Politics
Ideas, New in Ceasefire, Profiles - Thursday, October 28, 2010 0:00 - 13 Comments
Profile: Slavoj Žižek – The Dog’s Bollocks … at the Media Dinner Party
In an exclusive essay, Paul Taylor explains why Slavoj Žižek stands out so forcefully from the conventional commentariat and debunks two frequently voiced objections to his work – the obscene humour and his refusal to provide ready-made solutions for the problems he so readily identifies.
New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, October 27, 2010 0:00 - 6 Comments
North African Dispatches Africa’s Forgotten Colony
In a new column, 'North African Dispatches', Kateb Salim casts a light on the case of Western Sahara, Africa's last, forgotten colony. He traces the history of the region from Spanish colonialism to Moroccan occupation, and charts the tremendous obstacles in the path to freedom that the Saharawi people have faced over the past decades. Unless a just peace is found soon, Salim argues, the repercussions are bound to be disastrous for the region.
Deserter's Songs, Music & Dance, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, October 16, 2010 8:19 - 9 Comments
Deserter’s Songs: The shape of education to come?
In this week's Deserter's Songs column on music and politics, David Bell considers the relevance of free improvisation for a 'new way of making and living education'. In so doing, he examines the resonances between the practice of free improvisation and what is commonly termed 'critical pedagogy'.The similarities, he contends, are startling.
