https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/En-Route-to-Amsterdam https://internationalviewpoint.org/En-Route-to-Amsterdam 1997-05-01T00:00:00Z text/html en François Vercammen Europe <p>On 14 June, demonstrators from all fifteen European Union states will arrive in Amsterdam. On Foot. Francois Vercammen introduces the European marches against unemployment, marginalisation and job insecurity.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV288-May-1997-" rel="directory">IV288 - May 1997</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Europe-+" rel="tag">Europe</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-new-face-of-Eastern-Europe https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-new-face-of-Eastern-Europe 1997-05-01T00:00:00Z text/html en Nicos Yannoupoulos Albania <p>The Albanian insurrection is on the defensive. Although no-one can rule out the possibility of a new cycle of confrontation between the population and the multinational "peace-keeping" force. There is also a constant risk of aggressive manoeuvres by discredited President Sali Berisha.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV288-May-1997-" rel="directory">IV288 - May 1997</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Albania-+" rel="tag">Albania</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-limits-of-flexibility https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-limits-of-flexibility 1997-05-01T00:00:00Z text/html en Ilyas Altinoglu Greece <p>For ordinary Greeks, "rigorous" economic policies have brought misery. Ilyas Altinoglu reports on the waves of protest which have swept the country.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV288-May-1997-" rel="directory">IV288 - May 1997</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Greece-+" rel="tag">Greece</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Paramilitarisation https://internationalviewpoint.org/Paramilitarisation 1997-05-01T00:00:00Z text/html en Pablo Restrepo Colombia <p>After a decade of human rights abuses, the situation in Colombia is getting even worse.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV288-May-1997-" rel="directory">IV288 - May 1997</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Colombia-+" rel="tag">Colombia</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Free-trade-on-the-heels-of-genocide https://internationalviewpoint.org/Free-trade-on-the-heels-of-genocide 1997-05-01T00:00:00Z text/html en Cindy Forster Guatemala <p>Neo-liberal measures have escalated with a vengeance over the last decade as the war of the 1980s ground down.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV288-May-1997-" rel="directory">IV288 - May 1997</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Guatemala-+" rel="tag">Guatemala</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Election-violence-in-Sri-Lanka https://internationalviewpoint.org/Election-violence-in-Sri-Lanka 1997-05-01T00:00:00Z text/html en B. Skanthakumar Sri Lanka <p>Observers of the March 21st local elections in Sri Lanka predicted a poor result for the ruling Peoples Alliance. They were wrong.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV288-May-1997-" rel="directory">IV288 - May 1997</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Sri-Lanka-+" rel="tag">Sri Lanka</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Under-New-Management https://internationalviewpoint.org/Under-New-Management 1997-05-01T00:00:00Z text/html en Anke Hintjens Democratic Republic of Congo <p>Anke Hintjens reports from eastern Zaire. She recently returned from the rebel-held area.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV288-May-1997-" rel="directory">IV288 - May 1997</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo-+" rel="tag">Democratic Republic of Congo</a> https://internationalviewpoint.org/Privatising-the-privatisation-debate https://internationalviewpoint.org/Privatising-the-privatisation-debate 1997-05-01T00:00:00Z text/html en Rajni Lallah Mauritius <p>Management consultants Coopers and Lybrand are helping the Mauritan government avoid public debate on privatisation.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV288-May-1997-" rel="directory">IV288 - May 1997</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Mauritius-+" rel="tag">Mauritius</a>