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.
-
Mynamar/India
Why Myanmar’s Election Matters for India’s Northeast
5 February, byThe election marks a new phase in the junta’s attempt to legitimise repression at home while stabilising its authority across borders.
read article... -
Greece
A historic peasant mobilization in Greece
4 February, byFor two months, Greek peasants mobilized with a partial blockade of major roads. While this type of movement has occurred before, this one is remarkable for its duration, the number of participants, its geographical scope, and also the way it was organized.
read article... -
Syria
On the Recent Agreement Between Damascus and the Kurdish Administration
3 February, by“There is therefore little doubt that the present compromise has not resolved the conflict but has instead shifted it from a military to a political phase. This new phase will involve a political struggle that continues the war by other means, just as war itself is a continuation of politics by other means, as the maxim goes.”
read article... -
Switzerland
Zurich: 3,000 people protest against Trump and the WEF
2 February, by“The strong turnout at this demonstration goes beyond the outrage caused by Trump. It also reflects the fact that more and more people are rebelling against the capitalist economic and social system.”
read article... -
USA
National Protests Continue Against ICE and Trump
1 February, byPresident Donald Trump continues ICE raids, arrests of journalists, and seizing election records, as the public turns against him. All of this is about the mid-term election in November, which Republicans could lose.
read article...
