Politics
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, April 22, 2016 17:39 - 0 Comments
Comment">This victory shows we can, and must, shut down the DSEI arms fair for good Comment
Last week, eight human rights protesters won a historical legal victory against DSEI, the world's biggest arms fair. This is a remarkable milestone on the way to banning such shameful events, argues Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, April 12, 2016 12:44 - 0 Comments
Politics">“She did not die; she multiplied”: Honouring Berta Cáceres Politics
Last week, campaigners in London and around the world marked the assassination last month of Berta Cáceres, the prominent Honduran human rights campaigner. Natalie Jeffers, Imani Roinson and Wretched of the Earth pay homage to Berta's living legacy.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, March 22, 2016 16:53 - 18 Comments
Comment">The Brussels Attacks: Our pain and rage are immense, but we need reason and understanding more than ever Comment
Frank Barat reflects on today's attacks on his city, and argues that only more understanding can defeat terrorism and its root causes.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, February 19, 2016 0:29 - 0 Comments
Comment">The Government’s Attack on Ethical Boycotts Is an Attack on Democracy Comment
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 - 4 Comments
Notes from the Margin">Corbyn, Stop the War and the British Press: My Week as a Media Pariah Notes from the Margin
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 - 1 Comment
Comment">High-Tech Fundamentalist: Narendra Modi’s UK Visit is a Shameful Victory of Business over Human Rights Comment
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 Interview
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? Politics
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 - 6 Comments
Comment">The Maajid Nawaz Scandal: With ‘Feminists’ Like These, Who Needs The Patriarchy? Comment
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 Politics
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.
