International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• International situation

  State of the world: economic crisis and geopolitical rivalries

  9 September, by Claude Serfati

  My interpretation of the current situation is based on the hypothesis that the global space is being transformed under the dual pressure of economic dynamics and geopolitical rivalries, the interactions between which differ according to historical circumstances.

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• Pakistan

  ‘It’s crucial to fight the far right in Pakistan and the region’

  8 September, by Farooq Tariq, Israel Dutra

  Though it is one of the most dynamic regions of world capitalism, the Brazilian public [and elsewhere] knows little about South Asia. But the recent student rebellion in Bangladesh has brought to the fore this region marked by instability, which includes populous countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and India.

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• Fourth International

  International youth camp a great success!

  7 September, by Jeunesses Anticapitalistes (JA)

  France hosted the 39th International Youth Camp for the third year running. After a period when the number of participants was falling, the camp is getting a new lease of life! We had 230 young people, compared with 150 last year. We’re aiming to beat that number next year!

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• Middle East

  Rivals in the Service of Empire: Abu Dhabi, Qatar and the United States

  6 September, by Gilbert Achcar

  Abu Dhabi and Qatar are the two brother enemies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Their consanguinity is evinced in several areas.

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• USA

  Harris Moves Right in Search of a Majority

  5 September, by Dan La Botz

  Vice-President Kamala Harris, now the Democratic nominee of an enthusiastic party, has had phenomenal initial success. Since entering the race on July 21, she and her running mate Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota, have raised $540 million, organized Zoom calls involving hundreds of thousands of supporters, and held rallies of thousands. Blacks, Latinos, women, and young voters are driving her surge. With her party solidly behind her, she has moved to the right to try to win over independents and perhaps even some Republicans.

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Kenya

  The Kenyan Uprising

• Middle East

  Hypocrisy: The Conflict of Zionist Hawks and Vultures

• Middle East

  Israel, Not Iran or Hezbollah, Wants a Wider War

• Britain

  Labour – We Never Promised You a Rose Garden

• United States

  The Trump Moment

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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