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Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Friday, July 24, 2020 11:44 - 0 Comments
Special Report ">Othering in the time of Pandemic Special Report
Global responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, from Singapore to the United States, have too often involved greater stigmatisation of already marginalised communities, notably migrants, refugees and minorities. This is not just morally abhorrent but presents serious dangers to global public health, argue Sanam Monteiro and Renugaa R.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, July 22, 2020 16:38 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Strained Solidarities: On (re)building a mass anti-racist movement in Britain Analysis
Anti-racist activists in the UK must eschew stale debates over terminology and representation, and instead focus on building a movement rooted in structural knowledge and powered by cross-communal solidarity, write Ilyas Nagdee and Azfar Shafi.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, July 1, 2020 17:35 - 2 Comments
Comment">Israel’s Annexation Plan: The UK government must stop putting arms sales ahead of the rights and lives of Palestinians Comment
Israel's proposed annexation of parts of the West Bank is a grave violation and injustice against the people of Palestine. The UK's rhetorical objections are not enough, there must be an end to UK arms sales to Israel and the message of political and military support that they send, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, June 30, 2020 15:27 - 6 Comments
Comment ">Let’s Measure the Exact Angle: A Palestinian Perspective on the Maxine Peake controversy Comment
"Why is nobody asking us, the Palestinians, what we think?" Author and playwright Ahmed Masoud offers his perspective on the Maxine Peake controversy.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 29, 2020 14:10 - 0 Comments
Ideas">‘Counter-Terrorism’ is a dangerous myth, it is high time we abolished it Ideas
At a moment when demands for police and prison abolition have travelled from the radical fringes into mainstream prominence, the radical social transformation that we seek requires nothing less than the abolition of the category of ‘terrorism’ altogether and the dismantling of the global counter-terrorism infrastructure, writes Eda Seyhan.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 26, 2020 11:31 - 0 Comments
Books">Review | ‘Chav Solidarity’ by D. Hunter Books
"A guide and a balm, a meditation on the politics of survival and an appeal to extend our arms towards each other". Chav Solidarity, by D. Hunter, is a book that must be read, writes Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, June 25, 2020 14:56 - 0 Comments
Ideas">On The Politics of Window Smashing: Black Lives Matter and White Allyship Ideas
Self-described white allies must stop indulging in facile, exploitative narratives surrounding the BLM protests, writes Jamie Ranger.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 19, 2020 8:43 - 0 Comments
Books">The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity by Darryl Li Books
If the global War on Terror has taught us anything, it is that it is very easy to write badly about Muslims, particularly in the context of conflict. Darryl Li's ‘The Universal Enemy’ stands as a salutary antidote to so much that passes for scholarship on the subject, writes Asim Qureshi in his review.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Monday, June 15, 2020 15:05 - 0 Comments
Special Report">Palestinian Lives Matter: The killing of Eyad Hallaq and Israel’s state racism Special Report
The killing on May 30th of Eyad Hallaq, an autistic Palestinian young man in Jerusalem, by Israeli police, has elicited enormous sympathy and outrage. It also provides a stark reminder that racist state violence remains a daily reality for Palestinians, Yousef Al-Helou reports.
Columns, In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, June 13, 2020 0:00 - 2 Comments
In Theory">Anti-Lockdown Theory: Stop Securitisation! In Theory
Global lockdown is finally giving way to a period of economic crash and social unrest. Yet the state response to the outpouring of justified anger at police atrocities is remarkably similar to its response to the coronavirus pandemic. In the second of his series on lockdown theories, Andy McLaverty-Robinson looks at securitisation, notably the long history of shifting framings of healthcare and the creeping securitisation of social problems.
