International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Progressives Strategic Failure: A Warning

Dan La Botz — 2026-07-12T17:09:05Z

Democratic Party candidates are perceived by many voters as part of the system, part of the establishment, which indeed most are. The most common profession of Democratic congressional representatives and senators is law. Most don't seem to share the common experiences of working class and lower middle-class people, because in fact they don't. Lawyers' average incomes range between $150,000 and $250,000, while the median income for American workers is $45,000 to $64,000,

- IVP618 - July 2026 / United States (USA)

Forcing Refugees To Return to Syria is a Bad Idea

Joseph Daher — 2026-07-11T10:23:20Z

“Not only are the conditions for a safe and dignified return to Syria not given. Without economic recovery and the reconstruction of critical state infrastructure a mass return of refugees to Syria would only worsen socio-economic conditions within the country and threaten large sectors of society dependent on remittances to survive.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Germany, Syria, Migration

Israel targets and kills children

Édouard Soulier — 2026-07-10T11:37:34Z

Two damning reports show that, in both Gaza and the West Bank, Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Palestine, Israel

The G7: the imperialist order under Trump's leadership

William Donaura — 2026-07-09T09:11:54Z

Held in the shadow of Donald Trump, the G7 summit served above all to confirm the alignment of Western powers with US strategic and energy interests. Behind the declarations of principle, this summit points to strengthened imperialist cooperation, still built on the backs of the people.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / United States (USA), France, Imperialism

Resisting “green capitalism” in Kenya

Paul Martial — 2026-07-08T10:30:23Z

“Carbon credits enable multinationals to offset their carbon dioxide emissions by funding environmental projects. In Kenya, the Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) specialises in this type of activity. It manages ‘conservancies', i.e. areas set aside for this purpose.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Ecology and the Environment, Kenya

Many Fronts, One Struggle: A Report on the 7th International Ecosocialist Encounters

William van den Heuvel — 2026-07-07T19:18:45Z

“An opening debate on geopolitics drew the connection sharply: the Green Deal had been left largely to capital and had offered working people, and the poorest layers in particular, very little. It is precisely into that gap that the far right thrusts. It frames environmental policy as an assault on ordinary people and wins terrain the left has long vacated.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Belgium, Ecosocialism

Trump Campaigns on Anti-Communism as Left Opponents Are Indicted

Dan La Botz — 2026-07-06T06:32:29Z

“The previous two Red Scares strengthened right-wingers in both the Democratic and Republican Parties and drove many leftists underground or out of the movement. While we don't know what Trump's Red Scare will do, it has to be seen as a serious threat to the left, to the unions, and to the social movements.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / United States (USA)

215 years after Venezuela's Declaration of Independence: Long live the republic

Collective — 2026-07-05T07:42:08Z

The massive demonstrations of popular solidarity following the earthquakes that shook the country on June 24 have once again shown us that no hardship can destroy the moral and spiritual foundation that defines us as a nation. We have responded to the destructive and deadly seismic energy with the restorative energy of humanity. With the same unyielding spirit that our Liberator Simón Bolívar displayed in the face of the earthquake of March 26, 1812, we will overcome this painful situation, and with the same resolve of yesterday and today, all patriotic forces will fight to regain our independence.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Venezuela

The framework agreement Lebanon-Israel, a capitulation to multiple threats

Joseph Daher — 2026-07-04T08:26:50Z

Following the fragile memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, on 26 June 2026 the Lebanese and Israeli governments signed, with the sponsorship of the United States, “a framework agreement”. In addition to representing a capitulation to US and Israeli political interests, this “agreement”, in its conclusion, threatens to transform the Lebanese state into a security subcontractor of Tel Aviv and thus deepen both political and sectarian tensions in the country.

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Israel, Lebanon

Colombia: in the eye of the storm

Jean Batou, Rodrigo Granda — 2026-07-03T12:01:58Z

“Almost no one in Colombia expected a victory for the candidate Abelardo de la Espriella in the first round, on May 31. He was able to capture the political zeitgeist within large sectors that were bitter enemies of the peace process and opposed the policy of change proposed by President Petro.”

- IVP618 - July 2026 / Colombia