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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 1h

on.ft.com/48npBgm Gold as ‘debasement trade’ doesn’t add up

Gold as ‘debasement trade’ doesn’t add up

The yellow metal says one thing; Treasuries and the dollar another

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 15h

Lucia Pradella on Italy’s general strike for Palestine. socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

Eyewitness from Italy’s general strike for Palestine

The general strike for Palestine in Italy show us the disruptive power of solidarity, writes Lucia Pradella

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 18h

on.ft.com/4hbgi5l US tariffs are still *checks notes* around 10 per cent

US tariffs are still *checks notes* around 10 per cent

Lots of mouth, varying amounts of trousers

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 18h

on.ft.com/4q2mpwW The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI

The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI

Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 18h

‘The best way forward would be to harness humanity’s collective intelligence, steadily amassed over generations. “We already have artificial superhuman intelligence,” [Alan] Kay said. “It is science.”’

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 18h

Great piece by Patrick Cockburn on Norman Ebbutt, anti-Nazi correspondent of the Times in Berlin during the 1930s. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Patrick Cockburn · Diary: Interviewing Hitler

In August 1937, three German journalists were expelled from Britain for suspected espionage. Retaliation was a...

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 23h

on.ft.com/4o2YGe6 On FT pessimism

On FT pessimism

And a final word on AI and GDP

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 1d

… profits and equity prices.’ on.ft.com/4mRUnBm The populist shadow hanging over central banks and QE

The populist shadow hanging over central banks and QE

The massive bond purchases are being unwound at a time of fierce political criticism of the monetary authorities. The controversy could limit options in future crises

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 1d

‘A staff paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York last year found that unconventional monetary policies such as QE reduced inequality within the bottom 90 per cent by lowering unemployment, but that they also widened the income gap between the top 10 per cent and the rest by raising … 1/

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity with Mark ✊

Far-right harassment of academics has long been a problem across countries. Many legacy media ignore, minimize, or even facilitate it. #NoPaseran

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 1d

Rob Ferguson analyses the complex relationship between fascists and Israel. socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

What is the relationship between Zionism and the far right?

We need to build both the mass movement for Palestine and a mass anti-racist, anti-fascist movement in Britain

socialistworker.co.uk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

How on Earth is that man still in a job?

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Jenrick, who just said he doesn't want to live in a country filled with non-white faces, begins his speech with a series of jokes suggesting that David Lammy is thick

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 1d

My latest column, on Trump and the military. socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

Trump’s unpopular ‘war from within’

Trump has been extraordinarily successful in subordinating most branches of the state apparatus. But Trump doesn’t feel so confident about the most powerful military in the world.

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent interview with socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...

Salma Yaqoob: ‘Unite our Palestine solidarity and anti-fascist struggles’

Veteran anti-war and anti-racist campaigner Salma Yaqoob spoke to Socialist Worker about the need for unity over Palestine and anti-fascism

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

Good piece by @adamtooze.bsky.social on how to break out of the bond markets’ grip. on.ft.com/3IRMPke Britain needs a ‘whatever it takes’ moment

Britain needs a ‘whatever it takes’ moment

The Bank of England must acknowledge the priority of reviving investment-led growth and stop quantitative tightening

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting @financialtimes.com interview with @michaelpettis.bsky.social on.ft.com/427LrQS Transcript: China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis

Transcript: China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis

Martin Sandbu talks to Michael Pettis

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

on.ft.com/48iBtjG UK becomes BYD’s largest international market after sales surge

UK becomes BYD’s largest international market after sales surge

Chinese carmaker takes market share despite being shut out of subsidy scheme

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

on.ft.com/4pTQ3US America is now one big bet on AI

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

… and banks has fared better in the rest of the world than in the US.

‘What that suggests is that AI better deliver for the US, or its economy and markets will lose the one leg they are now standing on.’

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

‘In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI. Outside of the AI plays, even European stock markets have been outperforming the US this decade, and now that gap is starting to spread. So far in 2025, every major sector from utilities and industrials to healthcare and …

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

… third Prime Minister from the "common core" resigned due to a lack of majority support. The cluster bomb that was the failed dissolution of the National Assembly in June 2024 continues to have its deleterious effects on the country's political and economic life.’ www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...

Sébastien Lecornu démissionne, Emmanuel Macron seul face à la crise

Fragilisé de l’intérieur, le premier ministre a remis lundi sa démission au chef de l’Etat, quelques heures à peine après avoir formé son gouvernement.

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 2d

‘Sébastien Lecornu becomes the shortest-lived Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. His departure from Matignon, twenty-six days after his arrival at Rue de Varenne, plunges the country into political instability with uncertain consequences. Three weeks after the fall of François Bayrou, a … 1/

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 3d

on.ft.com/48hzjki How Trump cornered Netanyahu into signing up for peace

How Trump cornered Netanyahu into signing up for peace

Israel’s prime minister has encountered the first US president he cannot easily outmanoeuvre

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Alex Callinicos @alexcallinicos.bsky.social · 3d

‘“Suddenly, there was a fundamental change in the situation. Earlier, Hamas had three choices — it could surrender, it could abjure terror, or it could die. Now, it has a fourth choice — to negotiate. And while they negotiate, Israel has a red light.”’

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