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About Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is an editor of LeftWord Books and the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He has written more than 20 books, including The Darker Nations and The Poorer Nations. His latest books are Struggle Makes Us Human: Learning from Movements for Socialism and (with Noam Chomsky) The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.
  • Mahankali Parvati (left), Moturu Udayam (middle), and Chintala Koteshwaramma (right) perform an anti-war song during World War II with the group they led, Burrakatha Squad. Credit: Praja Natya Mandali Photography Archives

    The revolutionary fire in the people starts with a song: The Thirty-Seventh Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on September 12, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    In the dialectical spiral of culture, poems, songs, and stories inspire us to act and depict our actions, which in turn inspires others to do the same.

  • Protest calling for the release of Daniel Jadue. Photo: Jadue Libre campaign

    The strange case of the persecution of Daniel Jadue

    Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on September 7, 2024 (more by Peoples Dispatch)  |

    Daniel Jadue, a member of the Communist Party of Chile and the former mayor of Recoleta, was released after being held in preventative detention for 91 days.

  • Rashid Diab (Sudan), Out of Focus, 2015.

    Three new kinds of refugees in a world of migrants: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on September 5, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    No migrant wants to leave their home and be treated as a second-class citizen by countries that forced their migration in the first place.

  • Arpita Singh (India), My Lollypop City: Gemini Rising, 2005.

    She was brutally killed before she could write her story for the World: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on August 29, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    Following the the murder of a young female doctor in Kolkata, health workers, medical unions, and women’s movements have mobilised across the country to decry rampant gender-based violence and dangerous working conditions.

  • Andry León (Venezuela), José Gregorio Hernández, 2023.

    The weakness of progressive Latin American governments in these precarious times: The Thirty-Fourth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on August 22, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    Unwilling to accept election results in Venezuela, the OAS, led by the U.S., passed a resolution essentially asking the country to violate its own election laws. Many countries with supposedly centre-left or left governments have joined the U.S. in proposals that seek to undermine Venezuelan democratic processes, a reflection of the contradictions confronting the current progressive cycle of governments and weakness of the left in Latin America today.

  • Ten Theses on the Far Right of a Special Type: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2024)

    Ten theses on the far right of a special type: The Thirty-Third Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on August 15, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    Fascism is an insufficient term, as it denies the intimacy between liberal and far right forces. In this week’s newsletter, we present ten theses to understand this ‘intimate embrace’ and the rise of this far right of a special type.

  • Credit: Francisco Trías

    Venezuela is a marvelous country in motion: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on August 8, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    Venezuela’s opposition yet again cries fraud in the 28 July presidential but fails to provide evidence. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Chavistas, their frustrations grounded in the understanding that the US-hybrid war is the root of the crisis, take to the streets and chant no volverán: they [the oligarchy] will not return.

  • People rallying in front of the prime minister's office after Sheikh Hasina's resignation. Photo: Md Joni Hossain / Wikimedia Commons

    The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics

    Originally published: The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics on August 7, 2024 (more by The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics)

    Vijay Prashad reflects on the last several weeks in Bangladesh of protests and convulsions, which culminated in the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

  • Rula Halawani (Palestine), Untitled XII from the Negative Incursion series, 2002.

    Even in Palestine, the birds shall return: The Thirty-First Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on August 1, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    As the situation in Gaza worsens, Netanyahu was applauded for demanding more arms in Congress. In contrast, Beijing hosted Palestinian factions, pushing for unity and peace.

  • José Clemente Orozco (Mexico), The Epic of American Civilisation, 1932–1934.

    The Country of the Rust Belt and the Broken Road: The Thirtieth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on July 25, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    From the 1942 ‘American century’ to Trump’s ‘American carnage’, the U.S. has shifted from a post-WW2 boom to decline, facing political divides, economic crisis, poverty, and social decay.

  • Mahiriki Tangaroa (Kūki ’Airani), Blessed Again by the Gods (Spring), 2015.

    The Pacific lands and seas are neither forbidden nor forgotten: The Twenty-Ninth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on July 18, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    A powerful struggle is taking place in Kanaky (New Caledonia) between the indigenous people and French colonial authorities. In the background, the US-led militarisation of the Pacific intensifies.

