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Today we remember revolutionary philosopher and psychoanalyst Frantz Fanon, who was born on this day in 1925.
Israel’s use of sexualized and gendered violence against Palestinians is a historical mechanism of settler-colonial rule, reveals a historic new report by the Palestinian Feminist Collective, supported by the Progressive International. 🔗 Access the full report: predatorystate.org
TODAY 🇵🇸 The Palestinian Feminist Collective, with the PI, launches a historic, 200-page report exposing the relationship between Israel’s sexualized violence and the systematic targeting of reproductive health and freedom. 🔗 Join us in NYC: buff.ly/50gAPC8
The Palestinian Feminist Collective, with the Progressive International, is releasing a historic report exposing the relationship between Israel’s sexualised violence and the desecration of martyred bodies. Join us tomorrow for the national launch of 'A Predatory State': buff.ly/50gAPC8
🇰🇪 Kenyan writer Gathanga Ndungu, a member of the Kenyan Organic Intellectuals Network and Mathare Social Justice Centre, a Progressive International member, has been arrested during the Gen Z commemoration on 25 June. He is being illegally detained at Nairobi Central Police Station.
The votes are still being counted in Peru 🇵🇪. A Keiko Fujimori presidency would likely concentrate executive power in the hands of a party that has been central to Peru’s recent institutional breakdown. Read more on the PI Observatory: buff.ly/Y8DWatI
HAPPENING NOW 🇮🇹 Italian workers, led by the Unione Sindacale di Base (USB), are taking nationwide strike action today against European rearmament and their government’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. Together, they say: “Stop work. Stop the war.”
In May, the Progressive International participated in the Western Sahara International Film Festival. Founded in solidarity with the Sahrawi struggle, FiSahara brings together artists and organisers to amplify stories of anti-colonial resistance through cinema and cultural exchange.
The People's Academy returns on 11 May with a course on "The War on Iran", featuring Max Ajl and Helyeh Doutaghi. 🔗 Sign up now to receive the reading list: thepeoplesacademy.org
BOGOTÁ 🇨🇴 — Join the Progressive International at the Festival of Ideas: “Economy for Life” on 4 May. This groundbreaking gathering will unite the world’s most renowned economists to support the construction of a New International Economic Order. Find out more: buff.ly/RRtvffD
ANNOUNCING 🌍️ From 2 — 4 May, Bogotá will host the debate on a New International Economic Order. Join President Gustavo Petro 🇨🇴, Jayati Ghosh 🇮🇳, Andrés Arauz 🇪🇨 and many more: buff.ly/epe0hBU
Last week, the Progressive International returned to Havana 🇨🇺 to attend Patria Colloquium, where hundreds of delegates from around the world came together to develop a common approach to progressive digital communication. 🔗 Read more online: buff.ly/RDqwMdn
🇸🇿 Swaziland’s absolute monarchy is targeting youth leaders with fabricated charges. PI member PUDEMO condemns the targeting of SWAYOCO’s Nontsetselelo ‘Tsetse’ Nkambule. Drop the charges. End the repression.
Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, Co-General coordinator of Progressive International, and investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill explore the privatisation of warfare and who stands to profit from the arms trade. 📺️ Watch Al Jazeera's Reframe now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYzq...
The People's Academy returns on 7 April with a course on "The Sequencing of the Next World War" and US grand strategy from Venezuela to Iran. 🔗 Sign up now to receive the reading list: thepeoplesacademy.org
In 2025 alone, Greek-managed vessels were involved in at least 13 shipments that were either explicitly carrying military cargo or were destined for Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer. Read the full report online now: buff.ly/vsPR8LC
BREAKING 🇵🇸🇬🇷 Greek shipping companies are secretly arming and fuelling Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, reveals a new report from the Palestinian Youth Movement, Progressive International and Energy Embargo for Palestine.
URGENT 🇨🇺 Delegates of the Nuestra América Convoy — including Thiago Ávila, Chris Smalls and Katie Halper — have been interrogated and detained on return from Cuba. Solidarity is not a crime. We demand their immediate release.
“Solidarity can’t be blockaded.” The Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba 🇨🇺 is sailing to Havana.
The majority of U.S. Americans believe that the United States should not implement a naval blockade of Cuba.
Less than a quarter of U.S. Americans agree with President Trump that Cuba represents an extraordinary threat to the national security of the United States.
Only 7% of U.S. Americans support the use of force to remove the Cuban government.
BREAKING 🇨🇺🇺🇸 A majority of U.S. Americans believe that the U.S. should not implement a naval blockade on Cuba, according to new data from Blue Rose Research.
The Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba is underway. 🔗 Find out more online: nuestraamericaconvoy.org
The Nuestra América Convoy departs from Mexico on 20 March. Join us to deliver critical humanitarian aid for the Cuban people.
BREAKING 🇨🇺 The first delegation of the Nuestra América Convoy arrives to Havana. Find out more online: nuestraamericaconvoy.org
This week, the Nuestra América Convoy will depart for Cuba carrying over 20 tonnes of humanitarian aid. 🔗 Find out more online: buff.ly/05ObwUh
As Donald Trump’s illegal siege plunges Cuba into darkness, the first convoy flight leaves from Milan. On board: 220 suitcases packed with life-saving medicines.
The Nuestra América Convoy is underway. Today, the first delegation departs for Cuba 🇨🇺, bringing critical humanitarian aid for the island's people.