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PI Briefing | No. 35 | Halted March
Trump's Iran war has enriched Big Oil but cost him Congress. Across the world, the contradictions of reactionary rule are producing resistance.
Workers win illegal dismissal case vs Lazada, manpower agencies
The Philippines' National Labor Relations Commission ruled in favour of riders and platform workers in two separate judgements, ordering their agencies and the platforms to pay back wages, 13th month pay, and damages.
Summit in Bogotá: over 1,500 people discuss urban reform and the right to the city
Colombian social organisations convened a national urban summit and protest in Bogotá to demand housing rights, environmental justice and a people-centred model of the city.
The Congo as a Site of Capital Accumulation: Erik Prince and the Privatization of War
Erik Prince's Vectus Global has embedded itself in the DRC's mining heartland and serves U.S. imperial and corporate interests in critical minerals and violates the Congolese peoples' sovereignty.
“Block Everything Again”: How Genoa’s Dockworkers Helped Build Italy’s General Strike On October 30 and What Comes Next
Last Friday, Genoa’s dockworkers shut down the port, while teachers, students, and workers across the city joined them. Now, they’re taking the fight to Rome.
Briefing
Briefing | No. 33 | Sovereignty or Submission
On Sunday, Brazilian voters face a choice with ramifications for the survival of our species. As President Lula has phrased it: That choice is “sovereignty or submission.”
Politics
On the Ulm5
A report on the Ulm5 five activists from Britain, Ireland, Spain, and Germany facing up to five years in prison under Germany's criminal organisation law for a non-violent action inside an Elbit Systems Deutschland office.
Imperialism
Palantir Targets MPs With ‘Intimidating’ Letters
British MPs who criticised Palantir in Parliament received "intimidating" letters from the US spytech firm.
Imperialism
Palantir Targets MPs With ‘Intimidating’ Letters
British MPs who criticised Palantir in Parliament received "intimidating" letters from the US spytech firm.
Imperialism
The United Arab Emirates Is Devastating Sudan for Profit
The UAE is the most consequential external actor in Sudan’s civil war—arming and financing the RSF through a subimperial project driven by economic, political, and counterrevolutionary motives.
Imperialism
Trump Kidnapped Venezuela’s President. Now Britain Looks To Profit
After the US-backed kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, BP and Shell have moved swiftly to secure lucrative oil and gas deals in Venezuela.
Briefing
Briefing | No. 32 | When the Bargain Breaks
From South Asia to Southern Europe, social grievances have brought growing masses into the streets. But can popular revolt become political power?
War & Peace
No body, no death certificate: the bureaucratic limbo trapping the widows of Gaza’s missing men
In Gaza, women whose husbands are missing or buried under the rubble are locked out of bank accounts, aid, and custody rights amid genocide.
Housing and Land Rights
Spain's renters rise up against institutional neglect
The violent eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid has ignited mass protests across Spain, exposing a housing crisis fueled by speculation and government neglect.
Housing and Land Rights
Homelessness In Australia's Northern Territory
The closure of Austaralia's YiSSA accommodation facility in Darwin threatens to push hundreds of vulnerable residents into overcrowded housing or rough sleeping while the government expands its carceral infrastructure instead.
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