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15,000 New York City nurses are on strike to demand safe-staffing ratios, protections from workplace violence, and to stop cuts to their health benefits.
New York City Nurses Have Launched Their Biggest-Ever Strike
15,000 New York City nurses are on strike to demand safe-staffing ratios, protections from workplace violence, and to stop cuts to their health benefits.
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February 19, 2026 at 5:56 PM
15,000 New York City nurses are on strike to demand safe-staffing ratios, protections from workplace violence, and to stop cuts to their health benefits.
China publicly reaffirmed its political and economic support for Cuba, condemning renewed U.S. sanctions and the longstanding blockade. Available in EN and ES.
“Inhumane actions”: China fires back at Trump's sanctions and closes ranks with Cuba
China publicly reaffirmed its political and economic support for Cuba, condemning renewed U.S. sanctions and the longstanding blockade.
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February 19, 2026 at 11:25 AM
China publicly reaffirmed its political and economic support for Cuba, condemning renewed U.S. sanctions and the longstanding blockade. Available in EN and ES.
The Trump administration is strangling the people of Cuba.
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Together, we can break the siege: buff.ly/nxJTwSK
February 19, 2026 at 9:28 AM
The Trump administration is strangling the people of Cuba.
Together, we can break the siege: buff.ly/nxJTwSK
Together, we can break the siege: buff.ly/nxJTwSK
"When a neighbour is denied fuel, medicine, and food, solidarity becomes a duty."
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 5 | We are sailing to Cuba
The Nuestra América Flotilla will break the siege, save lives, and stand with the Cuban people’s right to self-determination.
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February 19, 2026 at 8:04 AM
"When a neighbour is denied fuel, medicine, and food, solidarity becomes a duty."
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
"It is ironic that a government in debt distress uses an ADB loan to undermine the very foundation of community resilience."
Undermining the Commons: The Regulatory Assault on Community Credit
Sri Lanka's proposed microfinance regulation threatens to dismantle community-controlled credit systems that serve as a vital lifeline for peasants, fishers, and low-income women.
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February 19, 2026 at 6:04 AM
"It is ironic that a government in debt distress uses an ADB loan to undermine the very foundation of community resilience."
"Our homes, our land, our sheep are gone. Our children are terrorized for life."
Israel wipes out Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers, with state support, are forcibly displacing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank
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February 18, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"Our homes, our land, our sheep are gone. Our children are terrorized for life."
"The oppressed need a political vehicle that can represent them as a class. This is the role of the revolutionary party."
Building the Vanguard Party in Kenya
For Building the Future, a research collection on contemporary socialist construction, we look at the Communist Party Marxist - Kenya — a project to build a vanguard party equipped to lead the Kenyan…
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February 18, 2026 at 11:25 AM
"The oppressed need a political vehicle that can represent them as a class. This is the role of the revolutionary party."
Armed Israeli settlers, with state support, are forcibly displacing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank.
Israel wipes out Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers, with state support, are forcibly displacing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank
buff.ly
February 18, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Armed Israeli settlers, with state support, are forcibly displacing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank.
Sri Lanka's proposed microfinance regulation threatens to dismantle community-controlled credit systems that serve as a vital lifeline for peasants, fishers, and low-income women.
Undermining the Commons: The Regulatory Assault on Community Credit
Sri Lanka's proposed microfinance regulation threatens to dismantle community-controlled credit systems that serve as a vital lifeline for peasants, fishers, and low-income women.
buff.ly
February 18, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Sri Lanka's proposed microfinance regulation threatens to dismantle community-controlled credit systems that serve as a vital lifeline for peasants, fishers, and low-income women.
"Stand in solidarity with DGD-Sen and the striking workers at Migros warehouses. Our enemies are globally present, collaborating and learning from each other’s new methods of intensifying labor exploitation and union-busting."
“Our enemies are intensifying labor exploitation and union-busting."
Bala Ulaş Ersay explains how warehouse workers' on-going strike against a retail giant is part of a global fight for wages, conditions, and the right to organise in the face of union-busting.
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February 18, 2026 at 6:04 AM
"Stand in solidarity with DGD-Sen and the striking workers at Migros warehouses. Our enemies are globally present, collaborating and learning from each other’s new methods of intensifying labor exploitation and union-busting."
"We are on strike currently because our employers will not guarantee health care benefits for their nurses." Available in EN, RU, AR, ES and IT.
New York City Nurses Have Launched Their Biggest-Ever Strike
15,000 New York City nurses are on strike to demand safe-staffing ratios, protections from workplace violence, and to stop cuts to their health benefits.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"We are on strike currently because our employers will not guarantee health care benefits for their nurses." Available in EN, RU, AR, ES and IT.
"Fuel imports stall offshore. Airports run dry. Hospitals ration power. Buses idle in their depots."
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 5 | We are sailing to Cuba
The Nuestra América Flotilla will break the siege, save lives, and stand with the Cuban people’s right to self-determination.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 11:25 AM
"Fuel imports stall offshore. Airports run dry. Hospitals ration power. Buses idle in their depots."
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
We urgently need your support to deliver essential supplies to the Cuban people.
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Join us: buff.ly/nxJTwSK
February 17, 2026 at 9:28 AM
We urgently need your support to deliver essential supplies to the Cuban people.
Join us: buff.ly/nxJTwSK
Join us: buff.ly/nxJTwSK
“We’ve been living under a settler siege. We’ve reached a point where if your son is sick, you can’t take him to the doctor.” Available in EN, AR, ES and FR.
