Alex Callinicos

@alexcallinicos.bsky.social

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Emeritus Professor of European Studies, King’s College London. I write mainly about capitalism and its great adversary Marxism.

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Alexander Theodore Callinicos is a Rhodesian-born British political theorist and activist. An adherent of Trotskyism, he is a member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and serves as its International Secretary. Between 2009 and 2020 he was the editor of International Socialism, the SWP's theoretical journal, and has published a number of books. .. more

Political science 42%

Sociology 31%

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 3h

Summer 1936 portrait of an unknown Gitano/Roma militiaman with anarchist scarf. One of many remarkable photos of Barcelona in Spanish Civil War by Antoni Campañà. Beautifully colourised by Julius Backman. (Insgrm). Working class power saying no pasarán.

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Sasha Simic @sashasimic.bsky.social · 15h

@alexcallinicos.bsky.social for @socialistworker.bsky.social: #Epstein is a symptom of a sick system
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Alex Callinicos: Epstein is a symptom of a sick system

There’s an old book by the German historian Joachim Fest called The Face of the Third Reich. It’s a series of portraits of Nazi leaders.

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Narrative Matters (@itsnarrative on Twitter) @narrativematters.bsky.social · 15h

Alert: The above user doesn't believe in the green light

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 15h

Good piece by @pkrugman.bsky.social on the seductions of ruling-class privilege. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Seduced by the Louis XIV Treatment

What JD Vance and his entourage in Milan teach us about Epstein’s magnetism

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 15h

King Charles has said he is ready to help police investigations into his brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, if asked, after they said they were assessing information about his financial links to Jeffrey Epstein. ft.trib.al/IQ09cot

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 19h

My latest column, on the historical meaning of the Epstein scandal. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

Alex Callinicos: Epstein is a symptom of a sick system

There’s an old book by the German historian Joachim Fest called The Face of the Third Reich. It’s a series of portraits of Nazi leaders.

socialistworker.co.uk

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