International Viewpoint

Nepal has been shaken by three days of a lightning revolt. In less than 48 hours in early September, political power was swept away like a flash in the pan by popular anger. Many official buildings and private residences of ministers were set on fire. As we write this, the military has filled the power vacuum. A very strict curfew has been decreed.

This year's three-week cycle race round the Spanish State, La Vuelta, has set numerous records. Not in terms of sporting prowess, but in regard to the popular mobilisations to stop it being used to whitewash Israel's genocide in Palestine.

“The benefit Israel derives from this extreme right-wing international alliance is that these forces have become the most ardent defenders of the Zionist state in general and the Netanyahu government in particular.”

The assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old leader of the far-right youth organization Turning Point USA has intensified the political polarization in the United States and has led to calls by Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement to call for the elimination of the left from American political life.

Joanna Misnik (1942-2025) was a long time leader of the Fourth Internationalists in the USA. We are publishing here the first tributes received.

Political Resolution from the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, Chilean Section of the Fourth International after the coup.

The coup in Chile on 11th September 1973 was a chilling example of counter revolution, backed by Western powers. This statement from the Fourth International condemns the military take over. Below is a motion and an article from revolutionary socialists in Chile about the situation.

The Liga Communiste De Chile, sympathising group of the Fourth International held an underground conference in Chile after the coup. The following is a translation of sections of the main perspectives document discussed at that conference.

In our 'From the Archive' series we republish this editorial prepared for the September 1973 issue of the Chilean publication Revolución Permanente.

Leading member of the Fourth International, Livio Maitan, replies to views expressed by the Marxist philosopher Lucio Colletti in a mass-circulation Italian weekly following the Chilean coup.

The war continues despite the peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, signed in Washington under the auspices of Trump.

On the left, there is an urgent need to return to basics, where door-to-door canvassing and grassroots work in factories and schools are not just carried out during election periods, but because they are an effective way of countering misinformation and laying the foundations for changing the material reality and deepening the reality of activism. Toupeira Vermelha – The Red Mole, a collective of militants of the Fourth International

The mobilization on 10 September was a success. It provides a springboard for building a mass movement for radical change in France.

Trump's August 25 late night internet post firing Lisa Cook from the Board of Governors of Federal Reserve System, the country's central bank, came as a surprise. Why her?

Under the right conditions, a spark can start a prairie fire. Protests against a social media in Nepal ban grew into a full blown uprising after police killed 19 protesters. Houses of prominent politicians were attacked, the parliament set on fire and the government is in shambles. But what is next?

The Indonesian president, Prabowo, would like to turn the clock back to the dark days of the Suharto dictatorship. But he's been confronted with an unexpected wave of protest after the killing of a young man by police in Jakarta, the country's capital.

The exclusion of the main opposition candidates from the presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire on 25 October 2025 casts a shadow over the vote and fuels the risk of political violence in a country marked by a long history of electoral crises.

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.

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.

Two million people have been impacted, 2200 villages and millions of acre of agri land are under water. Unprecedented Flood water now moving toward Sindh endangering lives of millions.