International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Down with the Neoliberal Reform to ISSSTE Pensions!

MSPP — 2026-06-27T09:09:56Z

“It is a matter of basic social justice that those who have more should pay more in taxes and that workers receive higher and better wages, pensions, and working conditions. In the last year, Mexico's 24 wealthiest individuals earned US$100 billion, an astronomical figure that contrasts sharply with the stagnation of real wages.”

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Mexico, Public services

Violence and drug trafficking - what response from the revolutionary left?

Irving Radillo Murguia — 2026-06-17T12:42:06Z

“Those of us who live in Mexico know that the fall of a drug lord does not mean the end of violence. The “Narco war” has taught us that after the decapitation of a cartel, power struggles ensue between interim cadres for succession, as well as acts of revenge against the Mexican state and attacks on rival cartels that will take advantage of this moment of weakness to gain influence. And this is because, even though El Mencho has fallen, the transnational structures that produce, feed and exploit these drug lords are still in place.” [1]

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Mexico

Stop Washington's imperialist escalation! Solidarity with the peoples of Venezuela and Latin America!

Liga de Unidad Socialista — 2026-01-04T18:41:40Z

“In Mexico, we can consider that Trump is announcing military operations similar to those he is carrying out against Venezuela. Since the start of his second term, the US president has been threatening to carry out military operations on Mexican territory against the drug cartels.”

- Venezuela 2026 / Venezuela, Mexico

“Generation Z” and the advance of the far right in Mexico

José Luis Hernández Ayala — 2025-12-19T07:05:39Z

The Mexican right, backed by oligarchic sectors and the open applause of Donald Trump, is trying to capitalize on social discontent to destabilize the government of Claudia Sheinbaum. Although their ability to mobilise remains limited, the danger is real. The only effective barrier remains the deepening of the project of transformation and the building of an autonomous social movement capable of confronting the fascist threat.

- IVP611 - December 2025 / Mexico

No concessions to any imperialism! The Zapatistas' Clear Stand on Ukraine

Luiza Martinez — 2025-11-19T15:34:40Z

“The Zapatista Army of National Liberation chose differently. From the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico's Indigenous revolutionaries issued an uncompromising condemnation of the invasion that prioritised solidarity with grassroots resistance over geopolitical convenience. Their position—supporting Ukrainian resistance and Russian anti-war movements whilst rejecting both Putin and NATO—offered a radical alternative to the campist logic that dominated leftist discourse across Latin America and in Spain. When Israel launched its assault on Gaza in October 2023, the Zapatistas applied the same ethical framework, condemning those who "justified Putin's invasion of Ukraine citing 'self-defense' but now invalidate that argument against Israel, and vice versa."”

- Features / Ukraine, Mexico

Trotsky in Tijuana

Peter Veltmans — 2025-10-06T10:58:00Z

Books about historical topics can sometimes be a bit difficult. Often, the list of names, facts, anecdotes, and dates is so long that the reader risks getting lost. Moreover, the reasons behind events are not always very clear, nor always explained in a way that is easy to understand.

- Reviews section / Mexico, Reviews, Historical events and figures

A mixed success for the President in Mexico

Fabrice Thomas — 2025-06-26T04:41:53Z

On 1 June 2025, judges at all levels of the judiciary were elected by direct suffrage throughout Mexico. From local judges to members of the Federal Supreme Court, all positions were subject to a popular vote.

- IVP605 - June 2025 / Mexico

Mexico: “The right-wing parties are practically in the worst phase of their history”

Fabrice Thomas, José Luis Hernández Ayala — 2025-05-02T22:20:00Z

José Luis is an activist in the Fourth International and a member of the Mexican electricians' union. He spoke to Fabrice Thomas while visiting Europe for the world congress of the Fourth International.

- IVP604 - May 2025 / Mexico

The Meaning of Trumpism for Mexico and the World

Manuel Aguilar Mora — 2025-02-01T10:49:20Z

DONALD TRUMP'S SECOND victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, with more social and legislative power and experience than his first presidency from 2017 to 2021, is a political milestone that has shaken the world because of what the arrival of such a reactionary, toxic and malignant character to the White House in Washington represents for the world — and specifically for Mexico, the direct southern neighbor of the North American power.

- IVP601- February 2025 / United States (USA), Mexico

Trump Confrontation with Mexico over Tariffs, Migration, and Drugs

Dan La Botz — 2024-12-03T07:35:45Z

As a candidate, Donald Trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on Mexican goods entering the United States and to close the Mexico-U.S. border, both actions that could have devastating consequences for Mexico and perhaps the United States as well. “This Tariff,” he wrote a few weeks ago, “will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”

- IV599 - December 2024 / United States (USA), Mexico, Migration