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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.
Editor's Desk, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 15:21 - 2 Comments
Ideas">Making It Count: Resisting the Authority of Ignorance Ideas
We are governed by pathological liars, buffoons, and brutish aristocrats, yet they keep getting away with it. Just what will it take to make the truth count and hold them accountable? Asks Sita Balani.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, May 29, 2020 10:47 - 3 Comments
Comment">Why it’s your civic duty not to download the UK’s contact tracing app Comment
Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson are trying to persuade us that it’s our civic duty to take part in their Covid-19 ‘test and track’ programme. But their approach - based on secrecy, exceptionalism and deception - means our civic duty may well be to resist the programme actively, argues Paul Bernal.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:17 - 0 Comments
Ideas">Against Crisis Mentality Ideas
The Covid19 pandemic has exposed many of the social and economic contradictions underlying our normality. Adopting a short-termist crisis mentality in our response cannot be the answer, writes Nora Ziegler.
Arts & Culture, Film & TV, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 16:19 - 2 Comments
Culture">Tiger King, COVID-19, and the Nature of Work Culture
In its lurid depictions of strange kinds of jobs – idealised and precarious and dangerous – Tiger King perfectly echoes our Lockdown anxieties about the nature and politics of work, write Mareile Pfannebecker and James A. Smith.
Columns, In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 19, 2020 9:31 - 0 Comments
In Theory">Anti-Lockdown Theory: In defence of Giorgio Agamben In Theory
In the first of an occasional series, Ceasefire's theory columnist Andy McLaverty-Robinson examines Giorgio Agamben's much-criticised analysis of the Covid-19 crisis.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, May 11, 2020 13:19 - 2 Comments
Comment">Nobody ‘deserves’ to be tasered Comment
Last week, footage emerged of a father being tasered by police in front of his child. The mixed public reaction to the incident has been a reminder of how pervasive acceptance of 'justified' violence remains in Britain, writes Roxy Legane.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 5, 2020 14:34 - 0 Comments
Analysis">‘Stay Home, Save lives, Ask Questions’: On proportionality during this crisis Analysis
As the UK enters its seventh week of lockdown, we must ask questions about the effects of the government's indefinite measures, particularly on marginalised groups and those who are already overpoliced, writes Ghazal Tipu.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, April 30, 2020 15:45 - 1 Comment
Comment">Mike Ashley, MBS and Newcastle United: A Rotten Deal Comment
In seeking to buy Newcastle United, MBS is trying to use football to rebuild and rehabilitate an appalling global reputation. Even at this late hour, Ashley and his colleagues can still put human rights above profits and say no to this appalling deal, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, April 24, 2020 17:57 - 0 Comments
Comment">The UK media got the Labour Antisemitism story wrong: Will they admit it? Comment
The leaked Labour anti-semitism report provides an unrivalled test of integrity for the British media, writes Justin Schlosberg.
