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.
Building Whole-Process People's Democracy in China
For Building the Future, a research collection on contemporary socialist construction, Paweł Wargan and Jason Hickel look at the concept of “whole-process people’s democracy” in China, a complex system of political participation and grassroots governance that is a mainstay of the process of Chinese modernisation.
Wang Wen: BRICS — Reshaping the New Global Governance Order
In this keynote speech at the BRICS Academic Conference in Brazil, Wang Wen examines how despite challenges like institutional flexibility and geopolitical tensions, the BRICS bloc offers pragmatic solutions, from food/energy communities to digital innovation, to forge a more equitable world order.
Lissovolik: Action points for BRICS 2025
In his remarks prepared for the BRICS symposium held in Brasilia, Brazil, Yaroslav Lissovolik devises 10-point action plan which outlines BRICS’ 2025 priorities, emphasizing structural reforms to enhance collective resilience in a fragmented global economy.
De la lucha de clases al “pueblo contra el pueblo”
Crisis hegemónica y transición capitalista como constructora de las ideologías de (extrema) derecha y decálogo para combatirlas
“Towards a Global Charter for Labour Rights”
A vision of decent work from the inaugural International Labour Congress in Madrid, Spain.
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.
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