International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine
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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USA
Trump, the Supreme Court, and State Legislatures Rig Future Elections
19 May, by“Historically redistricting has been carried out in all states at the time of the decennial census to reflect changes in population, but now it is being done between censuses in a partisan manner to benefit one party.”
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USA
Labor Beyond Borders
18 May, by“When Shawn Fain [president of the United Auto Workers (UAW)] supported Trump’s auto tariffs, he made the mistake of thinking that a narcissistic businessman could develop a policy in workers’ interests. For Trump, tariffs are a weapon used to bludgeon workers in other countries.”
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Brics media
BRICS media are not an alternative for anti-imperial resistance
17 May, byFarooq Sulehria is a member of CADTM-Pakistan. He was in Brazil to attend the First Anti-Fascist Conference in Porto Alegre (March 26-29, 2026). He is the author of the recently published Media Subimperialisms and the Rise of the Global South (Palgrave Macmillan).
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South Africa
Anti-foreigner sentiment is on the rise in South Africa
16 May, byXenophobic riots are intensifying. They are fuelled by the economic and social crisis, but also by the actions of politicians.
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Britain
Consequences of the local elections 2026
15 May, byThe combined results of the 7 May elections have thrown the current UK government into turmoil.
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Recently posted Features
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Middle East
Justice for the Middle East Is Also About Climate
11 May, by , ,read article...“The deepening climate emergency means that we need to put upfront the question of the climate and the urgent need to move away from fossil fuels. The Middle East is absolutely key to this because it sits at the centre of the world oil and gas industry, particularly in relation to global exports. The politics of the region – from Palestine to Iran – cannot be understood separate from this role of the Middle East in the global energy system.”
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Geopolitics
Faultlines in a new epoch of crisis: Imperial rivalry, authoritarianism, and resistance
11 May, byread article...“This new epoch of crisis, imperialist rivalry, authoritarianism, and resistance is opening up space for the construction of a new socialist Left. Indeed, all political organizations are now growing from reformism to neo-Stalinism and revolutionary socialism. The struggle is on to shape a new generation’s politics, strategies, and tactics for an epoch of crisis and class struggle.”
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The New Extreme Right
Fascism: a Theory with a History
11 May, byread article...In 2026, no one can seriously view fascism as a purely historiographical matter. We cannot ask “What is fascism?” without considering the reality that surrounds us. This question does not refer exclusively to the past, but also, and above all, to the present—a present marked by the strong rise of the far right. The new wave of authoritarian governments around the world has reignited this debate, but this word, which springs to mind when we think of Donald Trump, Javier Milei, Giorgia (…)
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Iran
Iran and the Western left
6 May, byread article...As occupations and wars intensify, anti-imperialism has become a key priority for the global left. This has raised questions about how to organise and mobilise a mass anti-imperialist movement.
