Daniel Tanuro considers “The Heavy Legacy of Leon Trotsky”, while Alex De Jong tells the story of Michel Raptis, the struggle for Algeria and the risks of solidarity , and reviews “Walden Bello looks back on Filipino and global struggles. For a view on today’s world Kevin Lin considers the situation in Asia in “Labour’s Polycrisis”.
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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.
- 20 August – Looking back and looking forward
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Lebanon
Lebanon’s Sovereignty Battle Isn’t Just Over Arms
21 August, by Joseph Daher, Sami Atallah, Sami Zoughaib“When citizens see the state not as an enforcer but as a guarantor of rights, Lebanon will have moved from asserting sovereignty to constructing it.”
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Ukraine
Bloody Amputation: Trump’s “Peace” for Ukraine
20 August, by David FinkelTHE TRAJECTORY WAS always clear to anyone who was paying attention, and knew how to filter out the noise of Donald Trump’s empty threats of “severe sanctions to destroy Russia’s economy,” let alone 500% tariffs on Russia’s oil customers, if there weren’t an “immediate cease-fire” in the Ukraine war.
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Trump-Putin
No Deals with War Criminals on Alaska Soil
19 August, by Alaska Native Movement““Alaska’s history teaches us the devastating cost of imperialism and fascism. From the Russian occupation of our lands to Putin’s war in Ukraine and the ongoing oppression in Palestine, we see the same pattern of violence and erasure. We stand with all who resist, because true freedom is collective—none of us are free until all of us are free.” – Enei Begaye, Executive Director Native Movement ”
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USA
The Trump-Era Gender Wars, Brought to You By Neoliberalism
18 August, by Meagan Day, Stephanie CoonzWe’re seeing an alarming revival of archaic gender role ideas, from the manosphere’s remasculinization crusade to trad wives’ rejection of public life. Veteran historian of gender roles Stephanie Coontz explains the moment’s deep economic undercurrents.
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Ukraine solidarity - Britain
Anti‑militarism without pacifism
17 August, by Andy Kilmister, Liz LawrenceWhat attitudes should socialists and trade unionists have to war?
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...and the rest of the current issue
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USA
Learning from the DSA convention
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USA
DSA’s 2025 National Convention: A New Chapter Opens Up for the Socialist Movement
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Palestine
The “Day After” in Gaza
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Britain
Labour, tough on Grannies, easy on genocide
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Fourth International
Fighting side by side from Kyiv to Panama: A look back at the 2025 International Youth Camp
Recently posted Features
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Ukraine
Ukraine’s Debt: an instrument of pressure and spoliation in the hands of creditors
26 January, by Éric Toussaintread article...In the present article the author focuses on Ukraine’s debt since the 1990s and more particularly in the years after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. It provides answers to several questions. Who are Ukraine’s creditors? How much are they owed? What do they demand in exchange for their loans? What part does the European Union play? Why does Ukraine’s integration into the EU go against the Ukrainian people’s interests? What is done with frozen Russian assets? Why should Ukraine’s debt be cancelled? Why does Zelensky oppose any cancellation? What are the alternatives to current indebtedness? Some questions are not addressed for want of space such as the stage the conflict has reached, the provision of weapons, the debates within the Left.
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Environment
Environmental and climate debt: Who is responsible?
18 January, by Maxime Perriot, Éric Toussaintread article...The concepts of climate debt and ecological debt are central to successfully achieving the ecological bifurcation. The ecological debt owed by States – and in particular the wealthiest States and major corporations – of the North to the populations of the Global South must be recognized. That recognition must take the form of cancellation of the debt of the countries of the Global South and paying of reparations by the States of the North. The latter must compel the wealthiest interests to contribute and assume responsibility for climate disruption and for taking the actions that are urgently needed to limit its consequences and its aggravation to the maximum extent possible.
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Obituary
Lennart Wallster 1944-2024
15 January, by Håkan Blomqvistread article...Lennart Wallster […] was strongly associated with SP’s very first days in the late 1960’s and the commitment to building the political and organizational center of the Fourth International.
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Fourth International
Why do socialists organise internationally?
31 December 2024, by Dave Kellawayread article...What are the arguments for eco socialists to be part of a revolutionary international?
Ukraine
Kryvyi Rih — Vermont — Paris!
August 2025
A unique event took place at the Kryvyi Rih branch of the Social Movement NGO — we had the honour of welcoming special guests: Senator Tanya Vyhovsky from Vermont, USA, and Nico Dix, representative of the French New Anti-Capitalist Party-l’Anticapitaliste (NPA-A). It was an inspiring meeting, filled with valuable experiences and sincere conversations!
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You give us corruption, we give you revolution!
Statement by Sotsialnyi Rukh
July 2025
Despite the war, despite the risks, people are taking to the streets. Because they have had enough. On 22 July, in the streets of Kyiv and most cities across Ukraine, hundreds of people took to the streets to protest against the adoption of Law 12414.
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Call for the 1st International Antifascist Conference
July 2025
“we call on international antifascist forces to open a dialogue capable of confronting the destruction being carried out by ultraliberal conservatism – placing unity in the streets against the far right as our top priority.”
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Faced with the Iran-Israel war, a third way is possible!
June 2025
While the skies over the Middle East are once again ablaze with smoke and flames, and the media are inundated with talk of ‘Israeli precision strikes’ and the ‘promise of token vengeance of the Islamic Republic’, what is once again left out is the fate of those who do not take decisions in command rooms or hide in underground bunkers.
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Opposing War and Warmongering Policies
Joint Statement by Independent Organizations in Iran
June 2025
The Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, a member of the International Trade Union Solidarity and Struggle Network, is transmitting this text, signed with other independent organisations in Iran:
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