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Defending the Territory in Filogringo Against All Odds
For the campesino community of Filogringo in Colombia's Catatumbo region, "defending the territory" means collective memory, and cultural survival against state abandonment, paramilitary violence, resource extraction, and military bombardment.
When Britain Used Torture To Control The Strait Of Hormuz
Declassified files reveal that brutal interrogation techniques used by British forces in 1970s Oman were later applied in Northern Ireland, with key officers involved in both operations.
“Amazon hates my union activity”: How the internet giant tries to suppress every form of collective action by its workers
Amazon’s systematic anti-union tactics are designed to suppress worker organizing and protect its algorithm-driven, efficiency-obsessed labor model.
José Guimarães Reveals How Flávio Bolsonaro and His Allies are Trying to Block Victory for Brazilian Workers
Government leader José Guimarães (PT) accuses Senator Flávio Bolsonaro and his allies of secretly blocking the proposed end of Brazil’s 6×1 work schedule.
PI Briefing | No. 28 | Great Avenues
As Brazil prepares to vote, Washington and its allies are deploying old powers and new technologies across the hemisphere.
Colonialism
After Blocking Fuel, the US Turns to Cuba’s Food Supply
The U.S. is tightening sanctions on Cuba's food import and port infrastructure, using hunger as leverage to force regime change while maintaining its own monopoly over Cuban agricultural trade.
Colonialism
Declaration of the Rights of Caribbean Peoples to Self-Determination and Self-Government, West Indies National Emergency Committee, 1940.
In 1940, Caribbean activists protested U.S. plans to oversee European colonies in the Americas, demanding self-determination and independence rather than a transfer from European to U.S. control.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 26 | Fortress Europe
From Mauritania to Libya, Europe is externalizing its border: funding detention, surveillance and armed violence against people on the move — giving even greater ground to the extreme right back at home.
Land rights
The Colombian Peasant Movement in the Face of the New Political Situation
Colombian peasant leaders warn that the incoming far-right government of Abelardo de la Espriella threatens to reverse land reforms, intensify repression, and criminalize protest.
War & Peace
Palestinian youth are risking their lives to clear rubble in Gaza
In Gaza, teenage boys work dangerous, backbreaking rubble-clearing jobs for meager wages to support their families and reclaim what remains of their homes.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 25 | The Unfinished Congress
Two centuries after Bolívar tried to unite the Americas around sovereign equality, progressive forces are once again building solidarity between peoples and nations.
War & Peace
Us Ammunition Ship Docked In Wales During Iran Strikes
A US military container ship secretly docked in Wales to restock bombs at RAF Fairford, enabling Trump’s renewed airstrikes on Iran from UK soil.
Health
“Medics for the People” Turns Health Care Into Organizing
The Medics for the People initiative promoted by the Workers’ Party of Belgium provides free primary care as a basis for organising working-class communities.
Politics
Donald Trump Helped Colombia’s Far Right Win
Far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella eked out a marginal victory over his left-wing opponent Iván Cepeda in Colombia’s presidential race after crude election interference by the US government.
Labor
Nepal’s rising ranks of women farmers
As men migrate for work, Nepal’s women are increasingly taking up agriculture – but society, policies and support systems are slow to catch up
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