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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Germany
Germany: After the federal elections, resistance not adaptation!
11 March, by Heinrich Neuhaus, J. H. WassermannThe results of the German federal elections held on 23 February 2025 confirm that the country’s shift to the right can be halted. In parliament, the conservative CDU/CSU, with 208 seats, and the fascist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), with 152 seats, have achieved the strongest positions. Together, they represent a large majority of the 630 MPs. The AfD sees itself as the real winner, having more than doubled its share of the vote from 10.3% to 20.8%.
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Ukraine
For Ukraine without oligarchs and occupiers!
10 March, by Sotsialnyi RukhThe predatory policies of the newly elected U.S. president make it impossible to establish a lasting peace for Ukrainians. Ukraine’s refusal to sign the mineral extraction agreement, designed to serve the interests of American capital, demonstrates the country’s determination to avoid colonial dependence. This opens the door to exploring a more equitable model of relations between Ukraine and the states of Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world under the banner of resistance to imperialist domination. However, if the current approach persists, Ukraine risks facing an imminent reduction or even a complete halt of military aid from the United States.
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Middle East
‘Since 1967, 35% to 37% of Palestinian society has spent time in Israeli prisons’.
9 March, by Salah HamouriAt a public meeting held in Bourges, France, on 4 February, Salah Hamouri described the situation of Palestinian prisoners.
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Women
8 March: Solidarity with women in Gaza, the DR of the Congo, and of the world at large
8 March, by CADTM InternationalOn this international day of struggle for the rights of women, the CADTM reasserts its commitment to feminist movements that fight systemic oppressions everywhere in the world: patriarchal capitalism, neocolonial exploitation, and militarized violence.
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Argentina
Argentina: Milei, the crypto-presidential scam and the crisis of legitimacy
7 March, by Nicolas MennaOn 14 February 2025, Argentine president Javier Milei used his Twitter/X account to promote $LIBRA, a recently created cryptocurrency. The tweet - immediately relayed by his sister Karina (Secretary General of the Presidency and a key figure in “La Libertad Avanza”, the presidential party) as well as an army of ‘influencers’ close to the government - helped propel the digital asset.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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“America First” and the great upheaval in international relations
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Middle East
Palestine: still on the brink of catastrophe
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Belgium
Belgium: First mass mobilisation against the federal government
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USA
Seven ways that Trump is a danger to America and the world
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Women
India: Mass Struggle vs. Rape Culture
Recently posted Features
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Middle East
So-called axis of resistance
9 March, by Joseph Daherread article...Joseph Daher discusses regional and multipolar imperialism, the limits of Iranian resistance, and the international path toward Palestinian liberation.
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Austerity or Raising the Minimum Wage: Catarina Martins on Portugal’s Experience
9 March, by Catarina Martins, Denys Pilashread article...Catarina Martins was the national coordinator of the Left Block, a democratic socialist political party in Portugal, from 2012 until 2023. She was elected a Member of the European Parliament in the 2024 European election and sits in the Left group in the European Parliament — GUE/NGL. Catariana has a training in linguistics and a theatre occupation.
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Family
Against Left Pronatalism
9 March, by Robin Petersonread article...Neoliberalism enforces family responsibility with a cruel logic: a couple who can’t afford rent without both their incomes are a couple who stick together. A young adult who can’t afford college without student loans is a child who remains bound to her parent. Lack of public spending on public goods forces poor and working-class people into economic dependence on their relatives. Meanwhile, for the rich, the private family is reinforced as a main conduit for wealth transmission.
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In Memoriam
Tikva Honig-Parnass 1929-2025
4 March, by Roland Ranceread article...I am so sad to learn of the death of my dear friend Tikva Honig-Parnass. Tikva was a fearless socialist, a committed feminist, and one of the most consistent and principled anti-Zionists I have ever known. I was privileged to work with her during the first Palestinian Intifada, when she was acting director of the Alternative Information Centre in Jerusalem, and I was editor of the centre’s monthly English-language journal News From Within.
Repression
Support imprisoned comrade in Spanish state
February 2025
In Spain, a comrade of Anticapitalistas is in prison for participating in a demonstration against the negationist extreme right. He is 27 years old, has been in prison for one year and still has four more years to go.
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Holcim Philippines against cement workers (Mindanao): End the lockout! Support the workers just demands!
February 2025
We, the different human rights and organizations of agricultural workers and sectors in Mindanao firmly stand in solidarity with the deprived and exploited workers of the Holcim Philippines Incorporated Lugait, Misamis Oriental Mindanao Plant. We call on Holcim Philippines Incorporated to listen to the just demands of the workers and their families.
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Put an end to Macron and the Fifth Republic!
Statement by the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA-l’Anticapitaliste)
December 2024
After the vote of no confidence, let’s finish with Macron and the 5th Republic!
The result was clear: 331 votes in favour of the no confidence motion. The Barnier government resigned and the austerity budget law fell. This illegitimate government, a symbol of Macron’s decomposition of the Macron presidency, had no future. The promise of ever more austerity and authoritarianism has been rejected by the vast majority of the population.
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Ukrainian care workers’ union growth shows strength, resilience during war
November 2024
In the heart of a war-torn nation, Ukraine’s care workers are showing extraordinary resilience and unity in some of the most difficult conditions imaginable. Through their union Be Like Nina (BLN), these healthcare heroes are organizing under challenging circumstances not just to protect their livelihoods and improve their jobs but also to strengthen a healthcare system stretched to its limits.
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Standing in solidarity with the PepsiCo workers’ strike in Brazil!
November 2024
“Brazilian civil society, social movements and trade unions are campaigning in solidarity with the PepsiCo strike.”
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