Talk:Progressive International
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Origins
Launched after the Democracy in Europe Movement (DiEM25) and The Sanders Institute announced an open call for progressive forces to form a unified front. The call was announced at a Sanders Institute event in Burlington, Vermont attended by progressive politicians, economists and activists including Naomi Klein, Cornel West, Fernando Haddad, Niki Ashton and Ada Colau.[3][4]
Formally founded and launched on 11 May 2020 amidst the global Coronavirus pandemic, the International counters the resurgence of authoritarian nationalism worldwide as well as the rise of disaster capitalism. Progressive International held its inaugural summit titled "Internationalism or Extinction" in September 2020, bringing together Council members, trade unions, social movements, and political parties across continents, with Noam Chomsky delivering the keynote speech.[5][6]
Structure
The Progressive International has three Pillars:
- Blueprint, which convenes policy-makers and legislators in order to design and develop forward-thinking and transformative policies for a progressive international order;
- Movement, which supports, connects, and organizes activists, organizations, and unions around the world;
- Wire, which publishes, reports, and translates stories, reportage, and statements from progressive voices such as El Ciudadano (Chile); The Elephant (Kenya); The Wire (India) and The Nation (US).
The structure of the organization includes:
- A Council of over 50 advisors on progressive strategy and direction, including Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, Naomi Klein, Yanis Varoufakis and Fernando Haddad, among others.
- A Cabinet that is responsible for legal representation, international development, and staffing of the Progressive International.
- A Secretariat that is the operational body of the Progressive International. Responsible for coordinating the day-to-day activities across each Pillar and implementing the overall strategy set by the Council and provide regular support to Members.
- Collectives that are thematic or Regional working groups dedicated to uniting Members in the development of shared Campaigns, Actions, policy proposals, and/or declarations.
- An assembly of Members to develop the work of each Pillar. The Assembly also refers to the digital tools developed by the Progressive International to support Member interaction.
Activities
Electoral Observatory
In October 2020, Progressive International said that it was "particularly concerned about the integrity of the presidential elections in Bolivia" and sent an observer group made up of Members of Parliament from around Europe to monitor the election.[7]
Belmarsh Tribunal
On 2 October 2020, Progressive International launched the Belmarsh Tribunal to put the United States government on trial for war crimes conducted in the 21st century and "drawing attention to the extradition case of Julian Assange for revealing them". The tribunal was modelled after the 1966 Russell-Sartre Tribunal, which investigated American involvement in the Vietnam War. Prominent figures such as Yanis Varoufakis, Jeremy Corbyn, Slavoj Zizek, and member of the Russell-Sartre Tribunal Tariq Ali condemned the actions of the U.S. government and voiced their support for the release of Julian Assange.[8]
Debt Justice
Campaigning with Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and representatives around the world for total debt forgiveness and an emergency injection of finances to the Global South, PI Wire and Blueprint coordinators made an urgent call for debtors of the world to unite against the austerity policies of the World Bank and IMF.[9]
Make Amazon Pay
On Black Friday, the Progressive International initiated a new global movement to “Make Amazon Pay,” alongside over 40 trade unions and social movements representing more than 200 million workers and activists.[10][11]
The Internationalist
In November 2020, the Progressive International launched a weekly show to bring news and stories connecting struggles across the planet.[12] By the end of 2020, The Internationalist had featured voices from India’s farmer strike[13], trade unions fighting Amazon, and dissidents reflecting on a decade of uprising after the Arab Spring[14].
Views
When it launched in May, the Progressive International articulated a series of aspirations for a world that is democratic, decolonised, just, egalitarian, liberated, solidaristic, sustainable, ecological, peaceful, post-capitalist, prosperous and plural.[15]
During the inaugural Summit, PI Members emphasised the need for a more robust vision — one that is mindful of the history of previous internationals and centers anti-colonial and anti-imperial perspectives. Past internationals, one Member stressed, have fragmented the left along ideological lines rather than promoting unity. Such divisions only served to undermine the struggles for national liberation across the Global South.[16]
Unlike other internationals, PI does not have limited purview or scope, but aims to connect all progressive forces to create a common front and develop practical and tangible policy vision by building durable infrastructure for internationalism. The International seeks to construct a solidarity and strategy that goes beyond social network or sloganeering.
