International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine
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.
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Italy
Students and the working class united in a mass movement against the Government
6 November, byThis autumn in Italy, in the wake of the protests taking place across the globe, is characterised by a growing sense of awareness amongst the younger generations and their taking to the streets.
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Greece
Youth and teachers in the streets in Greece
6 November, byOn 21 October 2026 mobilisations for education took place in several Greek cities. In Athens, the demonstration brought together around 10,000 people. Solidarity with French youth combines with deep anger: dilapidated institutions, development of private universities, exclusion of students from the public, authoritarian evaluation of teachers and private courses that bleed families.
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Albania
Youth reject exile and corruption in Albania
5 November, by“We want to stay here,” Rejn, an 18-year-old student, told Reporterre. In Albania, young people are revolting against unemployment, corruption and the lack of prospects. Since 13 October, university and high school students have been demonstrating in Tirana and several other cities. Their demand: the departure of prime minister Edi Rama, in power since 2013.
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USA
$12 Billion Spent on this Election—Will it Determine the Outcome?
4 November, byThis year’s midterm election cost both major parties $12 billion—an all-time record. Politicians depend on this money to win elections, and this way donors buy candidates and parties.
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Peru
Winds of rebellion across the globe are heading toward Peru
3 November, by“We envision a movement in which the youth take a leading role, joined by leftist and progressive organisations, defense fronts, various social movements, the Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú (General Confederation of Workers of Peru, the largest trade union), Sindicato Unitario de Trabajadores en la Educación del Perú (the Unified Union of Education Workers of Peru), women’s groups, neighbourhood associations, professional bodies, workers, and the Peruvian people as a whole.”
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Recently posted Features
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Technology
In the crosshairs of AI
29 October, byread article...In this three-part series, Ashley Smith interviews two advanced tech workers, Josh and Yasmine, on the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its many intersecting implications for the nature of our lives, labor, and the Left. This initial installment provides a contextual overview of artificial intelligence as it is known in current political discourse and discusses both the financial and existential “hype” around AI. The second will explore AI’s connection to global labor and imperialism struggles, and the third will propose organizing interventions and strategies of resistance for the Left.
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Theory and strategy
Cooperatives, community, communism
29 October, byread article...“The great merit of this essay by Salvatore Cannavò – a fascinating analysis of two centuries of political experience and intellectual history – lies in rediscovering the richness and relevance of a long-forgotten tradition: the workers’ cooperative and mutual aid movement.”
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Technology
AI, data and inequality: preserving democracy
29 October, byread article...The dangers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) do not lie in the technological development itself, but in its management by uncontrolled economic powers. To counter this risk, there are “only” two strategies: collective struggle and political resistance in order to remove technology from purely extractive and capitalist logics.
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Obituary
A life as a revolutionary Marxist - Farewell, Antonio
25 October, byread article...Antonio Moscato, a long-standing member and activist of our organisation since the 1950s, passed away on the night of 24 October. He was 88 years old. A lifelong commitment, from agitation at the factory gates to the university, within our organisation and in the battle of ideas
