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Cuba Must Not Fall! Imperialism, Resistance and the Global Stakes of Defending the Cuban Revolution
The survival of Cuba's socialist project remains one of the most critical holdouts against hemispheric domination, making its defense a global litmus test for sovereignty.
Coupang, South Korea’s Amazon, Is Copying Its Worst Habits
The story of Coupang reveals how a publicly traded platform built its empire on a foundation of data breaches, deadly overwork, and the systematic precarity of labor.
“Inhumane actions”: China fires back at Trump's sanctions and closes ranks with Cuba
China publicly reaffirmed its political and economic support for Cuba, condemning renewed U.S. sanctions and the longstanding blockade.
PI Briefing | No. 5 | We are sailing to Cuba
The Nuestra América Flotilla will break the siege, save lives, and stand with the Cuban people’s right to self-determination.
New York City Nurses Have Launched Their Biggest-Ever Strike
15,000 New York City nurses are on strike to demand safe-staffing ratios, protections from workplace violence, and to stop cuts to their health benefits.
Speeches
National Liberation: Categorical Imperative for the Peoples of Our Americas
Manuel Maldonado-Denis's 1981 speech frames national liberation as a categorical imperative for the region.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 4 | A Rounding Error
The balance sheet of global apartheid.
Statements
"Cuba stood for the world. Now, the world must rise for Cuba.”
Statement from the Cabinet of the Progressive International
Imperialism
The Donroe Doctrine and the Naked Imperialism of the Venezuela Intervention
The US military attack in Venezuela reflects a transactional and coercive imperial strategy aimed at seizing strategic resources and restructuring hemispheric supply chains under the "Donroe Doctrine."
Statements
The San Carlos Declaration
The founding declaration of ‘Nuestra América’
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 3 | In the House of the Liberator
As new colonial schemes are laid in Davos and Washington, movements, ministers, and militants gather in Bogotá to defend sovereignty, solidarity, and the right of peoples to decide their own future.
Colonialism
International Call to Action: Türkiye, Stop Fuelling Genocide!
Activists call for global protests on 27 January to pressure Türkiye to stop oil shipments to Israel, which fuel military operations in Gaza.
Entrevistas
Brazil’s Massive Landless Workers’ Movement Leads the Way
After 40 years of struggle, Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement, the world’s largest social movement, has rebranded its fight for agrarian reform around organic food production.
Statements
The Caracas Resolution
Popular movements, parties, and progressive organizations from over 20 countries issue a pledge to stand with Venezuela and all peoples and nations struggling against imperial aggression.
Statements
Kurdistan Communities Union: The Spirit of Resistance of Kobanê Must Rise!
Statement from the KCK Executive Council
Regions
Latin America
Cuba Must Not Fall! Imperialism, Resistance and the Global Stakes of Defending the Cuban Revolution
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