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.
“It is encouraging to see how many people are taking to the streets to oppose this inhumane project of the fascist right.”
read article...An unprecedented strike by 170,000 public sector workers across 15 unions in Northern Ireland took place on January 16 over the UK government’s refusal to pay parity wages with other UK workers, spotlighting a growing crisis in local governance and public sector funding across Britain.
An unprecedented strike took place in Northern Ireland on January 16 with 170,000 public sector workers from 15 unions, angry at the refusal of the UK government to pay them parity wages with other UK (...)
“We know too well that our freedom [as South Africans] is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
read article...“Bangladesh is a front-line victim of global climate change. Consequently, the rich industrialized countries of the North, which have been emitting carbon for 250 years since the Industrial Revolution, owe an ecological and historical debt to countries like Bangladesh, which are vulnerable to climate change. We shifted the focus of our ongoing campaign on climate change last year, concentrating on this issue of reparation.”
read article...“The breeding ground for extreme right-wing groups is made up of both the affluent classes of the upper classes and sectors of an increasingly precarious, pulverized and disorientated proletariat in the suburbs.”
read article...An Iranian reader takes sharp issue with Salma Yaqoob’s October article on Islam and the Left.
Salma Yaqoob, a founder member of Respect and a leading Muslim anti-war activist in Britain spoke at the SWP’s Marxism event in London a few days after the London bombings on July 7 on Muslims and the left.
A member of the RSB (Revolutionary Socialist League) in Germany argues the case against joining of supporting the Left Party in Germany.
Pam Currie came into politics through the vigil for a Scottish Parliament, which was maintained for several years in Edinburgh. She was an active member of Scottish Militant Labour, the Scottish Socialist Alliance and subsequently the SSP. Here she gives a socialist and feminist analysis of the challenges facing the SSP.
“This is the culmination of a campaign by the German government that has been going on for months to prevent any solidarity with the people of Palestine and criticism of the German government’s military and political support for Israel.”
- read article...Also published at https://freeboris.info/. Signatories who wish to be contacted by the campaign should sign on at this site
- read article...“This is a condemnation of all of us who organize politically in defense of democratic rights, equality, and freedom. The arrests of the Zaragoza 6 reflect the political decision to systematically criminalize protest, seeking to punish them to instill fear. It reinforces the political power of the police and judicial apparatuses, over and above the democratic rights won through centuries of struggle.”
- read article...In her election night statement, Mariana Mortágua emphasized that despite the turn to the right in the electoral results, the Bloco managed to resist, maintaining its mandates and with more votes than in 2022.
- read article...International Viewpoint is published under the responsibility of the Bureau of the Fourth International. Signed articles do not necessarily reflect editorial policy. Articles can be reprinted with acknowledgement, and a live link if possible.
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