International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

What Jason Arday's death says about our society

Simon Hannah — 2026-08-26T09:32:21Z

Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor at Cambridge University was found dead on 14 August 2024 at his home after a vicious campaign against him by the mainstream media.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Britain, Racism and Islamophobia

Who is responsible for xenophobia in South Africa?

Paul Martial — 2026-08-19T07:27:51Z

If the outpouring of hatred against foreign nationals in South Africa is part of a catastrophic social context, it is also encouraged by crooked politicians. On 30 June 2026, 300 demonstrations were organized across South Africa to demand the departure of migrants.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / South Africa, Racism and Islamophobia

Revoking TPS: Trump Escalates Racist Assault

Malik Miah — 2026-08-16T06:04:43Z

TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians living in the United States was overturned by the government, following a June 25 ruling by the Supreme Court to allow the termination.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / United States (USA), Migration, Racism and Islamophobia

How social media invented the ‘world's most racist country'

Martín Mosquera — 2026-08-07T07:49:17Z

Gabriel Vera Lopes spoke to Argentine socialist and Revista Jacobin editor-in-chief Martín Mosquera to analyse the emotional and political origins of the campaign, discuss the reality of racism in Argentina and question the role played by some of the global progressive intelligentsia.

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Argentina, Racism and Islamophobia

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

50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising

Paul Martial — 2026-06-26T10:34:47Z

The 1976 Soweto uprising sparked a resurgence of militancy and helped to undermine apartheid in South Africa.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / South Africa, Racism and Islamophobia, Protest movements

Trump, the Supreme Court, and State Legislatures Rig Future Elections

Dan La Botz — 2026-05-19T12:30:39Z

“Historically redistricting has been carried out in all states at the time of the decennial census to reflect changes in population, but now it is being done between censuses in a partisan manner to benefit one party.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Racism and Islamophobia

Anti-foreigner sentiment is on the rise in South Africa

Paul Martial — 2026-05-16T04:18:23Z

Xenophobic riots are intensifying. They are fuelled by the economic and social crisis, but also by the actions of politicians.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / South Africa, Racism and Islamophobia

Supreme Court Guts 1965 Voting Rights Act

Malik Miah — 2026-05-09T15:05:35Z

“I dissent because the Court betrays its duty to faithfully implement the great statute Congress wrote,” she stated. “I dissent because the Court's decision will set back the foundational right Congress granted of racial equality in electoral opportunity.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Racism and Islamophobia

Trump's recent racist rant against Somalia, Somalis and Somali Americans

Thomas Tews — 2026-04-24T08:21:34Z

During a White House Easter lunch, US President Donald Trump made racist comments on people of Somali origin, calling them “low-IQ” and “bad people”.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / United States (USA), Somalia, Racism and Islamophobia