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-Lebanese-October-revolution-against-sectarian-realism-and-neoliberal https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Lebanese-October-revolution-against-sectarian-realism-and-neoliberal 2020-01-15T10:43:56Z text/html en Elia El Khazen Lebanon Arab Revolutions <p>As the Lebanese revolutionary uprising enters its third month, the ancien régime has already unleashed its counterrevolutionary practices in all its forms. Fear mongering of pre-October 17 sectarian tensions alongside blaming the impending economic collapse on the continuous protests and reviving the spectre of the civil war are rife on Lebanese TV channels as members of the Lebanese ruling class battle to hold on to a sinking structure. Although the momentum is not as prominent as it used to be during the first weeks of the revolution, slogans, chants and demands are witnessing a sharp politicization that opens endless possibilities for class conscious struggles as the anger of the masses are directed at the main perpetrator of the economic crisis, local banks. Mattia Gallo, from Global Project, interviews Elia El Khazen on the recent developments and the “Nationalize the banks” campaign of which he is a member.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV540-January-2020-" rel="directory">IV540 - January 2020</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Lebanon-+" rel="tag">Lebanon</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Arab-Revolutions-+" rel="tag">Arab Revolutions</a>