Global Progressives Rally in Barcelona to Defend International Order

US Democrats joined roughly 6,000 progressives in Barcelona for a Global Progressive Mobilization, endorsing new ideas to strengthen a rules-based global order. Proposals highlighted include Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for an International Panel on Inequality at the UN, Pedro Sánchez’s push for a wealth tax and social-media safeguards, and Lula da Silva’s call for UN Security Council action to avert wars, as speakers framed democracy against rising far-right forces and called for deeper international cooperation.