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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South Africa
50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising
26 June, byThe 1976 Soweto uprising sparked a resurgence of militancy and helped to undermine apartheid in South Africa.
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Capitalism
Earth’s first trillionaire – a damning indictment of late capitalism
25 June, byA man who does Nazi salutes and promotes race wars has become the world’s first trillionaire. Simon Hannah makes the case for a political revolution
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Senegal
How to deal with illegitimate debt in Senegal?
24 June, byFaced with abysmal levels of debt, Senegal’s leaders are divided on the measures to be adopted, although in both orientations, the consequences for the populations are harmful.
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Ukraine
Russian army on the defensive, Ukrainian people on the offensive
23 June, byRussia is continuing its war of attrition against the Ukrainian people, but is struggling to make significant progress on the ground. In response, Kyiv is intensifying its strikes against Russian military infrastructure while civil society continues to keep democratic and social mobilizations alive.
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USA
Trump’s War a Failure, Trump’s Peace a Failure Too
22 JunePresident Donald Trump signed what he called “the Iran peace deal” during a dinner at the Versailles Palace on June 17 to the applause of the G-7 heads of state. But there is no peace. And no one else is applauding.
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Recently posted Features
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Climate
Heatwave Reflections: We Won’t Return to the World Before, But We Still Have the Possibility of Living, and Living Well
22 June, byread article...As Europe endures its second spring heatwave of the year, the established powers are not confronting capital’s grip on energy, finance, and agriculture — they are tightening it. Daniel Tanuro, Belgian ecosocialist and author of The Impossibility of Green Capitalism, argues that what is happening is not accidental but systemic: fossil investment grows, G7 leaders congratulate climate deniers, and even the European Commission dismantles its own inadequate green measures. The Holocene is over; (…)
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Ukraine solidarity
Anti-militarism that forgets those under attack is no anti-militarism at all
17 June, byread article...“Against the arms race as a profit-making machine. Against turning a blind eye to Russian imperialism. For a left-wing peace policy that integrates self-defense and social control. No weapons for profit, but weapons for those under attack. Peace means an end to aggression”
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Solidarity with Ukraine
Two Fronts: How Russia and the Ukrainian State Pressured Civil Society in 2025
17 June, byread article...“This review draws on ZMINA’s findings while situating them within the broader picture documented by Ukraine’s democratic socialist left — the movements fighting since 2022 on two fronts simultaneously: against Russian recolonisation and against the neoliberal state and far-right at home.”
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Economy
Global profits: an upward turn?
17 June, byread article...At the end of 2025, corporate profits in the major economies accelerated after stagnating in 2024. The global figure below is calculated from a weighted (by GDP) average of profits in the US, UK, Japan, Germany and China (taken from national accounts and in national currencies).
