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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Mexico
A mixed success for the President in Mexico
26 June, by Fabrice ThomasOn 1 June 2025, judges at all levels of the judiciary were elected by direct suffrage throughout Mexico. From local judges to members of the Federal Supreme Court, all positions were subject to a popular vote.
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USA
State of the Resistance
25 June, by Against the Current EditorsA BIG, BEAUTIFUL popular resistance is trickling up to some of the sites of political power, including the federal courts — although not fast or far enough, by a long shot. That’s been the important takeaway from the first 100-plus days of the Trump administration. But we’re barely at the beginning of what will be a long battle with ups and downs.
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Argentina
Cristina Kirchner condemned and banned from election
24 June, by M. N.The Argentine political field is (again) in turmoil. A few months before the mid-term legislative elections, and only a few days after the announcement of her candidacy as a regional deputy, the Supreme Court has just confirmed former president Cristina Kirchner’s conviction for corruption: 6 years in prison and lifetime ineligibility.
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USA
The United States at War in the Middle East —Again
23 June, by Dan La BotzThe United States has joined Israel in its war on Iran, increasing the chances for a wider regional war, one that could become a forever-war quagmire as the Iraq War did. President Donald Trump sent B-2 bombers to drop bunker-buster bombs on nuclear facilities in Fordo and Natanz while a submarine launched Tomahawk missiles at another facility in Istfahan.
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Russia
Support the Russian-Ukrainian resistance against accelerating fascism worldwide
22 June, by Gin Vola, Elias VolaAlready in bad shape after 22 years of Putin’s repression, ranging from the criminalization of any critical action by the government to the imprisonment and assassination of opponents, the Russian opposition has had to face increased violence since the invasion of Ukraine.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Spanish state
Miguel Urbán: "There are still set-ups like the one I suffered. There are police infiltrating social movements."
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Libya
Under the yoke of the militias in Libya
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Palestine
Down with imperialist wars, no to the Paris Air Show!
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USA/Ukraine
Ukrainian union leader comments on U.S. left
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Spanish state
Because it won’t be the last blackout: What energy model and distribution system for the ecological transition?
Recently posted Features
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Geopolitics
Imperialism(s), Russia, China – a contribution to the debate centred on the historical context
16 January 2023, by Pierre Roussetread article...At first glance, the trajectories of Russia and China in the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries seem very similar: from revolution to reintegration into the capitalist world market at the risk of (again) becoming dominated countries, followed by a rebound leading to the affirmation of two new imperialisms. On closer inspection, these trajectories also turn out to be irreducibly specific in more than one aspect.
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Geopolitics
Against Multipolar Imperialism
8 January 2023, by Promise Liread article...“How does this exactly change our strategy around international solidarity as socialists? We must rethink what “the main enemy is at home” means in practice. Of course, this is not to abandon the struggle against imperialism in the West, but to expand our horizons to target sites where different states intersect with each other and international institutions.”
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France
NPA split “an epochal change for the revolutionary left”
6 January 2023, by François Sabadoread article...Interview with François Sabado by Mathieu Dejean published in Mediapart on 26 December 2022.
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South Korea
Transphobic hate is not an opinion but a crime that endangers the lives of transgender people
3 January 2023, by Yong-hui Hongread article...In South Korea, there was a focus on hate and discrimination against transgender people in 2020 and 2021, when the Covid-19 backlash targeted LGBTIQ people.
Iran-Israel
Faced with the Iran-Israel war, a third way is possible!
June 2025
While the skies over the Middle East are once again ablaze with smoke and flames, and the media are inundated with talk of ‘Israeli precision strikes’ and the ‘promise of token vengeance of the Islamic Republic’, what is once again left out is the fate of those who do not take decisions in command rooms or hide in underground bunkers.
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Opposing War and Warmongering Policies
Joint Statement by Independent Organizations in Iran
June 2025
The Syndicate of Workers of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company, a member of the International Trade Union Solidarity and Struggle Network, is transmitting this text, signed with other independent organisations in Iran:
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On the illegal Israeli aggression against Iran
Radical Socialist Statement
June 2025
Radical Socialist endorses the statement of the Fourth International issued on 13th June on the current Israeli war of aggression against Iran. Hence, we are reproducing the statement below. At the same time, we want our readers, especially in India, to note strongly certain concerns, some briefly mentioned in the FI statement, others specific to the Indian context.
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Paul Murphy Detained in Egypt in Rafah Group
June 2025
UPDATE - Paul has been released and passport returned.
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy among a group detained by Egyptian authorities while travelling to Rafah. Contact embassy now.
USA
ICE out of Los Angeles! Withdraw the National Guard! Stop the terror campaign against immigrant communities!
Statement by the Solidarity National Committee
June 2025
“In response to the resistance of the Latinx-American community to this ICE terrorism, the Trump government has mobilized the California National Guard against the protesters, while Peter Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, has threatened to call in the Marines.”
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