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/Pinkwashing-and-Queer-Dilemmas https://internationalviewpoint.org/Pinkwashing-and-Queer-Dilemmas 2024-07-20T05:33:25Z text/html en Maryam Gilani, Jet Menist, Samara Ghazal Palestine Netherlands Israel LGBT <p>The sudden eruption of a controversy about whether or not to accept Israeli flags at the Amsterdam Pride Walk on the 20th of July 2024, usually one of the few more political events of the two-week Amsterdam Pride, has thrust the issue of the Israeli genocide in Gaza to the forefront of Dutch LGBTIQ politics. It has also exposed some difficult issues around the attempt to incorporate radical queers into Amsterdam Pride, characterized in the past by rampant commercialization and the presence of police, the military and government ministries.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV594-July-2024-" rel="directory">IV594 - July 2024</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Palestine-+" rel="tag">Palestine</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Netherlands-+" rel="tag">Netherlands</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Israel-+" rel="tag">Israel</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-LGBT-+" rel="tag">LGBT</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Reform-and-revolution-today-The-strategic-puzzle https://internationalviewpoint.org/Reform-and-revolution-today-The-strategic-puzzle 2011-03-13T22:12:33Z text/html en Jet Menist Flanders Debate section Reviews <p>Between 1945 and 1979, capitalism was overthrown in substantial parts of the planet. Alongside bureaucratic tyrannies, this yielded promising experiments like the Sandinista revolution, and a wealth of material for debates on socialist democracy and strategy. After 1979, with capital on the offensive, the strategic debates fell still. Only in the new century have we seen the beginning of what Daniel Bensaïd called ‘the return of the strategic question'. Flemish socialist Matthias Lievens' new book on socialism and democracy in the 21st century provides a welcome opportunity to continue the discussion (which should not be restricted to those who can read it in Dutch).</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Reviews-section-" rel="directory">Reviews section</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Flanders-+" rel="tag">Flanders</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Debate-section-+" rel="tag">Debate section</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Reviews-291-+" rel="tag">Reviews</a>