Greg Benton on Livio Maitan (1 April 1923-16 September 2004) “The Inventor of Big Things: A Tribute to Livio Maitan”. Peter Solenberger reviews two books on Venezuela “Venezuela’s Process & Fall: The Legacy of Hugo Chávez”.
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Greg Benton on Livio Maitan (1 April 1923-16 September 2004) “The Inventor of Big Things: A Tribute to Livio Maitan”. Peter Solenberger reviews two books on Venezuela “Venezuela’s Process & Fall: The Legacy of Hugo Chávez”.
While the Israeli elections have provoked a new racist and genocidal escalation, ethnic cleansing has continued in Gaza, Lebanon and especially in the West Bank. Evictions, settlements and the E1 project accelerated an annexation organized with the complicity of the Western powers.
As expected, the elections are being used as a pretext for a wave of racist and genocidal remarks. Almost the whole of Israeli society agrees on the essentials: acceptance of the genocide and rejection of any (…)
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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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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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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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.
read article...One got the feeling that Frans Timmermans came flying in on a white elephant when he presented the EU solution for the future ’green’ economy on 8 July: Hydrogen – the fuel that can be produced cleanly and must be used in the new hydrogen economy. Unfortunately, the road to the hydrogen economy is paved with CO2 emissions – and the EU solution has both economics, as well as natural laws, against it.
“As seen above, multinational corporations from BRICS countries, as well as projects financed by BRICS institutions, are reinforcing accumulation patterns that are socially and environmentally predatory, destroying the forms of life and work of populations in their territories. In order to overcome this predicament, South-South relations must be built with profound respect for counter-hegemonic social forces in these countries, as well as at the global scale.”
“Dear Theo, dear friend and comrade, you have once again succeeded in your escape ... But this time we will no longer be able to welcome you and laugh with you and those close to you who have supported and loved you so much. “
“Of course I am an ecosocialist, as are the indigenous peoples — even if they do not use that term”.
The parliamentary elections held in early 2026 in Slovenia resulted in a narrow majority for the right, thereby enabling the formation of a radical conservative government. This government wasted no time in taking steps to undermine the welfare state.
- read article...The Pakistani military establishment had launched an attack on the online Jeddojehad. Its editor, Farooq Suhleria’s, home was raided. He could not be arrested as he was not in the country. But it means he cannot return to his job. Another member of the Editorial Board was also raided. The website has been shut down.
- read article...“Ortega has abolished elections. Do not deny Nicaragua the right to choose freely—the same right that could make you president of Brazil for a fourth time.”
- read article...Once again, we face a summer plagued by fire. Tens of thousands of hectares, earlier than in any other year, have already burned, and a devastating season is expected in terms of forest loss, fertile soil destruction, and above all, loss of life.
- read article...Finally the WSF has been authorised and will start today.
- 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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