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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 Politics
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? Comment
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 Special Report
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.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, October 31, 2020 14:12 - 0 Comments
Comment">The cost of Covid: Britain cannot afford more austerity Comment
Chronic underfunding of public services, and years of cuts have left working-class communities more vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. We cannot afford a repeat of austerity, we need an alternative, writes Taj Ali.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, October 30, 2020 10:30 - 4 Comments
Ideas">Revisiting ‘Race’: Towards a Decolonial Curriculum Ideas
Revising the British school curriculum is an important way of disrupting the white eurocentric narratives of Empire that dominate our culture and politics; but any such decolonising efforts must centre ‘race', writes Dr Shaida Nabi.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, October 29, 2020 9:27 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Sovereignty and Spycops: Agamben and the Criminal Conduct Bill Analysis
Two weeks ago British MPs passed the Criminal Conduct Bill, which allows UK public authorities to commit crimes while undercover. Agamben's theory of sovereignty can help us understand what the bill means for the expansion of state power and states of exception, argues Tom Goodyer.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, October 10, 2020 10:16 - 0 Comments
Analysis">“Whatever it is the Parliament does”: On Egypt’s redundant, theatrical elections Analysis
This month Egypt holds its latest round of parliamentary elections. But what purposes do such elections serve in a military autocracy? Quite a few, actually, writes Hesham Shafick.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, October 9, 2020 8:51 - 0 Comments
Analysis">PREVENT’s cheerleaders fear intellectual scrutiny, for good reason Analysis
Attempts to demonise serious intellectual critiques of the UK Government's counter-extremism programme are not just vacuous but dangerous, argues Dr Layla Aitlhadj.
New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, September 30, 2020 16:52 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Big Tech vs The Left: How Facebook (almost) blocked Chomsky Analysis
Two weeks ago, a livestream of Noam Chomsky’s address at the Progressive International summit was censored momentarily by Facebook. The episode has brought to the fore the power of unaccountable social media platforms to censor dissenting ideas, as well as our collective need for an alternative, writes Harry Halpin.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:06 - 0 Comments
Comment">Breonna Taylor: If Black lives matter, black deaths should matter too Comment
The absence of indictments for the killers of Breonna Taylor highlights the entrenchment of systemic state racism in the US, writes Mike Friedberg.
