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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
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.
“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
“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
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.
Black Propaganda
Britain’s Secret ‘Black Propaganda’ Operations
Files reveal that the UK government’s covert propaganda unit, the IRD’s Special Editorial Unit, ran fake news agencies, forged documents, and manipulated journalists globally to undermine the Soviet Union, anti-colonial leaders, and leftist movements during the Cold War.
Geopolitics
Muizzu’s Maldives cooks up a sovereignty dispute over the Chagos Islands
Under Mohamed Muizzu, the Maldives is contesting Mauritius’ claim to the Chagos archipelago, inserting itself into a geopolitical dispute also involving the United Kingdom and the United States.
Militarism
Donald Trump Is on a Mining Offensive in DR Congo
The Trump administration is orchestrating a renewed US resource offensive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the expense of local populations and democratic accountability.
Politics
The South African state aims to criminalise poverty and grassroots organising
South Africa’s ruling coalition is advancing draconian anti-occupation laws to criminalize the poor and their grassroots movements.
Briefing
PI Briefing | No. 15 | Red Alert for Cuba
From the US military build-up around Cuba to Hondurasgate’s leaked recordings, Washington’s machinery of domination is in full view.
Palestine
“The lowest depth of hell”
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Qaoud, a former detainee at the notorious Zionist concentration camp at Sde Teiman, testifies to the treatment of Palestinian political prisoners.
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.
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