International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine
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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USA
May Day in America, is it now here to stay?
4 May, by Dan La BotzMay Day is not a holiday in the United States. In most states and cities, it is not celebrated. In some places, in schools or public parks, people put up a May pole and dance around it to celebrate the arrival of spring. We did that in my elementary school in Chicago when I was a child. The official Labor Day in the United States, which is a national holiday, is celebrated on the first Monday in September and marks the end of summer and students’ return to school. But maybe this year things finally changed.
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Nigeria
Nigeria: against oil industry impunity
3 May, by Paul MartialThe Niger Delta has been totally devastated by decades of oil exploitation in Nigeria by the major Western oil companies. Huge tracts of land and mangrove swamps have been totally contaminated by oil, destroying all living things. People’s livelihoods, such as fishing and farming, have been wiped out. There is no longer any drinking water, and the air is polluted by the dozens of flares that burn continuously.
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Mexico
Mexico: “The right-wing parties are practically in the worst phase of their history”
2 May, by Fabrice Thomas, José LuisJosé Luis is an activist in the Fourth International and a member of the Mexican electricians’ union. He spoke to Fabrice Thomas while visiting Europe for the world congress of the Fourth International.
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Zambia
Zambia: people are victims of extractivism
1 May, by Paul MartialDespite recurring environmental disasters and the dangers to the population, the government of Zambia continues its extractivist policy. The southern African country has once again been hit by major pollution. 50 million tonnes of acidic sludge were discharged into the watercourse running alongside the Chinese company Sino Metals in Chambishi, which processes copper ores.
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USA
Trump and America: One-hundred days in the waiting room of fascism
30 April, by Dan La BotzSince taking office 100 days ago, President Donald Trump has been engaged in destroying America’s liberal, democratic state and its social welfare systems, taking away citizens’ and non-citizens’ rights, and attacking the institutions of civil society such as universities and the media. Trump’s attack on our government and our society has shocked, disoriented, and disconcerted the American people. The resistance has been growing, but is still too divided, small, and weak to stop Trump
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Argentina
Argentina: opposition to Milei revives
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Greece
Greece: anger in the streets
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USA
Trump reinvents war capitalism
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Palestine
We need to talk about Gaza more than ever
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Sudan
The Other Catastrophe: Genocide and Famine in Sudan
Recently posted Features
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Our history
The spirit of 1968 is inextinguishable – even 50 years later
17 June 2018, by Hilary Wainwrightread article...This rebellious era shaped radical activists – and aggressive capitalists. What can we learn from 1968, for democratic change today?
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Our history
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia: 1968 as the antipodes of 1989
16 June 2018, by Catherine Samaryread article...From March 2 to April 14, 2018, a series of initiatives dedicated to "May 68 seen from the South" were held in France, initiated and supported by the Sortir du colonialisme network, Cedetim, the Institut Tribune socialiste (ITS), the IPAM Foundation, the Gabriel Péri Foundation, the Fondation de l’écologie politique, the Copernicus Foundation, Espace Marx and the Centre d’histoire sociale du XXe siècle. The French magazine “Contretemps” will be publishing articles on “the 1968 years” including some contributions on “May 68 seen from the Souths” throughout 2018. This article by Catherine Samary is a modified version of her contribution to the latter.
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Our history
1968: a revolution too early to judge
16 June 2018, by Ilya Budraitskisread article...The events of 1968 have been stripped of their meaning and are now more a symbol of capitulation than revolution. Accepting this is the first step to making its legacy relevant again
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Our History
Malaysia’s “Second Emergency” (1968–89)
13 June 2018, by Gregor Bentonread article...The impact of revolutionary developments in Vietnam and China on the May events of 1968 in France and other Western countries has long been acknowledged. Less notice has been paid outside Asia to their repercussions on other Southeast Asian countries, which also experienced a revolutionary high tide in 1968. The upsurge of armed struggle in Malaysia in 1968 is rarely mentioned in general studies on the period, and is not often talked about even in Malaysia.
Puerto RIco
Democracia Socialista holds its Second Congress
April 2025
The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States framed the discussion at the second Congress of Democracia Socialista [section of the Fourth International in Puerto Rico].
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Left-wing parliamentarians send letter to Lula against oil exploration in the Amazon
April 2025
Deputies and councillors from parties such as PT and PSOL call for respect for Ibama’s decision and demand an energy transition plan.
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Ukraine’s Struggle: International Trade Unions Must Act Now
APPEAL OF FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION MOVEMENT
April 2025
APPEAL to the ITUC, ETUC, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, national trade unions on support of the Strategy of Ukraine on Peace and Security
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Radical Socialist Statement on Civilian Killings in Pahalgam
April 2025
At least 26 civilians, mostly tourists, have been brutally and callously killed by militants in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. Radical Socialist mourns the death of every single civilian, and condemns this terrorist act perpetrated by The Resistance Front that has claimed responsibility for it. It is a senseless attack which is morally unjustifiable and is completely counterproductive politically because it can further stoke and strengthen existing currents of Islamophobia in Indian society and in state apparatuses.
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Ten National Unions Call for Anti-Trump Resistance
April 2025
Ten national unions and dozens of locals representing more than 3 million members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of immigrant workers recently snatched by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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