Politics
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Wednesday, August 15, 2012 13:10 - 16 Comments
Notes from the Margins">Israel’s Extreme Tourism: War and Occupation for Fun and Profit Notes from the Margins
In recent years a number of Israeli companies, many of them staffed by former soldiers, have attempted to promote Israel as a destination for extreme tourism with a military component. Matt Carr looks at the phenomenon and considers the overlap between entertainment, voyeurism and propaganda that has transformed Israel into a military themepark.
Interviews, New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, July 24, 2012 18:15 - 1 Comment
Interview">Peter Herbert: “institutional racism in the police will be there for a long time” Interview
At this year's NUS Black Students' Conference, Adam Elliott-Cooper spoke to Peter Herbert, one of the UK's most senior human rights barristers on his thoughts on recent police scandals, protest and the state of civil liberties in Britain today.
Blogs, Ceasefire Bites, New in Ceasefire, Olympics Watch, Politics - Saturday, July 14, 2012 19:43 - 1 Comment
Blog">Why is the UK’s leading Black newspaper denied access to the Olympic Stadium? Blog
Today the UK’s leading black newspaper, The Voice, announced that they have been denied access to the Olympic Stadium for the London 2012 Games. While happy to exploit the sporting achievements of black athletes, the British Olympic Association are now literally unwilling to give black people a voice, argues Samantha Asumadu.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:30 - 5 Comments
Notes from the Margins">The Border Between Us Notes from the Margins
The fall of the Berlin Wall prompted the more optimistic proponents of globalisation to hail the advent of a new "borderless" world. Two decades later, however, borders and boundaries have acquired a political importance not witnessed even during the hottest period of the Cold War. Matt Carr considers why this has happened.
New in Ceasefire, Quebec Chronicles - Wednesday, July 4, 2012 15:53 - 0 Comments
Quebec Chronicles">A fork in the road Quebec Chronicles
Jane Gatensby reports from Montreal as a summer of strife and upheavals beckons.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, June 28, 2012 16:06 - 4 Comments
Comment">Ireland: Shaking hands with the past, present and future Comment
History was made on Wednesday when Queen Elizabeth met and shook hands with former IRA leader - now Northern Ireland deputy minister - Martin McGuinness. Lily Murphy reflects on what this event, who many predicted would never see the light, means for the Irish nation.
New in Ceasefire, Politics, The People in Between - Wednesday, June 27, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
The People In Between">Lonesome George: Icon of the Galapagos The People In Between
Earlier this week, Lonesome George, the world's last Giant tortoise of its kind died at the age of 100. Jason Smith pays tribute to a potent symbol of humanity's need to reconsider its relationship with nature.
Letters from Brussels, New in Ceasefire - Monday, June 11, 2012 2:50 - 1 Comment
Letters from Brussels">Resisting Corporate Europe’s narrative Letters from Brussels
In her latest dispatch, Emily Macintosh reports from Corporate Europe Observatory’s ‘EU in Crisis’ conference held in Brussels on 5-6 May and on the importance of opposing the EU’s new ‘Austerity Treaty’.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Wednesday, June 6, 2012 0:00 - 3 Comments
Notes from the margins">A new kind of barbarism: the ‘non-people’ of Patras Notes from the margins
In his latest column, Matt Carr looks at the brutal persecution of undocumented migrants in the Greek port-city of Patras, a continuum of violence that spans militarised law enforcement, the policing of protest, immigration control and the battlefields of the "war on terror"'.
New in Ceasefire, Politics, Quebec Chronicles - Saturday, June 2, 2012 0:00 - 0 Comments
Quebec Chronicles">It’s not just about tuition anymore… Quebec Chronicles
In her latest dispatch from Montreal, Jane Gatensby reports on the powerful wave of mobilisation sweeping Quebec as the backlash grows against a far-reaching emergency law aimed at putting an end to the student strikes. What was once a fight over tuition fees, Gatensby writes, has evolved into a popular movement for the preservation of fundamental civil liberties.
