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New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, April 11, 2020 10:29 - 0 Comments
Comment">Slogans are not enough, our NHS workers need to be protected Comment
If we really care about our healthcare workers we should move beyond 'angels and heroes' sloganeering, and help them resist their exploitation, writes D. Hunter.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Friday, April 10, 2020 21:50 - 2 Comments
Notes from the Margins">Clap for Boris? You must be joking Notes from the Margins
In framing a negligent prime minister as a symbol of our collective national resilience, the #ClapforBoris narrative is an attempt to obfuscate the government’s very real failings at a time when the human cost of its COVID-19 errors is becoming horribly apparent, writes Matt Carr.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, April 9, 2020 9:22 - 0 Comments
Analysis">Covid-19 is hitting Britain’s BAME communities hardest Analysis
Whether as doctors, minimum-wage workers, or patients, the UK's BAME communities have been at the sharp end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Roxy Legane examines the racialised dimensions of a public health crisis.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Sunday, March 22, 2020 20:38 - 0 Comments
Special Report">Too poor to stay in? State responses to COVID-19 cannot ignore people’s economic realities Special Report
Protecting the health of the public must remain the top priority of states tackling COVID-19, but emergency measures cannot ignore the economic realities and pressures facing the poor and vulnerable.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, March 4, 2020 5:11 - 1 Comment
Comment">Weinstein, Polanski and beyond: The ripening fruits of #MeToo Comment
Last week, Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski faced different, though not totally dissimilar, public consequences for their long histories of sexual violence against women. These are significant victories for #MeToo, but the fightback must go on, Jennifer Izaakson writes.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Friday, December 20, 2019 15:06 - 0 Comments
Notes from the Margins">Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold Notes from the Margins
Last week's shocking defeat is a national tragedy. We now need a Labour Party that is the sum of its parts, rather than a party in which one faction defeats the other, writes Matt Carr.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 19, 2019 15:33 - 0 Comments
Analysis">After Corbyn: The British Left must reflect, learn and fight again Analysis
As it prepares to fight again, the British Labour left should not make the same errors committed by its centrist adversaries, argues James A. Smith.
Arts & Culture, Books, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, December 5, 2019 15:31 - 1 Comment
Books">A resonant poetry of survival: Shareefa Energy’s Galaxy Walk Books
The poems in 'Galaxy Walk', Shareefa Energy’s debut collection, come together to form a picture of a woman whose writing has offered her a way to live in a traumatic and complicated world, writes Rachel Seoighe in her review.
Features, New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Tuesday, December 3, 2019 12:57 - 1 Comment
Special Report">‘Need a coat? Take one. Want to help? Leave one’: Tackling the scourge of homelessness in the UK Special Report
In 2018, more than 700 homeless people died on the streets of Britain. As temperatures plummet, an initiative offering warm clothing to the homeless and rough-sleepers is launched this week in the UK. One of the organisers, Stefan Simanowitz, reports.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 17:43 - 1 Comment
Analysis">The BBC cannot fight ‘fake news’ if it’s part of the problem Analysis
The failure of much of the British media, and the BBC in particular, to understand, or at least acknowledge, their role in the spreading of fake news, is potentially disastrous for our political future, writes Paul Bernal.
