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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Britain
Burnham - a left response
29 June, by“Socialists will need to adapt our campaigns and demands to relate to the new political issues and debates that are emerging. We still need to build our eco-socialist alternative independent of the Labour Party and the Greens.”
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USA
Trump-Netanyahu Debacle: A World of Collateral Damage
28 June, byStrait of Hormuz: Nice oil shipping lane there. A real pity if something would happen to it…
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Mexico
Down with the Neoliberal Reform to ISSSTE Pensions!
27 June, by“It is a matter of basic social justice that those who have more should pay more in taxes and that workers receive higher and better wages, pensions, and working conditions. In the last year, Mexico’s 24 wealthiest individuals earned US$100 billion, an astronomical figure that contrasts sharply with the stagnation of real wages.”
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South Africa
50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising
26 June, byThe 1976 Soweto uprising sparked a resurgence of militancy and helped to undermine apartheid in South Africa.
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Capitalism
Earth’s first trillionaire – a damning indictment of late capitalism
25 June, byA man who does Nazi salutes and promotes race wars has become the world’s first trillionaire. Simon Hannah makes the case for a political revolution
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Recently posted Features
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Far right/Fascism
Fascisation and strategy
12 April, byread article...“Defence also means political self-defence, and therefore the broadest and most unified mobilization possible around democratic slogans aimed at preserving the political gains of the working class and oppressed minorities, and maintaining forms of counter-power or what we might call the infrastructure of protest (unions, neighbourhood collectives, anti-war groups, etc.).”
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Fascism
Understanding Fascism with Clara Zetkin
12 April, byread article...We are publishing a text by Clara Zetkin presented by the historian Stefanie Prezioso, taken from the book “Découvrir l’antifascisme” (Éditions sociales, May 2025).
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Anti-fascism
Honoring Anti-Fascist Resistance
12 April, byread article...ON APRIL 29, 1945, Rossana Rossanda joined the massive crowds gathered on the Piazzale Loreto in Milan, Italy, where, more than 26 years earlier, Benito Mussolini’s Fascist movement began its wretched existence.
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Europe
For a different economic policy in response to the far right and Trump’s offensive
12 April, by ,read article...Éric Toussaint was interviewed by Antoine Larrache for Inprecor magazine on 5 November 2025.
Antoine Larrache: Could you provide an overview of the European Union’s economic situation in comparison to the global market?
Éric Toussaint: The countries of the European Union, including the United Kingdom, are currently facing significant challenges. Firstly, economic growth is close to zero. While we do not advocate for growth in the traditional sense, it presents a considerable issue for (…)
