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.
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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 RiouxWhile 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 LaferrièreThe 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 NeuhausGermany’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
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Greenland
For a free and demilitarized Arctic – Defend Greenland’s independence – Defend the Greenlandic people and nature
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Trump’s foreign policy
Trump Visits Arab Kings: Making Deals, Accepting Bribes, Shifting Policy
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Ecuador
Solidarity with Leonidas Iza, the Ecuadorean Indigenous leader – Against the far-right’s plans to reform the constitution and destroy rights
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Ukraine:
3 years into war, Ukrainian leftists fight for labor rights under martial law
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Portugal
“We want to be able to look further than the end of the month”
Recently posted Features
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Greece
The Troika’s Policy in Greece: Rob the Greek people and give the money to private banks, the ECB, the IMF and the dominant States of the Eurozone
2 September 2018, by Éric Toussaintread article...On 20 August 2018, the Greek government of Alexis Tsipras, the IMF and the European leaders celebrated the end of the Third Memorandum.
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Syria
Syria’s Disaster, and What’s Next
30 August 2018, by Joseph Daherread article...More than seven years after the beginning of the Syrian popular uprising, which was gradually transformed into a deadly war with an international character, the situation in the country is catastrophic at all levels. The popular classes are the most affected with continuous suffering.
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Syria
Secularists, Secularism and the Syrian uprising
27 August 2018, by Joseph Daherread article...Syrian secularists, and moreover the concept of secularism, are under attack online and on the ground. Joseph Daher takes a critical look at recent efforts to discredit the contribution of Syrian secularists to the 2011 revolution and offers historic perspective on the meaning of secularism and how the concept has been used and misused in the battle to shape the future of Syria.
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Latin America
The retreat of the pink tide in Latin America
27 August 2018, by Jeffery R Webber, Phil Gasperread article...Jeffery R. Webber is senior lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. He spoke with ISO editorial board member Phil Gasper on April 5, the morning after the Brazilian Supreme Court voted to imprison the country’s former president, Lula da Silva.
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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