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New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, September 18, 2018 15:55 - 0 Comments
Comment | The Bahraini authorities are slowly killing my father. Why is Theresa May helping them?
I have been on a hunger strike for almost two months to save my father's life and shed light on the suffering of all those who, like him, are paying the price for believing in democratic values in Bahrain, writes Ali Mushaima.
New in Ceasefire - Monday, August 27, 2018 22:55 - 0 Comments
Interview | Elsa Lefort: “The fate of my husband, Salah Hamouri, does not matter to our leaders”
A year ago this week, Salah Hamouri, a well-known French-Palestinian human rights activist was arrested in a pre-dawn raid by Israeli soldiers at his home in occupied East Jerusalem. He has been in indefinite detention ever since. Sawsan Bastawy speaks to his wife, Elsa Lefort, about her anger at the French government's indifference and her steadfast optimism for the future.
New in Ceasefire - Sunday, August 26, 2018 12:59 - 0 Comments
Theatre | Review | Translations (National Theatre)
The recent National Theatre production of Brian Friel's 'Translations' is a remarkable take on the central — and perennially relevant — questions of place, belonging and dislocation, argues Ananya Wilson-Bhattacharya in her review.
New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, August 14, 2018 8:31 - 0 Comments
Comment | How much more suffering must Yemenis take before the UK ends its arms sales?
If the bombing of a school bus full of Yemeni children isn’t enough to stop UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia, then what more would it take? Asks Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade.
New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, August 7, 2018 0:00 - 0 Comments
Books | Nincompoopolis: The Follies of Boris Johnson
Doug Murphy’s Nincompoopopolis is a suitably and rewardingly vicious, neat précis of the political and architectural legacies of Johnson in his time in power in London, argues Alex Baker.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Monday, August 6, 2018 14:59 - 0 Comments
Analysis | For the Many: How Labour’s 2017 General Election Manifesto changed everything
If the 2017 election was unusual in that large numbers of voters changed their views during the course of six weeks, Labour’s manifesto was one of the key reasons for their doing so, argues Mike Phipps.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, June 14, 2018 16:32 - 1 Comment
Comment | Yemen: The UK government is complicit in a humanitarian catastrophe
This week saw the start of the Saudi-led coalition’s assault on the Yemeni port town of Hodeida. After three years of destruction, the war has reached its deadliest stage yet. Governments like the UK know this, yet continue to enable this suffering, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, June 14, 2018 15:10 - 0 Comments
Comment | The World Cup: Playing fair, on and off the pitch
As the World Cup kicks off in Moscow today, Stefan Simanowitz reflects on the similarities between the beautiful game and international human rights.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, June 13, 2018 17:35 - 1 Comment
Comment | The Resistible Rise of Saint Tommy
On Saturday, thousands gathered in London's Trafalgar Square to express support for far right figure Tommy Robinson. The range and breadth of the #FreeTommy movement suggests it may be making serious inroads towards the mainstream, warns Matt Carr.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Saturday, May 12, 2018 10:18 - 0 Comments
Comment | Nakba Day: Marking 70 Years of Palestinian dispossession, and resistance
On Tuesday 15th May, Palestinians and solidarity activists around the world will mark Nakba Day. From the Balfour centenary to Israel's violent repression of peaceful protesters in Gaza, the past 12 months have presented acute reminders of the enduring nature of the Palestinian struggle for justice.
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- Comment | The Resistible Rise of Saint Tommy
- Comment | Nakba Day: Marking 70 Years of Palestinian dispossession, and resistance
- Analysis | “How could they all be so wrong?”: Reflections on the 2017 General Election
- Analysis | Gaza’s wake-up, unifying call: Reflections on The Great Return March
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- Comment | Yemen: The UK government is complicit in a humanitarian catastrophe
- Comment | The World Cup: Playing fair, on and off the pitch
- Comment | Marching with pride in Turkey, despite the crackdown
- Comment | Fighting Antisemitism: We cannot cherry-pick which racism to fight
- Comment | The Land Day Massacre: The cost of our continued inaction is paid for with Palestinian lives
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- Photo Essay | Tindouf: A bright spark in Saharawi-Algerian solidarity
- Interview | “When governments criminalise journalism, we need to push back”: Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Sue Turton
- Special Report | Against Israel’s brutality, Palestinians remain undeterred
- Comment | What UK politicians can, and must, do about the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook scandal
- Analysis | ‘Their Jobs, Our Education’: How the USS strike took university managers by surprise
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- Comment | The tone-deafness of privilege: Justin Timberlake at the Super Bowl
- Books | Shy Radicals: The Antisystemic Politics of the Militant Introvert, by Hamja Ahsan
- Books | An Anthem of a Revolution That Was — A Revolution That Will Be: ‘The City Always Wins’ by Omar Robert Hamilton
- Television | ‘My Week As a Muslim’: A well-meaning, patronising caricature
- Theatre | Review | ‘Searingly humane, compelling theatre’: My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Young Vic)