International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Trump, Miller Take away Immigrants' Rights, Sometimes Their Lives, but Resistance Continues

2026-06-01T09:42:39Z

While President Donald Trump is busy with a war on Iran, plans for Cuba, and his rebuilding of the White House, Stephen Miller, Homeland Security Advisor, a rightwing racist, works relentlessly to arrest, imprison, and deport more immigrants and make America whiter. As they do, they continue to encounter resistance from politicians, lawyers, and protestors who oppose them, taking risks to do so.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / United States (USA), Migration

Affordability or Crisis of Social Reproduction?

Kim Moody — 2026-05-29T13:24:55Z

“Right now, we are seeing an upswing in left and progressive movement activity in the fight against Trump, with No Kings Day, May Day Strong, and Anti-ICE activity, as well as significant union growth, tenants' unions, and the proliferation of union reform caucuses (among others). But there is the danger that—like the short-lived upsurge around Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and the resistance during Trump's first term in office—much of this activity will burn out for lack of solid grassroots organization, only to leave another trail of undemocratic advocacy NGOs and a tiny number of socialist “electeds” swimming against the current in the Democratic Party.”

- Features / United States (USA), Marxism, Women, Economy

Notes on the Political Situation in South America

Ana C. Carvalhaes, Israel Dutra — 2026-05-28T06:34:16Z

“In these notes, we address South America, where the complexity of societies, scandalous socioeconomic inequality, the presence of a so-called “middle” economy with its own influence in the region (Brazil), a tradition of struggle and organization on the left, and governments less subservient than the liberal right (such as those of Colombia, Brazil, and Uruguay), imperialist interventionism faces more obstacles and has to moderate its attacks. In light of important electoral processes and tests in the class struggle posed by far-right and right-wing governments, such as those in Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, and Ecuador, it is worth considering the commonalities across national contexts in the region in the coming months.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Bolivia

Iran's shockwave in Asia

Pierre Rousset — 2026-05-27T06:24:27Z

By dint of dragging on, the United States' war against Iran seems to be becoming a real international tipping point whose scope varies according to the region. Its consequences are expected to be major in Asia. On the geopolitical terrain, of course, as illustrated by the Xi-Trump summit in Beijing on 14-15 May. But it will also aggravate the social crisis in many countries as well as boosting the global climate and ecological crisis. It is the beginning of multiple upheavals that will only be fully measured with hindsight.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), China, Iran, Taiwan

Trump's Justice Department Bring Charge Against Raul Castro—What's next?

Dan La Botz — 2026-05-25T11:00:15Z

President Donald Trump's Justice Department on May 20, 2026 charged Raúl Castro with murder. Raúl, the 94-year-old brother of Fidel Castro was one of the revolutionaries who overthrew the government of dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and established a Communist pro-Soviet state by 1961. The charges against him stem from February 1996 when a Cuban exile group called Brothers to the Rescue flew two planes toward Cuba but while still in international airspace were shot down by Cuban fighter planes, killing four people in the planes. Now the Trump government is holding Raúl Castro, who has served as head of the Communist Party and chief of state, responsible for those deaths.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Cuba

US May Day Actions Lay Foundations for Mass Militant Labor Action

Kay Mann, Randy Furst — 2026-05-21T14:09:34Z

May Day actions in the US called by May Day Strong (MDS), a coalition of left led union such as the Chicago teacher's union (CTU) and union locals in Minneapolis, California and elsewhere, took place throughout the country under the slogan, “No Work, No School, No Shopping” to protest Trump's domestic and international policies. Two articles - by Kay Mann on the nationwide picture and Randy Furst gives a focus on Minneapolis.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Protest movements

The Reasons for the US-Israeli Aggression against Iran

Sarah Selami — 2026-05-20T14:01:54Z

“It is important to remember that the Islamic Republic of Iran — and more broadly the Iranian capitalism it administers — is not a simple passive victim of this warlike configuration. It is a fully-fledged player, committed to its own logic of power, internal consolidation and regional influence.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Israel, Iran

Learning & Advancing from Setbacks

Against the Current Editors — 2026-05-20T07:13:31Z

“Fighting for race and gender equality and justice is part of the process of uniting the working class.”

- Features / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Leftist studies in China and the United States

Paul Le Blanc, Shi Yongqin — 2026-05-20T07:12:40Z

“Shi's experiences reflect the latent dissatisfaction of Chinese intellectuals with mainstream ideology.”

- Features / United States (USA), China, Trotsky

Trump, the Supreme Court, and State Legislatures Rig Future Elections

Dan La Botz — 2026-05-19T12:30:39Z

“Historically redistricting has been carried out in all states at the time of the decennial census to reflect changes in population, but now it is being done between censuses in a partisan manner to benefit one party.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Racism and Islamophobia