International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Canada

  Lessons from the last federal elections: Towards the renewal of the status quo ante or the desperate search for an agreement with Trumpism

  25 May, by André Frappier, Bernard Rioux

  While various polls for 2024 predicted a landslide victory for the Conservative Party of Canada, the last federal election gave the Liberal Party of Canada a fourth term. The election campaign was dominated by widespread public apprehension over the trade war and Donald Trump’s threats of annexation of Canada. These fears weighed heavily on voting intentions.

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• Palestine

  The Nakba intensifies. May our solidarity grow too!

  24 May, by Olivier Lek Laferrière

  The casualty figures for Gaza have disappeared from the news, while the death toll continues to mount. Some people are used to it, or have been indifferent from the start. Others know that this information alone can no longer transform public opinion, let alone the actions of complicit leaders.

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• Germany

  Merz-Klingbeil government is Trumpism lite

  23 May, by Heinrich Neuhaus

  Germany’s latest variant of the GroKo (Grosse Koalition, Grand Coalition), with Friedrich Merz (CDU/CSU) as Chancellor and Lars Klingbeil (SPD) as Vice-Chair, aims, according to the coalition agreement, to represent “responsibility for Germany”. Translated from political newspeak, this means that the amount of profits is untouchable.

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• Ecuador

  What happened to the left in Ecuador?

  22 May, by Andrés Madrid

  “The anti-capitalist left has not renewed its strategies after the October and June uprisings either. Its atomization and lack of material and intellectual resources prevent it from building a power project with its own identity. This vacuum paved the way for the Noboa clan to capitalize on the discontent.”

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• Ukraine

  No to the Russian-US plan to annex Ukraine!

  21 May, by Elias Vola, Gin Vola

  “If we want to avoid the worst-case scenario, namely Ukraine’s defeat and the strengthening of Russian neo-fascism, international solidarity must be stronger than ever.”

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Greenland

  For a free and demilitarized Arctic – Defend Greenland’s independence – Defend the Greenlandic people and nature

• Trump’s foreign policy

  Trump Visits Arab Kings: Making Deals, Accepting Bribes, Shifting Policy

• Ecuador

  Solidarity with Leonidas Iza, the Ecuadorean Indigenous leader – Against the far-right’s plans to reform the constitution and destroy rights

• Ukraine:

  3 years into war, Ukrainian leftists fight for labor rights under martial law

• Portugal

  “We want to be able to look further than the end of the month”

Recently posted Features

• Strategic thinking

  Dreaming as internationalist materialists

  8 May, by Alexis Cukier , Franck Gaudichaud, Théo Roumier, Vincent Gay, Yoletty Bracho

  “We will begin with a statement: yes, we dream, and we desire! We dream of emancipation, and we desire equality (individual, collective, between peoples).

  And we are on the left, a radical and revolutionary left at that. What should be troubling us today is not changing our dreams and desires. Certainly not going poaching on the side of those opposed to us, claiming that “only the far right dreams”.”

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• Vietnam

  Vietnam, 30 April 1975 - 50 years ago, a historic victory, but at what price?

  29 April, by Pierre Rousset

  Vietnam’s independence was first proclaimed in August 1945, and we could soon be celebrating its 80th anniversary. De Gaulle decided otherwise, sending an expeditionary force to reconquer his lost colony. Indochina had to endure two devastating successive imperial wars, first French, then American. Washington mobilised all the means at its disposal to crush the Vietnamese revolution, certain that it would prevail - and was defeated. The image has gone down in history: the staff of the US (…)

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• Obituary

  Hendrik “Pips” Patroons, comrade and friend

  29 April, by Alain Tondeur

  Our comrade Hendrik Patroons, alias “Pips”, passed away in Ghent on April 17, 2025. He was active from an early age in SAP-Antikapitalisten (our organization in Flanders, then called Revolutionaire Arbeiders Liga) and the Fourth International. A convinced revolutionary right up to his last days, he and his companion Marijke Colle left a lasting mark on the organization. He took part in our last national congress in December 2024, and had volunteered to be part of the technical support team for the 18th World Congress of the Fourth International in February 2025, but was unable to do so due to illness. We publish below the tribute paid to him by Alain Tondeur at the funeral ceremony in Wondelgem, near Ghent, on April 25.

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• Cuba

  Trump’s New Cuba Policy: Bad for Cuba and Migrants

  24 April, by Dan La Botz

  On his return to the presidency on January 20, Donald Trump rescinded his predecessor Joe Biden’s short-lived removal of Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism (SSOT) designation. The SSOT designation will further isolate Cuba diplomatically and economically.

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