Marc Bonhomme considers ”After Twenty Years, Québec Solidaire Faces an Existential Crisis”, Tempest investigates “Inside Die Linke ” and Alex De Jong explains how “Indonesia’s Communists Helped Forge Its National Identity”.
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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.
- 7 June – Parties of the left
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Ukraine
Ukraine at war, Ukraine in struggle...
13 June, by Gin Vola, Elias VolaResistance to the Russian invasion has not erased class divisions within Ukrainian society. The inequalities of our capitalist societies and the brutal neoliberalism applied by the Zelensky government are significantly affecting the population of Ukraine. The popular classes thus fight on a "double front", against anti-social policies and imperialist aggression.
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Serbia
Student protest in Serbia: “either we stop or there will be a civil war”
12 June, by Gaëlle GuehennecSince November 2024, Serbian students have been leading an unprecedented revolt against Vučić’s corrupt government. Along with two Belgian comrades from the Gauche Anticapitaliste, I went to Belgrade to meet them.
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In front of Belgrade’s Faculty of Philosophy, a table and camping chairs were set up. A dozen or so students wrapped up in duvets were watching the entrance. On the table were sudokus and packets of cigarettes to pass the time. The students take 8am shifts to secure the faculty, (…) -
Italy
Left fails to win its referendums in Italy
11 June, by Dave Kellaway“All five referendums were lost because none reached the quorum of 50% of the electorate. Around 88-89% who voted supported the progressive changes to the labour laws but this went down by 33 percentage points for the change to the citizenship process for immigrants.”
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South Sudan
Peace under threat in South Sudan
10 June, by Paul MartialThere is a significant risk that South Sudan could once again plunge into widespread conflict, on top of a major financial crisis.
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USA
As Immigration Protests Grow, Trump Calls Out National Guard
9 June, by Dan La Botz“Suddenly, the resistance is real, in the streets, and fighting.”
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Yemen
The women’s uprising in Yemen
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Italy
Italy votes on removing anti‑working class laws
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Palestine
Pity the people of Gaza!
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Belgium
Fabian, 11-years-old, dead: this was no accident - this is the police
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USA
Five Years Since George Floyd’s Murder
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Myanmar
Two years after the military putsch, Myanmar’s forgotten war
30 March 2023, by Pierre Roussetread article...On 1 February 2021, the Burmese army (Tatmadaw) broke off its governmental cohabitation with the National League for Democracy (NLD), incarcerating its leaders, and then plunged the entire country into an atrocious asymmetric war. Two years later, it has still not succeeded in imposing its control over a large part of the territory. Despite their inferiority in arms, the various components of the resistance have defeated it, with the aim of putting an end to a military regime that has made clear its refusal of any democratic transition.
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Obituary
Ahlem Belhadj (1964-2023)
21 March 2023, by Gilbert Achcarread article...The death of Ahlem Belhadj in Tunis on 11 March 2023 affected the feminist movement, the trade union movement and the revolutionary left in Tunisia and beyond.
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Abortion rights USA
Before & After Roe: Scary Times, Then & Now
16 March 2023, by Dianne Feeleyread article...TWENTIETH-CENTURY PRE-ROE America was a scary world for women. Pregnancy and childbirth were destiny.
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Senegal
The challenges of feminism in Senegal
16 March 2023, by Fatou Sowread article...“No cultural revolution, no return to the sources or ethnic, religious or national authenticity, claimed by the groups that demand them, can legitimize the persistence, imbued with idealization, of so-called traditional or ancestral values, which involve serious discrimination and inequality.”
Ireland - Palestine Solidarity
Paul Murphy Detained in Egypt in Rafah Group
June 2025
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy among a group detained by Egyptian authorities while travelling to Rafah. Contact embassy now.
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ICE out of Los Angeles! Withdraw the National Guard! Stop the terror campaign against immigrant communities!
Statement by the Solidarity National Committee
June 2025
“In response to the resistance of the Latinx-American community to this ICE terrorism, the Trump government has mobilized the California National Guard against the protesters, while Peter Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, has threatened to call in the Marines.”
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End the blockade of Gaza !
Statement by the Executive Bureau of the Fourth International.
June 2025
“A massive worldwide mobilization to put an end to this genocide.”
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Solidarity with Panama 9 June
June 2025
Call for protests outside Panamanian consulates on 9 June.
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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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