International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

‘We're witnessing a fundamental political realignment'

Ben Hillier, Mike Davis — 2021-01-25T07:14:44Z

“There's been no other country — certainly no European country, or Australia, New Zealand or Canada — that has seen such a powerful resurgence of the left, or one that is so solidly, generationally specific and anchored. And of course, youth of colour, the coming plurality of the American population, played a central role in this — particularly the Black women who built Black Lives Matter.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / United States (USA)

Riot on the Hill

Mike Davis — 2021-01-08T13:34:39Z

“Freed from Trump's electronic fatwas, moreover, some of the younger Republican senators may prove to be much more formidable competitors for the white college-educated suburban vote than centrist Democrats realize. In any event, the only future that we can reliably foresee – a continuation of extreme socio-economic turbulence – renders political crystal balls useless.”

- Debate / United States (USA), Debate section

The swine flu crisis lays bare the meat industry's monstrous power

Mike Davis — 2009-04-30T18:43:00Z

Mike Davis, whose 2006 book The Monster at Our Door warned of the threat of a global bird flu pandemic, explains how globalized agribusiness set the stage for a frightening outbreak of the swine flu in Mexico.

- IV411 - April 2009 / Ecology and the Environment, Mexico, Food crisis