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New in Ceasefire, Politics - Monday, May 28, 2012 0:58 - 3 Comments
Special Report">South Africa: victory for student hunger strike against staff sackings Special Report
Micah Roshan Reddy reports from Wits University, South Africa, where a hunger strike by students against a proposed abusive sacking of 17 catering staff became an international campaign and secured a remarkable victory.
New in Ceasefire, Palestine is Still the Issue - Saturday, May 26, 2012 14:18 - 1 Comment
Palestine is Still the Issue">Reflections on the current state of popular resistance in Palestine Palestine is Still the Issue
Having just returned from a weeks-long stay in Palestine, Ceasefire columnist Asa Winstanley reflects on the changing dynamics of Palestinian civil resistance.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, May 11, 2012 0:00 - 4 Comments
Comment">Richard Falk: Palestine’s hunger strikers have created a Gandhian moment Comment
Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and world-renowned legal scholar, argues that despite the silence from Western media and politicians, the extraordinary hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners marks a dramatic shift in Palestinian tactics of resistance.