Notable Members People
• Slim Amamou, former Secretary of State for Sport and Youth of Tunisia • Celso Amorim, former Foreign Minister of Brazil • Andres Arauz, former Minister of Knowledge of Ecuador • Niki Ashton, New Democratic Party MP in Canada • Edil Baisalov, ambassador of Kyrgyzstan • Nnimmo Bassey, environmental activist from Nigeria • Natalia Bonavides, Workers' Party congresswoman from Brazil • Khaled Ali, Egyptian lawyer and founder of Bread and Freedom Party • Áurea Carolina, Socialism and Liberty Party politician from Brazil • Alicia Castro, trade union activist and former ambassador from Argentina • Noam Chomsky, American linguist and academic • Rafael Correa, former President of Ecuador • John Cusack, American actor and activist • Jean Drèze, Belgian economist from India • Tasneem Essop, former provincial MP from South Africa • Gael García Bernal, actor from Mexico • Álvaro García Linera, Movement for Socialism former vice-President of Bolivia • Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, Patria Grande Front politician and Minister of Women of Argentina • Fernando Haddad, Workers' Party politician from Brazil • Hilda Heine, politician and former President of the Marshall Islands • Srećko Horvat, Croatian philosopher • Aruna Roy, Indian activist • Wang Hui, activist and figure of the Chinese New Left • Joacine Katar Moreira, politician from Portugal • Naomi Klein, American author and activist • Ertuğrul Kürkçü, honorary president of People's Democratic Party of Turkey • Avi Lewis, Canadian film-maker • Scott Ludlam, former deputy leader of the Australian Greens • Harsh Mander, Indian author and activist • Achille Mbembe, philosopher from Cameroon • John McDonnell, Labour Party politician and former Shadow Chancellor from the United Kingdom • Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate activist • Leah Namugerwa, Ugandan climate activist • Nanjala Nyabola, Kenyan writer and activist • Gustavo Petro, Progressive Movement politician from Colombia • Varshini Prakash, co-founder of the Sunrise Movement in the United States • Vijay Prashad, Indian activist and author • Carola Rackete, German refugee activist • Pierre Sané, former Secretary General of Amnesty International from Senegal • Mona Seif, Egyptian human rights activist • Ahdaf Soueif, Egyptian author and activist • Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, American academic • Ece Temelkuran, Turkish journalist • Yanis Varoufakis, MeRA25 politician and former Minister of Finance of Greece • Cornel West, American philosopher and activist
Organisations
• Akina Mama wa Afrika • Andhra Pradesh Vyavsaya Vruthidarula Union • Brandworkers International • Catalunya en Comú • Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 • Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain • Landless People's Movement (Namibia) • The Left (Slovenia) • Left Bloc (Russia) • Left Together (Poland) • Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan • MeRA25 • National Alliance of People's Movements • Organizata Politike (Albania) • Solidarity Party of Afghanistan • Sudanese Professionals Association • Sunrise Movement • The World Transformed
News and reporting
• Bidayat • CTXT • Dissent • Internazionale • Jacobin • Jadaliyya • Jamhoor • Krytyka Polityczna • Mada Masr • Mediapart • Mondoweiss • Novara Media • openDemocracy • ROAR Magazine • The Nation (US) • The Wire (India) • Z Communications
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- References supporting change:
8. https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/10/julian-assange-wikileaks-espionage-act-war-crimes
10. https://www.theintercept.com/2020/12/03/amazon-workers-union-international-strike/
11. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-protests-idUSKBN28D2ET
12. https://www.progressive.international/wire/2020-11-30-we-are-launching-the-internationalist/en
13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTnL9vPBf08&t=10s
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37psxRu2qmY&t=8s
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ManeCuervo (talk) 16:06, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
Not done. A good amount of this material was advertorial in nature. Sourcing had quite a few issues (the deprecated TeleSur being the chief among them), making the edit not feasible to partially implement in a meaningful way. — Mikehawk10 (talk) 05:29, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Former members[edit]
Almost all of the entities in the Former members section are media outlets, with no source for them having disaffiliated from the PI. It appears that PI is simply not listing media in their "members" section on their website, but still have regular articles from them on the "wire" section. The "former members" should probably be removed from that section unless there's a source confirming they cut ties. Jnoubi75 (talk) 01:15, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
- Agreed, newspapers aren't generally considered members of internationals either.
- Catiline52 (talk) 01:22, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
To add to article[edit]
Basic information to add to this article: how Progressive International is funded, and in which city/country it is headquartered. 98.123.38.211 (talk) 03:14, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
Members[edit]
Why were the member parties removed? GamerKlim9716 (talk) 07:52, 10 January 2024 (UTC)