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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USA
U.S. Labor and the Israel-Gaza War
27 November, by Dan La Botz“The U.S. labor movement is struggling with the controversial question of how to deal with the Israel-Gaza War.”
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Portugal
In Portugal, absolute majorities are also falling
26 November, by Nicole LeitãoOvernight, following an investigation by the Public Prosecutor’s Office into suspected corruption, Prime Minister António Costa of the PS resigned. Portugal goes to the polls on 10 March 2024.
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The Netherlands
Far-right electoral victory in the Netherlands
25 November, by Alex de JongThat the right-wing won the recent Dutch elections was no surprise. What was surprising was how decisive the share of the far-right was in the overall right-wing victory. For Geert Wilders, the leader of the far-right Freedom Party (PVV), years of patience paid off while the incumbent right-wing party gambled and lost.
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Ukraine-Palestine
Ukrainian Activists Declare Solidarity With Palestine
24 November, by Ashley SmithLeftists in Ukraine are insisting on the urgent need to build solidarity without exception among oppressed peoples.
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Feminism
Campaigning to end Violence against Women
23 November, by Dave Kellaway“Rape culture is what legitimises all behaviour that harms women, starting with things that are sometimes not even given much importance, but which are important, such as control, possessiveness, catcalling.”
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Greece
1973-2023, the Athens Polytechnic students’ revolt “is not a museum piece”!
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Germany
State Elections in Germany bring further losses to the Left and upticks for the Far Right
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USA
Protestors’ Demands for a Ceasefire, End to Support for Israel, Shake American Institutions
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Brazil
“For an independent PSOL”
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Madagascar
A fraught election in Madagascar
Recently posted Debate
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War in Ukraine
Ban cluster bombs – Ukraine is no exception
16 July, by Fred Leplatread article...“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 Samaryread article...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 Achcarread article...“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 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.”
Palestine solidarity
Oppose Israel’s repression and war! Solidarity with Palestinians!
Declaration by a group of revolutionary communists in China
November 2023
The year of 2023 has seen an escalation of the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Israel has continuously engaged in conflicts with Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, leading to a full-scale war on October 7, 2023. This war, initiated by Israel, has resulted in brutal and inhumane actions against civilians, causing over ten thousand deaths in the Gaza Strip. We strongly condemn Israel’s war against the Palestinian people and stand in solidarity with them.
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Western Complicity in Apartheid Israel’s Brutal Violence Heightens Palestinian Resistance & International Solidarity
October 2023
“Since oppression is the root cause of violence, to end all violence — the initial and ongoing violence of the oppressor and the reactive resistance of the oppressed — we must act to end oppression.”
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Gaza offensive: we are all Palestinians!
October 2023
“In fact, the war against the Palestinians has been going on for 75 years, and the left should remember the need for solidarity with resistance struggles against oppression and occupation.”
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Solidarity faced with the murder of three doctors close to the PSOL in Brazil
Statement by the NPA
October 2023
“We offer our full solidarity to the comrades of the PSOL, of the MES in particular, and to Sâmia Bomfim.”
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Solidarity call for Can Atalay!
September 2023
“Can Atalay is unconstitutionally detained in prison based on politically charged ‘Gezi Park Trials’ after being unjustly convicted of ‘attempting to overthrow the government’.”
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