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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Portugal
Victory for right, neo-fascists in second place in Portuguese elections
15 June, by Daniel BorgesThe results of the Portuguese parliamentary elections on 18 May 2025 mark a turning point in the country’s politics. The traditional right was comfortably in the lead and the Socialist Party has fewer deputies than the far right (after counting the votes of the emigrant constituencies). The right-wing parties as a whole won two-thirds of the seats in the Assembly, while the left obtained the lowest result in its history.
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All the parties to the left of the PS recorded their lowest results. (…) -
USA
The battle of Los Angeles
14 June, by Tempest CollectiveAs "No Kings" protests take place across the US - and in other cities worldwide such as Mexico DF, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam - challenging Trump’s authoritarian rule, we publish this on the spot account of last weekend in Los Angeles.
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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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...and the rest of the current issue
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South Sudan
Peace under threat in South Sudan
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USA
As Immigration Protests Grow, Trump Calls Out National Guard
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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!
Recently posted Features
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Palestine solidarity
Report on new unions in Palestine
30 January 2010, by Tony Richardsonread article...This is a personal report on my relations with new Independent Democratic trade union movement in Palestine.
I first went to Palestine, in solidarity, in August 2002, just after the Israeli re-invasion of the West Bank.
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Palestine solidarity
Perspectives for Palestine
30 January 2010, by Salah Jaberread article...I will start out with a historical account on how positions on the question have evolved, and then go on to a discussion of the problem as it is posed nowadays. (Report to the Palestine Seminar February 2009)
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Palestine Solidarity
Current challenges for the solidarity movement
30 January 2010, by Cinzia Nachiraread article...The reaction in Europe to the recent Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip has revealed many steps forward in Europe, but also many problems and difficult tasks either for the “specific” solidarity movement with Palestine, or for the social movement more generally.
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Economic crisis
The free fall is over, but... The crisis continues
27 January 2010, by Joel Geierread article...Joel Geier contributed his view of the economic crisis to the IIRE economists’ seminar in a report based on this article.
Ireland - Palestine Solidarity
Paul Murphy Detained in Egypt in Rafah Group
June 2025
UPDATE - Paul has been released and passport returned.
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy among a group detained by Egyptian authorities while travelling to Rafah. Contact embassy now.
USA
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.”
- read article...Panama
Solidarity with Panama 9 June
June 2025
Call for protests outside Panamanian consulates on 9 June.
- read article...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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