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/Let-Vlad-stay https://internationalviewpoint.org/Let-Vlad-stay 2025-07-18T08:53:08Z text/html en Maiznica Latvia Russia European Union <p>A Riga-based social-centre project called “Maiznica” is facing repression from state security services and the expulsion of one of their members from the country. In this press release from the Collective they aim to spread the news to a wider audience.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IVP606-July-2025-" rel="directory">IVP606 - July 2025</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Latvia-+" rel="tag">Latvia</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Russia-+" rel="tag">Russia</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-European-Union-+" rel="tag">European Union</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Chauvinism-triumphs https://internationalviewpoint.org/Chauvinism-triumphs 2004-10-01T00:00:00Z text/html en Latvia <p>Representing more than a third of Latvia's inhabitants, the Russian-speaking minority (less than half have Latvian nationality and civic rights) polarizes political life in Latvia. Fighting for civic rights, its political party, the PCTVL, made a remarkable breakthrough at the 2002 parliamentary elections. It won a seat in the European parliament at these European elections.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV360-1-Autumn-2004-" rel="directory">IV360/1 - Autumn 2004</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Latvia-+" rel="tag">Latvia</a>