International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Internationalism Is Not a Luxury, but a Survival Mechanism

Leila Al-Shami , Oleksandr Kyselov — 2026-05-01T07:16:04Z

The world of yesterday at the abyss: How can a solidary vision be built that does not side with one imperialist camp or another, but rather relies on liberation from below? A conversation with British-Syrian author Leila al-Shami and Ukrainian socialist Oleksandr Kyselov.

- Features / Syria, Ukraine

Against defeatism disguised as radicalism

2026-05-01T07:15:48Z

“Solidarity is not a slogan. It is a material stance. It means choosing a side when no perfect options exist. And today, choosing means standing with those who resist, with those who do not surrender, with those who try to defend their lives and their freedom even within a terrible context.”

- Features / Ukraine, Features

Swedish Dockworkers Against Russia's and Israel's Wars

Artem Tidva, Erik Helgeson — 2026-05-01T07:15:24Z

Ahead of May Day 2022, two months after Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian trade unionists called for solidarity with the invaded country. Artem Tidva, a Ukrainian left-winger and labour activist, addressed international unions calling for actions to help stop the Russian war machine.
In Sweden, such action was already underway. In March 2022, Swedish dockers had begun a blockade of Russian ships. This decision, supported by a nationwide vote among the Swedish Dockworkers' (…)

- Features / Sweden, Ukraine, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Call for 8 March demonstration in Kyiv 2026

Sotsialnyi Rukh — 2026-03-07T16:04:27Z

This call was published by Sotsialnyi Rukh on their Facebook page.

- Feminism / Women, Ukraine

Last Year's International Women's Day, Ukraine

Dianne Feeley — 2026-03-07T15:52:17Z

LAST YEAR I celebrated International Women's Day in Lviv in Western Ukraine. It was the first women's march since the end of COVID and the beginning of the Russian reinvasion in 2022.

- Feminism / Women, Ukraine

A Ukrainian Socialist Went to War. Here's What He Thinks About Peace.

Sasha Talaver, Taras Bilous — 2026-02-25T15:23:00Z

Four years into Russia's invasion, Taras Bilous — a socialist serving in the Ukrainian army — reflects on exhaustion, negotiations, and why a bad ceasefire could be a boon for the far right.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Ukraine

Volunteering in Wartime Ukraine

Daria Saburova — 2026-01-31T19:37:00Z

“I was especially interested in understanding the specific nature of working-class volunteerism, a topic that is rarely discussed. ”

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Ukraine

Kyiv in crisis: how wild capitalism is exacerbating the devastation

Vitaliy Dudin — 2026-01-19T22:22:35Z

The year 2026 began with devastating Russian shelling of Kyiv's infrastructure, which, in freezing conditions, brought the population to the brink of survival. The city, home to 3 million people, is experiencing an acute shortage of heat and water, and electricity is being supplied on a short-term basis. It has become clear that the authorities had no plan B in case of a catastrophic deterioration in the security and weather situation.

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Ukraine, Public services

The reality of the front belies the Kremlin's little music

Daniel Tanuro — 2026-01-05T19:33:52Z

“The Ukrainian resistance is truly admirable, despite the Western brakes. It is more than just resistance. In Kupiansk, the counter-offensive drove the Russians out of the town that Putin himself claimed to have definitively won.”

- IVP612 - January 2026 / Russia, Ukraine

What is wrong with US aggression against Venezuela?

Manen — 2026-01-04T12:29:33Z

“The struggle against Maduro's dictatorship and the struggle against American imperialism are not contradictory. These are two sides of the same conflict, in which peoples become hostages to geopolitical games. That is why today we must speak out in solidarity with the people of Venezuela — the same solidarity that Venezuelans showed towards Ukraine in its resistance to Russian aggression.”

- Venezuela 2026 / Ukraine, Venezuela