International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Corsica - the stone in Macron's shoe

Antoine Larrache, Desideriu Ramelet-Stuart — 2022-03-31T09:16:00Z

"When you combine democratic oppression, colonial oppression and capitalist oppression, after a while it's too much.”

- IV566 - March 2022 / France, National question, Corsica

Hunger threatens more than 4 million Haitians

Inter Press Service — 2022-03-30T09:30:10Z

The "Ukraine crisis" [Putin's Russian-led war] may soon worsen Haiti's food security as world prices for the food the country must import rise.

- IV566 - March 2022 / Haiti

Between War and Terror: A Letter from Russia

Oxana Timofeeva — 2022-03-29T20:15:12Z

Since the very first day of the war, protests have been ongoing throughout Russia, and they have taken a variety of forms. The primary one is the daily “stroll” on the streets. In contemporary Russian political language, the words gulyanie (strolling) or progulka (a walk) mean protests and meetings.
Formally, only one-person pickets are allowed, but their participants are usually immediately detained by the police. For this reason, people often simply agree to face the risk of arrest (…)

- IV566 - March 2022 / Russia, War drive/Anti-war movements

Biden Buoyed Up by U.S. Role in Ukraine, Despite Economic Issues

Dan La Botz — 2022-03-28T16:07:21Z

“Wartime presidents often improve in the polls, at least initially, and Biden is seen as one. ”

- IV566 - March 2022 / United States (USA)

The pipeline of shame in Uganda

Paul Martial — 2022-03-27T14:31:32Z

Challenged in Russia, because of the war against Ukraine, TotalEnergies' business is also contested in East Africa.

- IV566 - March 2022 / Uganda

Racism under Covid-19 in Japan

Karen Yamanaka — 2022-03-26T08:49:50Z

“Confronting racism and driving xenophobic discrimination out of society is an urgent task for populations in Japan today. ”

- IV566 - March 2022 / Japan, Racism and Islamophobia, Covid-19 Pandemic

Dear President Zelensky, your support for Israel is a disgrace

Asad Ghanem — 2022-03-25T08:56:08Z

In an open letter, political analyst Asad Ghanem urges the Ukrainian president to stop employing double standards and to support the Palestinian struggle

- IV566 - March 2022 / Palestine, Ukraine, Israel

We Are Palestinians, and We Refuse to Leave Our Homeland

Salah Hamouri — 2022-03-24T16:46:47Z

Salah Hamouri's repeated arrests by Israel have been the subject of considerable controversy in his mother's native France, with enormous civil society campaigns mobilizing for his release. In this article for Jacobin, he gives a firsthand account of his struggle, the battle for Jerusalem, and the wider fight for Palestinian justice. The day after it appeared he was arrested again.

- IV566 - March 2022 / Palestine, Israel

War against Ukraine: a disaster for Africa too

Paul Martial — 2022-03-23T09:37:00Z

“The risk today with the war initiated by Putin is a large-scale famine in Africa.”

- IV566 - March 2022 / Russia, Africa, Ukraine

Xi, please ask Putin to withdraw his troops

Au Loong-Yu — 2022-03-22T06:32:58Z

Au Loong-yu explores China's response to Russia's war in Ukraine.

- IV566 - March 2022 / Russia, China, Ukraine