiousian concepts: the Truth, the revolutionary subject, and the ethical principle of fidelity to an Event.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 15, 2015 14:16 - 0 Comments
Ideas">What To Do In A Revolutionary Wave Ideas
In the final installment of their three-part examination of revolutionary waves, Laurence Cox and Alf Gunvald Nilsen consider their practical implications for activists and social movements.
Diary of a Domestic Extremist, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 8, 2015 20:05 - 1 Comment
Diary of a Domestic Extremist">Obstacles to Solidarity: The Age of Anxiety Diary of a Domestic Extremist
Continuing his examination of the decline of radical activism, Mikhail Goldman explores the theory that we are all very anxious. Precarious employment, continuous surveillance and the threat of sanctions under modern capitalism paralyse us and make us more alone than ever. We need to recognise and fight these obstacles to solidarity.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 19, 2014 12:23 - 7 Comments
Analysis">Inconvenient victims: Tracing the roots of anti-Armenianism in Israel Analysis
Robert Kazandjian traces the sources of the hostile treatment of Armenians in the Israeli press, placing it within the wider historical and political context of the region.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:17 - 2 Comments
Politics">A Fine Bromance, the Corporates and The Hindu Right: On Narendra Modi’s First Six Months in Power Politics
Amrit Wilson examines Narendra Modi's record in power in the six months since the BJP's electoral victory in May.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 15, 2014 11:13 - 11 Comments
An A to Z of Theory">Alain Badiou: The Event An A to Z of Theory
Badiou's theory of the Event is the lynchpin of his influential, but controversial, theory of revolutionary politics. In the fifth instalment of his series, Andrew Robinson traces the contours of the Event, and its fundamental attributes, such as undecidability, ontological disruption, and unfoundedness. He also examines which historical revolts are viewed by Badiou as authentic Events – and why some historical revolts fall short.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, December 9, 2014 23:59 - 4 Comments
Comment">Must the Wretched of the Earth Be Moral? Revisiting Fanon on Violence Comment
On the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the passing of Frantz Fanon, a defining figure of the anti-colonial struggle, Tanzil Chowdhury revisits Fanon's defence of the violence of the oppressed, and its contemporary implications for those engaged in solidarity efforts with global resistance movements.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, December 5, 2014 13:37 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Operation Skybreaker: When the State Co-opts the ‘Community’ Analysis
Sita Balani examines Operation Skybreaker, a pilot scheme launched by the Home Office in July 2014 across five of London’s most racially diverse boroughs. She argues the scheme is a worrying harbinger of future government policies and epitomises the Home Office's growing tendency to deploy notions of community, charity and consent in their attacks on undocumented migrants.
