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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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Puerto RIco
The 2019 Uprising Produces an Electoral Opening Toward the Left
17 January, by José A. Laguarta Ramírez“If a solid leftist electoral front can be built while maintaining the pressure of street mobilization on a much weakened colonial capitalist regime, a true sea change is not just possible but within reach.”
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Bolivia
The Return of Democracy and an Uncertain Future
16 January, by Bret Gustafson“Wherever one stands on Evo Morales, and despite the challenges ahead, it is clear that at least for the moment, Bolivians continue to challenge capitalism and its orthodoxies.”
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Romania
First as tragedy, then as farce? AUR and the long shadow of fascism in Romania
15 January, by Raul Carstocea“Yet if the story of the defeat of fascism and of the central role played by socialism in its demise teaches us any lesson, it is that we surely have to keep trying.”
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USA
Post-Election 2020: A Crisis of Representation
14 January, by Barry EidlinFailed beer hall putsch re-enactments aside, Donald Trump will be leaving the White House on January 20 if not sooner—at least for the next four years. The focus now shifts to the post-Trump world: what can we expect from the incoming Biden administration?
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Venezuela
Parliamentary elections – Results and prospects
13 January, by Elio Colmenarez“Taking control of the AN from the right was vital for the Bolivarian revolution, with elections in the midst of a serious economic crisis, mainly the consequence of the blockade imposed by imperialism. ”
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Venezuela
2021 begins with a new National Assembly. Will it lead to advances?
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Britain
Five Things we have Learnt from the National Education Union’s Mobilisation to Keep Schools Safe.
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South Africa
Nationalism and patriotism: the opium of the masses
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s mass arrests are an assault on grassroots advocacy
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USA
The Freedom Struggle Is a Labor Struggle, Then & Now
Recently posted Debate
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USA
Reactionary uprising against the Parliament
8 January, by K Mannread article...“Trump found that government control does not give absolute control over the levers of the state.”
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USA - Debate
Was it a coup?
8 January, by Todd Chretienread article...“But defeating Trump at the polls, and today’s fiasco, has given us some breathing space. We must use it well. The results today in Georgia, Black Lives Matter, teachers and nurses’ strikes, MeToo, and the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America all indicate the direction we must take.”
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USA - Debate
Riot on the Hill
8 January, by Mike Davisread article...“Freed from Trump’s electronic fatwas, moreover, some of the younger Republican senators may prove to be much more formidable competitors for the white college-educated suburban vote than centrist Democrats realize. In any event, the only future that we can reliably foresee – a continuation of extreme socio-economic turbulence – renders political crystal balls useless.”
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USA - Debate
Quick notes on Trump’s putsch
8 January, by Ashley Smithread article...“We are in the midst of the deepest crises (yes plural) of the capitalist system since the 1930s. These will continue to stoke profound polarization within countries, waves of class and social struggles, and greater conflict between capitalist states in the hierarchy of global imperialism. Out of this a new socialist left will be born and take organizational form. We must do everything in our power to arm it with revolutionary socialist ideas, strategies and tactics.”
Argentina
Argentina abortion: Senate approves legalisation in historic decision
December 2020
Argentina’s Congress has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, a ground-breaking move for a region that has some of the world’s most restrictive termination laws.
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New issue of Amandla!
December 2020
The December issue of the South African journal Amandla! is now out.
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Hundreds of thousands against authoritarian policies: let’s continue to win
November 2020
“Today’s mobilization was incredible, like a huge awakening after months of political confinement.”
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Solidarity with the Collective Against Islamophobia in France
Statement by NPA
November 2020
The NPA protests against the Macron government’s intention to dissolve the Collective Against Islamophobia in France (CCIF).
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Faced with the war escalation: with the Saharawi people, for their right of self-determination and the end of the occupation
Statement by Anticapitalistas
November 2020
The current situation in Western Sahara is extremely serious and represents a qualitative leap and a historical event before which we cannot remain impassive.
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