New in Ceasefire
Arts & Culture, Exhibition, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 18, 2012 0:00 - 7 Comments
Arts & Culture">Review: Damien Hirst (Tate Modern) Arts & Culture
Ceasefire's Cordelia Lynn reviews the just-opened Damien Hirst retrospective at Tate Modern.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 17, 2012 0:00 - 6 Comments
Comment">On the perils of sectarianism in Syria Comment
As the Syrian tragedy becomes increasingly painted in sectarian terms, author Robin Yassin-Kassab asks why so many Syrians, including leftists, liberals and secularists, continue to ignore the issue. It is time, he argues, to break this taboo once and for all.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Monday, April 16, 2012 12:03 - 6 Comments
Notes from the Margins">The Madness of Anders Breivik Notes from the Margins
In this month's column, Matt Carr looks at the case of Anders Breivik, perpetrator of the Oslo Massacres of last July, whose trial starts today.
New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, April 15, 2012 10:05 - 1 Comment
The Anti-Imperialist">To self-police police racism is to perpetuate it The Anti-Imperialist
As further evidence emerges of police racism in the UK, Adam Elliott-Cooper uncovers a pattern of consistent failings by the Independent Police Complaint Commission to meaningfully hold the police to account.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, April 14, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
An A to Z of Theory">Jean Baudrillard: Critique of Alienation – Draft 1 An A to Z of Theory
In the third instalment of his 14-part introduction to the work of Jean Baudrillard, Andrew Robinson explores the French thinker's book 'The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures', and explains Baudrillard's view that consumption is a socially-imposed duty.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, April 13, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Comment">Raed Salah’s victory raises awkward questions for UK government Comment
On Saturday, Palestinian civil rights leader Raed Salah won a comprehensive victory against deportation from the UK. Ibrahim Hewitt, senior editor of Middle East Monitor, says the case raises serious questions about freedom of speech, political lobbies and Theresa May's future.
New in Ceasefire, Olympics Watch, Special Reports - Thursday, April 12, 2012 12:00 - 76 Comments
Special Report">Want to cleanse your city of its poor? Host the Olympics Special Report
Hosting the Olympics is often presented to us as an ideologically neutral opportunity to boost tourism and sports. In a thought-provoking piece Ceasefire Magazine's Ashok Kumar outlines a clear and consistent, yet barely noticed, pattern of the Games being used to fundamentally restructure the host City to the purposeful exclusion of its working class and ethnic minority residents.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Wednesday, April 11, 2012 0:00 - 2 Comments
Politics">Al-Khawaja: Bahrain’s peaceful resistance, the world’s shameful silence Politics
As Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja nears the 70th day of his hunger strike. Fatema Abuidrees warns this could be our last opportunity to save his life, and Bahrain's future.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 10, 2012 18:37 - 3 Comments
Ideas">On the rise and rise of China: threat, challenge, opportunity? Ideas
In an exclusive essay, David J. Franco examines the rise of China on the world stage.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, April 9, 2012 18:36 - 7 Comments
Special Report">Mali: What is really happening Special Report
In an exclusive report on the current upheavals in Mali, including on-the-ground interviews, Ceasefire's Oualid Khelifi provides an overview of the multi-dimensional complexities of the country's predicament, which have been largely ignored in mainstream coverage.
