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New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, January 29, 2012 22:25 - 1 Comment
The Anti Imperialist">David Lammy and (Mis)understanding Violent Coercion The Anti Imperialist
David Lammy's remarks blaming the riots on a lack of corporal punishment have been widely reported in the media. Adam Elliott-Cooper argues that Lammy's clumsiness not only draws attention from the multitude of factors underpinning the riots, but also the culture of violence that is far more damaging to the communities he claims to represent.
New in Ceasefire, The Unveiled Truth - Wednesday, November 3, 2010 22:00 - 8 Comments
The Unveiled Truth">Slumdog Billionaires The Unveiled Truth
In the old town of Mumbai you can find the Dharavi slum, a place where one million people live in squalor, on less than a dollar a day. Yet just six miles from this tragedy, in a billion dollar house with twenty seven floors, lives the fourth richest man in the world, a man who’s spent years accumulating wealth whilst feuding bitterly with his only brother. This perverse proximity is a perfect lesson in the infinite paradoxes of human nature, and the moral bankruptcy of our capitalistic age, writes Shirin Sadeghi.
