What we do
Blueprint
We are designing a policy blueprint to transform the institutions that impact our lives, our communities, and the planet.
The Progressive International convenes activists, thinkers, and practitioners to develop the principles and policies of a progressive international order.
Explore the inaugural collection of the Blueprint pillar below.
Gill: Imperialism — Then and Now
Imperialism, the denial of sovereignty that underwrites global capitalism, is the primary contradiction.
Abu Samra & Ajl: Palestine Brings the Rebellion to the North
The Palestinian struggle has brought the question of internationalism back to the fore.
Yeros: The Cold War as Global Counterrevolution
The Cold War was never a discrete conflict between nuclear superpowers, but one of the expressions of capitalism's long transition to socialism.
Ali Jan & Raymundo: The Epistemological Shift
In the 20th century, the most important contributions to Marxism emerged not from the core of the international system, but from its periphery.
Gill: Internationalism and National Liberation
The relationship between capital and labor in the ‘core’ countries is stabilized by the imperial arrangement.
The People’s Academy
Insights from our political education program.
Building the Future
Building the Future brings together a set of studies from contemporary projects of socialist construction — situating them in their histories, analyzing their theoretical foundations, and examining the concrete, everyday practices that power them.
Economy
The New International Economic Order 1974-2024
A collection of reflections and policy proposals to mark the 50th anniversary of the New International Economic Order and update it for the 21st century.
Blueprint
The Brazil We Want: Voices from Brazil
The Progressive International convenes Brazil’s progressive forces to build a blueprint for Brazil after Bolsonaro.
Futures of Freedom
In a world where we are surveilled by technology, managed by technocrats, fed endless products, and turned into docile workers, the idea of freedom — rather, a multitude of freedoms — is tantalizing. How do we begin to see it?
Covid-19 Response
We are convening academics, advocates, activists, and community organizers to develop responses to Covid-19 that put people first by rethinking health and safety, trade and finance, and labor and social policy.
Reclaiming the World After Covid-19
The inaugural collection of the Progressive International Blueprint sets out a vision for an International Green New Deal.
Debt Justice
We are convening academics, advocates, activists, and community organizers to rethink international finance and redress the crisis of household, corporate, and sovereign debt.
Site and identity: Common Knowledge & Robbie Blundell