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Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, November 26, 2019 17:43 - 0 Comments
Analysis | The BBC cannot fight ‘fake news’ if it’s part of the problem
The failure of much of the British media, and the BBC in particular, to understand, or at least acknowledge, their role in the spreading of fake news, is potentially disastrous for our political future, writes Paul Bernal.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, October 29, 2019 16:29 - 1 Comment
Analysis | It is high time British universities took institutional racism seriously
Last week’s EHRC report into Racism in UK Higher Education paints a horrifying picture of the depth and scale of institutional racism in British Universities. It is sadly a missed opportunity, writes Clive James Nwonka.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, September 5, 2019 21:05 - 5 Comments
Analysis | Beyond the Glittery Façade: Examining the UAE’s role in the global War on Terror
It might present a modern, progressive face to the world, but the UAE, more than any other country in the Arab world, has played a crucial and disreputable role in supporting the US-led global War on Terror, argues Asim Qureshi.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, August 28, 2019 16:43 - 3 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.
Blogs, Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, August 13, 2019 13:16 - 1 Comment
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.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, July 30, 2019 12:40 - 1 Comment
Analysis | Shukri Abdi’s death should be a catalyst for radical social change
Last month, Shukri Yahya Abdi, a quiet, timid 12-year-old girl and refugee from Somalia, was found dead in a river near Manchester. Remi Joseph-Salisbury reflects on a tragedy that speaks volumes about the state of our politics today.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, June 14, 2019 16:58 - 0 Comments
Analysis | Grenfell and the Ghosts of History
This year's second anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire comes on the heels of another poignant milestone, the 60th anniversary of Kelso Cochrane's murder, on May 17, 1959 in the same area. Mark Olden reflects on the lasting legacies of both events, and the histories of resistance they reveal.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, February 23, 2019 19:35 - 0 Comments
Comment | Where does Shamima Begum exist?
Stripping Shamima Begum of citizenship teaches us, yet again, that even when People of Colour are born and bred in Britain, they are still seen as aliens within the nation, write Azeezat Johnson and Shereen Fernandez.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, January 30, 2019 12:07 - 1 Comment
Analysis | What kind of Labour anti-racist movement do we want?
Given the serious consolidation of racism in Britain, the Labour party, under a Left leadership, must put anti-racist politics front and centre of its vision and policies, writes Simon Hannah.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Thursday, January 10, 2019 13:47 - 0 Comments
Analysis | Goddard’s ‘Westminster Mob’ are a threat to our common future
Accusations of hypocrisy and media bias have overshadowed the political significance of Goddard's ‘Westminster mob.’ We should call it out for what it is: the most visible expression of an organised and increasingly confident far-right movement that threatens our common future, writes Matt Carr.
