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Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and Dangerous
A youth protest movement, born from an insult by India's Chief Justice and ignited by exam corruption, erupts into a massive, defiant march on Parliament in July 2026
In France, Lawfare Is Used to Silence Pro-Palestine Lawmaker
MEP Rima Hassan is embroiled in trial for defending Palestinians’ right to resist occupation.
1927–2027: Why Do We Celebrate A Century Of Struggle Against Imperialism?
The centenary of the 1927 League Against Imperialism offer a critical opportunity to rebuild a united, working-class internationalist movement.
PI Briefing | No. 21 | A Predatory State
Zionist colonialism has relied on sexual violence against Palestinians from its very beginnings.
PI Briefing | No. 20 | Cracks in the Alliance?
NATO’s Summit in Ankara, Turkey, arrived against the backdrop of escalating war and mounting resistance.
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
Palestine
Israelis unite behind death penalty for Palestinians
After passing two death penalty laws in six weeks, Israel is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to try to execute Palestinians on live TV.
Entrevistas
“Our shared histories of resistance compel us to act concretely.”
Nikita Naidu, an Indian climate and regenerative justice activist, details how ten humanitarian volunteers from the Global Sumud Land Convoy have been arbitrarily detained in eastern Libya since 24 May
Statements
“Colombia has begun to show that another economic path is possible”
Economists, scholars and public policy figures from around the world sign an open letter in support of Colombia’s economic transformation under President Gustavo Petro
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 17 | Ballots, Bulldozers, Bombs
The Reactionary International advances through elections, land grabs and militarisation. Its opponents are learning to meet it on every front.
Migration
The border management fairytale
How the migration control dogma is used to maintain neocolonial rule and commodify human movements
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