International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Oppose the Takaichi Administration's Military Expansion and Constitutional Revision

Toshizo Omori — 2026-09-12T08:31:14Z

“These struggles for anti-war peace, the defense of working people's livelihoods, and the fight for climate justice in the face of a deepening climate crisis are unfolding in response to the multifaceted crises of the capitalist system. As these crises converge into a single unified front, our movements and struggles must likewise interconnect to form a powerful, single stream. The current situation demands nothing less.”

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA), Russia, Japan, China, North Korea

9/11: A Quarter Century of Imperial War

Gilbert Achcar — 2026-09-11T10:03:06Z

“Absolutely, I hold on to hope, hope rooted in the new generation and its capacity to invent new forms of struggle, as we have seen recently with the Moroccan Gen Z movement, an extraordinary moment, with thousands of young people mobilising and using modern technology to coordinate their action. I make a crucial distinction between optimism and hope, they are not the same thing at all. Optimism is the belief that the best outcome will happen. Hope is the belief that a better outcome is possible, with no guarantee attached. I can keep hoping, while recognising that today the balance of evidence weighs heavily toward pessimism.”

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Palestine, United States (USA), Syria, MENA (Middle East/North Africa), Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Yemen

Gloria Steinem, prominent American feminist, 1934-2026

Dan La Botz — 2026-09-09T07:39:51Z

The passing of Gloria Steinem, the most celebrated of the US “second wave” feminists of the 1970s, provides an opportunity to consider both her life and work. Some on the left, such as Jenny Brown writing in Jacobin, have condemned Steinem as a “neoliberal” who used and misused the women's movement, disdaining the movement's radical wing, to advance her own career as self-proclaimed leader.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA), Women

Trump approves militia law in Libya

Paul Martial — 2026-09-04T15:35:56Z

“The United States is playing the role of sponsor to establish peace between gangs, while removing the prospect of Libyans deciding the future of their country themselves by profoundly renewing the political offer.”

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA)

Primary Electoral Victories of DSA and Progressives Lead to …

Dan La Botz — 2026-08-31T10:17:14Z

“Often at the center of these debates is Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who is seen as a possible candidate in the Democratic Party's presidential primary election in 2028. While she has not yet said if she will run, that possibility polarized DSA members.”

- IVP619 - August 2026 / United States (USA)

The Looming Election

Against the Current Editors — 2026-08-25T10:47:13Z

MIDTERM U.S. ELECTIONS are traditionally predictably unpredictable, the main question being how much loss the party of the sitting President will suffer. Conventionally that should go double or triple for the Republicans this November.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / United States (USA)

Washington's Seizure of Venezuelan Oil: Where Have the Oil Revenues Gone Since 3 January 2026?

Éric Toussaint — 2026-08-22T07:49:34Z

On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military operation against Venezuela, resulting in the capture and detention of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and their transfer to the United States. During this attack, carried out using 150 aircraft, around a hundred people lost their lives, including 32 Cubans who had attempted to protect the country's presidential palace; the remaining victims were Venezuelans. A few hours after this intervention, Donald Trump announced that Washington now claimed to be temporarily in control of Venezuela and would exploit its oil resources.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / United States (USA), Economy, Venezuela

Rampage of the Surveillance State: What's Behind the Minneapolis Indictments?

Randy Furst — 2026-08-20T08:51:26Z

FOR TWO MONTHS last winter, 4000 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unleashed an assault on the Twin Cities with a violent roundup of immigrants, prompting a mass, nonviolent grassroots resistance movement that eventually involved hundreds of thousands of protesters. The Trump administration was forced to retreat.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / United States (USA), Migration

Resumption of Bombing and Internal Crisis in Iran

Babak Kia — 2026-08-17T07:33:45Z

The ceasefire between the US and Iran was shattered around the question of control of the Strait of Hormuz. As the US bombing resumes, divisions are deepening at the top of the Islamic Republic, with no way out for the people of Iran.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / United States (USA), Iran

Revoking TPS: Trump Escalates Racist Assault

Malik Miah — 2026-08-16T06:04:43Z

TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians living in the United States was overturned by the government, following a June 25 ruling by the Supreme Court to allow the termination.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / United States (USA), Migration, Racism and Islamophobia