International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• USA
  

  Progressives Strategic Failure: A Warning

  12 July, by Dan La Botz

  Democratic Party candidates are perceived by many voters as part of the system, part of the establishment, which indeed most are. The most common profession of Democratic congressional representatives and senators is law. Most don’t seem to share the common experiences of working class and lower middle-class people, because in fact they don’t. Lawyers’ average incomes range between $150,000 and $250,000, while the median income for American workers is $45,000 to $64,000,

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• Germany
  

  Forcing Refugees To Return to Syria is a Bad Idea

  11 July, by Joseph Daher

  “Not only are the conditions for a safe and dignified return to Syria not given. Without economic recovery and the reconstruction of critical state infrastructure a mass return of refugees to Syria would only worsen socio-economic conditions within the country and threaten large sectors of society dependent on remittances to survive.”

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• Palestine
  

  Israel targets and kills children

  10 July, by Édouard Soulier

  Two damning reports show that, in both Gaza and the West Bank, Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children.

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• G7 summit
  

  The G7: the imperialist order under Trump’s leadership

  9 July, by William Donaura

  Held in the shadow of Donald Trump, the G7 summit served above all to confirm the alignment of Western powers with US strategic and energy interests. Behind the declarations of principle, this summit points to strengthened imperialist cooperation, still built on the backs of the people.

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• Kenya
  

  Resisting “green capitalism” in Kenya

  8 July, by Paul Martial

  “Carbon credits enable multinationals to offset their carbon dioxide emissions by funding environmental projects. In Kenya, the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) specialises in this type of activity. It manages ‘conservancies’, i.e. areas set aside for this purpose.”

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Ecosocialism

  Many Fronts, One Struggle: A Report on the 7th International Ecosocialist Encounters

• USA

  Trump Campaigns on Anti-Communism as Left Opponents Are Indicted

• Venezuela

  215 years after Venezuela’s Declaration of Independence: Long live the republic

• Middle East

  The framework agreement Lebanon-Israel, a capitulation to multiple threats

• Colombia

  Colombia: in the eye of the storm

Recently posted Features

• Syria’s Economic Transition: From Kleptocracy to Islamic Neoliberalism in a War-Torn Economy

  28 March 2025, by Joseph Daher, Zaki Mehchy

  In its first decade in power and before the conflict, Bashar al-Assad’s regime adopted neoliberal-oriented economic policies, such as price liberalisation for many essential goods, market deregulation, and a significant extension of the private sector. This was accompanied by austerity measures without genuine institutional reform, which resulted in greater social injustice, decreased productivity, and widening income disparity.

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• Germany

  On the 2025 German elections

  23 March 2025, by Jakob Schaefer, Promise Li

  Promise Li, a socialist from Hong Kong now based in Los Angeles, interviews Jakob Schäfer for Borderless. Jacob is a retired steelworker, having served on the steering committee of the Network for Fighting Trade Unions (VKG). He is also a member of the International Sozialistische Organization (ISO) and the editor of the magazine Die Internationale. Promise is is a member of Tempest Collective and Solidarity, and has been active in higher education rank-and-file union work, international solidarity and antiwar campaigns, and Chinatown tenant organizing.. The interview was conducted on 25 February 2025 and appeared in Borderless on February 2025.

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• Left-wing isolationism: a path to political irrelevance in Europe’s defence debate

  23 March 2025, by Hanna Perekhoda

  The European Parliament has voted on the resolution that sets the line on defence and rearmament. The harshest criticism of the European Commission’s resolution on defence and rearmament comes from the Left political group. Among them is Manon Aubry (France Insoumise), who denounces, “You find money for tanks but not for hospitals.” She sarcastically remarked, “It’s as if, all of a sudden, there was no longer any global warming or poverty, and the only priority was armoured vehicles.” Similarly, Benedetta Scuderi of the Greens argues that “this arms race” undermines growth and public finances. Other voices have joined the chorus, including the Left co-chair Martin Schirdewan and Danilo Della Valle of the Five Star Movement. During Della Valle’s speech, a group of representatives of the Five Star Movement held a protest waving placards such as "No more guns" or "More jobs, less guns".

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• Campism

  Against Campism, for International Working-Class Solidarity

  21 March 2025, by Dan La Botz, Jason Schulman

  As socialists we must espouse a truly internationalist politics, one that supports democratic and working-class movements around the world. We support such movements in their struggles against tyrannical governments and the ruling classes of all countries, just as we welcome their solidarity with us. As U.S. socialists we oppose the imperialism of the United States, but as internationalists we must also oppose the authoritarianism and imperialism of other states, regardless of what those who run those states call themselves. That is, we must oppose “campism.”

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