International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• USA
  

  Trump Bribes Voters, We Remember 9/11, and Soon the Midterm Election

  21 September, by Dan La Botz

  President Donald Trump convened the first-ever midterm Republican Convention in Dallas, Texas principally to celebrate himself and motivate his base for the coming November 3 national elections where control of both houses of Congress is in play. He told his followers to pretend that he’s on the ballot and to vote for Republicans.

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• Ukraine
  

  Civil and military resistance against Putin in Ukraine

  20 September, by NPA-A Ukraine Solidarity Intervention Group

  Ukrainian society is resisting at both the military and civilian levels. To provide concrete support, an international solidarity convoy will go on the road to Ukraine at the end of November. Ukrainian gains on the front line, even if limited, mark the inability of the Russian army to make decisive territorial advances.

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• Iran
  

  An acute crisis in Iran

  19 September, by Babak Kia

  Unable to win the war, US president Donald Trump is bogged down. The Islamic Republic of Iran is responding blow for blow to the US bombings. With the elections in the US and Israel approaching, Trump and Netanyahu cannot back down. This raises fears of a headlong rush and an escalation of the war.

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• Sweden
  

  Setback for the racist populist right, success for the left

  18 September, by Håkan Blomqvist

  A setback for the racist populist right and a success for the left- by a margin of 50 359 votes. Social Democracy will return to government in spite of its worst election results since the introduction of universal suffrage.

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• Brazil
  

  Dispute in the Supreme Court disrupts elections in Brazil

  17 September, by Luís Leiria

  On one side is Alexandre de Moraes, the judge who led the investigation into and prosecution of the Bolsonaro-led coup against President Lula; on the other is Judge André Mendonça, appointed during Jair Bolsonaro’s presidency. Both are suspected of having ties to the banker responsible for the biggest financial fraud in Brazil’s history.
  With less than a month to go before the presidential elections on 4 October, Brazil finds itself plunged into a crisis that, for the first time, has (…)

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Democratic Republic of Congo

  Constitutional tampering in DRC

• Turkey

  ‘My family is safe’: the Turkish regime’s crackdown on LGBTI+ people

• New Zealand/Aotearoa

  Beyond the Labour Machine: Aotearoa, the Alliance, and the Question of Working Class Independence

• Latin America

  Latin America: Patterns and Pendulum

• Situation in East Asia and Japanese Politics/Economy

  Oppose the Takaichi Administration’s Military Expansion and Constitutional Revision

Recently posted Features

• USA

  Trump’s Mass Deportation Wave

  23 May 2025, by Dianne Feeley

  Key to Trump’s Make America Great Again pledge was the promise to deport millions of immigrants. During both his presidential campaigns he identified immigrants as “terrorists, murderers, rapists” or “individuals let loose from mental institutions.” Once elected again, he promised to seal the U.S.-Mexico border and deport several million people.

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• Far right

  “The crisis of liberal hegemony is the reason why so many Europeans are turning to the extreme right”

  19 May 2025, by Ilya Budraitskis, Philipp Schmid

  Exiled Russian political scientist and activist Ilya Budraitskis explains the causes of the rise of the extreme right, the goals of the new fascists, and what lessons the radical left should draw from the 20th century for the fight against fascism. He makes a few suggestions for where anti-fascist politics could begin today in this interview by Philipp Schmid (BFS Zürich) first published in Sozialismus.ch.

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• Syria

  Three Requisites for Syria’s Reconstruction Process

  18 May 2025, by Joseph Daher

  For the country’s revival to be successful after years of war, inclusion of the population and democratization during the transitional period will be necessary, or national cohesion may be undermined.

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• South Asia

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

  17 May 2025, 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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