Elliot Murphy
Elliot Murphy is a writer and activist based in the UK. He is the author of 'Unmaking Merlin: Anarchist Tendencies in English Literature', to be published in November 2014 by Zero Books.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, August 28, 2014 22:51 - 6 Comments
Politics">Iraq, ISIS and intervention: How the mainstream media failed again Politics
Once again, the spectre of war and destruction is hovering across Iraq and, once again, the mainstream media is acting as an uncritical supporter of Western intervention.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, November 28, 2013 11:04 - 1 Comment
Books">Review | ‘Class and Contemporary British Culture’ by Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn Books
Elliot Murphy reviews a compelling and often disturbing account of how class identification and cultural tags shape people’s self-image and their image of others.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 10, 2013 0:00 - 2 Comments
Analysis">What Thatcher Did Analysis
As debate intensifies around reactions to Margaret Thatcher's death, Ceasefire's Elliot Murphy presents a damning portrait of her political record at home and abroad.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 3, 2013 11:40 - 4 Comments
Books">Review | ‘Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens’ by Richard Seymour Books
Elliot Murphy reviews Richard Seymour's "enjoyable and relentless attack" on Christopher Hitchens,one of the most influential and controversial polemicists of the past three decades.
Books, New in Ceasefire - Sunday, February 3, 2013 0:00 - 2 Comments
Books">‘The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes’ by Jonathan Rose Books
As the marketisation of universities accelerates, maintaining forms of education which value the pursuit of knowledge as an end in itself has become a crucial and necessary challenge. Elliot Murphy revisits a classic study by Jonathan Rose that explores the pre-war culture of self-education amongst the British working classes.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, November 10, 2012 0:00 - 5 Comments
Analysis">A future in the balance: why the G8 must be stopped Analysis
As Britain prepares to host next year's G8 summit, grassroots movements are stepping up their opposition. Elliot Murphy argues the capitalist orthodoxies enshrined by the world's richest countries are unsustainable and unethical.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, May 10, 2012 9:09 - 2 Comments
Analysis">‘Keeping the peace’ in Somalia Analysis
Elliot Murphy provides an unsettling account of the latest developments in Somalia, and warns against Western calls for foreign intervention.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Wednesday, February 1, 2012 11:08 - 4 Comments
Analysis">Britain, Oman and “Our kind of guy” Analysis
Sultan Qaboos, Oman's ruler since 1970, is the world's longest surviving autocrat and Britain's closest ally in the Gulf. Elliot Murphy takes a look at the history and politics behind a very discreet, and troubling, relationship.
