August, 2019
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 18:40 - 2 Comments
Notes from the Margins | Chronicle of a Coup Foretold: Boris Johnson’s assault on democracy must be stopped
To pursue No Deal without consensus is bad enough, but to undermine parliament in order to achieve it is a gross violation of executive power, and must be opposed by anyone who cares about the integrity of representative democracy in the UK, writes Matt Carr.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 16:43 - 15 Comments
Analysis | Youth Violence: Britain’s schools need greater support and investment, not more policing
Plans for greater police presence in UK schools may prove electorally lucrative but are part of the problem. The normalisation of police presence in British schools will irreparably transform them from places of learning and growth into sites of hyper-surveillance and trauma, argue Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Roxy Legane.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Tuesday, August 20, 2019 16:55 - 1 Comment
Comment | Kashmir: The World Must Wake Up to Modi’s Fascistic, Paranoid Fantasies
India's ongoing crackdown in Kashmir should alert the world to the fascistic, tyrannical impulses driving Narendra Modi and his BJP movement, writes Katy Sian.
Blogs, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, August 13, 2019 13:16 - 0 Comments
Comment | Is the Labour Party against empirical sociology? Some notes on power, elites and anti-racism
Empirical examinations of the structures of power, and the nature of elites, are essential to any anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movement. By deligitimising them, we undermine rather than strengthen the fight against racism, write Tom Mills and David Miller.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Wednesday, August 7, 2019 15:06 - 0 Comments
Notes from the Margins | The President of Hate
This week's mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, have added another dismal chapter to America’s seemingly unstoppable litany of mass gun homicides. For the first time in American history, a generation of white supremacists and white nationalists are taking active inspiration from the man who occupies the White House, writes Matt Carr.
