For the anniversary (3 September 1938) we publish for the first time on International Viewpoint, Ernest Mandel on “The Reasons for Founding the Fourth International”.
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Côte d’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire: Exclusion of main opponents in presidential election
10 September, by Paul MartialThe exclusion of the main opposition candidates from the presidential election in Côte d’Ivoire on 25 October 2025 casts a shadow over the vote and fuels the risk of political violence in a country marked by a long history of electoral crises.
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USA
Trump Wants a More Militaristic, Bellicose America
9 September, by Dan La BotzPresident Donald Trump last week renamed the U.S. Department of Defense, announcing that it is now the Department of War. The name change suggests that Trump wants a more warlike country, despite his claims that he is a peacemaker. In fact, the Trump administration already has a remarkable record of military action in various regions of the world.
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Pakistan
State Neglect and Corporate-Driven Development Deepen Rural Devastation: Punjab faces unprecedented flood challenge
8 September, by Farooq Tariq, Qammar AbbasTwo million people have been impacted, 2200 villages and millions of acre of agri land are under water. Unprecedented Flood water now moving toward Sindh endangering lives of millions.
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Palestine
Gaza: An undeniable genocide, a criminal complicity
7 September, by Édouard SoulierTwo years after the genocide in Gaza began, the population is suffering from relentless bombing, organized starvation and attacks on journalists and relief workers. Israeli propaganda, relayed by its allies, no longer masks the colonial and genocidal character of its policies, while Palestinian and international resistance continues.
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Turkey/Kurdistan
Türkiye: From the Kurdish movement to mass mobilizations
6 September, by Uraz AydinOn the occasion of the agreement on the dissolution of the PKK, Uraz Aydin presents the history of this movement and the evolution of the protest against the Erdoğan regime.
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...and the rest of the current issue
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Palestine solidarity
What if Genoa wasn’t an anomaly?
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Economy and Ecology
Storm in a Coffee Cup – a catalogue of global warming effects
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Denmark/Ukraine
Return from Ukraine
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Canada
More pay, but less union democracy - A complicated strike victory at Air Canada
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USA
Trump Fires Top Officials, Seizes Control of American Cities
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Georgia
Local Communities and Labor Movements Under Threat in Sakartvelo: Interview with Left Activists
9 August 2024, by Daria Saburovaread article...In April-May 2024, tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets to protest against the new "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence," which was finally passed by the parliament on May 28th, overturning the presidential veto. This law requires NGOs that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as "foreign agents." Why did the proposal of this law cause such massive demonstrations? What are the social and political issues at stake behind the confrontation between the NGO sector and the Georgian state? How is the geopolitical competition between Russia and the West reflected in the local context, and are the Georgian protests somewhat comparable to the Ukrainian Maidan?
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Quebec
’Unify the political left without sidestepping the needed debates!’
9 August 2024, by Bernard Riouxread article...Bernard Rioux reflects on his five decades on Quebec’s radical left
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In Memoriam
An inflexible intervention for the liberation struggle of the Tamil people!
26 July 2024, by Socialist People’s Forumread article...Wickramabahu Karanaratne, the secretary of the New Samasamaja Party, who was ill, passed away on July 25 while undergoing treatment at the Colombo General Hospital. The press release issued by the ‘Socialist People’s Forum’ issuing condolence for his death is published in its entirety below.
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Fourth International
“We worked hard, but joyfully”
9 July 2024, by Anna Liberaread article...In its June issue our French-language sister publication Inprecor celebrated fifty years of regular publication. At the launch in 1974 Inprecor was published in the three languages of the International (and in German as Inprekorr). However in English and in Spanish for different reasons the publication has not been continuous and today alongside French (Inprecor) there are two online magazines International Viewpoint and Punto de Vista Internacional.
Pakistan
Stand with Peasants and Rural Communities in the wake of the 2025 worst ever floods
Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (peasants coordination) Urgent Finance Appeal
September 2025
Worst ever flood at River Ravi for 38 years, hundreds of villages affected across Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej belts. Kartarour complex (a place of worship for Sikh community, located inside Pakistan, where Indians can come without visa) submerged. Over 800 killed, thousands injured, eight districts of Punjab under water.
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Message of Sotsialnyi Rukh (Social Movement) to Freedom Flotilla
August 2025
We write from Ukraine with respect for your courage and in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Having lived through invasion, occupation, forced displacement, and separation from our loved ones, many of us know too well what these mean.
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Brazilian activists aboard the Freedom Flotilla
August 2025
The Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail on 31 August heading for Gaza via Tunis in yet another attempt to break the blockade. Internationally-known figures such as Greta Thunberg, actor Susan Sarandon and Mandla Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, will be aboard. [1] As will Fourth Internationalist activists from Brazil and Ireland.
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Union president to get married
August 2025
Oleksandr Demenko, a veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war who defended Mariupol and then spent 20 months in Russian captivity, has just been elected as the new president of the LGBTQ+ military union.
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Kryvyi Rih — Vermont — Paris!
August 2025
A unique event took place at the Kryvyi Rih branch of the Social Movement NGO — we had the honour of welcoming special guests: Senator Tanya Vyhovsky from Vermont, USA, and Nico Dix, representative of the French New Anti-Capitalist Party-l’Anticapitaliste (NPA-A). It was an inspiring meeting, filled with valuable experiences and sincere conversations!
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