These talks often begin with the speaker stressing that we meet at an urgent moment. But today, when you look around you, you can’t help but see it’s true. So much is happening in the world — and so quickly — that sometimes it’s dizzying and hard to keep up.

The Progressive International (PI) is a young project, but it has already done so much to bring us together, to act for radical change, and to make our fast-moving world comprehensible. I’m proud that the Peace and Justice Project is a member, and I am honored to sit on the council with so many inspiring leaders and activists.

The PI’s first summit, held in September 2020, took place under the title of “Extinction or Internationalism.” A year and a half on, we have to be realistic: the dial has edged closer to extinction.