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ANNOUNCING 🌎 BRICS Ascendant. On 29-30 May, scholars, diplomats, and policymakers from across the world will convene in Brasilia to help chart the course for the BRICS+ during Brazil’s pivotal presidency.
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BREAKING 🇧🇷: Lula da Silva will be the next president of Brazil.
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BREAKING 🇲🇽-🇵🇸-🇨🇱 The Mexican and Chilean governments have filed a joint request to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to investigate Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people.
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BREAKING 🇧🇷 President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has declared his support for South Africa's Genocide Convention case at the International Court of Justice.
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BREAKING 🇧🇷: Reports of federal police (PF) and federal highway police (PRF) blocking roads and conducting unwarranted vehicle searches in Lula voting areas across Brazil. The Workers Party (PT) has filed a formal complaint with the electoral authorities.
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BREAKING 🇧🇷: Lula defeats Bolsonaro in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election by over 5,000,000 votes.
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BREAKING 🇫🇷 Jean-Marie Le Pen — war criminal, Holocaust denier, and founder of the far-right National Front — has died.
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BREAKING 🇲🇽 Claudia Sheinbaum will be the next president of Mexico, the first woman president in the history of North America.
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BREAKING: More than 900 popular movements, unions, political parties, and other organizations have signed an open letter calling on states to support South Africa's Genocide Convention case against Israel.
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Today, in the streets outside the Peace Palace in The Hague, Palestinian activists greeted South Africa’s legal team with gratitude and flowers.
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BREAKING 🇨🇴 President Gustavo Petro has declared his support for South Africa's Genocide Convention case at the International Court of Justice.
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BREAKING 🇧🇷: Lula has passed Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential vote count.
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Today, nine nations — collectively known as The Hague Group — gathered in The Hague to coordinate legal, diplomatic and economic measures against Israel’s violations of international law.
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BREAKING: 185 nations around the world have called on the US to end its embargo of Cuba. Only the US and Israel voted against the resolution, while Ukraine and Brazil abstained.
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BREAKING 🇦🇷 Argentina’s General Strike has begun.
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The Hague Group of nine nations announce their commitment to:. 1. Bring Netanyahu to justice.2. Stop arms to Israel.3. No harbour for genocide
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BREAKING: Sergio Moro is now officially a suspect for judicial corruption in Brazil.
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BREAKING: 2.5 million nurses from 28 countries have filed for a UN investigation of human rights violations by the EU, UK, Switzerland, Norway, and Singapore for blocking the waiver on Covid-19 vaccine patents as new strains proliferate:
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BREAKING: Pedro Castillo ✏️ has declared victory.
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This Sunday, the people of Chile will decide: Approve a new constitution or default to the old written under dictator Augusto Pinochet by a group of economists known as the ‘Chicago Boys’. Who were they? Why did they matter? And how can we bury their bloody legacy?
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BREAKING 🇵🇸 The Inaugural Joint Statement of The Hague Group.
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BREAKING 🇨🇴🇵🇸🇮🇱 Following the Flour Massacre, Colombian President and founding @ProgIntl Council member @PetroGustavo has suspended the country’s arms purchases from Israel. “The whole world should blockade Netanyahu,” he said.
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BREAKING 🇵🇸 200 parliamentarians across Israel’s top military partners unite to end their countries’ arms sales to Israel. “We will not be complicit in Israel’s grave violation of international law.”
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The Israeli state is bombing a population that has nowhere to run. The need for planetary solidarity with the Palestinian people has never been greater. Below is a thread of actions taking place around the world in support of Palestine. Join them. It is time to end the Nakba.
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BREAKING 🇵🇸 "The Gaza Resolution". Amid the unfolding genocide in Gaza, movements, parties, and unions across the world issue a pledge to stand for Palestinian liberation and sever ties of complicity with the State of Israel.
