International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Madagascar

  Draft laws play hide-and-seek in Madagascar

  30 June, by Paul Martial

  In Madagascar, parliamentary bills are kept secret until they are passed. Neither citizens nor MPs can debate texts that are sometimes crucial to the life of the country. In the face of this authoritarian closure, civil society organizations are denouncing an anti-democratic drift orchestrated by Rajoelina’s government.

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• USA

  Can Democratic Socialist Mamdani become Mayor of New York?

  29 June, by Dan La Botz

  “Mamdani’s campaign, platform, and victory point a possible new direction for the Democrats and for the left. But it will be hard to beat the billionaires.”

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• Africa

  Overfishing is plundering waters in Africa

  28 June, by Paul Martial

  “In Senegal, in just five years, the number of sardinella has fallen by 80%. This small, very inexpensive pelagic fish is at the heart of the popular diet and is used in the composition of the national dish: thieboudien.”

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• Denmark

  Enhedslisten: Support for more defence - but which defence?

  27 June, by John Jessen

  “The new defence and security policy adopted at the annual meeting does not indicate that initiatives to organize protests against military armament will come from this direction - at least not from the party leadership. Time will tell if others take up the task.”

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• Mexico

  A mixed success for the President in Mexico

  26 June, by Fabrice Thomas

  On 1 June 2025, judges at all levels of the judiciary were elected by direct suffrage throughout Mexico. From local judges to members of the Federal Supreme Court, all positions were subject to a popular vote.

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...and the rest of the current issue

• USA

  State of the Resistance

• Argentina

  Cristina Kirchner condemned and banned from election

• USA

  The United States at War in the Middle East —Again

• Russia

  Support the Russian-Ukrainian resistance against accelerating fascism worldwide

• Spanish state

  Miguel Urbán: "There are still set-ups like the one I suffered. There are police infiltrating social movements."

Recently posted Features

• Cuba

  Trump’s New Cuba Policy: Bad for Cuba and Migrants

  24 April, by Dan La Botz

  On his return to the presidency on January 20, Donald Trump rescinded his predecessor Joe Biden’s short-lived removal of Cuba from the State Sponsor of Terrorism (SSOT) designation. The SSOT designation will further isolate Cuba diplomatically and economically.

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• Portugal

  The Carnation Revolution of Portugal Today: The New Challenge from the Far-Right

  24 April, by Raquel Varela

  Fifty-one years after the Revolution, fifty years after the first elections by universal suffrage which saw a 92% turnout, what is the legacy of the Portuguese Revolution?

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• Indonesia/Netherlands

  The Netherlands and the 1965 mass killings in Indonesia

  24 April, by Alex de Jong

  The military coup d’état in Indonesia in 1965 was the beginning of one of the 20th century’s greatest crimes: the killing of over half a million of people and the torture and imprisonment of hundreds of thousands more. Much has been written about the involvement of Western powers such as the United States in the military coup. Less is known about the response of the Netherlands. Declassified documents show that Dutch authorities regarded the military coup with sympathy and sought to support it.

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• Rearming Europe

  Oppose the Trump‑Putin axis, oppose European rearmament

  20 April, by Anti*Capitalist Resistance

  ACR stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine fighting to defend their country against occupation and annexation. We have done so since Putin’s first aggression in 2014. We therefore support the right of Ukraine to obtain the weapons and aid necessary for its fight against Russian imperialism.

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