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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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Trump
A Festival of Obsequiousness
15 October, by Gilbert Achcar“As for the proud Palestinian people, they have spent a century proving their refusal to submit to their oppressors – whether the British Mandate authorities or the Zionist government. They will not kiss Donald Trump’s hand or show him “appreciation”, no matter what those who claim to represent them may do.”
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Madagascar
Mobilization shakes regime in Madagascar
14 October, by Paul Martial“The new fact is the mobilization of workers. A few days after the first demonstrations, Jirama employees went on strike, joined by the teachers’ union, SEMPAMA. Finally, Herizo Ramanambola, leader of the Solidarité trade union, called for a general strike, also demanding the resignation of the president.”
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Russia
Army Contract and Draft: the New Architecture of Military Conscription
13 October, by Daniil GorodetskyHow will the autumn military draft change as of October 1? How does Russia recruit soldiers for its war against Ukraine? How does the new conscript oversight work? Journalist Daniil Gorodetsky answers these questions
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USA
Trump’s Imperialism—Working for American Dominance, but Failing
12 October, by Dan La BotzPresident Donald Trump is trying to reassert U.S. global dominance, leading to a greater threat of wars that could endanger what little stability remains in international relations.
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Ukraine
Unwavering support for Ukraine
11 October, by Fred LeplatUkraine is still resisting heroically Russia’s imperialist war of annexation. Hopes had been placed on the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska for a ceasefire. But in the run-up to the summit and since , Russia escalated its attacks on Ukraine with more drones and missiles targeting civilian housing and infrastructure while making only limited progress on the ground. Russia has now also sent drones over Poland and Romania.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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India
India after the Tianjin summit and in the midst of the climate crisis – an overview
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Algeria
Lyes sentenced to six months in prison in Algeria
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Gaza
A Bitter Account, Two Years into the Catastrophe
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Portugal
Building an anti-liberal left in Portugal is difficult but necessary
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USA
Is Trump Preparing a Military Coup?
Recently posted Features
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Marxist Theory
The Proletariat in Power
30 December 2003, by Ernest Mandelread article...When we say that the state remains in existence up to and including the transitional society between capitalism and socialism, the question arises whether the working class still needs a state when it takes power.
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Marxism
Introduction
30 December 2003, by Ernest Mandelread article...A serious discussion of the historical importance and current relevance of the Leninist theory of organisation is possible only if one determines the exact position of this theory in the history of Marxism - or to be more precise, in the historical process of the unfolding and development of Marxism.
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Marxism
Bourgeois ideology and proletarian class consciousness
30 December 2003, by Ernest Mandelread article...The Marxian proposition that "the dominant ideology of every society is the ideology of the dominant class" appears at first glance to conflict with the character of the proletarian revolution as the conscious overturning of society by the proletariat, as a product of the conscious, independent activity of the wage-earning masses.
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Marxism
Proletarian class struggle and proletarian class consciousness
30 December 2003, by Ernest Mandelread article...The process whereby the proletarian mass, the proletarian vanguard and the revolutionary party are united depends on the elementary proletarian class struggle growing over into revolutionary class struggle - the proletarian revolution - and on the effects this has on the wage-earning masses.
France
After Lecornu, let’s fight for a popular government of change!
October 2025
Statement by the NPA on 6 October. After the extre 48 hours Macron gave Sébastien Lecornu there is still no government. Left forces are meeting but without a result so far. The NPA-l’Anticapitaliste has addressed the forces of the NFP calling for unity. This was the first statement on 6 October.
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Free Nisar Shar and his colleagues!
October 2025
Senior lawyer Nisar Shah from Islamabad was arrested while demonstrating along with his 13 colleagues in a rally in solidarity with the protests in Kashmir against high wages for politicians organised by the lawyers association
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Brazil Will Take to the Streets in Defense of Palestine and the Global Sumud Flotilla!
October 2025
Israel has decided to continue its attacks on the Palestinian people and those fighting for a Free Palestine, by illegally seizing, in international waters, the boats participating in the Global Sumud Flotilla, in which Thiago Ávila and Greta Thunberg are involved.
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All eyes on the flotilla - vigilance!
October 2025
Activists on the Gaza flotilla believe it could be attacked at any moment and are asking people to share the link to the live feed below to help protect the flotilla. And, of course, to be ready to protest if it is attacked.
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Stand with Peasants and Rural Communities in the wake of the 2025 worst ever floods
Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (peasants coordination) Urgent Finance Appeal
September 2025
Worst ever flood at River Ravi for 38 years, hundreds of villages affected across Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej belts. Kartarour complex (a place of worship for Sikh community, located inside Pakistan, where Indians can come without visa) submerged. Over 800 killed, thousands injured, eight districts of Punjab under water.
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