International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

The 1926 General Strike in Britain

Harry Wicks, Jim Higgins — 2026-06-08T11:26:25Z

This 1976 pamphlet first appeared as a series of articles in the Workers News, a fortnightly journal of socialist news and analysis.

- Features / Britain, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Historical events and figures

General Strike Rejects Labour Reform Package Once Again

Adriano Campos — 2026-06-06T11:23:00Z

“It's turning out to be a major general strike; the data we have from last night shows workers are determined to treat today as a major day of struggle,” said the CGTP's General Secretary in the morning outside one of the striking schools in Lisbon.

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Portugal, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Public education comes to a standstill in a historic strike in Valencia

Moisès Vizcaino, Vicent Mauri — 2026-06-02T08:39:22Z

“May 11th will be etched in the collective memory of the Valencian people. The teachers, the grassroots and union movement, and the entire educational community will make history for the dignity, determination, and strength they demonstrated during weeks of mobilisation and organisation. The indefinite strike is already a moral and political victory against an arrogant, authoritarian government that is completely out of touch with the reality of educational institutions.”

- IVP617 - June 2026 / Spanish state, Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services

Learning & Advancing from Setbacks

Against the Current Editors — 2026-05-20T07:13:31Z

“Fighting for race and gender equality and justice is part of the process of uniting the working class.”

- Features / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Labor Beyond Borders

Dianne Feeley — 2026-05-18T09:05:13Z

“When Shawn Fain [president of the United Auto Workers (UAW)] supported Trump's auto tariffs, he made the mistake of thinking that a narcissistic businessman could develop a policy in workers' interests. For Trump, tariffs are a weapon used to bludgeon workers in other countries.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Trade unions/workplace organizing

Swedish Dockworkers Against Russia's and Israel's Wars

Artem Tidva, Erik Helgeson — 2026-05-01T07:15:24Z

Ahead of May Day 2022, two months after Russia's full-scale attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian trade unionists called for solidarity with the invaded country. Artem Tidva, a Ukrainian left-winger and labour activist, addressed international unions calling for actions to help stop the Russian war machine.
In Sweden, such action was already underway. In March 2022, Swedish dockers had begun a blockade of Russian ships. This decision, supported by a nationwide vote among the Swedish Dockworkers' (…)

- Features / Sweden, Ukraine, Trade unions/workplace organizing

Comorian healthworkers strike against wage inequality

Paul Martial — 2026-04-30T10:25:49Z

A strike of unprecedented magnitude is shaking the main hospital in the Comoros. The issue: the fight for equal pay, regardless of status.

- IVP615 - April 2026 / Trade unions/workplace organizing, Public services , Comoros

Italian steel bosses do you think workers can fly!

Francesco Maresca — 2026-03-11T13:24:18Z

Another workplace death at the former Ilva steel plant in Taranto while production languishes and Minister Urso fails to act. Workers mobilise. Solidarity from Sinistra Anticapitalista

- IVP614 - March 2026 / Italy, Trade unions/workplace organizing

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

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