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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.
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.
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
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.
Briefing
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.
Politics
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.
Palestine
“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.
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.
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