International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Brazil

  A Major Change - The Anti-Imperialist Struggle Gains Strength Against Attacks from Trump and His Far-Right Allies on Brazil

  22 July, by Israel Dutra

  In recent hours, Bolsonaro’s legal situation has worsened, with a warrant authorizing searches of his properties, the imposition of an electronic ankle monitor, a ban on social media access, and other precautionary measures in response to his alleged conspiracy with Trump. (Revista Movimento)

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• USA

  Two Dead Americans—Two Americas

  20 July, by Dan La Botz

  Last week, the nation’s attention focused on two dead Americans, two men who couldn’t be more different, two men who seem to embody the nation’s divided politics, culture, and morality. One was John Lewis, the African American civil rights leader and legislator who died five years ago. The other was Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy socialite and convicted pedophile who provided elite businessmen and politicians access to underage girls.

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• Britain

  Starmer’s first year – things can only get worse

  19 July, by Dave Kellaway

  Sitting in number 10 Downing Street after the government’s debacle and U turn over the welfare, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney must have thought: these people are so ungrateful.
  “Here they are taking a wrecking ball to Reeves and Kendall’s project to save £5 billion with welfare cuts. But I made these MPs. I ensured nearly every left wing candidate had been eliminated early from any selection process. My team assiduously sifted through thousands of social (…)

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• Latvia

  Let Vlad stay

  18 July, by Maiznica

  A Riga-based social-centre project called “Maiznica” is facing repression from state security services and the expulsion of one of their members from the country. In this press release from the Collective they aim to spread the news to a wider audience.

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• Syria

  Syria and the Dangers of Playing with Fire

  17 July, by Gilbert Achcar

  Whatever is the origin of the recent bloody clashes in the Suwayda Governorate—whether they were merely the result of the chaos prevailing in post-Assad Syria, or a manoeuvre by Israel in order to escalate its hypocritical intervention in the region, or a manoeuvre by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to extend its control over southern Syria—what is unmistakable is that the first factor, the prevailing chaos, provided the conditions for the explosion.

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• Kosova

  Remembering Srebrenica 30 Years On

• Chile

  Communist Party triumph and opportunity in an adverse electoral scenario in Chile

• Iran

  Islamic Republic and state racism: we must put an end to this regime!

• USA

  Cracks in Trump’s MAGA Movement

• Togo

  A wave of bloody repression hit the demonstrations in Togo

Recently posted Features

• 150 years of the Paris Commune

  After the Commune

  18 November 2021, by William Clare Roberts

  “In the one hundred fifty years since the Paris Commune, the spectacular horror and grief of its death have competed with and sometimes overshadowed the dreams that animated its life. The Commune, declared in the teeth of both the invading Prussian army and the newborn republican government in Versailles, was given to multifarious interpretations, by participants and observers alike.”

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• Britain

  Starmer tightens grip over Labour

  6 November 2021, by Thierry Labica

  “It remains above all to be hoped that the British left in all its existing forms will succeed in regaining lasting organizational cohesion when the subjects of struggle become as literally vital as they are now: health, mental health, climate, poverty (for the elderly, children, at work...).”

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• Political theory

  Nancy Fraser: “Cannibal Capitalism” Is on Our Horizon

  6 November 2021, by Martí­n Mosquera, Nancy Fraser

  Political theorist Nancy Fraser tells Jacobin that we face several crises at once: in the economy, in social reproduction, in the environment, and in politics. Without dramatic intervention, we may end up with “cannibal capitalism.”

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• Environment

  Ecological Imperialism and Jair Bolsonaro’s Agenda in Brazil

  6 November 2021, by Sabrina Fernandes

  As the climate change crisis worsens, due both to lack of appropriate radical action and the maintenance of capitalist business as usual, ecological concerns have become more widespread. Environmentalism comes in many shapes and forms, and some types of discourse have become more mainstream over the years. Campaigns to protect animals and forests and care for the planet make their way into movies, social media, and political speeches. This is generally positive, since one obstacle to change is strong anti-environmental propaganda. However, the majority of mainstream environmentalism tends to focus either on change through individual action or on the very limited approaches put forward by mainstream nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other institutions.

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