International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Jesse Jackson (1941-2026): An Assessment of a Civil Rights Icon

Malik Miah — 2026-02-23T21:58:00Z

“Jesse Jackson was a hero to millions. Even those of us on the socialist left praised his integrity and outspoken views on issues like Black Lives Matter and police violence.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / United States (USA), Anti-racism and Islamophobia

“There is a strategic impasse on the left on the issue of race”

Mamadou Ba — 2025-11-05T10:30:09Z

“There must be a willingness not to instrumentalise struggles. The left has become accustomed to looking at the movement as an obstacle. The anti-racist movement is one of the essential devices that the left has to combat inequality. The anti-racist movement must not be an appendage, but a force.” Mamadou Ba, leader of SOS Racismo.

- Features / Portugal, Anti-racism and Islamophobia, Racism and Islamophobia

Anti-racist festival in Athens a great success against a backdrop of state racism

Andreas Sartzekis — 2025-07-10T05:17:00Z

Thousands of participants, numerous debates and strong international solidarity: the Athens Anti-Racist Festival 2025 bears witness to the vitality of the anti-racist movement, despite the alarming political situation in Greece.

- IVP606 - July 2025 / Greece, Anti-racism and Islamophobia

Five Years Since George Floyd's Murder

Malik Miah — 2025-06-04T14:11:20Z

“His murder led to nationwide and international protests and a reexamination of societal and institutional racism, including policing. Five years later what is the legacy of Floyd's death and movement for justice and police accountability?”

- IVP605 - June 2025 / United States (USA), Anti-racism and Islamophobia

The Age of Neofascism and Its Distinctive Features

Gilbert Achcar — 2025-02-05T15:40:26Z

With each passing day and at an accelerating pace in recent years, it becomes increasingly obvious that we are witnessing a new era of rise of the far right on a global scale, similar to the era of the rise of fascist forces between the two world wars of the twentieth century. The label “neofascism” has been used to designate the contemporary far right, which adapted to our time, out of its awareness that repeating the same fascist pattern witnessed in the past century was no longer possible, in the sense that it was no longer acceptable to the majority of people.

- IVP601- February 2025 / Far Right, Anti-racism and Islamophobia, Fascism

Belgium: For freedom of movement and settlement, against closed centres

Gauche anticapitaliste/SAP Antikapitalisten — 2024-10-14T09:17:00Z

In memory of 22 September 1988, the day on which Semira Adamu, an undocumented migrant activist, was killed by two police officers during an attempted deportation.
For freedom of movement and settlement and the abolition of fascist migration policies.

- IV597 - October 2024 / Belgium, Migration, Anti-racism and Islamophobia