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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, October 11, 2013 17:50 - 8 Comments
Comment">Blacklisted for Being Muslim: On Quilliam, the EDL and the Islamophobia industry Comment
As UK construction firms are due to pay compensation for their unlawful blacklisting of thousands of workers, it appears another neo-McCarthyite blacklisting drive is under way, this time against Muslims, writes Yvonne Ridley.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, October 10, 2013 17:24 - 0 Comments
Special Report">Egypt: ‘Write your Constitution’ campaign gathers momentum Special Report
Last month, the National Council for Women launched a campaign to survey tens of thousands of Egyptians on their preferences regarding the current constitutional review process. Alessandra Bajec reports from Cairo.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, October 8, 2013 10:57 - 2 Comments
Special Report">India: Notes from the Struggle in the Narmada Valley Special Report
The Jal Satyagraha protests and subsequent arrests in the Dewas, Hardwa and Khandwa districts of Madhya Pradesh in India are the latest round in perhaps the country's longest-running environmental and social movement since Independence. Matthew Birkinshaw reports.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, October 6, 2013 9:12 - 5 Comments
Comment">Idle No More: Native Canadians’ anti-colonial struggle must be waged in Britain too Comment
On October 7, indigenous communities and supporters are taking to the streets across Canada and globally with a day of action to assert their indigenous sovereignty, and participation across the UK is called for as Britain’s colonial legacy continues.
New in Ceasefire, Reflections - Sunday, September 29, 2013 14:51 - 0 Comments
Reflections">The Long Baking Process of History: Changing Narratives of the Nation Reflections
As the Conservative Party conference opens in Manchester today, Immigration is likely to be a main theme, with UKIP in the role of Banquo’s ghost. Roger Bromley explores the ways in which ‘ethnic boundaries’ are increasingly being ‘heated into significance’, as questions of sovereignty are talked up as a major political distraction from the real economic and social problems facing the country.
New in Ceasefire, Under the Tree of Talking - Saturday, September 28, 2013 11:26 - 5 Comments
African Spirituality">African Religion: Rediscovering the Way African Spirituality
African spirituality is often pitted against 'mainstream' religions as a culture that promotes mythical and backward teachings. In his latest column, Ceasefire's JJ Bola debunks some of the myths and lies surrounding Western perceptions of many African traditions.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Tuesday, September 24, 2013 12:43 - 1 Comment
Notes from the Margins">Goodbye to Uncle Sam? Notes from the Margins
American hesitation over intervening militarily in Syria has led some hawkish interventionists to worry that the United States may be heading towards a new period of isolationism and abandoning its global leadership role. In his latest column, Matt Carr argues that this might not be such a bad thing.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, September 21, 2013 16:19 - 6 Comments
Analysis">The Long Walk: Talha Ahsan and the Politics of Racialisation Analysis
Today, Talha Ahsan, a British poet with Asperger's, marks his 34th Birthday in solitary confinement at a US Supermax prison, after 7 years of detention without trial. The contrast between the handling of Ahsan's extradition request and Gary McKinnon's highlights an ongoing process of racialisation in the name of the War on Terror that legitimises police violence and contributes to the immunity of political authorities.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Friday, September 20, 2013 22:27 - 19 Comments
Special Report">Syria: Deciphering the Propaganda War over the Ghouta Massacre Special Report
The politicised debate over the realities of last month's chemical attack in Ghouta is a further manifestation of a propaganda war - being fought on all sides and for competing national and geopolitical interests - that shows scant regard for the human cost of the conflict.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, September 11, 2013 18:16 - 0 Comments
Politics">Chile’s 9/11: “Forty years on, we haven’t received any form or type of justice.” [VIDEO] Politics
To commemorate 40 years since the US-aided 1973 coup in Chile, Ceasefire presents 'Living Presence' a video documentary by Ross Domoney following the story of six women who revisit the site of their torture and incarceration under the Pinochet regime. One of the women, Patricia Pizarro speaks to Christina Rebel.