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BREAKING: After a year of strikes — and having faced brutal repression that claimed some 700 lives — India's farmers are victorious in their struggle. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will repeal his highly-unpopular farm laws.
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BREAKING 🇨🇴 President Gustavo Petro has declared that Colombia will “suspend coal exports to Israel until it stops the genocide.”.
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Capitalism will not solve the climate crisis.
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Today, the Cuban people voted to adopt the most progressive Family Code in the world. Over 66% of voters approved an amendment to the constitution that legally redefines what it means to be a family, putting an emphasis on love, human dignity, equality and non-discrimination.
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BREAKING: Over 50 states have called for an immediate arms embargo against Israel, "a legal, humanitarian and moral imperative to put an end to grave human suffering".
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BREAKING 🇧🇷🇮🇱 Brazil has withdrawn its ambassador from Israel.
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Global vaccine distribution:. Rich countries: 86%.Poor counties: 0.1%.
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The US military invaded Grenada on this day in 1983. The invasion toppled the Caribbean Island’s socialist government which had come to power four years earlier.
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BREAKING 🇰🇷 The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions will begin an indefinite general strike tomorrow, demanding the immediate resignation of President Yoon Suk-yeol.
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BREAKING 🇲🇽 Claudia Sheinbaum has been sworn into office as the first woman President of Mexico.
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BREAKING (1/3) 🇧🇷 Bolsonaristas are leading a violent insurrection in the capital Brasilia, ransacking their way to the Congress, Supreme Court, and Presidential Palace. The @ProgIntl stands with @LulaOficial against these acts of terror and in defense of democracy in Brazil.
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ANNOUNCING 🍉 The Watermelon Index, a tool for worker-led resistance against the genocide in Palestine. Explore our database of over 400 complicit companies and the campaigns against them:
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BREAKING 🇧🇷: The Chief Justice of Brazil’s Electoral Court ignores reports of widespread voter suppression to claim that no voter was impeded by the 560 blockades designed and executed by the self-proclaimed Bolsonarista Director General of the Federal Highway Police.
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US out of Cuba. US out of Germany. US out of Guam. US out of Haiti. US out of Iraq. US out of Japan. US out of Korea. US out of Kuwait. US out of Palestine. US out of Puerto Rico. US out of.
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As President Trump and PM Netanyahu plan to "take over" Gaza, The Hague Group of nine nations has formed to:. 1. Bring Netanyahu to justice.2. Prevent arms shipments to Israel.3. Deny harbour for genocide. Now, they are calling on all nations to join them.
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BREAKING: The Commander of the Colombian Army has issued direct attack against leading candidate Gustavo Petro, violating the constitutional requirement of impartiality for the Armed Forces. "We are one step away from a coup," warned Medellín's mayor.
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BREAKING: Over 150 parliamentarians, ministers, and ex-presidents from 26 countries warn of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's plans for an 'insurrection' on 7 September.
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97% of the funding for the development of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine came from the public. The vaccine belongs to the people.
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BREAKING 🇿🇦 More than 100 parliamentarians from around the world stand with the South African people against US President Donald Trump's executive order, calling it "an assault on their right to self-determination."
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BREAKING 🇾🇪 The US-UK bombing campaign in Yemen has begun.
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On this day in 1974, Rolls Royce workers in East Kilbride, Scotland, began a boycott that grounded most of General Pinochet’s airforce for four years. Their powerful act of solidarity was heralded by Hortensia Bussi, Allende’s widow, as a “beacon of light to those in Chile.”
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BREAKING (1/3) 🇨🇴 Over 400 MPs, MEPs, Senators, Mayors, Fmr. Presidents and Trade Union leaders from 20+ countries warn that "a soft coup is underway" against the @PactoCol and the government of @petrogustavo in Colombia. “We call on allies of democracy everywhere to stand up.”
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Last night, the people of Chile defeated the right — and elected an alliance of social movements, Indigenous peoples, and the #AprueboDignidad list to bury Pinochet's constitution and write a new future for Chile. Chile será la tumba del neoliberalismo!
