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Millions of Workers Shut Down Spain With First General Strike in 14 Years
‘We won’t stop until we transform this country’s housing model.’
Hebron families displaced by Israel’s military operation don’t know when they’ll return
Israeli forces have forced 407 Palestinian families from their homes in Hebron.
With the crackdown on CJP protests, Modi’s undeclared Emergency shifts into higher gear
India's Modi government met a youth-led protest demanding the election commissioner's resignation with 23,000 security personnel, internet blackouts, mass detentions, and barricaded streets.
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.
Politics
Lina Attalah in custody after court issues LE3 mn fine, orders Mada Masr’s closure
Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah was fined LE3 million by the New Cairo Misdemeanor Court, which convicted her on charges of managing an unlicensed website, issuing an order for the website’s closure. Attalah was taken into custody after the issue of the ruling.
War & Peace
Livorno’s Dockworkers Are Learning How to Jam the War Machine
A year of strikes and pickets, and now a blockade by sea with the Global Sumud Flotilla: how an Italian port town is disrupting the war economy one shipment at a time.
War & Peace
Ulm5 — Germany’s show trial sets a dangerous precedent
In a show-trial riddled with procedural irregularities, Germany is seeking to make an example of five activists who organized against the genocide in Gaza.
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?
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