On 30 October, dockworkers across the Mediterranean are going on strike to stop the imperialist war machine. We are launching a strike fund to support them.
In the Progressive International’s thirty-first briefing of 2026, we look at NATO’s breathtaking re-armament drive, the dockworker unions mobilizing to arrest the gears of war, and the campaign of solidarity.
Reflections on a different emergency (with thoughts for fellow Jews in Canada)
Next week, unfathomably, marks the 3rd anniversary of the horrific October 7th Hamas massacre, and three years of the monstrous and heart-wrenching genocide that Israel has inflicted upon Gaza.
The potential rival to NATO will come with a call for an ‘Alliance for the future’ with Canada, according to a draft
STRASBOURG – Ursula von der Leyen will propose a radical change to Europe’s security architecture and the NATO Western alliance when she takes the floor in the European Parliament on Wednesday.
Data centres and democratic decline could lead to more water conflict in the future
Transboundary waters — rivers, lakes and aquifers residing in more than one country — are facing challenges due to climate change, with conflicts over these waters increasing.
Israel’s ongoing genocide is the fascists’ blueprint for the world they seek to construct
Gaza has long been a warning of a new world order, now it is a blueprint—a testing ground, genocide laboratory, space of exception. The smaller of the two Palestinian territories has exposed how the limits of permissible bloodshed are tested, refined, and exported into broader global practice.
Carney finally shows which side he's on! FIGHT ON FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!
- Gene McGuckin
Jul. 5, 2026
Carney seals the pipeline deal, and his energy minister touts a $43-billion taxpayer bailout as a good investment. Would you buy a used “energy superpower” strategy from these guys?
“Trust is probably the most sought-after commodity now.”
While residents of Iran suffer the consequences of a senseless war, the impacts ripple across the globe in the form of price spikes for gas and other commodities. And the Canadian oil and gas industry has been laughing all the way to the bank.
To the Defenders of Peace and to the Peoples of the World - A Call For Life In The Face Of The Drums Of War
To leaders of social organizations, human rights defenders, and citizens of the world:
We address you at a time of extreme gravity. The escalation of aggressive rhetoric and threats of military intervention by extremist sectors in the United States against Cuba have ceased to be mere political slogans and have become a real danger that threatens the peace of the region and the lives of millions of human beings.
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