Israel wipes out Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers, with state support, are forcibly displacing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 8:04 AM
“We’ve been living under a settler siege. We’ve reached a point where if your son is sick, you can’t take him to the doctor.” Available in EN, AR, ES and FR.
Sri Lanka's Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill, mandated by an ADB loan, uses false claims about the microfinance crisis to dismantle autonomous, community-controlled credit systems.
Undermining the Commons: The Regulatory Assault on Community Credit
Sri Lanka's proposed microfinance regulation threatens to dismantle community-controlled credit systems that serve as a vital lifeline for peasants, fishers, and low-income women.
buff.ly
February 17, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Sri Lanka's Microfinance and Credit Regulatory Authority Bill, mandated by an ADB loan, uses false claims about the microfinance crisis to dismantle autonomous, community-controlled credit systems.
"That’s why I want to make a direct call to workers and unions abroad. Follow our struggle. Realize what we’re fighting against here. This isn't just about one retail giant, or even the entire retail sector."
“Our enemies are intensifying labor exploitation and union-busting."
Bala Ulaş Ersay explains how warehouse workers' on-going strike against a retail giant is part of a global fight for wages, conditions, and the right to organise in the face of union-busting.
buff.ly
February 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"That’s why I want to make a direct call to workers and unions abroad. Follow our struggle. Realize what we’re fighting against here. This isn't just about one retail giant, or even the entire retail sector."
15,000 New York City nurses are on strike to demand safe-staffing ratios, protections from workplace violence, and to stop cuts to their health benefits. Available in EN, RU, AR, ES and IT.
New York City Nurses Have Launched Their Biggest-Ever Strike
15,000 New York City nurses are on strike to demand safe-staffing ratios, protections from workplace violence, and to stop cuts to their health benefits.
buff.ly
February 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
15,000 New York City nurses are on strike to demand safe-staffing ratios, protections from workplace violence, and to stop cuts to their health benefits. Available in EN, RU, AR, ES and IT.
"If they build a blockade, we build a flotilla."
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 5 | We are sailing to Cuba
The Nuestra América Flotilla will break the siege, save lives, and stand with the Cuban people’s right to self-determination.
buff.ly
February 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
"If they build a blockade, we build a flotilla."
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
February 15, 2026 at 9:28 AM
"We are ready to take risks in the name of humanity and the fundamental right of the Cuban people.”
The Nuestra América Flotilla is more than a mission. It is a movement. Read more in Common Dreams.
The Nuestra América Flotilla is more than a mission. It is a movement. Read more in Common Dreams.
'We Are Sailing to Cuba': Humanitarian Coalition Announces Flotilla to Break US Blockade | Common Dreams
Progressive groups are launching a flotilla to deliver food and medicine to Cuba amid Trump's harsh embargo. Will you stand with us to break the siege, save lives, and support Cuban…
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February 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
"We are ready to take risks in the name of humanity and the fundamental right of the Cuban people.”
The Nuestra América Flotilla is more than a mission. It is a movement. Read more in Common Dreams.
The Nuestra América Flotilla is more than a mission. It is a movement. Read more in Common Dreams.
“When governments enforce collective punishment, ordinary people have a responsibility to act."
🇨🇺 Read more from David Adler, Co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International, in The National.
🇨🇺 Read more from David Adler, Co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International, in The National.
International flotilla launches in bid to deliver vital aid to Cuba amid US blockade
AN international coalition has launched a flotilla in a bid to deliver “urgently needed” humanitarian aid to Cuba amid an intensifying blockade…
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February 15, 2026 at 6:04 AM
“When governments enforce collective punishment, ordinary people have a responsibility to act."
🇨🇺 Read more from David Adler, Co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International, in The National.
🇨🇺 Read more from David Adler, Co-General Coordinator of the Progressive International, in The National.
"This week an international coalition of movements, trade unions, and grassroots organisations announced the Nuestra América Flotilla — a seaborne mission carrying essential supplies to the Cuban people."
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 5 | We are sailing to Cuba
The Nuestra América Flotilla will break the siege, save lives, and stand with the Cuban people’s right to self-determination.
buff.ly
February 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"This week an international coalition of movements, trade unions, and grassroots organisations announced the Nuestra América Flotilla — a seaborne mission carrying essential supplies to the Cuban people."
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
The 5th Progressive International Briefing of 2026 is online now.
“The occupation wants this area because it is a local tourism site,” said Zayed. “In spring, people are here by the busloads.”
Israel wipes out Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank
Armed Israeli settlers, with state support, are forcibly displacing the Palestinian Bedouin village of Ras Ain al-Auja in the West Bank
buff.ly
February 14, 2026 at 9:28 AM
“The occupation wants this area because it is a local tourism site,” said Zayed. “In spring, people are here by the busloads.”
February 14, 2026 at 8:04 AM
"Yet for rural communities - for peasants, fishers, and women - this so-called “dead capital” is the very source of life. These communal initiatives are a vital defence, the last bastion of resilience against a predatory economic order."
Undermining the Commons: The Regulatory Assault on Community Credit
Sri Lanka's proposed microfinance regulation threatens to dismantle community-controlled credit systems that serve as a vital lifeline for peasants, fishers, and low-income women.
buff.ly
February 14, 2026 at 6:04 AM
"Yet for rural communities - for peasants, fishers, and women - this so-called “dead capital” is the very source of life. These communal initiatives are a vital defence, the last bastion of resilience against a predatory economic order."