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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Japan
Takaichi Administration’s Two Months
23 December, by Toshizo OmoriWhile LDP-JIP coalition government has been trying to promote right-wing policies, how should the left forces fight against them?
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Indonesia
When past and present collide: Indonesia 1965-2025
22 December, by Adam Novak, Pierre Rousset“At the time of the US escalation in Vietnam, Indonesia was the scene of one of the worst bloodbaths in modern history, committed under the auspices of Washington and London. Sixty years later, the archipelago is at the heart of youth revolts against the privileges of the oligarchy and corruption, in defence of a democracy dearly won back since 1998.”
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USA-Venezuela
Trump reveals the real reasons behind the war on Venezuela
21 December, by Luís Bonilla-MolinaVenezuela and its people are the first direct victims of the "Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine." This war, which has already been declared, is not against drug trafficking or the Maduro regime, but rather for oil and rare earth minerals, military bases, information, and misgovernment. All democratic, progressive, popular, and leftist forces must denounce and confront the US offensive against Venezuela, which in no way means defending the Maduro government.
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Chile
Kast: Chile’s “democratic route” back to Pinochetism
20 December, by Karina Nohales, Pablo AbufomWith José Antonio Kast’s victory, Pinochetism returns to power through electoral means, articulating neoliberal restoration, moral authoritarianism, and anti-communism as a response to Chile’s crisis.
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Mexico
“Generation Z” and the advance of the far right in Mexico
19 December, by José Luis Hernández AyalaThe Mexican right, backed by oligarchic sectors and the open applause of Donald Trump, is trying to capitalize on social discontent to destabilize the government of Claudia Sheinbaum. Although their ability to mobilise remains limited, the danger is real. The only effective barrier remains the deepening of the project of transformation and the building of an autonomous social movement capable of confronting the fascist threat.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Portugal
The general strike demonstrates that struggle can open up paths for the left
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Belgium
After three days of strike, a vast social movement with no political alternative
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USA
The US strategy, a threat to the peoples of the world
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USA
Starbucks Workers Continue Strike for Union Contract
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France
1995, the year of the social movement
Recently posted Features
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Ukraine:
Anarchists in wartime. The experience of Solidarity Collectives in Ukraine
19 November, by Francesca Barcaread article...What does it mean to be left-wing and find yourself facing an invasion that you didn’t choose or want, that forces you to revise your principles, while continuing to defend a more just society? A Discussion with the Ukrainian anti-authoritarian group Solidarity Collectives.
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Russia/Ukraine
Raging Against Vladimir Putin’s War Machine
19 November, by Simon Piraniread article...“In Russia and occupied Ukraine, many thousands of civilians have been jailed or forcibly disappeared for speaking out against the invasion. The numbers reflect a crackdown on dissent worse than at any point since the 1950s.”
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Iran
Iran’s regime in a predicament of its own making
19 November, by Gilbert Achcarread article...One of the most famous sayings about revolutions is attributed to Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794): “Those who make revolution halfway only dig their own graves.” This saying also applies to armed conflicts ...
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Portugal
“There is a strategic impasse on the left on the issue of race”
5 November, by Mamadou Baread article...“There must be a willingness not to instrumentalise struggles. The left has become accustomed to looking at the movement as an obstacle. The anti-racist movement is one of the essential devices that the left has to combat inequality. The anti-racist movement must not be an appendage, but a force.” Mamadou Ba, leader of SOS Racismo.
Algeria
Against arbitrariness and repression: Freedom for our comrade Lyes Touati!
December 2025
“Although he is outraged and indignant at his arbitrary imprisonment, he has not lost his legendary smile despite the deep sense of injustice [hogra in Arabic].”
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Call for donations to ESSF’s Asia 2026 Solidarity Fund - A time of youth revolts, people’s power, and ecosocialist alternatives
December 2025
“We face a deadly spiral of combined crises (the ’polycrisis’), to which the established political and economic powers are offering no response. Poverty and widespread insecurity continue to spread. However, in recent months, in the face of humanitarian disasters, protest movements have taken on a new dimension, with impressive demonstrations and uprisings. Asia is at the heart of these developments, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and the Philippines, where our partners are based.”
- read article...Algeria
Freedom for Lyes Touati and all political prisoners
December 2025
Lyes Touati, a member of the Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs (PST), was arrested yesterday in Aokas (Algeria) and remanded in custody. We do not know the reasons for his arrest or the charges against him.
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Petition to lift the block on the defence of Samir Larabi’s doctoral thesis
December 2025
Samir LARABI, a doctoral student in the Sociology Department of Abderahmane Mira University in Béjaia (Algeria), has been subjected to repeated obstructions for 29 months, following abusive refusals by the rectoral administration to allow him to defend his doctoral thesis. Validated by his research supervisor, the validity of his thesis has been confirmed three times by the scientific bodies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Despite validation by the faculty’s Scientific Committee of the changes imposed by the rectoral administration, the latter persists in refusing to allow him to defend his thesis.
- read article...Sri Lanka
Urgent Call for Solidarity: Support Sri Lanka’s Flood and Landslide Relief Efforts 2025
December 2025
“This is not simply a humanitarian appeal—it is a call to uphold our shared global commitment to justice, dignity, and collective care. As climate disasters intensify, international leftist solidarity remains essential to ensure that working people everywhere can survive, rebuild, and continue the struggle for a more just world.”
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