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Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, January 6, 2014 20:21 - 2 Comments
Ideas">Pan-African Classics: Walter Rodney’s Legacy Ideas
Amber Murrey pays tribute to the legacy of Walter Rodney, whose book 'How Europe Underdeveloped Africa' transformed the modern debate on slavery and colonisation.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Saturday, January 4, 2014 14:38 - 16 Comments
Special Report">Western Sahara: “These camps will never be our home, we want to return to our homeland.” Special Report
Sabiha Mahmood reports on her three-week visit to the Western Sahara and the Tindouf refugee camps in Algeria, with powerful photography documenting the lives of Sahrawis in Africa's last remaining colony.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, January 4, 2014 0:00 - 4 Comments
Blog">Free the Hares boys: Protestors demonstrate outside G4S London headquarters Blog
Lucy Yelland reports on yesterday's London protest against G4S's involvement in the torture and detention of five Palestinian children.
Africlimate, New in Ceasefire - Friday, January 3, 2014 12:45 - 3 Comments
Africlimate">The DRC: Beyond the atrocities, an emerging environmental crisis Africlimate
With much of the analysis of the events in the Congo concentrating on ethnic conflicts, Ceasefire's Luqman Onikosi looks at the environmental destruction and its effects on the lives of the people in the region.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, January 2, 2014 13:19 - 1 Comment
Comment">The Hunger Games: Riding Roughshod over Human Rights and Human Dignity Comment
2013 saw hunger strikes by detainees held without charge or trial at Guantánamo Bay and immigration removal centres in the UK. In spite of worsening conditions and growing desperation, in both cases, the response was further repression. Parallels can be drawn.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, December 31, 2013 15:06 - 8 Comments
An A to Z of Theory">Walter Benjamin: Critique of the State An A to Z of Theory
In the penultimate essay in his series on Walter Benjamin, Andrew Robinson examines the critique of the state in Benjamin's much-discussed “Critique of Violence”. Robinson explains why Benjamin saw the state as an expression of a fatalistic worldview, what kind of action he believed could destroy oppression, and what this means for the possibilities of diffuse social power.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Monday, December 30, 2013 15:07 - 3 Comments
Books">Review | The Front Man: Bono (In the Name of Power) by Harry Browne Books
Around the world, U2 lead singer Bono is seen as the archetypal celebrity philanthropist, jetting across the globe campaigning against hunger and injustice in Africa and elsewhere. Harry Browne’s new book, The Frontman, unmasks a very different picture.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, December 18, 2013 0:00 - 15 Comments
Comment">‘Turning somersaults when there is no whip’: Challenging James Bloodworth’s Warmongering Comment
As the Editor of Left Foot Forward, James Bloodworth is an increasingly prominent voice on the Left in the UK. And yet, Ian Sinclair argues, Bloodworth's positions, notably on the "war on terror", have more in common with those of hawks in the UK and US Governments.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, December 17, 2013 0:45 - 0 Comments
Film">The Sound of Trumpets: ‘Dirty Wars’ and the new killing fields Film
'Dirty Wars', the hard-hitting documentary based on Jeremy Scahill's book, is an insightful examination not only of some shameful episodes in the US's "war on terror" but also of the dehumanising psychology of US exceptionalism, argues Roger Bromley.
New in Ceasefire, Photo Essays - Friday, December 13, 2013 15:50 - 4 Comments
Photo Essay">Western Sahara: Our Long Road To Freedom Photo Essay
Prompted by her recent visit to her homeland, Agaila Abba presents a highly personal portrait of the historical origins of the Western Sahara question and the ongoing Sahrawi refugee problem. With exclusive photography by Joe Huddleston.
