https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 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. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Normality-of-War https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Normality-of-War 2015-04-23T13:52:46Z text/html en Gavin Rae Ukraine Ukraine debate <p>“What's abnormal is not the worst. What's normal, for example, is world war.”</p> <p>(Franz Kafka)</p> <p>The 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War takes place in a growing atmosphere of global conflict. The world seems to be once again teetering on the verge of catastrophe. A wave of violence is spreading around the globe, leaving destruction and death in its wake. This surge towards war has developed a momentum that at times seems uncontrollable. Palestine, Ukraine, Libya, Syria, Iraq – the list of conflicts is growing and war is once again becoming normal.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-2022-Ukraine-" rel="directory">2022 - Ukraine</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Ukraine-+" rel="tag">Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Ukraine-debate-+" rel="tag">Ukraine debate</a>