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BREAKING: Gabriel Boric of @ProgIntl member @la_convergencia will be the next president of Chile.
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HAPPENING NOW: Thousands of Indigenous and popular protestors arrive to the Ecuadorian capital to demand an end to the Lasso government.
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BREAKING: Pedro Castillo ✏️ is president of Peru 🇵🇪.
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ANNOUNCING: A new planetary movement to #MakeAmazonPay. This Black Friday, the @ProgIntl is teaming up with warehouse workers, climate activists, and social movements around the world in a global day of action against Amazon. Join us.
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BREAKING 🇧🇴 Bolivia’s trade union confederation COB has called for an emergency mass mobilization and a general strike in response to the ongoing coup attempt.
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This map is our motto: Internationalism or extinction.
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LIVE 🇦🇷 Argentines march toward Plaza de Mayo following last night’s attempted assassination of Vice President @CFKArgentina.
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Today, we #MakeAmazonPay. From Brazil to Bangladesh, workers are rising up in the largest mobilization against Amazon in history. Join the movement. Spread the word. Support striking workers.
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On 5 February 2003, the United States government lied to start a war that claimed at least half a million lives.
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"Julian Assange is a hero of democracy!" . @LulaOficial at the first sitting of our Belmarsh Tribunal. #FreeJulianAssange
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In Brazil, members of the @ProgIntl Council – including Noam Chomsky, @jeremycorbyn, @zarahsultana, @vijayprashad, and candidate for São Paulo governor @Haddad_Fernando – gather to discuss the historic election and plan for @ProgIntl’s years ahead.
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“I am Fidel!”. Thousands of Cubans are taking to the streets to defend their revolution and sovereignty.
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BREAKING: Leading economists from around the world — including @MazzucatoM, @PikettyLeMonde , and @gabriel_zucman — unite to celebrate Chile's Constitutional Convention "and the visionary document it has produced to secure sustainable growth and shared prosperity for Chile."
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BREAKING 🇧🇷: The Director General of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) signed a circular at 2:43 am this morning to say that he will *not* comply with orders given by Supreme Electoral Tribunal.
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EXCLUSIVE: "Assange should, in this moment, be seen as a hero of democracy, a hero of freedom, a hero of communication, as someone who did a service for humanity denouncing the war crimes committed by the USA." — @LulaOficial
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BREAKING 🇬🇹 On inauguration day, a coup attempt is underway in Guatemala. The President and his allied Members of Congress have been refused their swearing-in by a group of golpistas known as the “Pacto de Corruptos.” The situation is developing.
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ALERTA 🚨‼️ Gobierno del Ecuador viola la soberanía de México e ingresa ilegalmente en su embajada en Quito. La @ProgIntl_ES rechaza el irrespeto a los principios del derecho doméstico e internacional — y condena las acciones del gobierno ecuatoriano.
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BREAKING 🇧🇴 Bolivia’s armed forces have been forced to withdraw from the Presidential Palace — and counter-protestors have filled the Plaza Murillo in support of the democratically elected MAS government.
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We stand with @jeremycorbyn — a genuine internationalist and an inspiration to progressive forces around the world.
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More than 1,200 movements, unions, parties, and grassroots organizations have signed an open letter to support South Africa's Genocide Convention case against Israel. Join them:
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BREAKING: As part of the Global Day of Action, activists in Tokyo, Japan, gather at the offices of Itochu Corporation, calling for it to sever its ties with Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest arms manufacturer. #ShutElbitDown.
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If Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gave every Amazon worker a $105,000 bonus, he’d still be as rich as he was at the start of Coronavirus. Instead, Bezos is giving them just $150-$300: a pittance of what he owes to Amazon workers at the pandemic frontline.
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Jeremy Corbyn joins the @GovernmentZA to demand justice for Israeli genocide at the Hague.
