International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

A step forward in Andalusia

Daniel Albarracín, Pablo P. Ganfornina — 2026-06-04T13:59:10Z

Is this the beginning of a shift in dynamics? To attempt to formulate an answer, our perspective cannot begin with the latest election results, but rather with an analysis of Andalusian political history. In this regard, we operate on a fundamental premise: there is no electoral victory without a prior social and political victory. In the south of the Spanish state, the right wing did not conquer the institutions by chance in 2018; it did so by first winning the battle for "common sense", displacing collective frames of reference and colonising the public agenda long before the ballot box validated its hegemony.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Spanish state

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

Elections in Andalucia: After the Whirlwind

David de la Cruz, Manuel Garí — 2026-05-22T09:38:59Z

“We need a strong Andalusian left-wing force in the Cortes that can be decisive in ensuring our region is no longer treated as a political periphery. Andalusia's problems must, for once, be at the forefront. And we aspire to be in Congress and to play a decisive role.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Spanish state, National question

A commitment to left-wing Andalusian nationalism

Brais Fernández, José Ignacio García, Martín Mosquera — 2026-05-13T08:15:52Z

Regional elections will take place in Andalusia on 17 May in a context marked by the consolidation of the PP, which in 2018 broke decades of Socialist dominance, and the rise of an increasingly aggressive right wing. Against this backdrop, the most striking development of the campaign is the growth of Adelante Andalucía: according to the latest CIS poll, the party is on course to secure 8.5% of the vote and win six seats, overtaking the coalition led by the Communist Party, which has (…)

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Spanish state, New parties of the left

The Left at the Crossroads: Notes For Building Anew

Julia Cámara, Rául Camargo — 2026-04-19T11:30:11Z

The crisis on the left and the need to start afresh from the middle.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Spanish state, New parties of the left

Nooshi – do you dare to do as Spain's Social Democrats have done?

Alex Fuentes — 2026-03-07T16:54:57Z

“What kind of leader is Nooshi, who does not dare to take a ‘clear and unambiguous' stance like the Spanish Social Democrats, whom she herself often praises?.”

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Spanish state, Sweden, Iran

US out of Venezuela!

Anticapitalistas — 2026-01-04T11:41:04Z

On 3 January 2026, the US took a qualitative leap forward in its imperialist violence, bombing Venezuela and kidnapping Nicolas Maduro. We do not yet know the details of the operation, but we do know the background.

- Venezuela 2026 / Spanish state, Venezuela

La vuelta : They did not pass!

Brian Anglo — 2025-09-18T06:26:15Z

This year's three-week cycle race round the Spanish State, La Vuelta, has set numerous records. Not in terms of sporting prowess, but in regard to the popular mobilisations to stop it being used to whitewash Israel's genocide in Palestine.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Palestine, Spanish state

Racist riots in Murcia

Irene García Galán — 2025-07-24T08:08:00Z

Torre Pacheco, a Spanish town of 40,000 inhabitants located in the province of Murcia, has become the scene of large-scale racist violence since 12 July. Organized far-right groups are going there from all over the country to carry out veritable manhunts for North African men, and more particularly Moroccans. It is reminiscent of the images that came to us from the United Kingdom a few months ago.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Spanish state, Migration, Racism and Islamophobia

Miguel Urbán: "There are still set-ups like the one I suffered. There are police infiltrating social movements."

Miguel Urbán Crespo — 2025-06-21T05:06:33Z

The leader of Anticapitalistas believes that the police plot that sought to implicate him in the alleged sale of 40 kilos of cocaine in 2016 was intended to attack Podemos "at a key moment in the politics of change" and announced, in an interview with elDiario.es, his willingness to take that conspiracy to the courts.

- IVP605 - June 2025 / Spanish state