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/After-the-fire-Against-burnism https://internationalviewpoint.org/After-the-fire-Against-burnism 2022-07-04T14:52:42Z text/html en Zi-yuet Hong Kong <p>“Hongkongers' struggle for bargaining power against Beijing cannot be premised on the futile appeal to Western governments to intervene on Hong Kong's behalf, because such an outlook can only result in despair and despondency.”</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Features-" rel="directory">Features</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Hong-Kong-+" rel="tag">Hong Kong</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/After-the-fire-Fallen-flowers https://internationalviewpoint.org/After-the-fire-Fallen-flowers 2022-07-04T14:52:26Z text/html en Zi-yuet Hong Kong <p>“It may be more convenient and less demanding for ordinary laypeople to cede agency to leaders than to learn to surmount the challenges of self-organisation and democratic procedure themselves. However, taking responsibility as a member of a community to achieve its self-determination, through regular and direct participation in collective decision-making processes, is what is required for democracy to exist.”</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Features-" rel="directory">Features</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Hong-Kong-+" rel="tag">Hong Kong</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/After-the-fire-Soil-in-spring https://internationalviewpoint.org/After-the-fire-Soil-in-spring 2022-07-04T14:52:10Z text/html en Zi-yuet Hong Kong <p>“The Hong Kong government has made clear that it will not waver from its stewardship of Hong Kong's neoliberal crony-capitalist system, and as long as that system remains in place, labour disputes will continue to arise as a symptom of the dysfunction inherent to capitalism.”</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Features-" rel="directory">Features</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Hong-Kong-+" rel="tag">Hong Kong</a>