For the anniversary (3 September 1938) we publish for the first time on International Viewpoint, Ernest Mandel on “The Reasons for Founding the Fourth International”.
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Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire: Exclusion of main opponents in presidential election
10 September, by Paul MartialThe exclusion of the main opposition candidates from the presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire on 25 October 2025 casts a shadow over the vote and fuels the risk of political violence in a country marked by a long history of electoral crises.
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USA
Trump Wants a More Militaristic, Bellicose America
9 September, by Dan La BotzPresident Donald Trump last week renamed the U.S. Department of Defense, announcing that it is now the Department of War. The name change suggests that Trump wants a more warlike country, despite his claims that he is a peacemaker. In fact, the Trump administration already has a remarkable record of military action in various regions of the world.
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Pakistan
State Neglect and Corporate-Driven Development Deepen Rural Devastation: Punjab faces unprecedented flood challenge
8 September, by Farooq Tariq, Qammar AbbasTwo million people have been impacted, 2200 villages and millions of acre of agri land are under water. Unprecedented Flood water now moving toward Sindh endangering lives of millions.
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Palestine
Gaza: An undeniable genocide, a criminal complicity
7 September, by Édouard SoulierTwo years after the genocide in Gaza began, the population is suffering from relentless bombing, organized starvation and attacks on journalists and relief workers. Israeli propaganda, relayed by its allies, no longer masks the colonial and genocidal character of its policies, while Palestinian and international resistance continues.
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Turkey/Kurdistan
Türkiye: From the Kurdish movement to mass mobilizations
6 September, by Uraz AydinOn the occasion of the agreement on the dissolution of the PKK, Uraz Aydin presents the history of this movement and the evolution of the protest against the Erdoğan regime.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Palestine solidarity
What if Genoa wasn’t an anomaly?
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Economy and Ecology
Storm in a Coffee Cup – a catalogue of global warming effects
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Denmark/Ukraine
Return from Ukraine
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Canada
More pay, but less union democracy - A complicated strike victory at Air Canada
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USA
Trump Fires Top Officials, Seizes Control of American Cities
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Sweden - Palestine Solidarity
Swedish Dockworkers’ Union Leader Sacked for Gaza Solidarity Action
18 June, by Arthur Neslenread article...“Erik’s union had a tradition of international solidarity going back to the Vietnam War and 1973 Chilean coup, in which a generation of trade union activists were murdered.”
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Sweden - Palestine Solidarity
He’s suddenly a risk to ‘national security’
18 June, by Polly Smytheread article...“Solidarity actions like these have a long history. It was Swedish dockworkers who first refused to handle cargo from Chile after the coup d’etat and installation of Pinochet, and who pioneered the Swedish boycott on South African cargo in solidarity with the anti-apartheid movement.”
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France - Palestine Solidarity
French Dockers Block Weapons to Israel
18 June, by Kadal Jesuthasanread article...On Wednesday 4 June, workers at a port in southern France searched a cargo ship headed for Haifa — and found it carried 19 pallets of machine-gun parts. They blocked the shipment, refusing to be complicit in Israel’s war crimes.
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Germany/Palestine
Germany and the Repressive Apparatus Against the Pro-Palestinian Movement: the Case of Berlin
18 June, by Roser Garí Pérezread article...The German state’s ongoing repression of the pro-Palestine movement, especially in Berlin, has reached levels that concern human rights organisations such as Amnesty International, international media, and even Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories.
Pakistan
Stand with Peasants and Rural Communities in the wake of the 2025 worst ever floods
Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (peasants coordination) Urgent Finance Appeal
September 2025
Worst ever flood at River Ravi for 38 years, hundreds of villages affected across Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej belts. Kartarour complex (a place of worship for Sikh community, located inside Pakistan, where Indians can come without visa) submerged. Over 800 killed, thousands injured, eight districts of Punjab under water.
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Message of Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement) to Freedom Flotilla
August 2025
We write from Ukraine with respect for your courage and in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Having lived through invasion, occupation, forced displacement, and separation from our loved ones, many of us know too well what these mean.
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Brazilian activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla
August 2025
The Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail on 31 August heading for Gaza via Tunis in yet another attempt to break the blockade. Internationally-known figures such as Greta Thunberg, actor Susan Sarandon and Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, will be aboard. [1] As will Fourth Internationalist activists from Brazil and Ireland.
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Union president to get married
August 2025
Oleksandr Demenko, a veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war who defended Mariupol and then spent 20 months in Russian captivity, has just been elected as the new president of the LGBTQ+ military union.
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Kryvyi Rih — Vermont — Paris!
August 2025
A unique event took place at the Kryvyi Rih branch of the Social Movement NGO — we had the honour of welcoming special guests: Senator Tanya Vyhovsky from Vermont, USA, and Nico Dix, representative of the French New Anti-Capitalist Party-l’Anticapitaliste (NPA-A). It was an inspiring meeting, filled with valuable experiences and sincere conversations!
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