Wire

We are a wire service to the world's progressive forces.

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.

Northern America
Labor
2023-09-27

Is the UAW strike a watershed moment for worker militancy?

For the first time in the union’s history, UAW workers at each of the Big Three automakers—Ford, GM, and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) are striking simultaneously.
Briefing
2023-09-22

PI Briefing | No. 38 | We face the future together

The Progressive International’s Council sets the strategic direction for the coming years.
Global
Announcements
2023-09-21

30 movement and political leaders from around the world join advisory Council of the Progressive International

The thirty are leaders of powerful movements from 23 countries and will bring their struggles and experiences to the heart of the Progressive International’s decision making.
Latin America
Militarism
2023-09-21

BP’s Financing of Colombia's Murderous Military

New documents reveal how oil corporation BP offered to finance Colombia’s military as it was killing opponents during the 1990s, and collaborated with a general accused of kidnap, torture, and murder.
Latin America
Politics
2023-09-20

The Global South will light the future of the world

The peoples of the Global South are not just victims but represent resistance to capitalism and imperialism and offer hope for the whole world.
Global
Politics
2023-09-20

Michael Hardt: ‘Subversion and liberation go hand in hand’

Michael Hardt explains how the 1970s witnessed a pervasive fear of subversive elements challenging established authorities, prompting extreme forms of repression.
Latin America
Politics
2023-09-19

Regional unity can end US domination over Latin America

Only political integration across Latin America and the Caribbean can defeat the Monroe Doctrine for good.
Briefing
2023-09-15

PI Briefing | No. 37 | Stop the bulldozer

The Progressive International calls on the world to stand in defence of the democratic rights and freedoms of all of India’s citizens.
Latin America
Environment
2023-09-14

Brazilian Politicians and their relatives own 96,000 hectares overlapping indigenous lands

Forty-two politicians and their first-degree relatives own rural properties that overlap indigenous territories (ITs), totaling 96,000 hectares — the equivalent of the sum of the urban areas of Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.
1

Partners

A2larm / Africa Is a Country / Alborada / Arena / Bidayat / Brasil 247 / Brasil Wire / Bulatlat / CTXT / Collective Action in Tech / Colombia Informa / De Olho Nos Ruralistas / Declassified UK / Din Deng / Dissent / El Ciudadano / Feminism In India (FII) / Gazete Duvar / Himal Southasian / IndoPROGRESS / Internazionale / Jacobin / Jadaliyya / Jamhoor / Junputh / Krytyka Polityczna / Lausan Collective / Le vent se lève (LVSL) / Mada Masr / Mediapart / Mondoweiss / Mérce / New Bloom / Novara Media / Nueva Sociedad / Outras Palavras / Qiao Collective / Revista Común / Saharawi Voice / Sev Bibar / The Elephant / The Gravel Institute / The Nation / The Real News Network (TRNN) / The Wire / Venezuelanalysis / Znetwork / openDemocracy
Support the movement
Get InvolvedMake a donation
Follow us
FacebookTwitterInstagramYoutube
Progressive
International
Privacy PolicyManage CookiesContribution Settings
Site and identity: Common Knowledge & Robbie Blundell