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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.
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.
“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.
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.
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
Labor
Congreso de los Pueblos: “Against Fascism and Imperialism: Mobilization and People's Power”
Congreso de los Pueblos rejects capitalism, fascism, and the De la Espriella government, advocating instead for common goods, participatory democracy, "Buen Vivir," and popular reforms to build People's Power and defend life.
War & Peace
The Genocide of South Lebanon
Israel is systematically destroying southern Lebanon through mass killings, displacement, and infrastructure devastation—following the same genocidal pattern it has inflicted on Gaza.
Food Sovereignty
Under the mango tree: Youth solidarity and the seeds of peasant agroecology in Kenya
A youth-led peer-to-peer agroecology exchange programme challenges capitalist labour relations and patriarchal norms by mobilising young people.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 22 | Red Scare
Washington is reviving an old doctrine to defeat the forces of liberation — within its borders and beyond them.
Democracy
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
Politics
In France, Lawfare Is Used to Silence Pro-Palestine Lawmaker
MEP Rima Hassan is embroiled in trial for defending Palestinians’ right to resist occupation.
Imperialism
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.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 21 | A Predatory State
Zionist colonialism has relied on sexual violence against Palestinians from its very beginnings.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 20 | Cracks in the Alliance?
NATO’s Summit in Ankara, Turkey, arrived against the backdrop of escalating war and mounting resistance.
Education
How Israel’s financial strangulation of the West Bank is killing Palestinian public education
Israel is stoking a financial crisis in the West Bank by withholding funds from the Palestinian Authority affecting sectors like education, where teachers' salaries have been cut and classes have been shuttered.
Regions
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