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-struggle-against-authoritarian-liberalism-is-more-urgent-than-ever https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-struggle-against-authoritarian-liberalism-is-more-urgent-than-ever 2020-07-15T08:58:45Z text/html en Ana Podvrs?ic?, Jas?a Veselinovic? Slovenia Covid-19 Pandemic <p>Rarely given any space in international media, Slovenia has recently been filling the (web)pages of newspapers like <i>Le Monde</i>, <i>The Guardian</i>, <i>Courrier International</i> and the BBC. Reports were about thousands of people protesting on bicycles against the new right-wing government, led by Janez Janša and his Slovenska demokratska stranka (SDS - Slovenian Democratic Party). They are known internationally for their ideological, political and financial links to Viktor Orbán's Fidesz. Under the guise of fighting the coronavirus, the Slovenian government combined strict public health measures (broadly supported by the public) with a vicious attack on public institutions, journalists, NGOs and practices of formal democracy.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV546-July-2020-" rel="directory">IV546 - July 2020</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Slovenia-+" rel="tag">Slovenia</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Covid-19-Pandemic-+" rel="tag">Covid-19 Pandemic</a>