International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

France: Right-wing offensive follows killing

Léon Crémieux — 2026-02-28T19:20:16Z

Since 12 February 2026, after a clash in Lyon between a group of antifa and a group of fascists that resulted in the death of one of the latter, France has taken a sordid turn in a campaign of demonization and criminalization of La France Insoumise (LFI), the left wing party led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, which is directly accused of being politically responsible for the death of this person.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / France, Far Right

Deaths to order

Andreas Sartzekis — 2026-02-27T16:39:12Z

“This is not chance, these are programmed crimes.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Greece, Migration, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Israel's International Prison Policies

Édouard Soulier, Monira Moon — 2026-02-26T15:20:00Z

As colonization and repression intensify in Palestine, Israeli prison policy is reaching an unprecedented level. Mass arrests, torture, arbitrary detentions and the international extension of repressive measures are part of a globalized colonial system.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Palestine, Israel

A Ukrainian Socialist Went to War. Here's What He Thinks About Peace.

Sasha Talaver, Taras Bilous — 2026-02-25T15:23:00Z

Four years into Russia's invasion, Taras Bilous — a socialist serving in the Ukrainian army — reflects on exhaustion, negotiations, and why a bad ceasefire could be a boon for the far right.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Ukraine

Landslide Victory For The Ruling LDP Party in the General Election

Toshizo Omori — 2026-02-24T17:27:09Z

What Happened and What Lessons Leftists Should Learn from the Defeat of Oppositions in the Parliament?

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Japan

Jesse Jackson (1941-2026): An Assessment of a Civil Rights Icon

Malik Miah — 2026-02-23T21:58:00Z

“Jesse Jackson was a hero to millions. Even those of us on the socialist left praised his integrity and outspoken views on issues like Black Lives Matter and police violence.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / United States (USA), Anti-racism and Islamophobia

Nurses Leading the Class Struggle and Resistance to ICE

Dan La Botz — 2026-02-22T11:05:09Z

“ICE is a public health crisis because patients are afraid to seek care because they're afraid to go outside. People in the hospital should feel like they can seek care and not be in fear of persecution.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services

The Algerian Regime: Incompetence, Inconsistency, Arrogance and Repression!

Nasser U Haddad — 2026-02-21T07:30:00Z

Early 2026 has been turbulent for the Algerian regime, marked by an accumulation of improvisations and tensions creating a state of alert. A series of social and political events have highlighted structural and latent contradictions in governmental affairs management that contradict the president's triumphalist rhetoric.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Algeria

Roots of the Labour Crisis

Phil Hearse — 2026-02-20T09:07:57Z

The Starmer projest is crashing.

- IVP613 - February 2026 / Britain

Lessons from Minneapolis

Tempest Collective — 2026-02-19T16:41:52Z

“The outpouring of protest and support for immigrants is a multiracial fightback based in the working class with anti-racist politics at its heart. It is a powerful antidote to Trump's use of anti-immigrant scapegoating.”

- IVP613 - February 2026 / United States (USA)