racism
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, September 25, 2011 14:00 - 5 Comments
Books">Paint them black: the riots and mass incarceration Books
Ceasefire's Jonathan Jacobs reviews Michelle Alexander's "The New Jim Crow', a best-selling landmark study of the de-facto racism of the US penal system, and points to striking parallels with the UK's response to the recent riots.
New in Ceasefire, The Anti-Imperialist - Sunday, July 31, 2011 0:05 - 0 Comments
The Anti Imperialist Language as Weapon
Language is a major weapon, both for those who seek liberation from oppression and the systemic forces that stand in their way. Adam Elliott Cooper argues that bland acronyms such as "BME" are a key aspect of the drive to de-politicise the struggle against racism.
New in Ceasefire, Shawerma Republic - Monday, April 25, 2011 0:00 - 8 Comments
Shawerma Republic Ten simple steps to becoming a racist
Thinking of becoming a racist? In this week's 'Shawerma Republic', Ceasefire's Ruqaya Izzidien shows you how.
Columns, Sabir on Security - Friday, September 3, 2010 20:58 - 2 Comments
The imminent, and overdue, death of ‘Prevent’
Of all the ill-fated initiatives and programmes introduced by the previous government in its attempt to "fight terrorism", nothing has been as disastrously counter-productive as the 'Prevent' strategy.
As Rizwaan Sabir argues, this is a programme that was designed, and implemented, as a direct attack on the Muslim community as a whole. Its demise cannot come too soon.
Columns, Modern Times - Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:02 - 14 Comments
Modern Times: Confessions of an ex-racist
Are you a racist? no? what makes you so sure? to put it differently, what would you do if you discovered that your attitudes to other people contained, in fact, elements of racism? How would you deal with such a revelation? Corin Faife thought his attitude to race was unblemished, then he took a test...
