International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Bolivia
  

  Popular revolt grows in Bolivia

  1 July, by Patrick Guillaudat

  Bolivia has been experiencing a powerful social movement against President Rodrigo Paz’s austerity measures since the spring of 2026. Led by trade union, peasant and indigenous organizations, the mobilization is facing growing repression while maintaining its demands against the high cost of living and the grip of multinationals.

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• USA
  

  Mamdani Advances His Agenda, Helps Elect DSA Candidates to Congress

  30 June, by Dan La Botz

  New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, 34, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who took office on January 1, 2026, has already advanced his agenda and become a political king-maker. Mamdani ran promising universal childcare, lowering rents, and making buses free. He hasn’t achieved all, but he is well on his way. At the same time, he was able to dominate the recent elections in New York City.

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• Britain
  

  Burnham - a left response

  29 June, by Dave Kellaway

  “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, by David Finkel

  Strait 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 MSPP

  “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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...and the rest of the current issue

• South Africa

  50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising

• Capitalism

  Earth’s first trillionaire – a damning indictment of late capitalism

• Senegal

  How to deal with illegitimate debt in Senegal?

• Ukraine

  Russian army on the defensive, Ukrainian people on the offensive

• USA

  Trump’s War a Failure, Trump’s Peace a Failure Too

Recently posted Features

• Asia and Europe in Changing Geopolitics, Rising Powers, Peoples’ Security

  26 December 2018, by Achin Vanaik, Anuradha Chenoy

  Major trends of changing geopolitics impact Asia and Europe and provide space for positive interventions from peace movements for people’s security. Even as the rise of Asia is seen as impacting international geopolitics the current reality in the Asian Continent is as follows:

  Most riven by nationalist tensions of various kinds, religious, ethnic or otherwise.

  Uncertain implications of China’s general rise even as no other country has so many neighbours (14) although border demarcations with most (12) have been agreed upon.

  Four of the five most significant world powers (as evaluated by population size/total GDP/military strength) operate here – Russia, China, India, Japan – plus two other emerging powers of Turkey and Indonesia.

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• Class struggle

  Adam Smith and the Yellow Vest Movement.

  25 December 2018, by Éric Toussaint

  It is sad to see how completely misrepresented Adam Smith (1723-1790) is when pundits call upon him to vindicate neoliberalism and the status quo. It seems many have not really bothered to read his works.

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• Latin America

  Mariátegui’s Heroic Socialism

  20 December 2018, by Michael Löwy

  José Carlos Mariátegui was Latin America’s most original Marxist. And his work is strikingly relevant for confronting the continent’s right-wing backlash today.

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• Strategy

  Why Ecosocialism: For a Red-Green Future

  19 December 2018, by Michael Löwy

  The capitalist system, driven at its core by the maximization of profit, regardless of social and ecological costs, is incompatible with a just and sustainable future. Ecosocialism offers a radical alternative that puts social and ecological well-being first. Attuned to the links between the exploitation of labor and the exploitation of the environment, ecosocialism stands against both reformist “market ecology” and “productivist socialism.” By embracing a new model of robustly democratic planning, society can take control of the means of production and its own destiny. Shorter work hours and a focus on authentic needs over consumerism can facilitate the elevation of “being” over “having,” and the achievement of a deeper sense of freedom for all. To realize this vision, however, environmentalists and socialists will need to recognize their common struggle and how that connects with the broader “movement of movements” seeking a Great Transition.

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