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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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Portugal
“We want to be able to look further than the end of the month”
16 May, by Esquerda.netParliamentary 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 BudraitskisWhere 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 FuentesUkrainian 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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Georgia
The fight for democracy, social justice, and equality in the Caucasus
13 May, by Ashley Smith, CollectiveThe country of Georgia, a small nation of 3.8 million people in the Caucasus, has been thrown into a profound crisis. Its people have risen up against the ruling party, Georgian Dream, over the passage of its Russia-style “foreign influence law,” homophobic anti-LGBTQ propaganda law, rigging of the recent election, and suspension of accession talks for membership in the EU.
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USA
What Will an American Pope Mean for the US?
12 May, by Dan La BotzThe conclave of cardinals has for the first time elected a pope from the USA, a man who has been critical of the policies of President Donald Trump and Vice-president J.D. Vance. What will the choice of this American to be head of the Catholic Church mean for the US?
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...and the rest of the current issue
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South Asia
From the front line: a critical look at Indo Pak War 2025
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Ukraine
Ukrainian socialist: Five main problems with the US-Ukraine mineral deal
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Syria
Syria: Fishing in Troubled Waters
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DRC - Rwanda
Peace under the seal of business
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South Africa
Climate sanctions against fossil-addicted capitalists
Recently posted Features
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History
Missak Manouchian: their commemoration and ours
4 March 2024, by Patrick Le Moalread article...“For us, honouring them means understanding the depth of the convictions that guided their actions in France and their participation in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.”
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Obituary
Tribute: Ernesto Herrera (1949-2024)
28 January 2024, by Charles-André Udryread article...A belated tribute to Ernesto Herrera, who died on 10 January 2024. The shock had to be absorbed. A comrade-friend, with a hyphen of fraternity and not of union, in order to respect his personal trajectory.
Born on 22 May 1949, Antonio Maria Nuñez Guglielmi was part of the Spanish and Italian emigration that settled in Uruguay, a country that experienced exceptional growth from 1910 until the early 1950s. An activist, he chose as his pseudonym the name of a writer who, among other things, (…) -
War in Ukraine
Making sense of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
21 December 2023, by Paul Le Blancread article...A momentous development has drawn my attention away from the unfolding climate catastrophe on which I have been riveted. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major factor fragmenting the left-wing forces I hoped would become a major force in the revolutionary struggle for climate justice and human survival.
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Sri Lanka
Last respect to Comrade Neil Wijethilaka amid the Revolutionary Red Salute of his comrades.
16 December 2023, by Dharmasiri Lankapeliread article...A well-known left-wing activist and the secretary of the Socialist People’s Forum, senior trade union leader Comrade Neil Wijethilaka, was laid to rest on the afternoon of Friday 12th at the Atavilawatta Cemetery, Kalutara.
Youth
The Fourth International’s Youth Camp
May 2025
The world is on fire and the authoritarian right aims to control and dominate us to ensure the survival of capitalism. But radical ecosocialist youth fight back!
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Radical Socialist Statement on Operation Sindoor
May 2025
The Indian Armed Forces have launched Operation Sindoor which has carried out strikes in as many as nine places spread over three cities in Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Punjab province while a counter-strike by Pakistan, also to be condemned, has led to lives lost in Poonch. All this is an extremely worrisome development, though not entirely unexpected.
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On the Ongoing India-Pakistan Conflict and the Crisis in Jammu & Kashmir
May 2025
Press Statement Jammu Kashmir Awami Workers Party (JKAWP)
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Is the Agreement on Useful Kopalini useful to Ukraine?
May 2025
Today the Verkhovna Rada votes for ratification of the Agreement between the governments of Ukraine and the United States on the creation of the American-Ukrainian investment fund for reconstruction. Despite the loud promises of "partnership" and "investment", the document causes serious concerns.
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Escalating tensions between Pakistan and India
May 2025
Statement from the Haqooq Khalq Party (HKP) of Pakistan.
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