International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Down with the Neoliberal Reform to ISSSTE Pensions!

MSPP — 2026-06-27T09:09:56Z

“It is a matter of basic social justice that those who have more should pay more in taxes and that workers receive higher and better wages, pensions, and working conditions. In the last year, Mexico's 24 wealthiest individuals earned US$100 billion, an astronomical figure that contrasts sharply with the stagnation of real wages.”

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Mexico, Public services

The “chalk revolution”: when a society rises up to defend public education

Aphrodite Mara — 2026-06-12T15:52:09Z

The month of June 2026 could, in retrospect, appear to be a decisive moment in Belgium's contemporary social and political history. What is at stake there goes far beyond a simple sectoral reform. It is a profound confrontation between two irreconcilable visions of the school.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Belgium, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services

Public education comes to a standstill in a historic strike in Valencia

Moisès Vizcaino, Vicent Mauri — 2026-06-02T08:39:22Z

“May 11th will be etched in the collective memory of the Valencian people. The teachers, the grassroots and union movement, and the entire educational community will make history for the dignity, determination, and strength they demonstrated during weeks of mobilisation and organisation. The indefinite strike is already a moral and political victory against an arrogant, authoritarian government that is completely out of touch with the reality of educational institutions.”

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Spanish state, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services

Comorian healthworkers strike against wage inequality

Paul Martial — 2026-04-30T10:25:49Z

A strike of unprecedented magnitude is shaking the main hospital in the Comoros. The issue: the fight for equal pay, regardless of status.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services , Comoros

17,000 households deliberately deprived of water

Amandla! — 2026-04-26T09:30:40Z

Amandla! Interviewed Nqobile Ndima, an activist in the struggle for water in Phumlamqashi informal settlement near the Lenasia suburb, in the provice of Gauteng.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / South Africa, Public services

From Michigan to Argentina: Nurses' Struggles and International Solidarity

Collective — 2026-03-14T17:43:16Z

“It's the workers of the hospital that know best how to run it. Of course, there are different ideas but we have the experience of working together. That's where the health team comes together to figure out how best to care for the patient and involve the family in a discussion.”

- Feminism / United States (USA), Women, Argentina, Public services

Nurses Leading the Class Struggle and Resistance to ICE

Dan La Botz — 2026-02-22T11:05:09Z

“ICE is a public health crisis because patients are afraid to seek care because they're afraid to go outside. People in the hospital should feel like they can seek care and not be in fear of persecution.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services

Kyiv in crisis: how wild capitalism is exacerbating the devastation

Vitaliy Dudin — 2026-01-19T22:22:35Z

The year 2026 began with devastating Russian shelling of Kyiv's infrastructure, which, in freezing conditions, brought the population to the brink of survival. The city, home to 3 million people, is experiencing an acute shortage of heat and water, and electricity is being supplied on a short-term basis. It has become clear that the authorities had no plan B in case of a catastrophic deterioration in the security and weather situation.

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Ukraine, Public services

Two Narratives on the Hong Kong Fire

Au Loong-Yu — 2025-12-24T08:33:58Z

The 26 November 2025 Wang Fu Court fire has a lot of similarity with London's 2017 Grenfell fire. In terms of scale, the former was much bigger – instead of just one building there were seven on fire, and instead of 72 deaths there have been 160 deaths as of now. However, the combustible materials used in renovating the outer walls were the direct cause of both.

- IVP611 - December 2025 / Hong Kong, Public services

Relentless dismantling of the public education service in Greece

Andreas Sartzekis — 2025-12-02T07:31:54Z

In his obsession with privatizing education, Prime Minister Mitsotakis is intensifying and diversifying attacks to dramatically reduce public services. The mobilization commemorating the massacre of the Polytechnic students on November 17, 1973, is a significant event.

- IVP611 - December 2025 / Greece, Public services