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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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  • Trump

    A Festival of Obsequiousness

    15 October, by Gilbert Achcar

    “As for the proud Palestinian people, they have spent a century proving their refusal to submit to their oppressors – whether the British Mandate authorities or the Zionist government. They will not kiss Donald Trump’s hand or show him “appreciation”, no matter what those who claim to represent them may do.”

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  • Madagascar

    Mobilization shakes regime in Madagascar

    14 October, by Paul Martial

    “The new fact is the mobilization of workers. A few days after the first demonstrations, Jirama employees went on strike, joined by the teachers’ union, SEMPAMA. Finally, Herizo Ramanambola, leader of the Solidarité trade union, called for a general strike, also demanding the resignation of the president.”

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  • Russia

    Army Contract and Draft: the New Architecture of Military Conscription

    13 October, by Daniil Gorodetsky

    How will the autumn military draft change as of October 1? How does Russia recruit soldiers for its war against Ukraine? How does the new conscript oversight work? Journalist Daniil Gorodetsky answers these questions

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  • USA

    Trump’s Imperialism—Working for American Dominance, but Failing

    12 October, by Dan La Botz

    President Donald Trump is trying to reassert U.S. global dominance, leading to a greater threat of wars that could endanger what little stability remains in international relations.

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  • Ukraine

    Unwavering support for Ukraine

    11 October, by Fred Leplat

    Ukraine is still resisting heroically Russia’s imperialist war of annexation. Hopes had been placed on the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska for a ceasefire. But in the run-up to the summit and since , Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine with more drones and missiles targeting civilian housing and infrastructure while making only limited progress on the ground. Russia has now also sent drones over Poland and Romania.

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  • Economy

    China and the IMF, supported by BRICS+, provided a lifeline to Javier Milei’s far-right government in Argentina

    7 October, by Éric Toussaint

    In September 2025, after having presided over the country since December 2023, the neo-fascist Javier Milei suffered an electoral defeat in an important vote. The result was the election in the province of Buenos Aires. This election renewed 46 seats in the provincial Chamber of Deputies and 23 in the provincial Senate. The Peronist opposition beat Milei’s party by 13 points and holds a majority in the Buenos Aires Provincial Senate. The capital province represents about 37-38% of the national electorate. The provincial elections in Buenos Aires always serve as a major test at the national level, including for Javier Milei this year.

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  • Economy

    The BRICS and de-dollarisation

    7 October, by Éric Toussaint

    Many perceive the BRICS countries as a counterweight to the dollar-dominated monetary order. However, the facts speak for themselves: at the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro (6–7 July 2025), no real desire to break away from the US currency was expressed. De-dollarisation remains a distant prospect.

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  • Fourth International

    The lesson of Indonesia

    30 September, by Fourth International

    Statement of the United Secretariat of the Fourth International, March 20, 1966



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  • Indonesia

    Lessons of the Defeat in Indonesia

    30 September, by Alex de Jong, Ernest Mandel

    

Sixty years ago, on October 1, 1965 the Indonesian army set in motion its plans to seize power from president Sukarno and to destroy the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), one of the main forces supporting the president. In the article below, dated November 1965, Mandel criticized the political approach of the PKI in the preceding period.


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