International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Spanish state

  Flooding tragedy strikes Valencian Community

  6 November, by Daniel Geffner

  “The outpouring of solidarity and the desire to help those affected show that, in the face of the TINA (“There Is No Alternative”) of Thatcherism and neo-liberalism, with its religion based on individualism and the commodification of life and society, it is possible to challenge not only its rhetoric but also its practice by creating popular power from below and from the left. ”

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• Ukraine

  Strength comes from within

  5 November, by Oleksandr Kyselov

  “The root of our problems is that too often, the interest of those whose invisible work actually keeps the country running has been ignored. Hopefully, this time, we’ve learned the lesson. This is why “Sotsialnyi Rukh” publicly declares our readiness to cooperate with other forces to build a political movement that ensures the voice of the people is heard in the corridors of power. ”

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• USA

  A People Divided Heads to the Polls to Decide the Nation’s Fate

  4 November, by Dan La Botz

  “The vote is too close to call. There are some shifts among the electorate, though we’re still divided geographically as usual.”

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• China

  Political Zombies: Devouring the Chinese People

  3 November, by Lok Mui Lok

  In China today social media reveals a variety of tragedies as the economic crisis deepens:

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• Russia

  Repression of Russian Left Activists

  2 November, by Ivan Petrov

  On June 5, the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation rejected the appeal of Boris Kagarlitsky, leaving this prominent sociologist behind bars for the next five years. This event once again has attracted the world’s attention to the persecution of political prisoners in Russia.

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Ecosocialism

  Discussing the Climate Crisis: Dubious Notions & False Paths

• USA

  Election and Widening War

• Middle East

  Israel’s Next Attack on Iran

• USA

  Israel-Iran Conflict Becomes Issue in U.S. Presidential Election

• Mozambique

  Elections smelling of gas in Mozambique!

Recently posted Debate

• War in Ukraine

  Ban cluster bombs – Ukraine is no exception

  16 July 2023, by Fred Leplat

  “Anti-capitalists and internationalists support unconditionally the people of Ukraine in their armed resistance to liberate their country from the Russian genocidal invasion. But the support for Ukraine is not necessarily uncritical.”

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• Ukraine and Europe

  Against the Russian war of aggression, the urgency of a radically decolonial left

  22 December 2022, by Catherine Samary

  This contribution highlights the effects of this war in the opposite direction to what Putin was seeking, both in Ukraine - on the basis of popular mobilizations for dignity - but also in its Eurasian neighbourhood, as well as in NATO and the EU.

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• War in Ukraine

  For a democratic antiwar position on the invasion of Ukraine

  8 December 2022, by Gilbert Achcar

  “The Ukrainian left should also determine its position on the terms for ending the war, as it cannot adhere unconditionally to the view of Ukraine’s government.”

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• War in Ukraine

  Support Ukrainian Resistance and Disempower Fossil Capital

  16 September 2022, by Christian Zeller, Denys Pilash, Hanna Perekhoda, Ilya Budraitskis, Zakhar Popovych, Zbigniew Marcin Kowalewski

  “Those who now tolerate a Russian victory also tolerate a victory for both global and “domestic” fossil and commodity-based capital, which is closely intertwined with the Russian fossil and extractive sectors. Therefore, a new anti-militarist movement must uphold solidarity with the civil as well as armed resistance of the Ukrainian people, and with the Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian leftists who oppose the Putin regime’s war.”

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