Alex Callinicos
@alexcallinicos.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of European Studies, King’s College London. I write mainly about capitalism and its great adversary Marxism.
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When the single most cynical operator on the Democrats that isn't named Jeffries or Schumer is telling you "Don't worry. The Republicans are going to act in good faith" you're actively hearing the Republicans tell you that they're not going to do so.
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR SHAHEEN: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the government is open to get this done."
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
When the single most cynical operator on the Democrats that isn't named Jeffries or Schumer is telling you "Don't worry. The Republicans are going to act in good faith" you're actively hearing the Republicans tell you that they're not going to do so.
The right have just carried out a successful hit on the BBC, forcing a Tory Director-General to resign. Expect even more positive coverage of Reform.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The right have just carried out a successful hit on the BBC, forcing a Tory Director-General to resign. Expect even more positive coverage of Reform.
The great John Plender:
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The great John Plender:
Thomas Pynchon is an amazing writer. Why has it taken me till 75 to discover this?
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Thomas Pynchon is an amazing writer. Why has it taken me till 75 to discover this?
on.ft.com/3Xi6LAa Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview
Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview
Heritage Foundation in turmoil after head defends airing of exchange with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes
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November 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
on.ft.com/3Xi6LAa Trump’s Maga coalition fractures over far-right interview
on.ft.com/4hXmbUg James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, dies aged 97
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, dies aged 97
US biochemist was responsible with the UK’s Francis Crick for 20th century’s most important biological discovery
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November 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
on.ft.com/4hXmbUg James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA’s double helix, dies aged 97
Thomas Piketty: ‘By rushing to the aid of the ultra-rich, when it had previously abstained [on a proposed wealth tax], the RN has clearly established itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on all levels, simultaneously nationalist, anti-immigrant, extractivist and hyper-… 1/
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Thomas Piketty: ‘By rushing to the aid of the ultra-rich, when it had previously abstained [on a proposed wealth tax], the RN has clearly established itself as the party of billionaires, as a right-wing party on all levels, simultaneously nationalist, anti-immigrant, extractivist and hyper-… 1/
Mamdani’s victory speech compared to Rivera’s ‘Man at the Crossroads’. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Niela Orr | Mamdani at the Crossroads
The percolating instrumentation of ‘New York’, Ja Rule’s piercing 2004 posse cut, was playing on my TV, and Zohran...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Mamdani’s victory speech compared to Rivera’s ‘Man at the Crossroads’. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
A hilarious chart - AI could take us to heaven, keep us in purgatory, or pitch us into hell.
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A hilarious chart - AI could take us to heaven, keep us in purgatory, or pitch us into hell.
Charlie Kimber on the implications of Mamdani’s victory for the left in Britain socialistworker.co.uk/news/what-ar...
What are the lessons of Zohran Mamdani’s victory for Your Party?
Don’t throw migrants and trans+ people under the bus to focus on 'bread and butter' issues, writes Charlie Kimber
socialistworker.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Charlie Kimber on the implications of Mamdani’s victory for the left in Britain socialistworker.co.uk/news/what-ar...
A useful critique of Jeff Bezos’s claim that the AI bubble is a good ‘industrial bubble’.
on.ft.com/4qLuzdo Are bubbles good, actually?
on.ft.com/4qLuzdo Are bubbles good, actually?
Are bubbles good, actually?
On Jeff Bezos’s defence of AI mania
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November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A useful critique of Jeff Bezos’s claim that the AI bubble is a good ‘industrial bubble’.
on.ft.com/4qLuzdo Are bubbles good, actually?
on.ft.com/4qLuzdo Are bubbles good, actually?
How the Fed is quietly financing the deficit by printing money. on.ft.com/485k0JR Why the Fed’s balance sheet may grow again
Why the Fed’s balance sheet may grow again
Keeping up with repo demand
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November 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
How the Fed is quietly financing the deficit by printing money. on.ft.com/485k0JR Why the Fed’s balance sheet may grow again
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Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests
Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
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Funny how 'left leaning'and 'left-wing'
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Funny how 'left leaning'and 'left-wing'
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.
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Dick Cheney passing on the same day as a Muslim socialist wins NYC is definitely evidence of a higher power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Dick Cheney passing on the same day as a Muslim socialist wins NYC is definitely evidence of a higher power.
‘Bond investors globally still look back in horror on what is widely known as the “Liz Truss moment” and no sane politician would want to repeat it. The long shadow of that bruising episode acts as a major constraint on what governments everywhere are willing to risk with … 1/
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
‘Bond investors globally still look back in horror on what is widely known as the “Liz Truss moment” and no sane politician would want to repeat it. The long shadow of that bruising episode acts as a major constraint on what governments everywhere are willing to risk with … 1/
So @nytimes.com Mamdani did get the 50% you demanded.
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 AM
So @nytimes.com Mamdani did get the 50% you demanded.
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New gift link (previous one expired). Comments have been disabled, which demonstrates my point..
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November 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New gift link (previous one expired). Comments have been disabled, which demonstrates my point..
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They’re still pushing this line.
What Hillary is saying here is a conspiracy theory and not even a tame, silly one, but a whopper. A more balefully consequential and widespread one than e.g. Trump complaining that the media lied about his crowds being big.
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They’re still pushing this line.
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RIP, he’s shooting lawyers in heaven now
So farewell then Dick Cheney - you were a major architect of the disasters of our time. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
RIP, he’s shooting lawyers in heaven now
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May the ghosts of the one million Iraqis he slaughtered mock and curse him before casting him into eternal torment in hell.
May his wife and Liz hear it all.
May his agony haunt their dreams.
#CheneyDead
May his wife and Liz hear it all.
May his agony haunt their dreams.
#CheneyDead
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
May the ghosts of the one million Iraqis he slaughtered mock and curse him before casting him into eternal torment in hell.
May his wife and Liz hear it all.
May his agony haunt their dreams.
#CheneyDead
May his wife and Liz hear it all.
May his agony haunt their dreams.
#CheneyDead
So farewell then Dick Cheney - you were a major architect of the disasters of our time. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
So farewell then Dick Cheney - you were a major architect of the disasters of our time. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...