International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• USA

  Where Are We on Thanksgiving Day in America?

  4 December, by Dan La Botz

  “Today some 41% of all Americans now have a positive attitude toward socialism, while 68% approve of labor unions, the highest approval rating since 1965.”

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• Lebanon

  A persistent political and economic crisis

  3 December, by Joseph Daher

  “The continued absence of non-sectarian mass organizations and parties rooted in the country’s working classes remains the main problem of the protest movement.”

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• Turkey

  Currency collapses, Turkish regime weakened

  2 December, by Uraz Aydin

  “It is quite possible that a third bloc based on an alliance of the pro-Kurdish left party (HDP) with other parties of the revolutionary left will be formed. […] this bloc should not be limited to the ballot but should work on anti-capitalist positions for a unitive reconstruction of the radical left aiming to take root in a workers’ movement in a state of ebullition.v”

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• Migrants

  Their borders…. Our deaths...

  1 December, by Freddy Mathieu

  “Let’s have a clear break with these anti-migration and security policies that companies take advantage of by selling their new technologies and exploiting migrants and undocumented people in conditions of misery.”

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• Greece:

  Victorious mobilizations in Greece against the backdrop of the police state

  30 November, by Andreas Sartzekis

  “The next step is how to amplify and organize this combativity in the coming period,”

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...and the rest of the current issue

• USA and Covid-19

  Critique of “Leftwing” Antivax Disinformation: Antivaxxers of All Stripes Pose a Serious Threat to Public Health.

• Sudan

  First setback for Sudan’s isolated junta

• China

  Xi Jinping sings his praises to the CCP Central Committee

• Chile

  Fascist wins first round of presidential elections in Chile

• Argentina

  The Argentine government loses its majority and the far left improves its position

Recently posted Debate

• Building parties

  Socialist strategy and the party

  2 September, by Gilbert Achcar

  Below is the transcript of a talk titled “Marxism, socialist strategy, and the party” by Gilbert Achcar, which was delivered to the South African initiative, Dialogues for an Anti-capitalist Future. Here, Achcar traces conceptions of the party from Marx to the present and its implications for socialist strategy today. This transcript has been revised, edited and completed by Gilbert Achcar. The original video recording of the talk can be found here.
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• What anti-imperialism?

  Reflections of an Anti-Imperialist after Ten Years of Debate

  3 June, by Gilbert Achcar

  “At the same time, we should advocate to those who require such aid complete mistrust in the United States and any imperialist government whatsoever. And we should oppose any form of intervention that would tie their hands and subordinate them to Washington, Moscow, or anyone else.”

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• USA - Debate

  Desperado in the White House: Coup Fails, Trump Faces Impeachment

  13 January, by Dan La Botz

  “Our next problem will be Biden and the Democrats’ neoliberalism, but Trump is still the issue for the moment.”

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• USA - Debate

  Seven Theses on the Post-Trump Right and DSA’s Role in the Fight Ahead

  12 January, by DSA Santa Cruz

  “Our response must be different. It must emerge from our understanding of how this racist, anti-worker, anti-poor capitalist death machine can actually be overcome. That will require organizing, not lobbying. ”

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