International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Consequences of the local elections 2026

Penelope Duggan — 2026-05-15T13:13:14Z

The combined results of the 7 May elections have thrown the current UK government into turmoil.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Britain, Scotland, Cymru/Wales

Labour collapses, the far right grows

Simon Hannah — 2026-05-15T12:13:25Z

The elections across much of Britain on 7 May were a devastating blow to the ruling Labour Party who lost 1,229 councillors in England and also came third in the election for the Welsh Sennedd and lost support in the Scottish Parliamentary elections.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Britain, Scotland, Cymru/Wales

“A Defeat Manufactured in Downing Street”

Geoff Ryan — 2026-05-15T12:12:57Z

Those were the words used by Mick Antoniw, former MS (Member of the Senedd), Counsel General in the Welsh Labour government and a senior member of the Labour Party in Cymru/Wales. He was describing the election on May 7 when Cymru underwent a change of historic proportions.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Britain, Scotland, Cymru/Wales

Scottish Parliament elections: a balance between continuity and change

Mike Picken — 2026-05-15T12:12:44Z

The Scottish Parliament elections on 7 May produced a balance between continuity and change.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Britain, Scotland, Cymru/Wales

Your Party consolidates into Labour 2.0… What next?

Simon Hannah — 2026-04-14T13:09:05Z

Taking stock of the failure of Your Party.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Britain, New parties of the left

Together against the far right march breaks records

Echo Fortune, Terry Conway — 2026-04-03T06:34:30Z

The Together Alliance march against the far right on Saturday, 28 March, was probably the biggest anti-fascist protest in British history. It was comparable to some of the early Palestine solidarity demonstrations.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Britain

No to antisemitism – no to all racism

Anti*Capitalist Resistance — 2026-03-28T09:32:51Z

The arson attack on four ambulances in a North London synagogue car park [1] was an antisemitic hate crime. ACR condemns this unequivocally. We call on others to do the same, regardless of the claimed motives of the attackers or the alleged views of some synagogue members. Israel's genocidal war crimes in Palestine and across the Middle East offer no justification for an attack on a public service provided by the Jewish community in Britain.

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Britain

Defending women's rights against the far‑right

Liz Lawrence — 2026-03-08T08:05:10Z

With the far right on the rise, it is vital to defend and extend women's rights. What does the spread of nostalgia politics mean for women?

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Britain, Women, Far Right

Roots of the Labour Crisis

Phil Hearse — 2026-02-20T09:07:57Z

The Starmer projest is crashing.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Britain

Academic freedom under attack

Liz Lawrence — 2026-01-15T11:37:31Z

Growing attacks on academic freedom are an aspect of the rise of the far right and authoritarianism that does not always get enough attention outside the university sector. What are the various ways this threat plays out?

- IVP612 - January 2026 / United States (USA), Britain, Far Right