2 days ago · 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.

31 Dec 2024 · It is that time of year when we reflect on the key events of 2024. Unlike the mainstream mass media we are interested in examining what happened from the point of view of the current and historic interests of the working class. Our task is to deconstruct the ideology that focuses on the visually dramatic, political or cultural personalities or the trivial.

20 Nov 2024 · Within the general framework of the multidimensional crisis in which we find ourselves, now aggravated by the stimulus that Trump's recent electoral victory represents for the rise of an extreme right on a global scale, it seems even more evident that we are witnessing a profound crisis of the international geopolitical (dis)order, as well as of the basic rules of …

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16 Jan 2025 · The events that have unfolded in Lebanon between the election of a new president of the Republic on Thursday 9 January and the appointment of a new prime minister on Monday 13, constitute a major upheaval in the country's political situation. The fact is that these events are themselves primarily the result of a major upheaval in the actual balance of power that …

29 Nov 2024 · Faced with the neo-fascist danger represented by the FN/RN (National Front/Nationally Rally), the result of the second round of the early legislative elections has provided a respite. An essential respite since it avoids handing over the levers of the state to them, but it does not eliminate the fundamental processes that were expressed in the …

4 Dec 2024 · In just a few days, after having remained relatively static for a few years, Syria has turned anew into a theatre of war of movement, in what looks like a resumption of the last major displacement of the battlefronts that took place in 2016, when the Assad regime regained control of Aleppo with Iranian and Russian support and Turkish complicity.

23 Oct 2024 · “The root of our problems is that too often, the interest of those whose invisible work actually keeps the country running has been ignored. Hopefully, this time, we've learned the lesson. This is why “Sotsialnyi Rukh” publicly declares our readiness to cooperate with other forces to build a political movement that ensures the voice of the people is heard in the …

17 Feb 2004 · Before approaching the new developments in the world situation since the 15th World Congress, let’s recall the reference points that mark the general framework of our analysis of the period, noted at the last Congress of the International:

31 May 2023 · The defeat of the left-wing bloc in the municipal and regional elections on 28 May has unleashed a political earthquake. The ruling Partido Socialista Obrero Español – PSOE or Spanish Socialist Workers Party – lost six of the eight autonomous communities in which it …