International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• USA

  Can Democratic Socialist Mamdani become Mayor of New York?

  29 June, by Dan La Botz

  “Mamdani’s campaign, platform, and victory point a possible new direction for the Democrats and for the left. But it will be hard to beat the billionaires.”

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• Africa

  Overfishing is plundering waters in Africa

  28 June, by Paul Martial

  “In Senegal, in just five years, the number of sardinella has fallen by 80%. This small, very inexpensive pelagic fish is at the heart of the popular diet and is used in the composition of the national dish: thieboudien.”

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• Denmark

  Enhedslisten: Support for more defence - but which defence?

  27 June, by John Jessen

  “The new defence and security policy adopted at the annual meeting does not indicate that initiatives to organize protests against military armament will come from this direction - at least not from the party leadership. Time will tell if others take up the task.”

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• Mexico

  A mixed success for the President in Mexico

  26 June, by Fabrice Thomas

  On 1 June 2025, judges at all levels of the judiciary were elected by direct suffrage throughout Mexico. From local judges to members of the Federal Supreme Court, all positions were subject to a popular vote.

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• USA

  State of the Resistance

  25 June, by Against the Current Editors

  A BIG, BEAUTIFUL popular resistance is trickling up to some of the sites of political power, including the federal courts — although not fast or far enough, by a long shot. That’s been the important takeaway from the first 100-plus days of the Trump administration. But we’re barely at the beginning of what will be a long battle with ups and downs.

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Argentina

  Cristina Kirchner condemned and banned from election

• USA

  The United States at War in the Middle East —Again

• Russia

  Support the Russian-Ukrainian resistance against accelerating fascism worldwide

• Spanish state

  Miguel Urbán: "There are still set-ups like the one I suffered. There are police infiltrating social movements."

• Libya

  Under the yoke of the militias in Libya

Recently posted Features

• South Asia

  Kashmir, India, Pakistan: on the history and internationalist stakes of a state of war

  17 May, by Pierre Rousset

  This article attempts to take stock of the recent ‘hot’ crisis between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Many factors need to be taken into account. Recent events are undoubtedly part of a long history of military tensions and wars dating back to the disastrous partition imposed on the sub-continent by British imperialism in 1947. In recent years, however, profound changes have affected the countries concerned, as well as the geopolitical environment, regional management of water resources and the weapons used. So we cannot assume that history will simply repeat itself almost identically. This is perhaps the main question before us: what’s new? The answer, of course, lies primarily with the left-wing organisations in the region. I shall confine myself to submitting some elements of analysis or hypotheses for discussion and criticism, even if I have to revise later my copy.

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• USA

  Francis. The Pope Who Spoke Softly—and Carried the Same Big Stick

  12 May, by Adam Novak

  Pope Francis was better than his predecessors. He integrated climate change into the Church’s concerns and widened space for discussion of social justice. His reign as Pope left the Catholic Church a marginally better place for the poor and the weak. He named more Cardinals from the Global South, where most Catholics live.

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• Catholic Church

  The Unexpected Pope

  12 May, by Michael Löwy

  The Marxist scholar proposes a reading of the ruptures that marked Francis’s papacy, particularly his commitment to the poor and his ecological sensitivity. Was Bergoglio merely a parenthesis in the long history of the Catholic Church or the beginning of a different path?

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• Rearming Europe

  New Disorder, Geopolitical Transition and Militarization of Europe

  9 May, by Jaime Pastor

  The new era that the reactionary bloc grouped around Trump aspires to impose on a global scale has just begun, but we are already seeing the contradictions and resistances of different scope that are manifesting themselves in the face of that project. I will try to point out in this article some of the features that characterize this historical moment to then enter into its implications in Europe.

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