Paul Le Blanc reviews “Two cutting-edge interpretations from U.S. Marxist scholars – Ronald Suny and Eric Blanc” in Kautsky, Lenin, Stalin and Revolutionary Russia. After more than five months of the war in Ukraine Taras Bilous analyses How the Spheres of Influence Policy Amplifies Reaction, Volodya Vagner reflects on Swedish Left’s Perspectives on the War in Ukraine and Piero Maestri on The Italian Left and the War in Ukraine.
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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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Afghanistan
One Year Since Taliban’s Takeover
15 August, by Hassan JanIt has been a year since Taliban’s takeover of Kabul after the ignominious fall of Western-backed regime of Ashraf Ghani. The so-called democratic experiment of American imperialism and allied Western countries, built by militarily overthrowing Taliban back in 2001, came to an end after twenty years of colossal military expenditures.
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France
Radical Left Against the Rise of Neo-Fascism
14 August, by Franck Gaudichaud, Martín Mosquera“As anti-capitalists we need to advance our own proposals in a unitary but at the same time radically autonomous way from social-liberalism.”
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Philippines
For a definitive end to the prosecution of Walden Bello on charges of “libel” and "cyberlibel”
13 August, by ESSFAnti-globalization activist Walden Bello was arrested on August 8, 2022 on charges of "libel" and "cyberlibel," a charge that carries very heavy penalties in the Philippines.
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Ukraine
“We Must Rebuild a Left-wing Student Union in Ukraine”
12 August, by Patrick Le Tréhondat“Our activists are determined to renew networks of solidarity between the students of Ukraine, and the help of international students can contribute to this.”
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South Africa
Corruption and neoliberalism in South Africa
11 August, by Paul Martial“This massive corruption speaks volumes about the state of the ANC and reinforces a sense of hopelessness among the population, some of whom are swept up in recurring waves of xenophobia.”
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Effects of war in Ukraine
The Weaponization of Food
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Racism in Europe
The Roma struggle from protests to political liberation
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Sri Lanka
“The Canary in the Coal Mine”: Sri Lanka’s Crisis is a Chronicle Foretold
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Fourth International youth camp
The experience of the International Youth camp, an essential political moment!
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War in Ukraine
I’m a Ukrainian Socialist. Here’s Why I Resist the Russian Invasion.
Recently posted Debate
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Russia/Ukraine
Russia’s War on Ukraine: Imperial Ideology or Class Interest?
4 July, by Ilya Matveev, Volodymyr Ishchenkoread article...Russian political scientist Ilya Matveev (Laboratory of Public Sociology) and Ukrainian sociologist Volodymyr Ishchenko (Freie Universität Berlin) debate the causes and consequences of the war.
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War in Ukraine
The Ukrainian drama and the Russian roulette
4 July, by Andreu Collread article...The powerlessness in which one finds oneself at a given moment, a powerlessness which must never be considered as definitive, cannot dispense one from remaining faithful to oneself, nor can it excuse capitulation to the enemy, whatever mask he may take on. And the most important enemy remains the administrative, police and military apparatus; not the one on the other side, which is our enemy only insofar as it is the enemy of our brothers, but the one who claims to be our defender and makes (...)
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War in Ukraine
On basic principles regarding the war in Ukraine and Socialist Action (US)
4 July, by Fourth International Bureauread article...The Executive Bureau of the Fourth International adopted this public statement of political disagreement with the positions of Socialist Action (USA) concerning the war in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine - a view from Greece
Support the Ukrainian people in their resistance against the war!
1 June, by Tassos Anastassiadisread article...“Positions on Ukraine” submitted for discussion and vote to the Political Council of “Anametrisi”, on 19 May 2022.
Ukraine solidarity
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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Stop the attack on the labour rights of Ukrainian workers!
Demand President Zelinskyy veto anti-worker Laws 5161 and 5371
July 2022
Petition proposed by the European network for solidarity with Ukraine.
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Ranil Resign! Stop the Repression! Solidarity with the Aragalaya!
July 2022
Statement of Samajawadi Janatha Sansadaya (Socialist Peoples’ Forum)
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“We demand that the government responds to CONAIE’s 10 points and halts repression”
June 2022
This joint political declaration was issued by various left organisations in Ecuador. CONAIE (Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del Ecuador/ Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador) is Ecuador’s largest indigenous rights organisation.
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Stop the represion in Ecuador! Solidarity with the indigenous-led strike!
June 2022
The repression against the nationwide strike called by the indigenous movement in Ecuador has only increased since President Guillermo Lasso first declared a state of emergency and a curfew on Friday, 17 June.
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