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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USA
Another Attempt to Assassinate Trump Could Put the Left in Danger
29 April, by“But such individual acts of violence—that almost always hurt innocents—cannot change the system and they threaten to provoke repression against all of us working to construct a better world.”
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Algeria
On the Pope’s Visit to Algeria - Old and New Myths
28 April, byThere are two levels of significance in the presence of the Pope, on an official visit, in Algeria: it serves the existing regime and reinforces its alignment with the theses of the neo-liberal, capitalist and imperialist West on the one hand. It opens a rift in the founding myth and the national narrative of the Algerian nation, on the other.
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USA
Trump vs. Anthropic: Does the U.S. Want Killer Robots?
27 April, by“I fired them like dogs.” This is the formula that US president Donald Trump, with the elegance we know him for, used to sum up his battle with the American company Anthropic. He will have to wait a little longer before bragging: in a first order issued on 27 March 2026, the court suspended the blacklisting of the artificial intelligence (AI) giant, whose tools can therefore still be used by administrations, contrary to the president’s wishes. But the tug-of-war is not over, and we must take the measure of what is at stake: the United States’ use of AI in the service of a regime of terror.
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South Africa
17,000 households deliberately deprived of water
26 April, byAmandla! Interviewed Nqobile Ndima, an activist in the struggle for water in Phumlamqashi informal settlement near the Lenasia suburb, in the provice of Gauteng.
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Pakistan
How a regional warmonger came to host US-Iran peace talks
25 April, byMainstream Pakistan is basking in (self)glory. As host of the US-Iran negotiations — rumours of a second-round abuzz — Islamabad is upbeat. From talk show hosts to YouTube influencers, the one-dimensional message is clear: Pakistan has finally been assigned the role it deserves in the global hierarchy.
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