International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Works council elections in Germany reveal an upheaval

Gerhard Klaas — 2022-04-30T21:17:58Z

“One thing is certain: employers and union busting endanger individual health, human rights and democracy. It is important to publicly denounce these practices of company management.”

- IV567 - April 2022 / Germany, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Candle Light to Be Rekindled in South Korea with the Oppressed People's Power

Karen Yamanaka — 2022-04-29T21:21:34Z

“A "nation" that does not guarantee the fundamental rights and only ruins the lives of oppressed people is not the place to live.”

- IV567 - April 2022 / South Korea

FNAC Switzerland: smile, you'll get a pay rise!

Tamara Knežević — 2022-04-28T08:29:32Z

“Beyond their destabilizing nature, such changes weaken the possibility of a collective organization of employees.”

- IV567 - April 2022 / Trade unions/workplace organizing, Switzerland

Mobilization continues in Sudan

Paul Martial — 2022-04-27T09:59:19Z

“With or without the Russians, the generals have failed to inflict a defeat on the social movement.”

- IV567 - April 2022 / Sudan

“Everything is falling apart. Because of Putin's aggression!”

Kirill Buketov — 2022-04-26T06:27:37Z

“Today, all Russians feel that all our culture and all the achievements of our civilization are collapsing. Everything is falling apart. Because of Putin's aggression! ”

- IV567 - April 2022 / Russia

“There are common features between historical fascism and the far right”

Ugo Palheta — 2022-04-25T05:19:54Z

“[T]his kind of process can be set in motion without fascist forces being in power; this is the way we analyse what has been happening in France for the last few years, notably with Macronism, an authoritarianism of capital that has systematically shifted to the terrain of reactionaries.”

- IV567 - April 2022 / France, Far Right

Trump, Trumpism, and the Great Backlash

Dan La Botz — 2022-04-24T10:32:22Z

Despite a House investigation into the January 6, 2021 insurrection and criminal investigations in several states, former president Donald Trump remains the leader of the Republican Party and a powerful influence on its politics.

- IV567 - April 2022 / United States (USA)

Almost 20% of children are in paid work in Brazil

La Diaria — 2022-04-23T10:48:00Z

“For Bolsonaro, it is good that children work.”

- IV567 - April 2022 / Brazil

Durban's latest Rain Bomb kills more than 300 and unveils state climate sloth

Mary Galvin, Patrick Bond — 2022-04-22T12:18:11Z

This devastating report on the terrible floods in Durban indicts the total failure of the South African government to prepare for an entirely predictable and predicted disaster. But this report has huge international relevance because these floods are precisely one of the forms climate change is taking in many parts of the world and the criminal negligence of the Ramaphosa government is typical of capitalist governments everywhere. GEN

- IV567 - April 2022 / Ecology and the Environment, South Africa, Climate

The Ukrainian invasion: Implications for Putin's power

Ilya Matveev — 2022-04-20T08:39:17Z

The disastrous military campaign, unprecedented Western sanctions and the ensuing economic crisis tested the resilience of the Russian regime. Putin's political system withstood the test; and his grip on power is as strong as ever. However, his ability to solve Russia's problems and achieve constructive goals is another matter.

- IV567 - April 2022 / Economy