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/China-s-Rise-Strength-and-Fragility-By-Au-Loong-Yu https://internationalviewpoint.org/China-s-Rise-Strength-and-Fragility-By-Au-Loong-Yu 2015-03-23T10:34:40Z text/html en Jase Short Economy China <p>The meteoric rise of Chinese capitalism over the past two decades has elicited myriad responses by mainstream and left commentators. From neoconservatives decrying the rise of the “red dragon” to leftists seeking to find socialist diamonds in the rough of “the sweatshop of the world,” enormous confusion has been sparked by the seeming contradiction of the world's largest self-proclaimed “communist” party leading its nation in capitalist dynamism.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Reviews-section-" rel="directory">Reviews section</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Economy-+" rel="tag">Economy</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-China-+" rel="tag">China</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Anatomy-of-the-Oil-States https://internationalviewpoint.org/Anatomy-of-the-Oil-States 2012-03-22T07:54:24Z text/html en Jase Short MENA (Middle East/North Africa) Economy <p>It's taken for granted that the upheavals in much of the Middle East — and great-power decisions about which conflicts are worthy of “humanitarian intervention” and/or “regime change” — have a lot to do with oil and who profits from it. But understanding the dynamics behind the headlines requires more detailed and careful analysis. Adam Hanieh's Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States is a welcome materialist contribution.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-Reviews-section-" rel="directory">Reviews section</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-MENA-Middle-East-North-Africa-+" rel="tag">MENA (Middle East/North Africa)</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Economy-+" rel="tag">Economy</a>