International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

• 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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• USA

  What Will an American Pope Mean for the US?

  12 May, by Dan La Botz

  The conclave of cardinals has for the first time elected a pope from the USA, a man who has been critical of the policies of President Donald Trump and Vice-president J.D. Vance. What will the choice of this American to be head of the Catholic Church mean for the US?

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...and the rest of the current issue

• 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

• South Africa

  Climate sanctions against fossil-addicted capitalists

Recently posted Features

• South Asia

  Kashmir, India, Pakistan: on the history and internationalist stakes of a state of war

  17 May, by Pierre Rousset

  This article attempts to take stock of the recent ‘hot’ crisis between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. Many factors need to be taken into account. Recent events are undoubtedly part of a long history of military tensions and wars dating back to the disastrous partition imposed on the sub-continent by British imperialism in 1947. In recent years, however, profound changes have affected the countries concerned, as well as the geopolitical environment, regional management of water resources and the weapons used. So we cannot assume that history will simply repeat itself almost identically. This is perhaps the main question before us: what’s new? The answer, of course, lies primarily with the left-wing organisations in the region. I shall confine myself to submitting some elements of analysis or hypotheses for discussion and criticism, even if I have to revise later my copy.

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• USA

  Francis. The Pope Who Spoke Softly—and Carried the Same Big Stick

  12 May, by Adam Novak

  Pope Francis was better than his predecessors. He integrated climate change into the Church’s concerns and widened space for discussion of social justice. His reign as Pope left the Catholic Church a marginally better place for the poor and the weak. He named more Cardinals from the Global South, where most Catholics live.

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• Catholic Church

  The Unexpected Pope

  12 May, by Michael Löwy

  The Marxist scholar proposes a reading of the ruptures that marked Francis’s papacy, particularly his commitment to the poor and his ecological sensitivity. Was Bergoglio merely a parenthesis in the long history of the Catholic Church or the beginning of a different path?

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• Rearming Europe

  New Disorder, Geopolitical Transition and Militarization of Europe

  9 May, by Jaime Pastor

  The new era that the reactionary bloc grouped around Trump aspires to impose on a global scale has just begun, but we are already seeing the contradictions and resistances of different scope that are manifesting themselves in the face of that project. I will try to point out in this article some of the features that characterize this historical moment to then enter into its implications in Europe.

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