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New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, February 14, 2014 19:54 - 9 Comments
Comment">Scottish Independence: Westminster’s unholy alliance short-changes Scots over the Pound Comment
This week, the UK's three main parties joined forces to claim an independent Scotland would not be able to keep the Pound. This is further evidence of the increasing panic gripping Westminster over September's referendum, argues Yvonne Ridley.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, February 13, 2014 15:55 - 0 Comments
Comment">Three years after Bahrain’s uprising, the UK is still putting arms sales ahead of human rights Comment
As the people of Bahrain mark the third anniversary of the 2011 uprising, decision makers across the west need to reflect on their role in exacerbating tensions and facilitating repression in the country.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, February 12, 2014 10:31 - 2 Comments
Ideas">Remembering Stuart Hall: The Making of a Radical Intellectual Ideas
To mark the sad passing of Stuart Hall this week, Corine Dhondee revisits his life's work as public intellectual and radical activist through the film 'The Stuart Hall Project'.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, February 11, 2014 20:22 - 13 Comments
Special Report">Gender and justice in an emerging nation: My impressions of Rojava, Syrian Kurdistan Special Report
In December 2013, Kurdish rights and women’s rights advocate Margaret Owen travelled to Rojava, in Syrian Kurdistan, just three weeks before the region officially announced self-government. Here she reports on her experiences in the conflict-zone and the PYD’s principles of gender equality in action.
New in Ceasefire, Theatre - Sunday, February 9, 2014 20:39 - 2 Comments
Theatre">Review: My Judy Garland Life (Nottingham Playhouse) Theatre
'My Judy Garland Life', the new play by acclaimed writer Amanda Whittington, brilliantly combines glitzy escapism with thought-provoking drama on the vagaries of ambition and fame, argues Richard Pilgrim.
Blogs, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, January 31, 2014 1:30 - 2 Comments
Blog">On ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Blog
While 'The Wolf of Wall Street' should not be mistaken for a morality tale about the excesses of finance capital, it does capture something of the way the global financial system eludes and frustrates our human-scale narrative demands for balance and closure, writes Dominic Fox.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Monday, January 20, 2014 20:41 - 2 Comments
Interview">Anjali Appadurai on Climate Justice: “You have been negotiating all my life. Get it done!” Interview
Environmental campaigner Anjali Appadurai speaks to Ceasefire's Phil England about the incremental progress made at the Climate Change talks in Warsaw in December and why colonial attitudes and corporate interests are holding us back.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, January 18, 2014 14:11 - 2 Comments
Ideas">Beyond a hierarchy of victimhood: The case for Genocide Memorial Day Ideas
In the lead up to tomorrow's fifth annual Genocide Memorial Day, Adam Majeed argues we should reject seeing historical crimes and injustices through a hierarchy of victimhood.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, January 17, 2014 0:56 - 2 Comments
Comment">My Sussex suspension: why Vice-Chancellors are clamping down on protest Comment
One of the suspended Sussex Five, Adriano Marotta, speaks out about the key reason behind his suspension: the near complete “de-democratisation” of Sussex University.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, January 10, 2014 0:00 - 7 Comments
Politics">Mark Duggan, State Violence and the Long History of British Propaganda Politics
Yesterday's verdict in the Mark Duggan case has sent shockwaves of anger and disbelief in communities across the UK. Ceasefire's Adam Elliott-Cooper argues the case epitomises the enduring nature of systematic and institutional injustices at the heart of the British political establishment.
