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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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Mauritius
The will for change in Mauritius
29 December, by Paul MartialThe opposition Progressive Alliance defeated the outgoing government’s Lepep coalition in the Mauritian elections held on 10 November 2024. The results are indisputable. With 62% of the vote, the opposition parties won almost all the seats in the assembly, in accordance with the “winner takes all” rule.
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France
A government that won’t last
28 December, by Fabienne DoletWill France have a government at Christmas? That was the question in September. We didn’t think we’d reach the same point on Christmas Eve. With more weariness, however.
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Syria
A nightmare ends, towards what hope in Syria?
27 December, by Thomas RidBashar al-Assad has fallen. No one will regret it. In twenty years of dictatorship and ten years of civil war, he and his clique succeeded in transforming Syria into a hellish dystopia, doubtless worse than Iraq under Saddam Hussein, although the latter had set the bar very high. Syria, or at least what was left of it, had become nothing more than a huge Captagon laboratory, run by dealers as corrupt as they were vicious. They left the Syrian people who had not left this undead country with only one prospect, misery and suffering, and only one choice: become a victim or an executioner.
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Africa
The looters’ ball in Africa
26 December, by Paul MartialThis was US President Joe Biden’s first and last trip to Africa, just a few weeks before the end of his mandate. His visit to Angola at the beginning of December was not insignificant, as the country is the centrepiece of a major investment for the USA and the European Union (EU): the Lobito Corridor. The Lobito Corridor project, from Zambia to Angola, is part of a heightened inter-imperialist competition for control of Africa’s critical resources.
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USA
The Chaos Known and Unknown
25 December, by Against the Current EditorsThe advent of “Trump 2.0” poses dangers and challenges in U.S. society as well as globally — including the non-trivial problem of surviving environmental catastrophe — and most certainly to the social movement and socialist left. We will attempt here to sort through those elements of the swirling chaos that are pretty well known, and suggest where the uncertainties may lie. We know for sure that all our movements will be under attack — and it’s absolutely essential to stand together and refuse to be intimidated or divided. How extreme the assaults may become isn’t certain, and the strength of immediate resistance can make a big difference.
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Ireland
Closure of the Israeli embassy in Dublin: good riddance!
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USA
Elon Musk Goes Full Fascist
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Hong Kong
The National Security Law (NSL) in force: The NSL 47 trial an important landmark in Beijing’s annihilation of Hong Kong’s autonomy
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Switzerland
New left-wing wind on the shores of Lake Geneva?
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Italy
"The strike of 29 November is a sign of the resumption of social conflict, after a long period of passivity”
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s blanket of repression
29 December, by Mike Phippsread article...”The Ortega-Murillo regime has betrayed the legacy of the Sandinista Revolution and makes a US-led neoliberal takeover more feasible.”
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Ukraine
A Short Diary of a Trip to Ukraine: Resistance and Social Movement in a Country at War
29 December, by Catarina Martinsread article...“The new leader of the Ukrainian Social Movement introduces herself as a trade unionist and mother. Her son is fighting at the front. Her husband, a miner, died in a work accident. She points the finger at a regime that sends its workers to war but gives them no say in the running of the country. ”
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Syria
“The future of the Syrian and Kurdish people must be decided by the self-organization of their popular classes”
11 December, by Anticapitalistasread article...“Far from relying on one or another capitalist power, the future of the Syrian and Kurdish people must be decided by the self-organization of their popular classes, guaranteeing the freedoms of women, queer people and oppressed peoples.”
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Syria
The Assad regime has fallen, long live the Syrian people’s revolution!
11 December, by Gauche anticapitaliste/SAP Antikapitalistenread article...“In Europe, it will be in the interests of the peoples in struggle to allow themselves to be inspired and to learn from the Syrian revolutionary process, and to stand alongside it in the new period that is opening up, fraught with opportunities but also with dangers.”
France
Put an end to Macron and the Fifth Republic!
Statement by the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA-l’Anticapitaliste)
December 2024
After the vote of no confidence, let’s finish with Macron and the 5th Republic!
The result was clear: 331 votes in favour of the no confidence motion. The Barnier government resigned and the austerity budget law fell. This illegitimate government, a symbol of Macron’s decomposition of the Macron presidency, had no future. The promise of ever more austerity and authoritarianism has been rejected by the vast majority of the population.
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Ukrainian care workers’ union growth shows strength, resilience during war
November 2024
In the heart of a war-torn nation, Ukraine’s care workers are showing extraordinary resilience and unity in some of the most difficult conditions imaginable. Through their union Be Like Nina (BLN), these healthcare heroes are organizing under challenging circumstances not just to protect their livelihoods and improve their jobs but also to strengthen a healthcare system stretched to its limits.
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Standing in solidarity with the PepsiCo workers’ strike in Brazil!
November 2024
“Brazilian civil society, social movements and trade unions are campaigning in solidarity with the PepsiCo strike.”
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Publishing a new collection of writings by Daniel Bensaïd
October 2024
New and expanded edition of Strategies of Resistance by Daniel Bensaïd (1946 – 2010) one France’s most creative Marxist philosophers. His work is now increasingly being translated and attracting global attention.
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The Summer ‘Uni’, a barricade against the political right and social demobilisation
September 2024
The last days of August saw the 14th edition of the Summer University of Anticapitalistas with the slogan ‘A new internationalism in the face of war and climate barbarism’ with the just over 750 people attending. This year there was a significant increase in the number of young people as a result of the work to establish the student movement, the role played in promoting solidarity with Palestine and the intervention around the queer question.
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