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After the 1973 Coup in Chile

3 hours 15 minutes ago

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

- Features / Chile, Historical events and figures, Features
Central Committee of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, Chilean Section of the Fourth International

The coup in Chile

3 hours 15 minutes ago

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.

- Features / Chile, Historical events and figures, Features
United Secretariat of the Fourth International

The Chile Coup and after

3 hours 22 minutes ago

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.

- Features / Chile, Historical events and figures, Features
Liga Communiste De Chile

Debate on the counter revolution in Chile (1973)

3 hours 25 minutes ago

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.

- Features / Chile, Historical events and figures, Features
Livio Maitan, Lucio Colletti

The crossroads of the Portuguese left

3 hours 43 minutes ago

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

- Features / Portugal
Toupeira Vermelha

10 September: building a mass movement to break with Macron and his world

1 day 4 hours ago

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

- IVP608 - September 2025 / France
Antoine Larrache

Nepal protests have deeper roots

3 days 1 hour ago

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?

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Nepal, Protest movements
Alex de Jong

The Indonesian Protests Are a Revolt Against Oligarchy

3 days 22 hours ago

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.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Protest movements
Michael G. Vann

Côte d'Ivoire: Exclusion of main opponents in presidential election

5 days 8 hours ago

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.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Côte d'Ivoire
Paul Martial

Trump Wants a More Militaristic, Bellicose America

5 days 17 hours 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 week 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

Gaza: An undeniable genocide, a criminal complicity

1 week 1 day ago

Two years after the genocide in Gaza began, the population is suffering from relentless bombing, organized starvation and attacks on journalists and relief workers. Israeli propaganda, relayed by its allies, no longer masks the colonial and genocidal character of its policies, while Palestinian and international resistance continues.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Palestine
Édouard Soulier

Türkiye: From the Kurdish movement to mass mobilizations

1 week 2 days ago

On the occasion of the agreement on the dissolution of the PKK, Uraz Aydin presents the history of this movement and the evolution of the protest against the Erdoğan regime.

- IVP608 - September 2025 / Turkey, Kurdistan
Uraz Aydin
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