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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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  • Britain

    Labour panders to racism – playing the far right’s game

    30 May, by Simon Hannah

    When Keir Starmer was standing for Labour leader in 2020 after Jeremy Corbyn resigned, his slogan was “Another World is Possible”. This was a call back to the ideals and hope of the anti capitalist movement in the late 1990s and early 2000s before 9/11 made our world more reactionary, more dangerous, more cynical. As part of his bid for leadership to win over a membership that had only recently elected Corbyn twice over, Starmer gave a speech in which he outlined his view on immigration; “We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them. Low wages, poor housing, poor public services, are not the fault of migrants… we have to make the case for the benefits of migration”.

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  • Portugal

    Hard questions for Left Bloc after a terrible parliamentary election

    29 May, by Left Bloc

    National Board Resolution of the Left Bloc from 24 May 2025 regarding the results of the legislative elections of 18 May 2024.

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  • South Africa

    South African Union Responds to White House Debacle

    28 May, by Collective

    The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA), a leftwing voice in the South African labor movement, posted the statement below following the May 21 White House meeting of Donald Trump and president Cyril Ramaphosa. Trump’s sickening racism was on full display as he pressed the mythology of the “white genoicide” of Afrikaner farmers. On this occasion Trump even exceeded his everyday spectacle, presumably prompted by Elon Musk who’s seeking to extort favorable concessions for his Starlink operation in South Africa.

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  • Madagascar

    Madagascar - victim of a past and present colonial policy

    27 May, by Paul Martial

    Affirming France’s presence in the Indian Ocean was the aim of French president Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Madagascar on 23-24 April, 2025.The Grande Île is unique in that it is one of the poorest countries in the world, and is governed by billionaires who do not hesitate to provoke serious crises in order to gain power. The French president was received by Madagascar’s president. Andry Rajoelina, a former disc jockey who has made a career in events management.

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  • USA

    Trump: Shamelessly Making U.S.A. More Unequal and Government More Corrupt

    26 May, by Dan La Botz

    The House of Representatives, dominated by the Republican Party, last week passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” as he calls it, by a vote of 215 to 214, giving tax cuts to the rich and more money to the military while reducing a variety of social programs for working-class and poor people.

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