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.
“This is not chance, these are programmed crimes.”
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As colonization and repression intensify in Palestine, Israeli prison policy is reaching an unprecedented level. Mass arrests, torture, arbitrary detentions and the international extension of repressive measures are part of a globalized colonial system.
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Four years into Russia’s invasion, Taras Bilous — a socialist serving in the Ukrainian army — reflects on exhaustion, negotiations, and why a bad ceasefire could be a boon for the far right.
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What Happened and What Lessons Leftists Should Learn from the Defeat of Oppositions in the Parliament?
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“Jesse Jackson was a hero to millions. Even those of us on the socialist left praised his integrity and outspoken views on issues like Black Lives Matter and police violence.”
read article...Reacting to Trump’s attack on Venezuela, Catarina Martins argues that the role of a President of the Republic is to make an unequivocal condemnation of the violation of international law and do everything to protect the Portuguese community in that country.
“While we have repeatedly affirmed our rejection of Nicolás Maduro’s authoritarianism and our support for the comrades of the social and political left who are fighting in Venezuela against both this regime and the pro-imperialist right, we reaffirm loud and clear that it is up to the Venezuelan people to decide their own future.”
“The struggle against Maduro’s dictatorship and the struggle against American imperialism are not contradictory. These are two sides of the same conflict, in which peoples become hostages to geopolitical games. That is why today we must speak out in solidarity with the people of Venezuela — the same solidarity that Venezuelans showed towards Ukraine in its resistance to Russian aggression.”
On 3 January 2026, the US took a qualitative leap forward in its imperialist violence, bombing Venezuela and kidnapping Nicolas Maduro. We do not yet know the details of the operation, but we do know the background.
After 59 days of unjust imprisonment, Lyes Touati has finally been acquitted - 59 days of waiting, mobilization, solidarity and determination.
- read article...20 January by Eric Toussaint, CADTM International, Walden Bello, Sushovan Dhar, Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis, Rafael Bernabe, Zoe Konstantopoulou, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Gilbert Achcar, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser, Michael Roberts, Vijay Prashad, Achin Vanaik, Zarah Sultana, Manon Aubry, Annie Ernaux, Ada Colau, Bhaskar Sunkara.
- read article...The International Trade Union Network of Solidarity and Struggles is passing on information received from trade union comrades in Venezuela. With Venezuela, as with Palestine, as with Ukraine, as with Sudan, as everywhere else in the world, nothing can replace direct contact between workers. For our social class, it is the best source of information and the best way to build common struggles.
- read article...International Viewpoint is published under the responsibility of the Bureau of the Fourth International. Signed articles do not necessarily reflect editorial policy. Articles can be reprinted with acknowledgement, and a live link if possible.
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