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Every day, the Wire translates stories, essays, and statements from Progressive International members and partner publications.

Our aim is to provide a diversity of perspectives on international issues. Publication in the Wire is not an endorsement from the Progressive International.

Inaugural Event: "Internationalism or Extinction!"

Watch the inaugural PI event with Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Yanis Varoufakis, Nanjala Nyabola, Vanessa Nakate, and Renata Ávila.

PI Forum: "Imagining a Palestinian Future"

Watch the very first PI Forum with Al-Shabaka analysts Randa Wahbe and Yara Hawari on 'de-exceptionalizing' the Palestinian struggle.

We defend ourselves so we can all breathe in peace

To move from uprising to liberation we each have a role to play. The conflict is at our doors, and we need to put collective needs before individual wants.

Symbiosis: Internationalism Beyond the Nation-State

"True internationalism means building people power wherever we live and work."

The MKSS: The Struggle Against Oppression in India

The MKSS fights for the full recognition and proper implementation of people's rights to education and a decent (working) life.

The Pandemic Proves We Need a Green New Deal

This pandemic is unbearably painful; it would be unconscionable not to learn all we can from that pain.

The Landless People’s Movement: Namibia in Lockdown

"The LPM aims to restore the dignity of the Namibian people through mobilization of the masses to stand up for their rights and root out corruption."

Welcome to the Wire

Publishing grassroots and critical perspectives.

Arundhati Roy: Our Task is to Disable the Engine

Storied author and PI Council member Arundhati Roy on Covid-19 and the "super-surveillance" state.

The Struggle Must Be Internationalist

PI Council member Ertuğrul Kürkçü on this crucial moment in the general crisis of capitalism.

Katrín Jakobsdóttir: The Time for a New International is Now

Prime Minister of Iceland and PI Council member Katrín Jakobsdóttir delivers a plea for progressive unity in a time of pandemic.

How climate policy stops at the border

The Port of Rotterdam boasts of its green credentials in the Netherlands but invests in fossil fuel mega projects abroad.

Cuba’s Internationalist Campaign Against Covid-19

The Cuba Solidarity Campaign on the medical achievements of Cuban doctors around the world — despite the illegal US blockade.

Paola Vega: Water Is a Basic Human Right

Costa Rican Legislative Assembly deputy Paola Vega on the pivotal role of water as a basic human right.

The Coming Internationalism

In today's collapsing world, the demand for a new internationalism is not only a nostalgic reflection of another era, but a necessity to face the future that is fast approaching.

Miners in Georgia Are Staging Wildcat Strikes in a Bid to Survive As Their Working Conditions Worsen

As globalisation takes root in Georgia, its miners face increasingly deadly working conditions.

How Should We Understand the Results of 2020 Elections in Taiwan?

Looking back at the reelection of incumbent president Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Taiwan.

The Solution to the Coronavirus Recession Is a Global Green New Deal

A healthy, socially, and ecologically just world demands it.

30 percent of the Polish population lives in “LGBT-free zones”

All around Poland, local authorities have been declaring their jurisdictions "LGBT-free zones". One Polish activist is fighting to bring them to light.

Where the Linear Progression of Hindutva Will Take India

Hidden beneath layers of political exigencies for close to a century, the project is now out on full display.

Health Nativism

Borders are not going to help us fight the coronavirus.

A Green New Deal for South African workers?

COSATU, South Africa's largest trade union federation, has a plan to simultaneously tackle climate change and unemployment.

20 Years After Seattle, the Clash of Globalizations Rages On

Alter-globalization is back — but this time, it’s coming from both the left and the right.

Life Contained in Gaza

Every Friday since March 30, 2018, mass demonstrations have taken place in Gaza along Israel’s separation fence.

"You’re Not Welcome Here": How Europe Is Paying Millions to Stop Migration From Africa

The EU is paying African countries millions to stop migrants from reaching its shores.

A Progressive Alternative for Lebanon

Progressive voices in Lebanon call for solidarity in their struggle against inequality, oligarchy, and environmental degradation.

The Calabria youngsters who don’t study and don’t work

In Italy's Calabria region in the south, many young people don't have a perspective for their future.

Unraveling India’s authoritarian nightmare

What can you do to fight the neoliberal Hindu nationalist state project?

An interview with Lula. Part One

Part one of Brasil Wire's interview with two term former Brazilian President Lula da Silva.

Left and Right in times of coronavirus

The coronavirus will not necessarily produce a new social contract.

The Only Solution Is to Defund the Police

The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor prove what we already knew—police “reform” has failed.

"Solidarity means dismantling the system everywhere"

PI Council members on the uprising in the United States and around the world.

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