International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Workers of the World: Growth, Change, and Rebellion

Kim Moody — 2021-01-31T14:49:29Z

“The difficulty in analyzing the potential of this era of rebellion is compounded by the uncertain impact of the three crises of capitalism, and in particular the effect of the pandemic, on a variety of industries and the GVCs.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / Economy, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Massive repression of the demonstration against class and racist justice

Charles Hampton — 2021-01-30T10:38:54Z

“The police humiliate, mutilate, rape, kill. When people unite to denounce it, the police humiliate again, mutilate, violate and threaten to kill. One day, however, there will be more of us on the street than they are. That day will be a beautiful day.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / Belgium

An Unfinished Epoch of Revolution

Joseph Daher — 2021-01-29T08:57:25Z

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

–Karl Marx, Class Struggles in France 1848–1850

- IV552 - January 2021 / Arab Revolutions

Western Sahara: A forgotten war

Patrick Scott — 2021-01-28T09:49:42Z

“In Britain, Europe, and internationally we should build support for the Sahrawi people around the following demands. First, no to trade deals with Morocco and yes to trade embargos until Morocco has completely and unconditionally withdrawn from Western Sahara. Second; for recognition of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as the only legitimate government of Western Sahara.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / United States (USA), Britain, Spanish state, Morocco, National question

Mass protests calling for Navalny's release on 23 January, set to continue

Ilya Budraitskis — 2021-01-27T07:49:00Z

“This new quality of the protest, the inclusion of an increasingly broad strata outside the traditional liberal opposition, also provides more opportunities for leftist forces to participate.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / Russia

The People's Fight Continues

Hanna Perekhoda — 2021-01-26T07:14:19Z

Since 9 August 2020 Belarus has been the scene of popular protests against what is perceived to be the fraudulent reelection of President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994. The presidential election results gave him a victory with 80 percent of the votes, a figure far from the counts seen by election observers.
There are thousands of audio and video recordings of electoral fraud, showing the rewriting of results, the substitution of one ballot box for another, and (…)

- IV552 - January 2021 / Belarus

‘We're witnessing a fundamental political realignment'

Ben Hillier, Mike Davis — 2021-01-25T07:14:44Z

“There's been no other country — certainly no European country, or Australia, New Zealand or Canada — that has seen such a powerful resurgence of the left, or one that is so solidly, generationally specific and anchored. And of course, youth of colour, the coming plurality of the American population, played a central role in this — particularly the Black women who built Black Lives Matter.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / United States (USA)

The Dutch Government's Benefits Scandal Is Rooted in Stigma Against Welfare Recipients

Kevyn Levie — 2021-01-24T08:16:41Z

“[R]egardless of what government is formed after the elections, mistrust of benefit recipients and institutional racism are likely to remain deeply entrenched in government and in Dutch political culture for some time.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / Netherlands

If Joe Biden Moves Left, You Can Thank the Left

Liza Featherstone — 2021-01-23T08:50:26Z

“Above all, we need to build socialist, left, and worker power from the ground up, focusing on local and state government and on our workplaces. That's the only way we can ensure that future generations will be able to expect better than Joe Biden, liberal edition. We cannot allow this complicated and chaotic moment to go to waste.”

- IV552 - January 2021 / United States (USA)

Navalny's Return and Left Strategy

Ilya Budraitskis, Ilya Matveev, Kirill Medvedev, LeftEast — 2021-01-22T12:41:01Z

Russia has had an eventful week and it's not even finished. First, Alexey Navalny flew back to Moscow, then he was immediately arrested upon crossing the border, and the next day his team published a video illustrating Vladimir Putin's own corruption and calling upon all citizens to come out to the streets against the government on January 23. What is the Russian left to think of all this? Navalny is certainly not its own, but should it stay away from the protests and the brewing political crisis?

- IV552 - January 2021 / Russia