Will the US economy fall over the “fiscal cliff”? As Socialist Worker goes to press, this question remains unanswered. Whatever happens, the…
Alex Callinicos
The party conferences have been unable to conceal the fact that the government coalition is in big trouble. Its reason for existence…
France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and—last but not least—Spain. A storm of anti-austerity protest has been sweeping through Europe. This represents a very…
One sign of how serious the eurozone crisis has become is the brevity with which every supposed “solution” brings relief. There was…
The Arab revolutions have shown an astonishing tenacity. They have overthrown some dictators and shaken others. Above all, they continue. The struggle…
The world enters 2012 still in the grip of an economic crisis that, by increasingly common consent, is without precedent since the…
As it has remorselessly unwound, the global economic and financial crisis has passed through a succession of turning points. The first came…
Alex Callinicos shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March for the Alternative,” a demonstration that took place on Saturday March 26, and…
Socialist Worker asked Alex Callinicos to explain the continuing crisis of global capitalism—and whether governments will be able to make the working…
The present interview with Alex Callinicos was performed over several weeks by email spanning late July to mid September. The early questions…
