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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, June 13, 2012 0:00 - 22 Comments
Comment">Black Gangs, White Lads: on (mis)understanding gang culture Comment
Gang culture is a phenomenon that dominates headlines and election campaigns, yet whose historical and political context is almost always absent or ignored. To address the issue, Dom Anderson argues, we must begin by understanding the critical role social structures and institutions play.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, June 12, 2012 0:00 - 4 Comments
Special Report">Turkey must address existing women’s rights issues, not create new ones Special Report
Latifa Akay reports from Turkey where thousands of women took to the streets on Friday across the country to protest against proposed government anti-abortion plans. As a country struggling to protect existing women’s rights effectively, Akay argues, Turkey is in no position to start constructing artificial conflicts.
Letters from Brussels, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 11, 2012 2:50 - 1 Comment
Letters from Brussels">Resisting Corporate Europe’s narrative Letters from Brussels
In her latest dispatch, Emily Macintosh reports from Corporate Europe Observatory’s ‘EU in Crisis’ conference held in Brussels on 5-6 May and on the importance of opposing the EU’s new ‘Austerity Treaty’.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, June 10, 2012 12:03 - 2 Comments
Books">Review: ‘Why Marx Was Right’ by Terry Eagleton Books
Hrannar Baldvinsson reviews "Why Marx Was Right", Terry Eagleton's bold and boisterous defence of one of the most revered, maligned and misunderstood figures of modern intellectual and political thought.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, June 9, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Interview">John Carlos: “Occupy the World” Interview
John Carlos, world-famous for his defiant, iconic black power salute at the Olympic games of '68, talks exclusively to Ceasefire's Samayya Afzal on human rights, racism and global change.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 8, 2012 20:23 - 1 Comment
Comment">Racism in football: a silence that says it all Comment
As the Euro 2012 tournament begins in the shadow of controversies over racism, Terence Elliott-Cooper argues that racism in football still doesn't receive the serious attention it deserves, whether abroad, or here in the UK.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 8, 2012 0:00 - 3 Comments
An A to Z of Theory">Jean Baudrillard: aleatory power and deterrence An A to Z of Theory
In the latest instalment of his series on Jean Baudrillard's ideas, Andrew Robinson explores three distinct concepts: aleatory power, deterrence, and non-war, and explains why, according to Baudrillard, the Gulf War did not take place.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire, Unknown Spins - Thursday, June 7, 2012 12:00 - 0 Comments
Unknown Spins">Keeping it together: An Interview with The Doozer Unknown Spins
Over the past half-decade, The Doozer has carved out a unique place in the UK underground music scene. He spoke to Andrew Fleming about his new album, 'Keep it together'.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 0:00 - 3 Comments
Notes from the margins">A new kind of barbarism: the ‘non-people’ of Patras Notes from the margins
In his latest column, Matt Carr looks at the brutal persecution of undocumented migrants in the Greek port-city of Patras, a continuum of violence that spans militarised law enforcement, the policing of protest, immigration control and the battlefields of the "war on terror"'.
Ceasefire Bites, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, June 5, 2012 15:43 - 3 Comments
Blog">An Oddly British Jubilee Weekend Blog
A weekend away in a quiet coastal town over the Jubilee Weekend, Adam Elliott-Cooper writes, can tell some interesting stories about the legacies of Empire
