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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COP 27
COP27 (Climate) – Fossil victory in Sharm el-Sheikh: only the fight remains
1 December, by Daniel Tanuro“A few days before the opening of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, I wrote that this conference would be a “new height of greenwashing, green capitalism and repression”. It was a mistake.”
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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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...and the rest of the current issue
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Belgium
After the general strike of 9 November
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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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Ukraine - USA
Russia Out of Ukraine — Solidarity with Ukraine’s people! No to NATO, now or ever!
24 March, by Solidarity National Committeeread article...“The moment cries out for a global peace movement and antiwar resistance, at a time when those forces are terribly weak. ”
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Building the anti-war movement
What sort of anti-war movement do we need today?
23 March, by Dave Kellaway, Geoff Ryanread article...“The discussion about how to build a mass anti-war […] is about tactics. How do we mobilise the biggest number of people so that we have an audience where we can put forward our respective arguments about the nature of Putin’s Russia or the role of NATO?”
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War in Ukraine - Greece
War against the war of the capitalists- Anti-war and internationalist struggle of the workers
23 March, by OKDE-Spartakosread article...The debate on the war in Ukraine and building the anti-war movement.
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War in Ukraine
NATO, imperialism and the war
15 March, by Phil Hearseread article...“Our understanding of the role of NATO and the United States cannot lead us to downplay or in any way excuse the Russian attack. ”
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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