International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Resisting “green capitalism” in Kenya

Paul Martial — 2026-07-08T10:30:23Z

“Carbon credits enable multinationals to offset their carbon dioxide emissions by funding environmental projects. In Kenya, the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) specialises in this type of activity. It manages ‘conservancies', i.e. areas set aside for this purpose.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Ecology and the Environment, Kenya

50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising

Paul Martial — 2026-06-26T10:34:47Z

The 1976 Soweto uprising sparked a resurgence of militancy and helped to undermine apartheid in South Africa.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / South Africa, Racism and Islamophobia, Protest movements

How to deal with illegitimate debt in Senegal?

Paul Martial — 2026-06-24T20:58:59Z

Faced with abysmal levels of debt, Senegal's leaders are divided on the measures to be adopted, although in both orientations, the consequences for the populations are harmful.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Senegal, Debt

France arms the war in Sudan

Paul Martial — 2026-05-31T12:09:05Z

A sophisticated French weapons system is being used in the conflict in Sudan, exposing the French government's violations of arms sales conventions.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / France, Sudan

Dark clouds over Ethiopia

Paul Martial — 2026-05-29T09:25:48Z

Once again, a threat of civil war hangs over Ethiopia, opposing different factions to the detriment of the already badly wounded peoples.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Ethiopia

Anti-foreigner sentiment is on the rise in South Africa

Paul Martial — 2026-05-16T04:18:23Z

Xenophobic riots are intensifying. They are fuelled by the economic and social crisis, but also by the actions of politicians.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / South Africa, Racism and Islamophobia

The struggle of Gen Z hijacked in Madagascar

Paul Martial — 2026-05-11T09:37:35Z

The record is hardly a glowing one for the Malagasy military, who seized power by presenting themselves as the protectors of the people against the former repressive regime.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Youth and student movements, Madagascar

Guinea in the spiral of dictatorship

Paul Martial — 2026-05-07T09:53:33Z

The latest measure to dissolve political parties in Guinea reinforces a dictatorship that prefers to adopt an extractivist policy at all costs rather than respond to the social needs of the population. Forty political parties were dissolved on the night of Friday 6 to Saturday 7 March by the Guinean government, on the eve of the legislative elections scheduled for May 2026.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Guinea

Comorian healthworkers strike against wage inequality

Paul Martial — 2026-04-30T10:25:49Z

A strike of unprecedented magnitude is shaking the main hospital in the Comoros. The issue: the fight for equal pay, regardless of status.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services , Comoros

The ravages of agribusiness in Africa

Paul Martial — 2026-04-18T07:28:45Z

The results of the Green Revolution in Africa are negative for the agricultural world and for the environment. On the other hand, they have encouraged the establishment of multinationals on the continent.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Ecology and the Environment, Africa, Farmers/peasants/land