International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Remaining true to socialism — and wrestling with its meaning

Paul Le Blanc — 2026-09-03T14:03:13Z

“Here is a gift for all who care about the human spirit, freedom, democracy and socialism: a volume of first-person, first-hand recollections about how something that seemed so extraordinarily promising — the 1917 Russian Revolution — took a tragically dark turn, and how some people sought to understand and push against such a fateful and terrible development.”

- Reviews section / Russia, Reviews, Historical events and figures

The Early Comintern in Context

Kay Mann — 2026-09-03T04:24:39Z

“READERS WILL FIND inside this austerely presented and written book a rich vein of political analysis from the documents and debates of the Communist International (CI), or Comintern as it came to be known, as it sought to analyze and shape tumultuous events during the period of victories and defeats following the 1917 Russian Revolution.”

- Reviews section / Historical events and figures

The Bund: A Committed History

Peter Drucker — 2026-08-19T07:56:39Z

The rave reception for Molly Crabapple's Here Where We Live Is Our Country is a breakthrough for Jewish radicals. After decades of Zionist hegemony within U.S. Jewish communities, including on the left, suddenly Crabapple's avowedly, even fiercely anti-Zionist book is on the New York Times bestseller list.

- Reviews section / Marxism, Historical events and figures

Reflexions on the Spanish Revolution of 1936

Andy Durgan — 2026-08-06T07:47:07Z

“Ultimately, the great absence in the Spanish revolution was the existence of a revolutionary organisation with the necessary strength to lead the seizure of power.”

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Spanish state, Historical events and figures

The 1976 Uprising and its enduring significance

Salim Vally — 2026-08-01T11:12:17Z

“The youth of 1976 understood that freedom is indivisible. They risked everything, not for statues or hollow commemorations, but for a world in which human beings are no longer reduced to commodities, ethnic labels or disposable labour. Their legacy demands nothing less from us today: to see our struggles as linked, to reject the divisions that power imposes, and to build a genuine liberation for all.”

- IVP619 - August 2026 / South Africa, Historical events and figures, Racism and Islamophobia

Fourth of July at 250: The On-Going Struggle for Equality, Democracy, and Justice

Dan La Botz — 2026-07-20T10:29:46Z

“On July 4, our 250th birthday as a nation, we should celebrate the underdogs, the dissidents, the rebellious who fought and continue to fight against exploitation and oppression, and stand for equality, democracy, and justice.”

- Features / United States (USA), Historical events and figures

The 1926 General Strike in Britain

Harry Wicks, Jim Higgins — 2026-06-08T11:26:25Z

This 1976 pamphlet first appeared as a series of articles in the Workers News, a fortnightly journal of socialist news and analysis.

- Features / Britain, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Historical events and figures

“In Algeria, what is fundamental is the state”

Masis Kürkçügil, Mohammed Harbi — 2026-05-01T07:16:21Z

In this previously unpublished interview conducted in June 2012, shortly before the fiftieth anniversary of Algerian independence, historian and former FLN leader Mohammed Harbi traces Algeria's political trajectory from colonial formation to post-independence bureaucratic rule.

- Features / Fourth International, Algeria, Historical events and figures, Features

Understanding Fascism with Clara Zetkin

Stéfanie Prezioso — 2026-04-12T10:22:36Z

We are publishing a text by Clara Zetkin presented by the historian Stefanie Prezioso, taken from the book “Découvrir l'antifascisme” (Éditions sociales, May 2025).

- Features / Historical events and figures, Fascism

France: 1995 - the feminist conquest of the social movement

Ingrid Darroman — 2026-03-07T15:34:25Z

“At a time when we would like to see “surging” mobilizations in the face of an exponential rise of the far right, we take a closer look at what the feminist mobilizations of the autumn of 1995 can teach us about the possibilities of unity today.”

- Feminism / France, Women, Historical events and figures