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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Zambia
Zambia: people are victims of extractivism
1 May, by Paul MartialDespite recurring environmental disasters and the dangers to the population, the government of Zambia continues its extractivist policy. The southern African country has once again been hit by major pollution. 50 million tonnes of acidic sludge were discharged into the watercourse running alongside the Chinese company Sino Metals in Chambishi, which processes copper ores.
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USA
Trump and America: One-hundred days in the waiting room of fascism
30 April, by Dan La BotzSince taking office 100 days ago, President Donald Trump has been engaged in destroying America’s liberal, democratic state and its social welfare systems, taking away citizens’ and non-citizens’ rights, and attacking the institutions of civil society such as universities and the media. Trump’s attack on our government and our society has shocked, disoriented, and disconcerted the American people. The resistance has been growing, but is still too divided, small, and weak to stop Trump
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Argentina
Argentina: opposition to Milei revives
29 April, by Elias VolaAfter many months without a significant opposition movement to the government of President Javier Milei on the streets of Argentina, the 36-hour cross-industry strike of 9-10 April and the social reality of the country have brought the movement back to life.
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Greece
Greece: anger in the streets
28 April, by Andreas SartzekisThe nationwide mobilization in Greece on 9 April, called by GSEE (the only private-sector confederation), ADEDY (the only public-sector federation) and the entire trade union network, was the measure of social anger, even if the huge rallies of 28 February (at least 1.5 million in the streets across the country) were a long way off.
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USA
Trump reinvents war capitalism
27 April, by William DonauraBelieving that the United States is being mistreated in international trade, Trump, speaking before an audience of auto union members gathered at the White House, announced measures that would amount to nothing less than a declaration of economic independence...
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Palestine
We need to talk about Gaza more than ever
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Sudan
The Other Catastrophe: Genocide and Famine in Sudan
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Ecology
Agriculture: Our proposals for small-scale farming
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USA
Bring back Kilmar Armando Abrego García
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Turkey
‘Well dug, old mole!": Mass resistance in Turkey
Recently posted Features
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Obituary
Trupti Shah (1962-2016) : Remembering a Comrade and a Loving Sister
30 May 2016, by Soma Marikread article...Trupti I don’t whether this is an anecdote or how I saw in movements or how your smiling face and an ever optimism made me think positive. [1]
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India
Trupti Shah (1962-2016): Communist, Feminist, Human Rights Activist, Fighter for Environmental Justice
30 May 2016, by Kunal Chattopadhyayread article...The movements for socialism, women’s liberation, secularism, environmental rights, all suffered profoundly with the demise of Trupti Shah on 26th May evening. [2]
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Sexual Politics
The Sweatshop Feminists
18 May 2016, by Hester Eisensteinread article...Global elites have appropriated feminist language to justify brutal exploitation and neoliberal development.
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Sexual Politics
Homonationalism and Queer Resistance
4 May 2016, by Peter Druckerread article...I arrived in the United States prepared to talk about why and how queers need to fight Islamophobia: the fear and hatred of Islam and of Muslims. But [on November 13] the day after my plane landed, Paris was hit by a wave of terrorist attacks. So I can’t give quite the same talk that I prepared.
Puerto RIco
Democracia Socialista holds its Second Congress
April 2025
The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States framed the discussion at the second Congress of Democracia Socialista [section of the Fourth International in Puerto Rico].
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Left-wing parliamentarians send letter to Lula against oil exploration in the Amazon
April 2025
Deputies and councillors from parties such as PT and PSOL call for respect for Ibama’s decision and demand an energy transition plan.
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Ukraine’s Struggle: International Trade Unions Must Act Now
APPEAL OF FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS OF UKRAINE TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION MOVEMENT
April 2025
APPEAL to the ITUC, ETUC, Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD, national trade unions on support of the Strategy of Ukraine on Peace and Security
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Radical Socialist Statement on Civilian Killings in Pahalgam
April 2025
At least 26 civilians, mostly tourists, have been brutally and callously killed by militants in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. Radical Socialist mourns the death of every single civilian, and condemns this terrorist act perpetrated by The Resistance Front that has claimed responsibility for it. It is a senseless attack which is morally unjustifiable and is completely counterproductive politically because it can further stoke and strengthen existing currents of Islamophobia in Indian society and in state apparatuses.
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Ten National Unions Call for Anti-Trump Resistance
April 2025
Ten national unions and dozens of locals representing more than 3 million members have issued a joint statement demanding the release of immigrant workers recently snatched by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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