Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is the chief 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 book is Washington Bullets, with an introduction by Evo Morales Ayma.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Vijay Prashad

Opinion

In crises, women are always the resistance leaders—in Africa and everywhere else
March 24, 2023 By Vijay Prashad
The 22 richest men in the world have more wealth than all the women in Africa.
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World

U.S. aims to make Taiwan the Ukraine of the East
February 10, 2023 By Vijay Prashad
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. lends his country as a steppingstone for U.S. designs on Taiwan.
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Politics

Workers in the U.S. and around the world who brought democracy
January 26, 2023 By Vijay Prashad
It will be the workers who establish a deeper democracy yet.
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World

When the people have nothing to eat, they eat the rich
January 19, 2023 By Vijay Prashad
Right wing attacks in Brazil, Peru and the United States are not random events but fit into deliberate ruling class policy.
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Opinion

Winds of the new Cold War are howling in the Arctic
January 12, 2023 By Vijay Prashad
World peace and world climate are endangered because of pressure on Arctic nations by the U.S. and NATO.
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Politics

Targeting China, the U.S. brings its New Cold War to Africa
January 5, 2023 By Vijay Prashad
Will U.S. pledges of aid, which are largely earmarked for private firms, support African development or merely subsidize U.S. multinational corporations?
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World

Early evidence suggests U.S. may have pushed for coup in Peru
December 20, 2022 By Vijay Prashad And José Carlos Llerena Robles
The move by Pedro Castillo to dissolve congress ahead of a third impeachment motion seems to be the result of a pressure campaign with support from the U.S.
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En español

Estados Unidos y su rol en el golpe de Estado en Perú
December 18, 2022 By Vijay Prashad
La medida de Pedro Castillo de disolver el Congreso ante una tercera moción de destitución parece ser el resultado de una campaña de presión con apoyo de EE.UU.
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