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“The unity of the resistance rifle may be the only lifeboat to end this criminal usurping entity”
Fida Abdel Fattah on how the ongoing Nakba and Gaza genocide expose the futility of international law against a defiant Zionist-US alliance.
Dead souls in the sugarlands: Counterinsurgency and the moral life of solidarity in Negros
A firsthand reflection on the Philippine counterinsurgency’s human toll, arguing that such historical violence cannot be fixed by technical reforms alone.
PI Briefing | No. 16 | The Wages of Aggression
From oil futures to fertiliser markets, the US-Israeli war on Iran is rippling through the world economy — and sharpening the choice between scarcity and sovereignty.
Limbo in the south: Despite ceasefire, Lebanon’s displaced still await political pathway
Despite a ceasefire, displaced Lebanese families returning home find only shattered homes and a persistent sense of limbo, as ongoing Israeli strikes, occupation, and political uncertainty trap them between the desperate need for normalcy and the very real threat of renewed war.
“The will of the peoples remains alive”
Rola Abu Dahou, a released Palestinian political prisoner and professor at Birzeit University, reflects on the history of settler-colonial violence and the responsibility of the academic community in Palestine.
Palestine
“The Palestinian national cause sharpened our resolve.”
Kamil Abu Hanish, a released Palestinian political prisoner and writer who spent 23 years in Zionist jails, speaks about the new death penalty against Palestinians.
Statements
"Trump is manufacturing consent for the invasion of Cuba."
Statement from the Cabinet of the Progressive International
Politics
Bolivia Six Months Into Rodrigo Paz’s Administration
Six months into Rodrigo Paz's administration, Bolivia is in permanent crisis as a neoliberal playbook of privatization, state repression, and stigmatization of Indigenous and popular movements has shattered institutional stability and triggered mass mobilizations demanding the president's resignation.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 14 | France’s New African Front
In Nairobi, France came seeking a future in Africa. The Pan-African left came to contest it.
Democracy
A round of elections that signal structural dominance
In India the Assembly election results strengthen the argument for the BJP’s structural political dominance
Ecology
The Conference That Named the Problem: Santa Marta and the Beginning of the End of Fossil Fuels
The Santa Marta conference marks the first major multilateral effort outside the UN COP process to build a Global South-led roadmap for a just transition away from fossil fuels amid mounting climate breakdown and persistent obstruction by fossil fuel interests.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 13 | The South Does Not Wait
In Bogotá and Lahore, ministers, economists, organisers and movements gathered to build the programme — and the power — of a sovereign South.
Food Sovereignty
Yaoundé Declaration: The WTO And Free Trade Cause Hunger, Poverty And Inequality
A new trade framework based on food sovereignty is urgent and necessary!
Apartheid
The Prosecutor's Office is investigating a complaint filed against CAF regarding its ties to the Israeli apartheid regime
Spanish prosecutors will review a criminal complaint against Basque train maker CAF for building tram lines that connect illegal Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 12 | Hands that hold the world
This May Day, from Havana to Hyderabad, Brasília to Buenos Aires, workers are fighting for land, time, dignity and sovereignty.
Regions
West Asia
“The unity of the resistance rifle may be the only lifeboat to end this criminal usurping entity”
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