International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine
International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow.
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China
The Uprising in China
30 November, by Yun Dong“Supporting people protesting from below will not escalate the US-led imperial conflict with China. In fact, our popular solidarity across borders is the best way to dampen down tensions and build a common international struggle for justice, equality, and democracy, all of which are under threat from our rulers throughout the world.”
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France
"Wages and the cost of living: take back control!"
29 November, by Léon Crémieux“There is today a real issue at stake of political polarization, of crystallization on class bases of discontent and of social struggles.”
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Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran: a capitalist, theocratic and patriarchal dictatorship
28 November, by Babak Kia“The movement today has made possible a considerable leap forward in the feminist consciousness of Iranian society, and whatever the outcome of the current confrontation, there will be no turning back.”
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Britain
Broadening of strike movements in Britain
26 November, by Thierry Labica“Far from what we might have feared […] the struggles of the working class have not only resumed, but have spread and increased.”
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Belgium
After the general strike of 9 November
25 November, by Mateo AlalufBelgium is no exception to the wave of strikes in this hot European social autumn.
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Greece
Forty-nine years ago the Polytechnic massacre in Athens
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Egypt
Alaa Abdel Fattah ends his hunger strike
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USA
48,000 Academic Workers on Strike in California
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Africa
Sahel: with or without Barkhane, a policy against the people
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Greece
Social anger amid possible political storms in Greece
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War in Ukraine
Support Ukrainian Resistance and Disempower Fossil Capital
16 September, by Christian Zeller, Denys Pilash, Hanna Perekhoda, Ilya Budraitskis, Zakhar Popovych, Zbigniew Marcin Kowalewskiread article...“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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War in Ukraine
Why Russia’s Political Capitalists Went to War – and How the War Could End Their Rule
4 September, by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat , Volodymyr Ishchenkoread article...Russia’s political capitalists waged war in order to survive as a class, to continue accumulating wealth through the exploitation of the state – says Volodymyr Ishchenko, a research associate at the Institute of East European Studies, Freie Universität Berlin. However, this war, depending on what happens on the battlefield, may equally bring about a fall or a radical transformation of the whole post-Soviet order. Interview by Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-Figat.
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Ukraine - USA
DSA Discusses Ukraine—Without an International Socialist Perspective
4 September, by Dan La Botzread article...The Democratic Socialists of America organized a panel discussion on Ukraine on August 28, but it made no reference to the central issue of Ukraine’s right to self-determination.
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Geopolitics
Eastern Europe’s Tragedy
4 September, by Taras Bilousread article...“The Russian-Ukrainian war put an end to the post-Soviet period. The nature of the emergent period, including our current moment, will be decided on the battlefield. If Ukraine wins, we will finally have a chance for progressive changes not only in Ukraine, but also in the larger post-Soviet space.”
Pakistan
A Brief Report of Labour Relief Campaign Pakistan for ESSF
November 2022
“The Labour Relief Campaign also organised a Climate Justice rally in Lahore with over 2000 in attendance on 30 September 2022, to raise awareness about different aspects of the climate justice campaign. It also demanded the suspension of Pakistan foreign debts.”
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Lula’s victory on October 30 is the Brazilian people’s only chance
The battle of a country
October 2022
“The sense of urgency is widespread. In this sacred hour, the militant vanguard, those still standing in spite of the times.”
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Posle on mobilization: what to expect and what is to be done
September 2022
“The mobilization announcement looks like a desperate step and a challenge for a regime that had relied on mass depoliticization.”
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Update on strike movement in Britain
September 2022
“The material reality of the attack on working class living standards is cutting through the pomp and circumstance.”
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Solidarity with Ukrainian and Russian resistance to the war
Statement of 37th Fourth International youth camp
August 2022
“We will stay in solidarity with our Ukrainian comrades and with our Russian comrades to contribute to the defeat of the Russian invasion in any way we can and help rebuild an independent and democratic Ukraine.”
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