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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
PI Briefing | No. 24 | Star of Freedom in the East
On its 80th Independence Day, India’s young are reopening the unfinished struggle over what freedom is for.
This August we honour the women of South Africa
Abahlali baseMjondolo honors South Africa's women activists, demanding concrete action against the violence, poverty, and state neglect that impoverished women endure daily.
Zohran Mamdani’s Public Grocery Plan Is a Serious One
A grocery industry expert argues that as our food supply becomes increasingly consolidated, expensive, and even dangerous, socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s publicly subsidized grocery plan takes bold steps to provide good, affordable food.
The Chuquicamata Union Calls for a Protest Against the Privatization of Codelco and Calls the Statements by the President of the Republican Party “Unpatriotic”
Codelco workers rally on Miners’ Day to defend full state ownership against privatization
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.
Statements
Eyes on Ankara
As NATO meets in Ankara, the Progressive International Cabinet stands in solidarity with progressive forces in Türkiye confronting Erdoğan's government.
Politics
Lloyds Bank Blocks Account of Leftwing News Outlet the Canary
UK left-wing outlet The Canary can’t pay staff after Lloyds Bank froze its accounts without explanation.
Human Rights
Resisting U.S. Human Rights Barbarism: The Arrest of Alyssa Philip In Trinidad and Tobago
The arrest of activist Alyssa Phillip during Trinidad's Labour Day celebrations exposes the government's alignment with U.S. security interests
Labor
Bodies for Export: Blood Cherries
Behind Chile's glossy agro-export success lies a system of structural precariousness that exploits thousands of migrant women.
Regions
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Statements
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