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BREAKING 🇦🇷 President-elect Javier Milei confirms that he will close Argentina's Central Bank, privatize state-owned energy company YPF, sell off all public broadcast networks, and travel to the US and Israel before inauguration on 10 December.
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Anuncio de la @ProgIntl_ES 🇨🇴🇦🇷 Repudiamos las absurdas e incendiarias declaraciones de Javier Milei contra el presidente @petrogustavo – y nos solidarizamos con su gobierno mientras avanza hacia la transformación pacífica de Colombia.
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URGENT 🇪🇸: Barcelona mayor Ada Colau has been attacked for her courageous decision to suspend ties with the State of Israel. Join leaders around the world rallying to her defense — and call on cities everywhere to join her fight for Palestinian rights.
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Twenty years ago today, the USA, UK and their allies invaded Iraq — one of the greatest atrocities of the 21st century.
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URGENT 🇦🇷: A vicious campaign of legal warfare is now being waged to imprison the Vice President of Argentina @CFKArgentina and break the spirit of Peronismo once and for all. No pasarán. La @ProgIntl_ES está con @CFKArgentina!
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Palestinian author, revolutionary Marxist and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Ghassan Kanafani was born on this day in 1936.
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BREAKING 🇬🇹 Bernardo Arévalo has officially been sworn in as the President of Guatemala.
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ÚLTIMA HORA 🇺🇸: Congreso EEUU pide investigar al Secretario General de la OEA @Almagro_OEA2015, afirman que sus delitos “constituyen motivo suficiente para sancionar al Sr. Almagro y destituirlo de su cargo.”
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BREAKING 🇧🇷 Brazil's Federal Police conclude that Jair Bolsonaro had “full knowledge” of the plan to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro's indictment is expected imminently.
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BREAKING: A shock poll by @DataProgress and @ProgIntl finds that 60% of US voters want @POTUS to temporarily waive patent protections on Covid-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization. Only 28% disagreed. Read our story now:
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Today, nine nations — collectively known as The Hague Group — gathered in The Hague to coordinate legal, diplomatic and economic measures against Israel’s violations of international law.
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro announces that Colombia will open an embassy in Ramallah, Palestine, and dispatch aid to the outskirts of Gaza to await the opening of a humanitarian corridor.
Me he entrevistado hoy con el embajador de Israel y el embajador de Palestina. He expresado.mi posición de conseguir una conferencia internacional de paz que abra el camino para dos estados independientes y libres. He expresado mi solidaridad con la niñez israelí y palestina
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Cuba is ready to vaccinate the world. The 60-year-old US embargo stands in the way. The embargo is not only illegal and inhumane. It is incredibly unpopular.
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BREAKING: Parliamentarians across the planet unite to Last Friday, a new global movement mobilized to demand justice from @Amazon. Today, over 400 MPs across 34 countries pledge to stand with that movement in a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos. Watch now 📽️
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President Gustavo Petro at COP28: "Colombia awaits the unity of the South to save life on the planet. Perhaps if we see a free Palestine emerge today from the rubble, we will see tomorrow a living humanity emerge from the rubble of the climate crisis."
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"Assange should be seen as a hero of democracy." . Two years ago, Julian Assange was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London and imprisoned in the notorious HMP Belmarsh, where he remains today. Watch @LulaOficial's powerful testimony from our #BelmarshTribunal:
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We salute the people of Bolivia for their courage in the course of this peaceful election. Democracy is in critical condition around the world – and Bolivians have shown us how to win it back. We remain present & attentive in La Paz as the counting continues.
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BREAKING: Gabriel Boric is the new president of Chile 🇨🇱.
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"That's a kind of conversation between the sword and the neck.". Palestinian revolutionary Ghassan Kanafani on the utility of "peace talks" with the occupying forces.
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Convened by the @ProgIntl, the meeting between state representatives of Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa explored collective action at both national and international levels to further the cause of Palestinian liberation.
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