International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Portugal

  Victory for right, neo-fascists in second place in Portuguese elections

  15 June, by Daniel Borges

  The results of the Portuguese parliamentary elections on 18 May 2025 mark a turning point in the country’s politics. The traditional right was comfortably in the lead and the Socialist Party has fewer deputies than the far right (after counting the votes of the emigrant constituencies). The right-wing parties as a whole won two-thirds of the seats in the Assembly, while the left obtained the lowest result in its history.
  All the parties to the left of the PS recorded their lowest results. (…)

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• USA

  The battle of Los Angeles

  14 June, by Tempest Collective

  As "No Kings" protests take place across the US - and in other cities worldwide such as Mexico DF, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam - challenging Trump’s authoritarian rule, we publish this on the spot account of last weekend in Los Angeles.

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• Ukraine

  Ukraine at war, Ukraine in struggle...

  13 June, by Gin Vola, Elias Vola

  Resistance to the Russian invasion has not erased class divisions within Ukrainian society. The inequalities of our capitalist societies and the brutal neoliberalism applied by the Zelensky government are significantly affecting the population of Ukraine. The popular classes thus fight on a "double front", against anti-social policies and imperialist aggression.

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• Serbia

  Student protest in Serbia: “either we stop or there will be a civil war”

  12 June, by Gaëlle Guehennec

  Since November 2024, Serbian students have been leading an unprecedented revolt against Vučić’s corrupt government. Along with two Belgian comrades from the Gauche Anticapitaliste, I went to Belgrade to meet them.
  In front of Belgrade’s Faculty of Philosophy, a table and camping chairs were set up. A dozen or so students wrapped up in duvets were watching the entrance. On the table were sudokus and packets of cigarettes to pass the time. The students take 8am shifts to secure the faculty, (…)

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• Italy

  Left fails to win its referendums in Italy

  11 June, by Dave Kellaway

  “All five referendums were lost because none reached the quorum of 50% of the electorate. Around 88-89% who voted supported the progressive changes to the labour laws but this went down by 33 percentage points for the change to the citizenship process for immigrants.”

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...and the rest of the current issue

• South Sudan

  Peace under threat in South Sudan

• USA

  As Immigration Protests Grow, Trump Calls Out National Guard

• Yemen

  The women’s uprising in Yemen

• Italy

  Italy votes on removing anti‑working class laws

• Palestine

  Pity the people of Gaza!

Recently posted Features

• Germany

  Inside Die Linke

  7 June, by Frieda Holm and Maria Sommer , Sean Larson

  After geopolitical upheaval and a snap election in February brought a new coalition to power, the political situation in Germany is rapidly changing. Even as the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is on the rise, Germany’s left-wing party, Die Linke surged in the most recent election to over double its prior size. What are the implications?

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• Quebec

  After Twenty Years, Québec Solidaire Faces an Existential Crisis

  7 June, by Marc Bonhomme

  “The German Example Shows the Way to Reject Centralising Centrism.”

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• Ukraine

  ‘No one has strengthened the Ukrainian far-right more than Putin’

  2 June, by Andriy Movchan, Victor Osprey

  “Movchan delves into the current state of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the role of the far right in both countries, and the challenges Ukraine’s left forces face in building solidarity with their struggles internationally.”

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• Ukraine

  Evolution of the Trade Union Movement in Ukraine

  28 May, by Oleksandr Skiba

  “The Ukrainian trade union movement is at a historic crossroads. To continue to operate with outdated models and methods is to embark on the road to insignificance and decline. Faced with the profound transformation of society and post-war reconstruction, the trade unions must choose: extinction or modernisation.”

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