International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Madagascar

  After Rajoelina’s regime collapses - desire for a radical break

  29 October, by Paul Martial

  As international pressure mounts to demand the restoration of constitutional order, young people from GenZ and workers are sketching out what the Madagascar of tomorrow could look like.

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• Brazil

  Oil Speaks Loudest: Environmental backsliding and the limits of Brazil’s energy transition

  28 October, by Subvertacomunica

  “The recent decision by Ibama (the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) to grant the state-controlled oil company, Petrobras, an environmental licence for exploratory drilling along the Equatorial Margin, near the mouth of the Amazon River, represents a huge step backwards for the country’s environmental and energy policy. It shows that the logic of fossil fuel-based development continues to dominate within the Brazilian state, something that we urgently need to overcome.”

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• USA

  The United States Prepares for War on Venezuela

  27 October, by Dan La Botz

  The United States is preparing for war against Venezuela. While President Donald Trump has asserted that the country’s goal is to stop shipments of Venezuelan drugs to the United States, in private conversations U.S. officials have made it clear that Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. This forms part of Trump’s goal of reasserting U.S. domination in Latin America such as it exercised in the nineteenth century by gunboats and in the twentieth century by installing friendly governments.

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• Ireland

  Catherine Connolly wins: An historic victory for the left in Ireland

  26 October, by Paul Murphy

  Catherine Connolly’s resounding victory in the Presidential election in Ireland is a watershed moment. It is the first time that the left has won a majority of votes in a national election. This was not a narrow victory either; Catherine won the largest percentage and largest total vote of any Presidential candidate in history.

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• Argentina

  Will Trump’s bail-out be enough for Milei?

  25 October, by Martin Hache

  On Sunday 26 October 2025 the mid-term legislative elections will take place in Argentina. The far-right president was in danger of suffering a major defeat. But his friend Trump came to his rescue.

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...and the rest of the current issue

• Algeria

  Algerian feminists at the frontiers of solidarity

• Greece

  The return to slavery will not pass in Greece!

• Middle East/North Africa

  Morocco’s Gen Z and the Regional Volcano

• USA

  Millions Protest Trump in Defense of Democracy and Social Justice

• South Asia

  Social revolts and environmental issues in South Asia

Recently posted Features

• Fourth International

  Livio Maitan: History wrinkle-free

  16 November 2018, by Daniel Bensaïd

  Daniel Bensaïd wrote the Preface to Livio Maitan’s history of the Fourth International Per una storia della IV internazionale. La testimonia di un comunista controcorrente published in 2006.

  Resistance Books and the IIRE have launched an appeal to fiund publication in English. It has almost reached the first goal of 5,000 euros, thanks to a substantial donation in the form of translation work.

  To give an idea of the book, and of the person of Livio, we publish here the English translation of Daniel Bensaïd’s preface.

  We hope to raise 1,000 euros more to pay for the design and promotion of the book. Details on how to make a donation can be found below.

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• Syria

  The Syrian revolution and the failure of the “anti-imperialist” left

  22 October 2018, by Kostas Kousiantas, Pantelis Afthinos

  This article was written after the bombing of Syrian military installations carried out by US, UK and French military forces on April 14th 2018 and before the attack by the Assad regime against Dara’a began.

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• Economy

  A critical look at China’s One Belt, One Road initiative

  21 October 2018, by Martin Hart-Landsberg

  China’s growth rate remains impressive, even if on the decline. The country’s continuing economic gains owe much to the Chinese state’s (1) still considerable ability to direct the activity of critical economic enterprises and sectors such as finance, (2) commitment to policies of economic expansion, and (3) flexibility in economic strategy. It appears that China’s leaders view their recently adopted One Belt, One Road Initiative as key to the country’s future economic vitality. However, there are reasons to believe that this strategy is seriously flawed, with working people, including in China, destined to pay a high price for its shortcomings.

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• Women

  A Move Forward for the Korean Women’s Movement

  21 October 2018, by So Yun Alysha Park

  In response to high-profile accusations of sexual assault and the gathering storm around the prevelance of spy cam footage in the Korean porn industry, the past year has seen a snowballing women’s movement in the traditionally conservative Korean society. In this article, So Yun Alysha Park looks at the tactics of the movement and its chances for enacting lasting change.

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