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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.
21 April –
Ecosocialism and Marxism
Michael Löwy and Daniel Tanuro outline “
The contribution of the Fourth International to ecosocialism
”, Paul Murphy discusses “
Ecosocialism or barbarism
” and the
Fourth International Manifesto
, RS from Ireland on “
War Ecology
”, and in a historical perspective Daniel Tanuro evaluates “
The Heavy Legacy of Leon Trotsky
” on ecology. Two reviews: Cinzia Arruzza offers “
A Review of Nancy Holmstrom’s “From a Marxist-Feminist Point of View”
” and Paul Le Blanc “
The Revolutionary Development of Global Marxism
”.
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USA
Trump’s recent racist rant against Somalia, Somalis and Somali Americans
24 April
, by
Thomas Tews
During a White House Easter lunch, US President Donald Trump made racist comments on people of Somali origin, calling them “low-IQ” and “bad people”.
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Hungary
Some thoughts on Orbán’s defeat
23 April
, by
Fabrizio Burattini
“The future of Hungary is in the hands of the thousands of young people who, since Sunday night, have invaded the streets of Budapest, in the civil society that is mobilizing and organizing, in the possibility that they will not stop there and not be satisfied with Magyar’s victory.”
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Peru
In defence of the popular vote against the Mafia
22 April
, by
Jorge Escalante
The far-right mafia managed to reach the second round. To achieve this, they and the entire mafia pact in Congress forged a strategy to avoid being defeated again, as had happened in 2021. The strategy employed consisted of a series of measures that express the decay of bourgeois democracy as we know it and, at the same time, reflect anti-popular authoritarianism.
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Lebanon
Living conditions and resistance in Lebanon
21 April
, by
Nicolas Dot-Pouillard
“Nevertheless, there is today a left-wing sensibility in Lebanon, anti-imperialist, opposed to the occupation and which has concrete effects on the ground, limited but nevertheless real. It is trying to build something, in particular what could be called a form of civil resistance.”
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USA
Trump, Pope Leo, Jesus, and the Bible
20 April
, by
Dan La Botz
For the last two weeks, President Donald Trump and Pope Leo have been arguing about the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and about Jesus and the Bible. Trump’s words have been accompanied by A.I images he posted on social media, one of himself as Jesus. And now the rightwing evangelical Christians have put together a national program of Bible reading. American politics is at the moment awash in religion.
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...and the rest of the current issue
Spanish state
The Left at the Crossroads: Notes For Building Anew
Africa
The ravages of agribusiness in Africa
USA
Trump Perceived as a War Criminal and a Mad Man
Hungary
Hungary 2026: An Autopsy of Sixteen Years of Illiberalism.
Iran
Reza Pahlavi speaks of a “revolution”, but what kind?
All articles
Recently posted Features
Ecosocialism
The contribution of the Fourth International to ecosocialism
21 April
, by
Daniel Tanuro
Michael Löwy
This document traces the path taken by the International, from Trotsky’s modernist concerns to the adoption of the Manifesto for an Ecosocialist Revolution and the campaign waged around it by the sections.
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Ecosocialist Manifesto
Ecosocialism or barbarism
21 April
, by
Paul Murphy
“The danger of a great catastrophe … is imminent. All the newspapers have written about this time and again. Everybody says this. Everybody admits it. Everybody has decided it is so. Yet nothing is being done.”
This isn’t Greta Thunberg speaking truth to power. This was Lenin.
read article...
Ecology in Palestine
War Ecology
21 April
, by
R.S.
The Palestinian Olive Council estimates that approximately one million olive trees have been destroyed in Gaza.The World Bank estimates that the war on Lebanon generated approximately 22 million tonnes of waste.
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Women and Fascism
The Gender(ed) Politics of Fascism: How Women Came to Lead the Contemporary Far-Right
12 April
, by
Sonja Pietiläinen
During the last decade, far-right women leaders have played an essential role in contributing to the growing acceptance of fascism. Although the globally thriving far-right is anti-feminist and male-dominated, it is increasingly led by women. Marine Le Pen (National Rally), Riikka Purra (Finns Party), Alice Weidel (Alternative for Germany), Giorgia Meloni (Brothers of Italy), Pia Kjærsgaard (Danish People’s Party), Siv Jensen (Progress Party), Beata Szydło (Law and Justice) are only a few of the latest examples of influential far-right women leaders.
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News from the FI, the militant left and the social movements
USA
Movement Builds to Free Milwaukee Muslim Leader Detained by ICE
April 2026
On Monday, March 30, Salah Sarsour, President of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee (ISM) was stopped by a dozen vehicles and arrested by 10 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who first took him to the Broadview Detention Center in Illinois, and then to the Clay County Justice Center, near Terre Haute, Indiana.
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France
For an anti-fascist front against the far right
March 2026
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.
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Brazil
Brazil’s PSOL opposes federation with the governing PT
March 2026
The majority of the party votes to maintain its autonomy and a commitment to social change.
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Algeria
Lyes is freed!
February 2026
After 59 days of unjust imprisonment, Lyes Touati has finally been acquitted - 59 days of waiting, mobilization, solidarity and determination.
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Iran
The Massacre of Protesters Will Not Block the Path to Freedom
Statement of the Iranian Writers’ Association
January 2026
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