Alex Callinicos

socialistworker.co.ukAlex Callinicos: Ukraine crisis shows Europe’s leaders’ dependence on US empireFor all Burnham’s pledges of “unwavering” support for Ukraine, he was careful not to take sides in the latest row between Zelensky and Donald Trump.

@alexcallinicos.bsky.social: Ukraine crisis shows Europe’s leaders’ dependence on US empire: socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

My latest column, on Trump, Zelenskyy, and Europe. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

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socialistworker.co.ukZack Polanski must hold not fold over Zionism is racism motionZack Polanski should take it as a compliment that he and the Green Party are getting the Jeremy Corbyn treatment.

@alexcallinicos.bsky.social for @socialistworker.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social must not fold over " #Zionism is racism" motion: socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

socialistworker.co.ukZack Polanski must hold not fold over Zionism is racism motionZack Polanski should take it as a compliment that he and the Green Party are getting the Jeremy Corbyn treatment.

My latest column, on why Zack Polanski must hold firm. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

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The Deutscher Prize

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The Deutscher Memorial Prize jury is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Chris Wickham, winner of the prize in 2006 for Framing the Early Middle Ages and subsequently both a member of the jury and its chair until 2025. (1/3)

socialistworker.co.ukLabour holds back Greens in Holborn & St Pancras—but no landslideThe mainstream media has used the by-election result as an opportunity to hammer the Greens over their support for Palestine

Great analysis of the Holborn & St Pancras by-election by @tomashtengely.bsky.social socialistworker.co.uk/labour/labou...

lemonde.frMouvement lycéen : les blocages d’universités se maintiennent à la veille d’une nouvelle journée de mobilisationDes blocages d’établissements de l’enseignement supérieur ont eu lieu dans plusieurs villes mercredi 7 octobre. A Paris, des étudiants de Sciences Po et de l’Ecole normale supérieure revendiquent un soutien aux lycéens et demandent « une répartition plus équitable des moyens » entre les établissements.

In Memory of Anwar Shaikh: An Updated Version, with an anecdote about Ernest Mandel. alexcallinicos.substack.com/p/in-memory-...

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Le Monde

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Mouvement lycéen : les blocages d’universités se maintiennent à la veille d’une nouvelle journée de mobilisation

lemonde.frEcrits antisémites : Marine Le Pen dit « maintenir sa confiance en Jordan Bardella » et s’en prend à « Mediapart »La candidate du Rassemblement national a qualifié de « manœuvre infâme » la divulgation d’écrits antisémites, dont le président du parti nie être l’auteur.

In tribute to Anwar Shaikh, some hitherto unpublished comments on his most important book. alexcallinicos.substack.com/p/in-memory-...

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Le Monde

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Ecrits antisémites : Marine Le Pen dit « maintenir sa confiance en Jordan Bardella » et s’en prend à « Mediapart »

socialistworker.co.ukAlex Callinicos: The Burnham formula—dramatic change in tone, minimal change in realityWhat he's seeking has nothing to do with genuine socialist politics

My latest column, on what Burnham does and doesn’t represent. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

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socialistworker.co.ukAlex Callinicos: Iran war continues to expose Trump’s limitTrump may escalate the war against Iran. But decades of US attempts to dominate the Middle East are running up against the growing power of its rivals.

@alexcallinicos.bsky.social for @socialistworker.bsky.social : #Iran war continues to expose @realDonaldTrump limit: socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

My latest column, on why, war or no war, the US is losing the Middle East. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

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socialistworker.co.ukAlex Callinicos: Dark times as four horsemen ride out“The four horsemen of the apocalypse are coming for the global economy.” says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

@alexcallinicos.bsky.social for @socialistworker.bsky.social Dark times as four horsemen ride out socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

socialistworker.co.ukAlex Callinicos: Dark times as four horsemen ride out“The four horsemen of the apocalypse are coming for the global economy.” says Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

My latest column, on economic gloom and doom. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

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Jo Wolff

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22 Sept

Nancy Mitford updated.

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Adam David Morton

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22 Sept

Short overview with @chrishesketh.bsky.social on our article in Progress in Human Geography on why the Marxist notion of totality must be defended @alexcallinicos.bsky.social @davidharvey.org

ppesydney.netFrom Locality to Totality - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)On the tension between locality and totality that we see configuring the contours of significant debate today across economic geography in postcolonial, poststructural, decolonial, and constructivist ...

ft.comWhy Warsh is starting to bite backThe Fed chair has more political leverage — and skill — than many feared

11 Sept

Gillian Tett argues argues ‘Warsh now has more political leverage — and skill — than many earlier feared.’ www.ft.com/content/98bf... Why Warsh is starting to bite back

ft.comKushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurismThe misguided belief that dangling potential postwar profits can lead to peace has hampered US diplomacy from Ukraine to Gaza and Iran

9 Sept

@edwardluce.bsky.social on the two money-obsessed buffoons Trump used to negotiate war vs peace www.ft.com/content/bc02... Kushner and Witkoff’s blind amateurism

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socialistworker.co.ukAlex Callinicos: The far right remains a dynamic forceIf Andy Burnham dashes the hopes he raised to get into 10 Downing Street, Nigel Farage, Rupert Lowe and Tommy Robinson will rush to capitalise

8 Sept

@alexcallinicos.bsky.social for @socialistworker.bsky.social : The far right remains a dynamic force: socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

7 Sept

My latest column, on Farage’s difficulties, amid the broader advance of the far right. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

thenextrecession.wordpress.comBond bustThe financial media and mainstream economists are in a huge tizz. Government bond yields have risen sharply since the end of the pandemic slump to return to levels not seen since the glo…

7 Sept

Michael Roberts, Bond bust thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2026/09/04/b...

socialistworker.co.ukAlex Callinicos: Trump fears losing face over Iran warThere is much speculation about what John Ratcliffe, the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), was up to when he visited Moscow last week to meet his Russian counterparts. Without doub...

