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PI Briefing | No. 23 | The Earth Beneath Us
The fires are here. So are the technologies of transition. What is missing is power over investment.
Congreso de los Pueblos: “Against Fascism and Imperialism: Mobilization and People's Power”
Congreso de los Pueblos rejects capitalism, fascism, and the De la Espriella government, advocating instead for common goods, participatory democracy, "Buen Vivir," and popular reforms to build People's Power and defend life.
The Genocide of South Lebanon
Israel is systematically destroying southern Lebanon through mass killings, displacement, and infrastructure devastation—following the same genocidal pattern it has inflicted on Gaza.
Under the mango tree: Youth solidarity and the seeds of peasant agroecology in Kenya
A youth-led peer-to-peer agroecology exchange programme challenges capitalist labour relations and patriarchal norms by mobilising young people.
PI Briefing | No. 22 | Red Scare
Washington is reviving an old doctrine to defeat the forces of liberation — within its borders and beyond them.
Statements
Eyes on Ankara
As NATO meets in Ankara, the Progressive International Cabinet stands in solidarity with progressive forces in Türkiye confronting Erdoğan's government.
Politics
Lloyds Bank Blocks Account of Leftwing News Outlet the Canary
UK left-wing outlet The Canary can’t pay staff after Lloyds Bank froze its accounts without explanation.
Human Rights
Resisting U.S. Human Rights Barbarism: The Arrest of Alyssa Philip In Trinidad and Tobago
The arrest of activist Alyssa Phillip during Trinidad's Labour Day celebrations exposes the government's alignment with U.S. security interests
Labor
Bodies for Export: Blood Cherries
Behind Chile's glossy agro-export success lies a system of structural precariousness that exploits thousands of migrant women.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 19 | Albania Is Not For Sale
Albanians are rising against the Trumps’ luxury land grab — and insisting their country is not for sale.
Environment
Elbows up? Canada is letting Pentagon take ‘unprecedented’ stakes in Canadian mines
Canada is fast-tracking critical mineral mining while U.S. Pentagon funding and ownership stakes quietly redirect those minerals toward American weapons production.
Politics
Revealed: How Britain Weaponised Terrorism Laws Against Activists
Four Palestine Action activists face being sentenced as terrorists for criminal damage under a UK law that lets judges add a “terrorism connection” based solely on property damage.
Labor
Milei intensifies his attacks on labour rights in Argentina.
Argentina’s Decree 407/2026 mandates renegotiating 150 expired collective agreements, weakening union protections and sparking fierce CGT opposition.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 18 | Colombia’s Sovereignty on the Ballot
The Pacto Histórico opened a path beyond war, extraction and submission. On Sunday, Colombians vote under the pressure of an empire determined to close it.
Cepeda accuses de la Espriella of financing paramilitary groups
Fresh evidence from paramilitary commanders' own testimonies ties Colombian far-right presidential candidate, Abelardo de la Espriella, to financing the AUC through a fake peace NGO
Regions
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