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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.
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6 October, byA month of elections gives this issue its spine, with the far right as the measure of every result.
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Spanish state
Class, the protests: Notes on the social explosion over housing
6 October, by ,“The social tension that housing introduces into the lives of the majority has become political tension thanks to the successful intervention of the Tenants’ Union, the eviction of Maricarmen as a foundational event and the pressure in the street. Today, Spanish politics is inevitably moving towards another moment and the vote in Congress is a step in that transition.”
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USA
Latinos May Decide the Midterms, Defeating Trump and the Republicans
5 October, byDonald Trump arguably won the 2024 presidential election because between 42 and 48 percent of the country’s Latinos voted for him. His was the largest Republican share ever of the Latino vote. In the last two years, however, Latinos have turned against Trump, as seen both in their participation in social protests and in pre-election polls. Latinos could cost Trump and the Republicans the election.
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Morocco
Morocco’s Elections in a Time of Despotism: Why Ballot Boxes Don’t Produce Liberation
4 October, by“Today, I believe that Morocco is experiencing a form of political insanity in the Einsteinian sense. The elections on September 23 showcased the same familiar faces that have worn thin on the Moroccan public, accompanied by the same broken promises and poorly executed theatrics. Furthermore, it is the Ministry of the Interior that oversees the entire electoral process—from drawing constituency maps to organising the vote itself. ”
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Environment
NATO, the climate crisis and the ecosocialist emergency
3 October, byGippo Mukendi Ngandu, a member of the leadership of the Fourth International, spoke at the anti-imperialist conference NoToNATO to present the links between war and the climate crisis, and to propose the answers put forward in our Manifesto for an Ecosocialist Revolution.
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Recently posted Features
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India
No Patriarchy, No Police State, No Capital Punishment: A Report on the Rally Against Rape
7 January 2013, byread article...The Delhi gang rape is gruesome. But it does not stand alone. There were 22,000 rapes reported in 2010, and this implies at least 100,000 unreported cases. In the National capital, Delhi, there were around 570 cases reported. West Bengal has about 9,000 cases of rape, where the matter had not begun moving in courts. Rapes, gang rapes, rape as a “political” action (rape of "lower" caste women, rape of minority community women, rape of political opponents) have been taking place continuously. Though India’s political leaders have been claiming stridently that India is forging ahead, that India is one of the new powerhouses of the world, in terms of the violence inflicted on women, in terms of the sheer barbarism of rape, India shows no sign of being a forward looking, civilized country.
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South Africa,
A Liberal Abortion Law Doesn’t Guarantee Access
7 January 2013, by ,read article...This story is part of a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting collaboration between African and American journalists on reproductive health issues. The article appeared in the January 21, 2013 edition of The Nation and we are republishing with the permission of Agence Global.
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Ecosocialism
A Plea for an Ecological Reconstruction of Marxism
3 December 2012, byread article...For the first time in history, humanity has to conceive our emancipation under a global ecological constraint, unsurpassable by an increase in labor productivity.
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Philippines
Struggle for Self-Determination of the Bangsamoro Revolutionary Fronts: A Historical Perspective and Current Realities
22 October 2012, byread article...This paper from the RMP-M (Revolutionary Workers’ Party-Mindanao, Philippines section of the Fourth International), gives the background to the reported “framework” agreement between the Moro people on Mindanao and the Philippines’ government.
