Politics

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, December 16, 2014 11:17 - 1 Comment

Politics | A Fine Bromance, the Corporates and The Hindu Right: On Narendra Modi’s First Six Months in Power

Amrit Wilson examines Narendra Modi's record in power in the six months since the BJP's electoral victory in May.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, December 9, 2014 23:59 - 4 Comments

Comment | Must the Wretched of the Earth Be Moral? Revisiting Fanon on Violence

On the occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the passing of Frantz Fanon, a defining figure of the anti-colonial struggle, Tanzil Chowdhury revisits Fanon's defence of the violence of the oppressed, and its contemporary implications for those engaged in solidarity efforts with global resistance movements.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, December 1, 2014 17:22 - 4 Comments

Politics | This state-imposed persecution of the UK’s international students must end

A protester holds a placard outside the Home Office in central London following the government's decision to strip London Metropolitan University of its right to sponsor visas for overseas students. (Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images)

In a letter published today in Ceasefire, more than a hundred UK academics, activists, and students write in to raise the alarm over Home Office policies towards non-EU colleagues and students, and warn that such policies are not only discriminatory but are causing irreparable damage to British higher education.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, November 7, 2014 17:08 - 0 Comments

Comment | The Arms Trade Treaty: Will it have any worthwhile impact?

This December, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the first of its kind aimed at regulating the international arms trade, will become part of international law. Without political will, however, none of its desirable impacts are likely to happen, warns Nicholas Gilby.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, October 6, 2014 16:05 - 4 Comments

Politics | ‘The right kind of perpetrator': Race, religion and gender in the Rotherham child abuse scandal

Recent coverage of the Rotherham child exploitation case has focused on the race, religion and ethnic background of the perpetrators. This fits neatly into a right-wing discourse around the supposed tyranny of political correctness and distracts from the prominent role of white, establishment figures in sexually exploiting children.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, August 28, 2014 22:51 - 6 Comments

Politics | Iraq, ISIS and intervention: How the mainstream media failed again

Once again, the spectre of war and destruction is hovering across Iraq and, once again, the mainstream media is acting as an uncritical supporter of Western intervention.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, August 14, 2014 19:49 - 0 Comments

Comment | After Gaza: The UK must end its arms trade with Israel

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As a growing number of voices worldwide call for an embargo on all arms sales to Israel, the UK's response has fallen dismally short, warns Andrew Smith.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Sunday, July 13, 2014 4:41 - 2 Comments

Comment | As Israel bombs our homes, to be ‘neutral’ is to be complicit

As Israel launches another bombing campaign against the population of Gaza, mainstream discourse is yet again painting the situation as a conflict between equals. This is not evidence of 'neutrality' but a de-facto show of support for the oppressor, writes Mohammed Suliman.

New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Tuesday, May 20, 2014 13:42 - 5 Comments

Notes from the Margins | ‘No one is listening to us': Britain’s Migrant Rebellion

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This month, Britain’s immigrant ‘detention estate’ has been rocked by one of the largest protests to date, yet another consequence of the climate of hatred, fear and racism so deeply embedded in Britain’s squalid current ‘debate’ about immigration, argues Matt Carr in his latest column.

New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, May 14, 2014 12:00 - 6 Comments

Comment | Michael Gove’s Dickensian plot against Muslim educationists

Michael Gove's virulent campaign against Muslim educationists - recently evidenced by the Trojan Horse plot that wasn't - shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who's been paying attention to his record, argues Yvonne Ridley.