Politics
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, January 28, 2021 14:11 - 0 Comments
Comment | A decade after the Arab Spring, Western hypocrisy over arms sales is more brazen than ever
This week marks a decade since the 25 January revolution in Egypt. Much has changed since, but one exception is the US and UK governments’ habit of praising democracy and human rights while selling arms to the autocrats flouting them, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, January 8, 2021 12:37 - 0 Comments
Politics | “We will never concede”: The Capitol Hill riot did not come out of nowhere
The normalisation of right-wing populism made the historic breach into Capitol Hill possible. It should worry us that this brand of politics is growing in Britain too, writes Hamza Ali Shah.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, December 7, 2020 9:00 - 2 Comments
Comment | Why are ‘ethical’ UK universities investing in Israel’s apartheid?
It is imperative that universities abide by their own ethical investment policies and remove all links with companies and institutions complicit in human rights abuses, argues Taj Ali.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, October 31, 2020 14:12 - 0 Comments
Comment | The cost of Covid: Britain cannot afford more austerity
Chronic underfunding of public services, and years of cuts have left working-class communities more vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. We cannot afford a repeat of austerity, we need an alternative, writes Taj Ali.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, October 30, 2020 10:30 - 4 Comments
Ideas | Revisiting ‘Race’: Towards a Decolonial Curriculum
Revising the British school curriculum is an important way of disrupting the white eurocentric narratives of Empire that dominate our culture and politics; but any such decolonising efforts must centre ‘race', writes Dr Shaida Nabi.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, October 29, 2020 9:27 - 0 Comments
Analysis | Sovereignty and Spycops: Agamben and the Criminal Conduct Bill
Two weeks ago British MPs passed the Criminal Conduct Bill, which allows UK public authorities to commit crimes while undercover. Agamben's theory of sovereignty can help us understand what the bill means for the expansion of state power and states of exception, argues Tom Goodyer.
Editor's Desk, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, October 10, 2020 10:16 - 0 Comments
Analysis | “Whatever it is the Parliament does”: On Egypt’s redundant, theatrical elections
This month Egypt holds its latest round of parliamentary elections. But what purposes do such elections serve in a military autocracy? Quite a few, actually, writes Hesham Shafick.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:06 - 0 Comments
Comment | Breonna Taylor: If Black lives matter, black deaths should matter too
The absence of indictments for the killers of Breonna Taylor highlights the entrenchment of systemic state racism in the US, writes Mike Friedberg.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, September 22, 2020 10:49 - 0 Comments
Comment | Palantir: Why is the UK Government giving our money to Trump’s deportation profiteers?
Recent revelations that controversial US tech firm Palantir had secured a major UK government contract should trouble us all, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, September 7, 2020 15:22 - 2 Comments
Comment | Stop trying to educate fascists
As a teacher, I believe in education and positive discourse. But you can’t engage with people who deny your humanity, and it is useless to take a ground of moral suasion with people who do not have morals, writes Mike Friedberg.
