International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• War and ecology

  Agent Orange, a slow violence that still kills

  18 October, by Collectif Vietnam-Dioxine

  The Vietnam-Dioxin Collective is part of a decolonial ecology since the cause is not only ecological but is also the result of colonial and imperialist logics and of a capitalist system that produces environmental crises (which are in fact continuous) and wars in times of crisis. We demand justice for the victims of Agent Orange, a chemical and defoliant weapon used during the US-led Imperial War in Vietnam.

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• South Sudan

  Get rid of leaders to stop war in South Sudan

  17 October, by Paul Martial

  Through their corruption and ethnicist politics, the country’s elites are plunging South Sudan into a new abyss of violence. Since its separation from Sudan in July 2011, the country has only experienced civil wars, of varying intensity. For the past eight months, Riek Machar, the vice-president, has been appearing in court on several charges such as crimes against humanity, rebellion and treason.

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• Netherlands

  A confident far-right and a stagnant parliamentary left in the Netherlands


  16 October, by Alex de Jong

  On October 29 the Netherlands will have parliamentary elections, again. In early June, the government of prime-minster Dick Schoof lost its majority as the far-right PVV of Geert Wilders blew up the coalition. Shortly before the elections, the contrast between the most important political events in the Netherlands could hardly be sharper. On 20 September, after an anti-immigration rally, fascists rioted in The Hague. On October 5, a quarter of a million people marched through the streets of Amsterdam to show their solidarity with Palestine.

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• Trump

  A Festival of Obsequiousness

  15 October, by Gilbert Achcar

  “As for the proud Palestinian people, they have spent a century proving their refusal to submit to their oppressors – whether the British Mandate authorities or the Zionist government. They will not kiss Donald Trump’s hand or show him “appreciation”, no matter what those who claim to represent them may do.”

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• Madagascar

  Mobilization shakes regime in Madagascar

  14 October, by Paul Martial

  “The new fact is the mobilization of workers. A few days after the first demonstrations, Jirama employees went on strike, joined by the teachers’ union, SEMPAMA. Finally, Herizo Ramanambola, leader of the Solidarité trade union, called for a general strike, also demanding the resignation of the president.”

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Russia

  Army Contract and Draft: the New Architecture of Military Conscription

• USA

  Trump’s Imperialism—Working for American Dominance, but Failing

• Ukraine

  Unwavering support for Ukraine

• India

  India after the Tianjin summit and in the midst of the climate crisis – an overview

• Algeria

  Lyes sentenced to six months in prison in Algeria

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