International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

Let's stop Orbanization in Greece!

Andreas Sartzekis — 2026-05-26T12:29:26Z

As soon as he became prime minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis built parallel powers and, seven years later, he is swimming in scandals marking the privatization of the state for his own benefit and that of his relatives and the employers.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Greece

Trump's Justice Department Bring Charge Against Raul Castro—What's next?

Dan La Botz — 2026-05-25T11:00:15Z

President Donald Trump's Justice Department on May 20, 2026 charged Raúl Castro with murder. Raúl, the 94-year-old brother of Fidel Castro was one of the revolutionaries who overthrew the government of dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and established a Communist pro-Soviet state by 1961. The charges against him stem from February 1996 when a Cuban exile group called Brothers to the Rescue flew two planes toward Cuba but while still in international airspace were shot down by Cuban fighter planes, killing four people in the planes. Now the Trump government is holding Raúl Castro, who has served as head of the Communist Party and chief of state, responsible for those deaths.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Cuba

Towards a resumption of genocide in Gaza

Édouard Soulier — 2026-05-24T08:51:06Z

Behind the so-called ceasefire, the reconstruction of Gaza is blocked, and Israel is already preparing a new large-scale offensive. As always with Israel, agreements are not respected and ceasefires are mainly used to rearm and prepare for the next offensive. Nearly 800 people have been killed during this so-called ceasefire.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Palestine

Civil society on a dual front in Ukraine

NPA-A Ukraine Solidarity Intervention Group — 2026-05-23T08:48:33Z

Four years of war have not suspended social and political conflicts in Ukraine. Civil society, largely engaged in a war of survival in the face of Russian aggression, continues to fight to defend its rights.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Ukraine

Elections in Andalucia: After the Whirlwind

David de la Cruz, Manuel Garí — 2026-05-22T09:38:59Z

“We need a strong Andalusian left-wing force in the Cortes that can be decisive in ensuring our region is no longer treated as a political periphery. Andalusia's problems must, for once, be at the forefront. And we aspire to be in Congress and to play a decisive role.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / Spanish state, National question

US May Day Actions Lay Foundations for Mass Militant Labor Action

Kay Mann, Randy Furst — 2026-05-21T14:09:34Z

May Day actions in the US called by May Day Strong (MDS), a coalition of left led union such as the Chicago teacher's union (CTU) and union locals in Minneapolis, California and elsewhere, took place throughout the country under the slogan, “No Work, No School, No Shopping” to protest Trump's domestic and international policies. Two articles - by Kay Mann on the nationwide picture and Randy Furst gives a focus on Minneapolis.

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Protest movements

The Reasons for the US-Israeli Aggression against Iran

Sarah Selami — 2026-05-20T14:01:54Z

“It is important to remember that the Islamic Republic of Iran — and more broadly the Iranian capitalism it administers — is not a simple passive victim of this warlike configuration. It is a fully-fledged player, committed to its own logic of power, internal consolidation and regional influence.”

- IVP616 - May 2026 / United States (USA), Israel, Iran

Power and urgency in the ecological crisis

Júlia Martí, Martín Lallana — 2026-05-20T11:43:12Z

The urgency of the global crisis of capitalism, particularly because of the ecological crisis, is undeniable. Answering this question requires a clear vision of the question of power and the transition to another society.

- Features / Ecology and the Environment, Strategy

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

The Self-Emancipation of Workers and the Oppressed: Lessons from the German and Spanish Revolutions

Uraz Aydin — 2026-05-20T07:13:13Z

“‘The emancipation of the working class will be the work of the workers themselves'. I consider this proposal to be the most fundamental rupture, the most decisive turning point between the conception of socialism borne by Marxism and all the revolutionary thought that preceded it.”

- Features / Marxism, Turkey, Kurdistan