New in Ceasefire
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, July 9, 2011 17:59 - 1 Comment
Palestine is Still the Issue The Freedom Flotilla, Raed Salah, and Israel’s myth of invincibility
Despite Israel's posing as the region's strongman, its attempts to crush simple acts of Palestinian civil resistance and international solidarity demonstrate how weak and morally bankrupt it really is, argues Asa Winstanley.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, July 8, 2011 9:00 - 3 Comments
In Theory Bakunin: the Urge to Resist
In the last of his series on Mikhail Bakunin, political theorist Andrew Robinson presents his critical assessment of Bakunin's ideas and his legacy.
Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, July 7, 2011 0:00 - 0 Comments
Opera Cendrillon (ROH)
In his latest review, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, gives his verdict on a production of Cendrillon at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Beautiful Transgressions, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, July 5, 2011 7:56 - 0 Comments
Beautiful Transgressions Popular education as a living project
In her new column, Sara Motta explores the remarkable work of La Máscara Theatre company – the only feminist theatre group in Colombia, and reflects on how its methods can be used in popular education for the building of global movements of resistance.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, July 4, 2011 9:00 - 1 Comment
Essay Creating the Future: Palimpsest
Yesterday's truth becomes today's falsehood. In the third part of his 'Creating the Future' series, Paul Schloss looks at how past political victories come to lose their meaning. He suggests a radical solution.
Classical & Opera, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, July 3, 2011 17:24 - 0 Comments
Opera Le nozze di Figaro, (Opera Holland Park)
In his latest review, Ceasefire's opera critic, Paul Guest, gives his verdict on a production of Mozart's 'Le nozze de Figaro' at Opera Holland Park.
New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, July 3, 2011 9:00 - 0 Comments
The Anti Imperialist Migrant Solidarity, Global Resistance
We live in a Western media-political climate that persistently demonises and victimises foreigners, while underplaying the role of European colonialism. In such a context, solidarity with migrants is not only morally imperative, argues Adam Elliott Cooper, but is a critical focal point in the global fight against Imperialism.
Arts & Culture, Deserter's Songs, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, July 2, 2011 9:00 - 0 Comments
Deserter’s Songs I Hear That Train A-Comin’
"There's a long history of trains in popular music. They've represented freedom, inspired dances, carried loved ones away and heralded utopian futures." Dave Bell offers a selection of the different ways in which the sounds of trains have been used in music and considers what this might be able to tell us about the way we engage with sound and each other.
In Theory, New in Ceasefire - Friday, July 1, 2011 9:00 - 4 Comments
In Theory Bakunin vs Marx
In the second of his three essays on Mikhail Bakunin, political theorist Andrew Robinson addresses Bakunin's intellectual clash with Karl Marx, notably their different conceptions of freedom and revolution.
Books, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, June 30, 2011 9:00 - 1 Comment
Books ‘The Golden Cage’ by Shirin Ebadi
Ceasefire's Frederick Andrews reviews The Golden Cage, an intriguing semi-fictional collation of personal memories, encounters and stories by the Iranian human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi.