31 Aug

My latest column, on the new outburst of violence in the Gulf and Trump and Putin’s shared problem. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

15 Aug

socialistworker.co.ukThe racist witch-hunt of Jason ArdayThe right are celebrating the fall of Cambridge professor Jason Arday with the glee of a colonial hunting party that has just blasted a lone creature into oblivion. Guns had been out for him as soon a...

7 Aug

@tomashtengely.bsky.social on the Arday affair socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

6 Aug

Πανελλαδική μέρα δράσης ενάντια στη συνεχιζόμενη γενοκτονια και εθνοκάθαρση στην Παλεστινη. Ελάτε στην Πλατεία, Βαθύ, 19:00

6 Aug

Join the national day of protests for Palestine on Sunday 9 August in Ithaki at the Plateia, Vathy, 1900hrs.

open.substack.comFurther Thoughts on The Odyssey, with a defence of Emily Wilson.Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey has already made a huge amount of money, attracted tremendous controversy, and encouraged many people to buy one of the translations of the poem (I’ve bee...

30 July

More from me about the Odyssey, with some words in defence of @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/alexcall...

lrb.co.ukPodcast: Emily Wilson and Thomas Jones · Among the Ancients: The 'Odyssey'

30 July

And here’s what I hope is a link that works to the podcast I refer to www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and...

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EMILY WILSON

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27 July

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

29 July

@edwardluce.bsky.social very good on the significance of Trump’s rewriting the Saudi nuclear deal after it was signed.

ft.comTrump’s waning sway over the worldThe habitual trolling that serves him at home is sapping his potency on the global stage

29 July

www.ft.com/content/3441... Trump’s waning sway over the world

ft.comUkraine, Iran and how regional wars go globalConflicts in Europe and Asia are overlapping and two rival blocs may be forming

29 July

@gideonrachman.bsky.social how the two big Eurasian wars are starting to get connected. www.ft.com/content/51ea... Ukraine, Iran and how regional wars go global

socialistworker.co.ukCredibility of the US empire is shrinking fastThe US and Israel were unlikely to defeat Iran by air power alone. But as hostilities re-ignited in the past couple weeks, it's been Iran escalating

28 July

My latest column, on the roots of US failure against Iran. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

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Branko Milanovic

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26 July

A nice exchange btw @alexcallinicos.bsky.social and myself on Trotsky and view of Trotsky by Leszek Kolakowski. I started with this piece I wrote several years ago. Trotsky after Kolakowski branko2f7.substack.com/p/trotsky-af...

branko2f7.substack.comTrotsky after KolakowskiWhy is Kolakowski so dismissive of Trotsky?

open.substack.comA Reply to Branko Milanovic on TrotskyBranko Milanovic, whose writings I enjoy and whom I greatly respect, has written a scathing attack on Trotsky and Trotskyism .

26 July

A reply to Branko Milanovic on Trotsky open.substack.com/pub/alexcall...

open.substack.comMy take on the Nolan OdysseyWell, as part of the celebration of my 76th birthday, I went to see Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey today.

25 July

Naturally I’ve written my own take on the Nolan Odyssey, as another great war brews in West Asia. open.substack.com/pub/alexcall...

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K M Flett

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20 July

very good piece. Burnham likely to fail a reality test of promising change in the context of imperial crisis. What happens from below can make a difference to how that plays out of course

Alex Callinicos@alexcallinicos.bsky.social

My latest column, on what Burnham promises. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

socialistworker.co.ukBurnham will need more than wordsAddressing the crises of the system will require a critical analysis and a radical politics that far exceed his rhetoric

socialistworker.co.ukBurnham will need more than wordsAddressing the crises of the system will require a critical analysis and a radical politics that far exceed his rhetoric

20 July

My latest column, on what Burnham promises. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

socialistworker.co.ukTrump's manoeuvres risk restarting warHe's ramping up his rhetoric again, calling the Iranian leadership 'scum,' threatening devastation and withdrawing economic concessions

My latest column, on Trump’s clumsy efforts to turn defeat into victory. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

Nuff said.

I’ve been preparing for the 90th anniversary of the military coup that sparked off the Spanish Revolution by reading Héctor PSierra’s superb book on that revolution and the counter-revolutions, Stalinist and Francoist, that destroyed it.

‘ It is AI that has markets churning and drives capital-raising. The banks are another example of the false “broadening” of the stock market that has also driven up industrial and utility stocks in the past few years. All these sectors have lived, and could die, with AI.’

ft.comWall Street banks are AI stocks nowPlus a nice cool CPI report

www.ft.com/content/b775... Wall Street banks are AI stocks now

10 July

‘If not war, then what? The likely answer is a long spell of unsatisfactory stop-go talks, occasional skirmishes and Iran periodically yanking Trump’s chain to remind him who controls events. In the medium term, Iran will lose much of its leverage as oil shippers build pipelines and find … 1/