The Center for Socialist Studies is an organizational center for the dissemination of socialist

Socialism

Socialism is an economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy; or a political philosophy advocating such a system. "Social ownership" may refer to any one of, or a combination of, the following: cooperative enterprises,...

 ideas and politics located in Giza, Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

. It produces and sells left-wing theoretical books, magazines and newsletters as well as hosting public events and lectures on political issues. It receives no government

Government

Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

 or NGO funding, instead relying on financial contributions and donations from the center's members and supporters. It was founded by Kamal Khalil of the Revolutionary Socialists

Revolutionary Socialists (Egypt)

The Revolutionary Socialists are a Trotskyist organisation in Egypt aligned with the International Socialist Tendency. According to Mark LeVine, a professor of history at the University of California, the RS "played a crucial role organising Tahrir and now in the workers movement" post-President...

in the early 2000s.

External links

• Center for Socialist Studies (Arabic)