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New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 26, 2020 10:17 - 0 Comments
Ideas | Against Crisis Mentality
The Covid19 pandemic has exposed many of the social and economic contradictions underlying our normality. Adopting a short-termist crisis mentality in our response cannot be the answer, writes Nora Ziegler.
New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 16:19 - 0 Comments
Culture | Tiger King, COVID-19, and the Nature of Work
In its lurid depictions of strange kinds of jobs – idealised and precarious and dangerous – Tiger King perfectly echoes our Lockdown anxieties about the nature and politics of work, write Mareile Pfannebecker and James A. Smith.
New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 19, 2020 9:31 - 0 Comments
In Theory | Anti-Lockdown Theory: In defence of Giorgio Agamben
In the first of an occasional series, Ceasefire's theory columnist Andy McLaverty-Robinson examines Giorgio Agamben's much-criticised analysis of the Covid-19 crisis.
New in Ceasefire - Monday, May 11, 2020 13:19 - 0 Comments
Comment | Nobody ‘deserves’ to be tasered
Last week, footage emerged of a father being tasered by police in front of his child. The mixed public reaction to the incident has been a reminder of how pervasive acceptance of 'justified' violence remains in Britain, writes Roxy Legane.
New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, May 5, 2020 14:34 - 0 Comments
Analysis | ‘Stay Home, Save lives, Ask Questions’: On proportionality during this crisis
As the UK enters its seventh week of lockdown, we must ask questions about the effects of the government's indefinite measures, particularly on marginalised groups and those who are already overpoliced, writes Ghazal Tipu.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Thursday, April 30, 2020 15:45 - 0 Comments
Comment | Mike Ashley, MBS and Newcastle United: A Rotten Deal
In seeking to buy Newcastle United, MBS is trying to use football to rebuild and rehabilitate an appalling global reputation. Even at this late hour, Ashley and his colleagues can still put human rights above profits and say no to this appalling deal, writes Andrew Smith.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, April 24, 2020 17:57 - 1 Comment
Comment | The UK media got the Labour Antisemitism story wrong: Will they admit it?
The leaked Labour anti-semitism report provides an unrivalled test of integrity for the British media, writes Justin Schlosberg.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Wednesday, April 15, 2020 13:33 - 1 Comment
Analysis | Hypocrisy Promotion: Examining US policy in Latin America
While the US and its allies cite 'democracy promotion' as their motive for destabilising elected governments, their hypocrisy is exposed in the antidemocratic practices propping up the political Right across Latin America, writes Nick MacWilliam
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, April 11, 2020 10:29 - 0 Comments
Comment | Slogans are not enough, our NHS workers need to be protected
If we really care about our healthcare workers we should move beyond 'angels and heroes' sloganeering, and help them resist their exploitation, writes D. Hunter.
New in Ceasefire, Notes from the Margins, Politics - Friday, April 10, 2020 21:50 - 2 Comments
Notes from the Margins | Clap for Boris? You must be joking
In framing a negligent prime minister as a symbol of our collective national resilience, the #ClapforBoris narrative is an attempt to obfuscate the government’s very real failings at a time when the human cost of its COVID-19 errors is becoming horribly apparent, writes Matt Carr.
