International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Victorious mobilizations in Greece against the backdrop of the police state

Andreas Sartzekis — 2021-11-30T07:01:48Z

“The next step is how to amplify and organize this combativity in the coming period,”

- IV562 - November 2021 / Greece

Critique of “Leftwing” Antivax Disinformation: Antivaxxers of All Stripes Pose a Serious Threat to Public Health.

Clifford D. Conner — 2021-11-29T08:27:52Z

“As I have demonstrated, there are valid, serious criticisms to be made of Big Pharma and U.S. public health agencies, but the essential value of the worldwide Covid vaccine programs is challenged only by scoundrels and demagogues.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / United States (USA), Covid-19 Pandemic

First setback for Sudan's isolated junta

Paul Martial — 2021-11-28T07:55:57Z

“The resistance that has been organized throughout the country has borne fruit.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / Sudan

Xi Jinping sings his praises to the CCP Central Committee

Pierre Rousset — 2021-11-27T08:13:46Z

“Xi Jinping's position, however, does not yet seem to be consolidated.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / China

Fascist wins first round of presidential elections in Chile

Dave Kellaway — 2021-11-26T08:10:53Z

“Eventually the struggle of working people – including in all their diversity as women, gays, indigenous – against a capitalist system that makes them poorer, unhealthier and is destroying the planet, will always re-ignite. Let us hope they can win a victory on 19 December.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / Chile

The Argentine government loses its majority and the far left improves its position

Sylvain Chardon — 2021-11-25T06:51:58Z

“To consolidate these electoral results and move towards eco-socialist solutions, would take much more than a simple electoral agreement (which is better than nothing, let's admit it). It would require a broad, unified and democratic movement of all the forces of the far left […]. We are far from this and each of the components of the FIT-U is organizing its own assemblies and victory demonstrations.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / Argentina

Workers' mobilization in Cadiz for power translated into rights

David de la Cruz , José María González — 2021-11-24T05:53:46Z

“[T]he causes for which we fight are difficult, but they are so just that that one day we will win them.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / Spanish state, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Afghanistan and Its Challenge to Feminism

Frieda Afary' — 2021-11-23T06:01:54Z

“A global socialist feminist view also demands supporting the plight of Afghan refugees and confronting racist forces in our countries who use refugees as scapegoats for the problems caused by capitalism and imperialism.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / Women, Afghanistan

The “Striketober” Debate in America

Dan La Botz — 2021-11-22T07:02:40Z

“Finding themselves in a conflict with the boss and often facing the police, workers become more open to thinking critically about both big business and politics. When that happens, socialist activists in the labor movement can offer strategic ideas and can raise the socialist critique of capitalism and propose a revolutionary socialist alternative.”

- IV562 - November 2021 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Disconnecting the employers

José Soeiro — 2021-11-21T06:40:36Z

The battle to impose bosses' “duty to disconnect” to ensure workers' “right to disconnect”.

- IV562 - November 2021 / Portugal, Trade unions/workplace organizing