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.

Ecuador

Solidarity with Leonidas Iza, the Ecuadorean Indigenous leader – Against the far-right’s plans to reform the constitution and destroy rights
18 May, by Iain Bruce
Since the re-election of Daniel Noboa as President of Ecuador on 13 April, his hard-right, Trump-like administration, and most of the Ecuadorean establishment, have launched a ferocious campaign against Leonidas Iza, the President of CONAIE (the Confederation of Ecuador’s Indigenous Nations), and former presidential candidate of the Indigenous and plurinational movement, Pachakutik. They see him, and the communities, movements and struggles that he represents, as the main obstacle to their plans for a radical neoliberal reform to the constitution.
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Ukraine:

3 years into war, Ukrainian leftists fight for labor rights under martial law
17 May, by Theia Chatelle , Ana Babić, Vitaliy Dudin
Ukrainian leftists face a double bind, caught between anti-labor governance in Ukraine and military attacks from Russia.
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Portugal

“We want to be able to look further than the end of the month”
16 May, by Esquerda.net
Parliamentary elections will take place in Portugal on Sunday 18 May. This report on a Left Bloc electoral meeting gives a flavour of the campaign.
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Geopolitics

“For the Neofascists, the Law of the Jungle is the Only One That Makes Sense”
15 May, by Gilbert Achcar , Ilya Budraitskis
Where did the “global neofascist axis” come from, and where is it going? What destabilizing effects might Russia’s war in Ukraine have? Ilya Budraitskis and Gilbert Achcar discuss the current conjuncture
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Ukraine

‘Russia’s war no excuse for attacks on trade unions’
14 May, by Federico Fuentes
Ukrainian workers make up the bulk of frontline soldiers defending the country against Russia’s war of aggression, but that hasn’t stopped Volodymyr Zelensky’s government from attacking trade union rights.
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Recently posted Features

Our history

The spirit of 1968 is inextinguishable – even 50 years later
17 June 2018, by Hilary Wainwright
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 Samary
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 Budraitskis
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 Benton
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.
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International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

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

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

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

“For the Neofascists, the Law of the Jungle is the Only One That Makes Sense”

‘Russia’s war no excuse for attacks on trade unions’

...and the rest of the current issue

The fight for democracy, social justice, and equality in the Caucasus

What Will an American Pope Mean for the US?

From the front line: a critical look at Indo Pak War 2025

Ukrainian socialist: Five main problems with the US-Ukraine mineral deal

Syria: Fishing in Troubled Waters

Recently posted Features

The spirit of 1968 is inextinguishable – even 50 years later

Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia: 1968 as the antipodes of 1989

1968: a revolution too early to judge

Malaysia’s “Second Emergency” (1968–89)

News from the FI, the militant left and the social movements

The Fourth International’s Youth Camp

Radical Socialist Statement on Operation Sindoor

On the Ongoing India-Pakistan Conflict and the Crisis in Jammu & Kashmir

Is the Agreement on Useful Kopalini useful to Ukraine?

Escalating tensions between Pakistan and India