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New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, February 19, 2016 0:29 - 1 Comment
Comment | The Government’s Attack on Ethical Boycotts Is an Attack on Democracy
The British government's latest initiative, which could ban local councils, public bodies and student unions across England from boycotting or disinvesting in unethical companies, flies in the face of its rhetoric in support for devolution and local decision-making, argues Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins - Sunday, January 10, 2016 19:31 - 2 Comments
Notes from the Margin | Corbyn, Stop the War and the British Press: My Week as a Media Pariah
When Matt Carr published an article criticising the British drive to war in Syria, little did he expect to see it become the focal point of an intense media assault on the Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. The episode, Carr writes, speaks volumes about the intellectual and moral ills of the British media.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, November 10, 2015 23:53 - 0 Comments
Comment | High-Tech Fundamentalist: Narendra Modi’s UK Visit is a Shameful Victory of Business over Human Rights
The UK visit this week by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, has met with outrage and condemnation among human rights groups. While Modi promotes India as an industrial Hi-Tech hub abroad, he has allowed mob rule and impunity to reign at home, argues Aisha Maniar.
Interviews, Politics - Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:44 - 4 Comments
Interview | Bridget Anderson on Europe’s ‘violent humanitarianism’ in the Mediterranean
Bridget Anderson, Professor of Migration at the University of Oxford, speaks to Ceasefire's Luke De Noronha about Europe's response to the Mediterranean crisis and how borders are 'a dystopian project whose enforcement exposes the horrific violence of the state.'
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, May 7, 2015 0:00 - 5 Comments
Politics | Why is the British Establishment Handing Over a Parliamentary Seat to a Despot’s Niece?
The Labour Party's decision to field as one of its General Election candidates a member and supporter of a political dynasty with an atrocious record of human rights violations in Bangladesh is a scandal.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, April 14, 2015 3:21 - 5 Comments
Comment | The Maajid Nawaz Scandal: With ‘Feminists’ Like These, Who Needs The Patriarchy?
This week evidence has emerged of a LibDem parliamentary candidate sexually assaulting a lap dancer. The indifference of the culprit, his party, and the political class at large to this behaviour epitomises the establishment's toxic attitude towards women and sexual abuse, argues Jennifer Izaakson.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, April 1, 2015 12:28 - 2 Comments
Politics | Yemen: This is about geopolitical, not sectarian, interests
While pundits and journalists have rushed to paint the current Saudi-led intervention in Yemen through a sectarian lens, the geopolitical dimensions of the conflict are far more significant, argues Dilly Hussain.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, March 28, 2015 0:00 - 23 Comments
Comment | The Last Stand: On the Lutfur Rahman Trial
A court case against Lutfur Rahman, Britain's first elected Muslim Mayor, concluded last week, with a verdict expected in early April. A defeat for Rahman would represent a huge blow against a genuine proponent of progressive change and a victory for the forces of reaction and anti-Muslim bigotry, argues Jennifer Izaakson.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, March 26, 2015 14:07 - 0 Comments
Comment | We Afghans Must Insure We’ll Never Have to Mourn Another Farkhunda
The public mob lynching last week of a young Afghan woman has sent shockwaves across the country and beyond. This horrendous crime should be a wake-up call for all Afghans, writes Saeeq Shajjan from Kabul.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, March 16, 2015 23:42 - 0 Comments
Politics | From Ferguson to the UK: Racist State Violence is a Global Problem. So Must be the Resistance.
The #BlackLivesMatter campaign highlights the necessity for a global movement of solidarity against racially-motivated state violence.
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