International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Racism in Europe

  The Roma struggle from protests to political liberation

  9 August, by Sebijan Fejzula

  “At the same time, we do not fight this battle alone, rather, alongside other racialized communities in the fight against racism, an institutional matter that involves collectively questioning specific power relations.”

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• Sri Lanka

  “The Canary in the Coal Mine”: Sri Lanka’s Crisis is a Chronicle Foretold

  8 August, by B. Skanthakumar

  “This struggle is unfinished and is presently experiencing a serious setback. But it is undoubtedly the most uplifting and hopeful social struggle in Sri Lanka of the 21st century.”

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• Fourth International youth camp

  The experience of the International Youth camp, an essential political moment!

  7 August, by Kalya

  “This political moment is an essential exercise that acts as a catalyst facilitating the sharing of experiences, a festive atmosphere and above all a true spirit of camaraderie.”

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• War in Ukraine

  I’m a Ukrainian Socialist. Here’s Why I Resist the Russian Invasion.

  6 August, by Taras Bilous

  "Socialist internationalists must evaluate every conflict based on the interests of working people and their struggle for freedom and equality."

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• Colombia

  Petro’s Triumph and the limitations of “late progressivism”

  5 August, by Daniel Libreros C

  “As soon as the electoral result was known, popular jubilation exploded. Thousands of people poured into the streets and squares of all cities to celebrate victory, while videos of people sharing that same euphoria for the "historic change" circulated in the most remote places in the country.”

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Ireland

  Sinn Fein Tops Irish Polls

• Britain

  Trade union struggles and disaster capitalism in Tory Britain

• Spanish state

  Podemos: party of struggles or populist operation from above?

• War in Ukraine

  I Marched Against Putin’s War for the Same Reason I Protested the War in Iraq

• USA-Middle East

  Biden in the Middle East: Gross Imperial Spectacle

Recently posted Debate

• War in Ukraine

  Socialist Internationalism and the Ukraine War

  4 July, by Rohini Hensman

  How do the working people of the world transform themselves from a plethora of groups waging a multitude of scattered struggles for survival and dignity to a revolutionary force capable of ending capitalism, governing the earth, and taking over production? They have innumerable tasks before them, but one of the most important is to overcome divisions among themselves resulting from ethnic supremacism and nationalism. Marxists have been debating this issue from the beginning, but it still (...)

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• Russia/Ukraine

  Russia’s War on Ukraine: Imperial Ideology or Class Interest?

  4 July, by Ilya Matveev, Volodymyr Ishchenko

  Russian political scientist Ilya Matveev (Laboratory of Public Sociology) and Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko (Freie Universität Berlin) debate the causes and consequences of the war.

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• War in Ukraine

  The Ukrainian drama and the Russian roulette

  4 July, by Andreu Coll

  The powerlessness in which one finds oneself at a given moment, a powerlessness which must never be considered as definitive, cannot dispense one from remaining faithful to oneself, nor can it excuse capitulation to the enemy, whatever mask he may take on. And the most important enemy remains the administrative, police and military apparatus; not the one on the other side, which is our enemy only insofar as it is the enemy of our brothers, but the one who claims to be our defender and makes (...)

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• War in Ukraine

  On basic principles regarding the war in Ukraine and Socialist Action (US)

  4 July, by Fourth International Bureau

  The Executive Bureau of the Fourth International adopted this public statement of political disagreement with the positions of Socialist Action (USA) concerning the war in Ukraine.

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