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Shayn McCallum

Shayn McCallum is an Australian-born resident of Istanbul and PES activist (working as a member of the Irish Labour Party and French Socialist Party). He is employed as an instructor at Bogazici University in Istanbul and is also currently working on his doctoral thesis on the subject of European Social Democracy.

Brexit, Social Europe and the “Social Democratic Deficit”

Shayn McCallum

Brexit, the long-dreaded and/or -anticipated event that some of us believed would never actually happen, has come to pass. History has been made and we ... Read more

‘Matriotism’ – How To Love Your Homeland While Repudiating Chauvinism

Shayn McCallum

Two days ago, in my homeland of Australia, and in New Zealand, it was ANZAC Day. ANZAC Day commemorates the attempted invasion of the Ottoman

Inequality, Freedom And The Politics Of Power

Shayn McCallum

Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century has handed those of us interested in a better, more socially-just political economy a huge gift. I can

It’s Time For Social-Democracy To Exit The Twentieth Century

Shayn McCallum

There are a lot of good ideas being generated among social-democratic thinkers these days and, although this article is going to be critical in many

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