International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• Ukraine:

  3 years into war, Ukrainian leftists fight for labor rights under martial law

  17 May, by Theia Chatelle , Ana Babić, Vitaliy Dudin

  Ukrainian leftists face a double bind, caught between anti-labor governance in Ukraine and military attacks from Russia.

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• Portugal

  “We want to be able to look further than the end of the month”

  16 May, by Esquerda.net

  Parliamentary elections will take place in Portugal on Sunday 18 May. This report on a Left Bloc electoral meeting gives a flavour of the campaign.

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• Geopolitics

  “For the Neofascists, the Law of the Jungle is the Only One That Makes Sense”

  15 May, by Gilbert Achcar , Ilya Budraitskis

  Where did the “global neofascist axis” come from, and where is it going? What destabilizing effects might Russia’s war in Ukraine have? Ilya Budraitskis and Gilbert Achcar discuss the current conjuncture

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• Ukraine

  ‘Russia’s war no excuse for attacks on trade unions’

  14 May, by Federico Fuentes

  Ukrainian workers make up the bulk of frontline soldiers defending the country against Russia’s war of aggression, but that hasn’t stopped Volodymyr Zelensky’s government from attacking trade union rights.

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• Georgia

  The fight for democracy, social justice, and equality in the Caucasus

  13 May, by Ashley Smith, Collective

  The country of Georgia, a small nation of 3.8 million people in the Caucasus, has been thrown into a profound crisis. Its people have risen up against the ruling party, Georgian Dream, over the passage of its Russia-style “foreign influence law,” homophobic anti-LGBTQ propaganda law, rigging of the recent election, and suspension of accession talks for membership in the EU.

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...and the rest of the current issue

• USA

  What Will an American Pope Mean for the US?

• South Asia

  From the front line: a critical look at Indo Pak War 2025

• Ukraine

  Ukrainian socialist: Five main problems with the US-Ukraine mineral deal

• Syria

  Syria: Fishing in Troubled Waters

• DRC - Rwanda

  Peace under the seal of business

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