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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“The Surrealists were willing to look into the abyss of so-called civilisation, admit to ‘pessimism all along the line,’ and nonetheless wrench from that darkness a poetics of revolutionary change,” @naomiaklein.bsky.social writes www.equator.org/articles/sur...
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
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November 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
on.ft.com/4p4mPBS Swiss politicians decry ‘gold bar diplomacy’ in Trump trade deal
Swiss politicians decry ‘gold bar diplomacy’ in Trump trade deal
Backlash over role played in talks by executives from companies including Rolex and Richemont
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November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
on.ft.com/4p4mPBS Swiss politicians decry ‘gold bar diplomacy’ in Trump trade deal
on.ft.com/43JO6RE Transcript: Did globalisation kill neoliberalism? With Branko Milanovic
Transcript: Did globalisation kill neoliberalism? With Branko Milanovic
Martin Sandbu speaks to Branko Milanovic
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November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
on.ft.com/43JO6RE Transcript: Did globalisation kill neoliberalism? With Branko Milanovic
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Of course the climax of BB is prophetic: the Left fail to stop neoliberalism, but at least they create a new radical cabaret format that will dominate Channel 4.
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Of course the climax of BB is prophetic: the Left fail to stop neoliberalism, but at least they create a new radical cabaret format that will dominate Channel 4.
Jack Shepherd, intense yet understated actor best known as the Cornish detective Wycliffe www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
Jack Shepherd, intense yet understated actor best known as the Cornish detective Wycliffe
He won plaudits as another policeman, John Stalker, in the drama-documentary Shoot to Kill, and as the idealistic MP Bill Brand
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November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Jack Shepherd, intense yet understated actor best known as the Cornish detective Wycliffe www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2...
... United States and Europe are forbidden to interfere.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Russia’s tiny advances in 2025 sold Putin on inevitable victory in Ukraine
Grinding progress for Russia on the battlefield this year has resulted in thousands of casualties but enough progress for Putin to refuse any compromises in diplomacy.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
... United States and Europe are forbidden to interfere.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
on.ft.com/49F90VY How Ireland became the weak spot in Europe’s defences
How Ireland became the weak spot in Europe’s defences
With few ships and limited intelligence-sharing, some say the country cannot hope to protect itself or its infrastructure
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November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
on.ft.com/49F90VY How Ireland became the weak spot in Europe’s defences
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Let's also not forget that when Marjorie Taylor Greene entered Congress in 2021, she was worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later, worth around $25,000,000.
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let's also not forget that when Marjorie Taylor Greene entered Congress in 2021, she was worth about $700,000. She leaves five years later, worth around $25,000,000.
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption
Donald Trump isn't the only person using a political office to make money. #Corruption