Politics
Politics, South of The Border - Monday, September 6, 2010 1:07 - 1 Comment
South of The Border: The view from Latin America
In this week's Latin America news round up: a prisoner hunger strike against anti-terror law in Chile, Chavez goes on the attack, Uribe under fire and much more. Our correspondent Tom Kavanagh reports.
Arts & Culture, Columns, CounterSpin, Politics - Sunday, September 5, 2010 2:10 - 8 Comments
CounterSpin: Should we trust the newspaper?
In the first of his 'Counterspin' series of columns, Ceasefire Deputy Editor Musab Younis examines the effect that increasingly concentrated media ownership is having on the reliability and accuracy of news reporting. He asks whether systematic distortion could be linked to the ownership structure of the press - and, if so, what prospects there are for a new popular, democratic media.
Columns, Modern Times, Politics - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 12:43 - 12 Comments
Modern Times: On the REAL cricket scandal
The current media frenzy around the alleged cricket "match-fxing scandal" has been a predictable mix of sanctimonious glee and barely-concealed xenophobia. It seems that, as the far as the UK media is concerned, the crime has been identified and the criminal caught. As our political editor Omayr Ghani shows in a thorough and incisive analysis, the real story is a lot more complicated than that.
Politics, South of The Border - Monday, August 30, 2010 11:51 - 1 Comment
South of The Border: The view from Latin America
In the news this week in Latin America: Massacre in Mexico, Morales unhappy with Peru, Brazil awaits its first female president and much more. Ceasefire correspondent Tom Kavanagh delivers his weekly round up of what's been going on south of the border...
Columns, Diary of a Domestic Extremist, Politics - Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:01 - 9 Comments
Diary of a Domestic Extremist – Carry on Camping?
The past week has seen the 5th Camp for Climate Action take place outside the Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters in Edinburgh. In a passionately polemical column, Mikhail Goldman argues that the choice of target could have brought together a wide spectrum of greens and anti-capitalists, but that the timing was completely wrong. He concludes that although the climate camp movement has to be applauded for its considerable achievements, its prominence has come at a heavy price.
Politics, South of The Border - Monday, August 23, 2010 18:05 - 0 Comments
South of The Border: The view from Latin America
In the news this week in Latin America: Protests in Honduras, police officers arrested in Mexico, Fidel Castro's new career as a columnist and much more. Ceasefire correspondent, Tom Kavanagh, gives his weekly report on what's been going on south of the border...
Columns, Devil's Advocate, Politics - Thursday, August 19, 2010 23:50 - 6 Comments
Devil’s Advocate: On the right to offend
Is there a right not to be offended? If so, what about the right to offend? In particular, are some Muslims simply conflating being justifiably criticised with being illegally abused? Omer Ali, Ceasefire's very own Devil's Advocate, ruminates on the matter...
Politics, Stateside - Wednesday, August 18, 2010 11:09 - 1 Comment
STATESIDE – BDS campaign: hopes and disappointments at UC Berkeley
In March, the student body of the University of California at Berkeley voted in favour of a bill that advocated divestment from companies that helped and benefited from Israeli occupation and human rights abuses. The vote was supported by a wide and diverse collection of groups and individuals but strongly criticized by pro-Israel activists and, over the following weeks, has led to a series of further votes and counter votes. Ceasefire US correspondent and BDS activist Humza Tahir reports.
Politics, South of The Border - Monday, August 16, 2010 1:54 - 1 Comment
South of The Border: The View from Latin America
The past few years have been interesting times in Latin America, and this week was no exception: from protests in Bolivia, to a Brazilian possible u-turn on the Iran question to the remarkable warming of relations between Chavez and his Colmbian neighbours. In this week's dispatch, our correspondent Tom Kavanagh reports on what's been going on south of the border...
Features, Ideas, Politics - Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:02 - 3 Comments
Think Big! In defence of ideology
The protracted aftermath of the worst world recession in living memory has seen not a fundamental questioning of the basic ideological premises of liberal capitalism, but a call for technocratic, ideologically "neutral" solutions instead. Is this another failure of the left to seize the moment and present a credible alternative? Alex Andrews bemoans the growing reticence towards big ideologically-driven programmes and says thinking big is the only thinking worth doing.