  • Beatriz González (Colombia), Señor presidente, qué honor estar con usted en este momento histórico (‘Mr President, What an Honour to Be with You in This Historic Moment’), 1987.

    Building a planet of peace is the only realistic thing to do: The Twenty-Eighth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on July 11, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    On Isla Grande, Afro-Colombian residents discuss the urgent need for a sustainable electricity plant. Their efforts echo President Petro’s push for solar energy, with the aim of addressing broader regional goals of sustainable development. Yet, development and climate adaption require funding–funding that is instead going to war, with global military spending nearing $3 trillion annually.

  • Jardy Ndombasi (DRC), Soulèvement populaire et souveraineté (‘Popular Uprising and Sovereignty’), 2024.

    The war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will end: The Twenty-Seventh Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on July 4, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    In order to allow for a deeper understanding of the ongoing conflict in the Congo today, this newsletter presents an analysis of the resource theft and processes of imperialism and colonialism that have long plagued this part of Africa, including the fight over raw materials that are key for the electronic age.

  • Erik Bulatov (USSR), People in the Landscape, 1976.

    There is no such thing as a small nuclear war: The Twenty-Sixth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on June 27, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    Recent announcements by the U.S. and NATO threaten to escalate the conflict in Ukraine and create the most dangerous threat to world peace since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

  • Aisha Khalid and Imran Qureshi (Pakistan), Two Wings to Fly, Not One, 2017.

    Democracy will not come through compromise and fear: The Twenty-Fourth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on June 13, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    In 2024, 64 countries and the EU will hold elections. Amid the corrupting influence of money, power, and corrosive discourse, the search for a genuine democratic spirit continues.

  • Ana Segovia (Mexico), Huapango Torero (‘Huapango Bullfighter’), 2019.

    Their rules-based International Order is the rule of the Mafia: The Twenty-Third Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on June 6, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    In defiance of the International Court of Justice, Israel continues to bomb Gaza. Like the United States, Israel refuses to abide by international law, exposing the hypocrisy of the ‘rules-based international order’.

  • Iri and Toshi Maruki, XV Nagasaki, 1982, from The Hiroshima Panels.

    Keep on rockin’ in the free world: The Twenty-First Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on May 23, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    On the evening of 14 May, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken climbed onstage at Barman Dictat in Kyiv, Ukraine, to pick up an electric guitar and join the Ukrainian punk band 19.99.

  • Left to right: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Kihara Minoru, and Secretary of National Defense of Philippines Gilbert Teodoro pose for a group photo at U.S. Indo-Pacific Command headquarters, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, May 2, 2024. Photo: Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders, DOD

    United States assembles the squad against China

    Originally published: Struggle-La Lucha on May 17, 2024 (more by Struggle-La Lucha)  |

    In early April 2024, the navies of four countries—Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States—held a maritime exercise in the South China Sea. Australia’s Warramunga, Japan’s Akebono, the Philippines’ Antonio Luna, and the United States’ Mobile worked together in these waters to strengthen their joint abilities and—as they said in a joint statement—to “uphold the right to freedom of navigation and overflight and respect for maritime rights under international law.”

  • Liby Ousmane Lougué (Burkina Faso), Papa Roger, 2020.

    In Africa they say, ‘France, get out!’: The Nineteenth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on May 9, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    France has long sought to undermine African sovereignty, from the national liberation struggles of the twentieth century to today. But Africa would not tolerate French dominion then, nor will it now. This newsletter seeks to better understand the wave of coups in the Sahel and the fervour for African sovereignty in the region.

  • Askhat Akhmedyarov (Kazakhstan), Autumn Purge, 2012.

    The students will not tolerate hypocrisy: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2024)

    Originally published: Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on May 2, 2024 (more by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research)  |

    From universities to grassroots movements worldwide, young people are fighting back against the complicity in Israel’s genocide of Palestians, setting up encampments and facing repression with resilience. This resistance is rooted in a long tradition to impose clarity upon a world encrusted by compromise, from the movement against apartheid in South Africa to China’s May Fourth Movement.

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