Artikelen van International Viewpoint

Trump Wants a More Militaristic, Bellicose America

1 month 3 weeks ago

President Donald Trump last week renamed the U.S. Department of Defense, announcing that it is now the Department of War. The name change suggests that Trump wants a more warlike country, despite his claims that he is a peacemaker. In fact, the Trump administration already has a remarkable record of military action in various regions of the world.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

Stand with Peasants and Rural Communities in the wake of the 2025 worst ever floods

1 month 3 weeks ago

Worst ever flood at River Ravi for 38 years, hundreds of villages affected across Ravi, Chenab and Sutlej belts. Kartarour complex (a place of worship for Sikh community, located inside Pakistan, where Indians can come without visa) submerged. Over 800 killed, thousands injured, eight districts of Punjab under water.

- News from around the world / Ecology and the Environment, Pakistan, Solidarity after disasters
Farooq Tariq

Return from Ukraine

1 month 4 weeks ago

The Nordic left is making great strides in its thinking on questions of popular defence and security in Europe. This reflection is nourished by its sustained and permanent commitment in favour of Ukraine. It actively supports Ukrainian trade unions and social movements as well as progressive anti-fascist fighters who combat Russian imperialism.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Denmark, Ukraine
Bjarke Friborg

More pay, but less union democracy - A complicated strike victory at Air Canada

1 month 4 weeks ago

After an inspiring four days on strike, Air Canada flight attendants are now voting on a tentative agreement (TA) that offers significant gains in pay. To get the TA, however, union officials also agreed to sacrifice the workers' right to reject the whole deal and fight for more. Canadian socialist David Camfield explains the unusual circumstances of this struggle—and the unusual deal that ended it.
Flight attendants at Air Canada (AC) and Air Canada Rouge, around 10,500 workers, went on (…)

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Canada, Trade unions/workplace organizing
David Camfield

Trump Fires Top Officials, Seizes Control of American Cities

2 months ago

Many of us were on vacation last month, but President Donald Trump was hard at work, dismantling American democracy and creating a reactionary authoritarian state. Trump, in an attempt to take personal and absolute control of the federal government in unprecedented moves of dubious legality, terminated three top level government officials.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / United States (USA)
Dan La Botz

Prabowo: Stop State Violence, Revoke Parliamentarians' Facilities and Allowances, End Repression Against Mass Action, Provide Justice for Victims

2 months ago

The death of Affan Kurniawan, an online motorcycle taxi driver who participated in mass action and was run over by security apparatus vehicles, cannot be viewed as an isolated incident. This event is part of the face of systematic state violence; the apparatus is used to silence the people's voices with impunity that continues to be allowed.

- IVP607 - August 2025 / Women, Indonesia, Protest movements
Indonesian Women's Alliance (API)
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