International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

A Life of Struggle for Land and Community in Guatemala

Dawn Marie Paley — 2023-01-31T09:45:48Z

Isabel Solís has spent decades participating in struggles for freedom and in defense of life and communal land in Guatemala.

- IV576 - January 2023 / Guatemala, Indigenous struggles

Heading for a general strike in Denmark?

Jonathan Simmel — 2023-01-30T11:56:03Z

“It is an exciting time in Denmark and it could open up whole new possibilities for a left that has had difficulty finding itself and mobilizing in the last few years.”

- IV576 - January 2023 / Denmark, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Britain to see biggest strike for decades on 1 February

Terry Conway — 2023-01-29T20:15:29Z

“1 February is a good start but we need far more to stop this massive attack on workers' rights. ”

- IV576 - January 2023 / Britain, Trade unions/workplace organizing

A Crisis Caused by Imperialism and Its Oligarchic Cronies

Simón Rodríguez Porras — 2023-01-28T18:53:00Z

On August 22, 2022, coinciding with the 231st anniversary of the start of the Haitian Revolution, the most recent wave of popular mobilizations against the pro-imperialist regime of the Haitian Baldhead Party (PHTK) began.

- IV576 - January 2023 / Haiti

Why should we support the popular rebellion in Peru?

Israel Dutra — 2023-01-27T11:03:00Z

More than 20 years later, the Peruvian people have set in motion a mass struggle against a government that wants to assert itself with dictatorial elements.

- IV576 - January 2023 / Peru

Call for a global counter-summit of social movements to the IMF-WB Annual Meetings

CADTM International — 2023-01-26T11:44:09Z

“Let's make the voice of social movements heard in Marrakech next October. We want to demonstrate the power of organized peoples, defend popular sovereignty and promote social and environmental justice.”

- IV576 - January 2023 / Morocco, Global Justice, Debt

Spectre of fascism is haunting us

Yong-hui Hong — 2023-01-25T12:02:08Z

“From the past situation of Abe's politics, the fascism inherent in “Abeism” emerges. “Abeism” is closely associated with fascism and the fascist movements, if not fascism itself.”

- IV576 - January 2023 / Japan, Far Right

The Battle Over Abortion Rights in the Streets

Dan La Botz — 2023-01-24T08:46:08Z

“Sixty-two percent of Americans support the right to abortion. While liberals and progressives dominate the abortion rights movement, socialist feminists are also active in it.”

- IV576 - January 2023 / United States (USA), Women

Africa: the dustbin of capitalism

Paul Martial — 2023-01-23T11:01:42Z

“Whether for traffickers, the mafia or "honourable" business leaders, exporting waste to Africa is a way to earn or save money. But it is also and above all a way to perpetuate a system of overconsumption generating profits, whatever the consequences for the environment.”

- IV576 - January 2023 / Ecology and the Environment, Africa

A disappointing agreement on engineering wages in Germany

Jakob Schaefer — 2023-01-22T08:14:01Z

“It is all the more important now to highlight the inadequacy of this agreement and to mentally prepare for the fact that we must therefore act ourselves, that this is the most effective way of imposing higher wages and salaries.”

- IV576 - January 2023 / Germany, Trade unions/workplace organizing