International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Boycott “celebrities” and companies that endanger the lives and violate the dignity of oppressed people

Yong-hui Hong — 2024-01-28T19:39:17Z

“We abolish the despicable reactionary “culture” that thrives at the expense of oppressed people, endangering their lives and sacrificing their inescapable grief.”

- Reviews section / LGBT, Reviews

Homophobia that has exposed more than 300 people to sexual violence for decades

Yong-hui Hong — 2023-10-17T08:36:00Z

“This incident also highlights the deep-seated social structures in Japan that cannot be changed, as well as the problem of how gender and sexuality are perceived by the Japanese media.”

- IV585 - October 2023 / Japan, LGBT

The Inherited “Results” of the Imperial Japanese Army's Experiments on Human Beings

Yong-hui Hong — 2023-09-14T08:21:01Z

“The excessive reliance on human experimentation that remains in Japan''''''''''''s medical societies today should be subjected to historical and fundamental criticism.”

- IV584 - September 2023 / Japan

For true liberation of LGBTQI people in China

Yong-hui Hong — 2023-05-31T12:33:23Z

‘Especially during the pandemic, the Chinese government has continued privatization of public social services. It has exposed women and other marginalized groups to further precarious conditions and exploitation. Against this, feminist and LGBTQI activists have led local and overseas struggles against gender-based violence. Also, the people in China launched a massive struggle across the country. ”

- IV580 - May 2023 / China, LGBT

Spectre of fascism is haunting us

Yong-hui Hong — 2023-01-25T12:02:08Z

“From the past situation of Abe's politics, the fascism inherent in “Abeism” emerges. “Abeism” is closely associated with fascism and the fascist movements, if not fascism itself.”

- IV576 - January 2023 / Japan, Far Right

Transphobic hate is not an opinion but a crime that endangers the lives of transgender people

Yong-hui Hong — 2023-01-03T22:41:11Z

In South Korea, there was a focus on hate and discrimination against transgender people in 2020 and 2021, when the Covid-19 backlash targeted LGBTIQ people.

- Sexual politics / South Korea, LGBT

Solidarity with Chinese Women to Shake up Misogynistic and Authoritarian Xi Jinping Regime

Yong-hui Hong — 2022-10-30T19:52:23Z

“We must stay in solidarity with Chinese women who risk their safety and their lives. Support for a new wave of feminist struggles on the call of the progressive forces in the countries around China is necessary.”

- Feminism / Women, China

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Death: Inherited Right-wing Politics Then and Now

Yong-hui Hong — 2022-07-19T06:53:14Z

On July 8, Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed by a man who told police that he had a grudge against a "certain religious group", the Unification Church. This event incident revealed a facet of Abe's past as a right-wing nationalist that has never been told in Japan.

- IV570 - July 2022 / Japan