Prof. Vijay Prashad discusses with Prof. Aijaz Ahmad the recent developments in the war-torn African country of Mali. On January 11 this year, the French troops launched an offensive on Mali. Prof. Prashad questions the so-called "humanitarian visions" of France and places the French bombardement in Mali in the category of "resource wars". Prof. Ahmad calls the French involvement as "an old colonial hangover" and also, a strategy of expanding the Euro-American military presence in the African continent. Is Mali another Afghanistan in the making?

Prof Aijaz Ahmad speaks on the transformations sweeping across the continent of hope. He discusses Emir Sader's important book, The New Mole; the results of Venezuela's recent elections; he takes issue with Slavoj Zizek's assessment of the revolutionary process in Venezuela; and he discusses the idea of 'twenty-first century socialism', and how it differs from the socialism of the previous century. His interlocutor in this conversation is Sudhanva Deshpande of LeftWord Books, and the venue is May Day Cafe in New Delhi.

The left made strong advancements in the recent elections in France and Greece. These results came in the backdrop of a severe economic crisis which show no signs of dying out. Are these opportunities for revolutionary advancements for the left? Prof. Aijaz Ahmad and Prof. Prabhat Patnaik talk about these issues in a discussion chaired by Sudhanva Deshpande.

The left made strong advancements in the recent elections in France and Greece. These results came in the backdrop of a severe economic crisis which show no signs of dying out. Are these opportunities for revolutionary advancements for the left? Prof. Aijaz Ahmad and Prof. Prabhat Patnaik talk about these issues in a discussion chaired by Sudhanva Deshpande.

Prof. Aijaz Ahmad discusses with Newsclick the implications of cyberwar and drone attacks in other countries.

Prof. Aijaz Ahmad discusses with Newsclick the implications of cyberwar and drone attacks in other countries.

 Senior Political Analyst, Aijaz Ahmad comments on the latest peace initiatives led by former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in the 2011-12 Syrian uprising apart from other maneuvers by the "international community" vis-a-vis the country.

Part II of the Leo Panitch- Aijaz Ahmad conversation on the new protests against the system in the developed world . The scholars discuss the structural and political constraints faced by the movements, as they grapple as to how to move beyond protests against the status quo and the existing system.

Aijaz Ahmad, the well-known commentator discusses with Newsclick the larger geo-strategic context of the current scenario in Syria. He explains that the embattled Bashar al Assad regime is the last nationalist Arab regime. Arab nationalism has always been considered the enemy of imperialism, Zionism and reactionary Arab monarchies. This is at the core of what is happening in Syria today.