International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

“When it comes to social justice, economic and social changes, real reforms, we've seen nothing”

Ahlem Belhadji — 2021-03-31T18:24:34Z

“The current crisis, I believe, is no longer the crisis of Ennahda's legitimacy, but rather the crisis of the absence of an alternative, with the inability of the left forces – like the centrist forces - to organize and propose an alternative.”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Tunisia

The authoritarian liberalism of President Macky Sall

Paul Martial — 2021-03-30T10:19:02Z

“This exceptional mobilization shows the frustration of a youth without a future, victim of a deterioration of its living conditions. The answer lies in a deep social transformation of the country, which is absent from Ousmane Sonko's agenda when we see his party's programme.”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Senegal

Puerto Rico's Multi-layered Crisis

Rafael Bernabe — 2021-03-29T08:37:57Z

“What best fits the needs of the Puerto Rican people would be their political organization as an independent republic, capable of determining the economic and social policies best adapted to a socially just and ecologically sound development, in collaboration with other peoples, and in particular, in collaboration with the people of the United States.”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Puerto Rico

Kurdish spring defies Erdogan

Mireille Court — 2021-03-28T12:39:24Z

“But the young and joyful crowd from Newroz to Diyarbakir and in all the cities of the region, waving thousands of HDP flags, was there yesterday to remind him that the game is far from being won.”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Turkey, Kurdistan

“They were all the more monstrous because they were women, they transgressed everything”

Mathilde Larrère — 2021-03-27T17:17:12Z

An interview with historian Mathilde Larrère on the role of women in the Paris Commune.

- IV554 - March 2021 / France, Women, Historical events and figures

Broad response to the neoliberal authoritarianism of the right-wing government

Panos Petrou — 2021-03-26T10:00:57Z

“The vibrant energy of the younger generations, combined with a possible reactivation of a sector of political activists with experience of struggles can constitute an element favourable to a new political phase”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Greece, Protest movements

Italy's Amazon Strike Shows How Workers Across the Supply Chain Can Unite

Francesco Massimo — 2021-03-25T10:33:56Z

“Amazon is a powerful monopoly that seeks to disrupt the rules of the game, from labor regulations to antitrust and tax laws. The pandemic, and the reorganization of the capitalist economy that followed, have only heightened its power.”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Italy, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Covid-19 Pandemic

“The Commune is an ode to emancipation, which crosses time”

Olivier Besancenot — 2021-03-24T07:24:26Z

“Across time, the Commune is not only its failures, but a source of living inspiration, the first experience of popular emancipation and power, of the power of the exploited and oppressed, with all its limitations, but which speaks to us across the decades. ”

- IV554 - March 2021 / France, Historical events and figures

Anti*Capitalist Resistance (ACR) – a new political regroupment

Dave Kellaway — 2021-03-23T10:59:55Z

“However the convergence has not come about just because of some agreement on global theoretical analysis but on a number of key political questions such as Brexit, Corbynism, ecosocialism, internal democracy, further regroupment on the left and internationalism.”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Britain, Fourth International, New parties of the left

The Netherlands shifts right, again

Alex de Jong — 2021-03-22T07:25:45Z

“The ray of hope is the entry into parliament of BIJ1 with one seat. This party, founded in 2016, combines a commitment to anti-racism with an anti-capitalism platform.”

- IV554 - March 2021 / Netherlands