International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Civil and military resistance against Putin in Ukraine

NPA-A Ukraine Solidarity Intervention Group — 2026-09-20T08:29:20Z

Ukrainian society is resisting at both the military and civilian levels. To provide concrete support, an international solidarity convoy will go on the road to Ukraine at the end of November. Ukrainian gains on the front line, even if limited, mark the inability of the Russian army to make decisive territorial advances.

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Russia, Ukraine

Oppose the Takaichi Administration's Military Expansion and Constitutional Revision

Toshizo Omori — 2026-09-12T08:31:14Z

“These struggles for anti-war peace, the defense of working people's livelihoods, and the fight for climate justice in the face of a deepening climate crisis are unfolding in response to the multifaceted crises of the capitalist system. As these crises converge into a single unified front, our movements and struggles must likewise interconnect to form a powerful, single stream. The current situation demands nothing less.”

- IVP620 - September 2026 / United States (USA), Russia, Japan, China, North Korea

Russia's New Imperialism

Jean Batou — 2026-09-11T19:18:16Z

“A fascinating and highly topical book, which deserves to be read without fail.”

- Reviews section / Russia, Reviews, Features, Imperialism

Preparing the Left for Russia's Future Crisis

Ivan Drury Zarin, Mikhail Lobanov — 2026-09-06T09:19:42Z

“In 2018, Mikhail Lobanov won a seat in Russia's parliament, soundly defeating one of Putin's most well-funded candidates in an upheaval reminiscent of some of the recent democratic socialist wins in U.S. races. But rather than take this seat to uphold independent, democratic socialist, and anti-war politics in the Russian government, his seat was stolen through electoral fraud, and police harassed, arrested and beat him and raided his home, driving him out of the country.”

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Russia

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

What Victory Means: Relase All Political Prisoners

Ivan Drury Zarin, Kseniia Kagarlitskaya — 2026-09-03T12:51:33Z

“We are fighting for the release of all political prisoners. We think that every peace negotiation between Ukraine and Russia should include a point for the release of all political prisoners, on both sides. In Ukraine there are also political prisoners, so victory would mean the release of everybody.”

- IVP620 - September 2026 / Russia

Aid Ukraine: Build the Convoy

Fred Leplat, Liz Lawrence — 2026-08-27T17:00:54Z

Ukrainians are facing a fifth winter in wartime conditions. Solidarity is needed as much as ever

- IVP619 - August 2026 / Russia, Ukraine

Russian army on the defensive, Ukrainian people on the offensive

NPA-A Ukraine Solidarity Intervention Group — 2026-06-23T15:24:33Z

Russia is continuing its war of attrition against the Ukrainian people, but is struggling to make significant progress on the ground. In response, Kyiv is intensifying its strikes against Russian military infrastructure while civil society continues to keep democratic and social mobilizations alive.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Russia, Ukraine

Two Fronts: How Russia and the Ukrainian State Pressured Civil Society in 2025

Adam Novak — 2026-06-17T15:11:42Z

“This review draws on ZMINA's findings while situating them within the broader picture documented by Ukraine's democratic socialist left — the movements fighting since 2022 on two fronts simultaneously: against Russian recolonisation and against the neoliberal state and far-right at home.”

- Features / Russia, Ukraine

War, economic crisis, and discontent in Putin's Russia

Ashley Smith, Posle — 2026-06-08T13:24:41Z

Vladimir Putin's regime is beginning to show signs of frailty amidst its ongoing imperialist war on Ukraine. Kyiv has fought the regime to a standoff, Russia's casualties mount to about 1.2 million dead and wounded, and Russia's economy, despite the temporary sugar rush of increased oil prices, faces mounting problems. Here Tempest's Ashley Smith interviews the editors of Posle, a Russian socialist website, about Putin's war, regime, popular grievances, and the challenges of resistance under autocracy.

- Features / Russia