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Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research (thetricontinental.org) and is the Chief Editor of LeftWord Books (leftword.com).

Vijay Prashad
Will the Koreas be Able to Ignore the United States?
13 Dec 2018
Both North and South Korea are unlikely to take orders from Washington, but the Trump administration is not making it easy to build peace on the peninsula.
Vijay Prashad
Don’t Drink Nestlé Unless You are Dying of Thirst
29 Nov 2018
The MST has called for a campaign of global solidarity against the international buyers from João Faria – people such as Nestlé. Not in my coffee pot is the hashtag (#NoMeuBuleNão).
Vijay Prashad
The Poverty of Brexit
22 Nov 2018
The political class – led by the Conservative Party – knows that clarity around the class warfare driven by the ‘ultra-high net worth individuals’ is far too dangerous to allow.
Vijay Prashad
The World of Gérald Bloncourt, Photographer of Human Beings
16 Nov 2018
Drawn to Marxism like his fellow radicals, Bloncourt’s paper published an editorial on 1 January 1946 that called for democracy over the ‘fascist oppression’ of the post-war government of Élie Lescot.
Vijay Prashad
The Migrant Sends Home Money and the Money Transfer Industry Steals It
08 Nov 2018
Of the money that the migrants wish to send to their families, $30 billion is taken each year by the money transfer industry.
Vijay Prashad
Braxit: Will Bolsonaro Pull Brazil Out of BRICS?
01 Nov 2018
The Far-Right President would like Brazil to return to the West, but will need to scale barriers as the country’s business interests have gained from BRICS, and China is its top trading partner.
Vijay Prashad
The Chinese Ambition
11 Oct 2018
On the Left there is a decades-long debate about how to characterise China – is it still a socialist country, has it restored capitalism?
Vijay Prashad
There Is No Reason For the US to Increase Sanctions on Iran
05 Oct 2018
The UN’s position against Iran is in bad faith. All the member states and the UN secretariat know that Iran has no nuclear weapons programme. Yet, they have allowed the US and Israel to push against…
Vijay Prashad
Harlem Greets the Leaders of Cuba and Venezuela
28 Sep 2018
The 73rd session of UN General Assembly at Riverside Church saw the Cuban and Venezuelan Presidents speak of building a solidarity against the US sanctions and threat of war.
Vijay Prashad
Vamos, Vamos Students: Argentina’s Right to Education
20 Sep 2018
People are pouring onto the streets in protest against Mauricio Macri’s Right wing government’s plan to slash $99 million from public education.