Author Archive: Vijay Prashad

This article was produced by Globetrotter. Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. 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.
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Why a Growing Force in Brazil Is Charging That President Jair Bolsonaro Has Committed Crimes Against Humanity

Released for Syndication: 08/11/2020

Jhuliana Rodrigues works as a nurse technician at the Hospital São Vicente in Jundiaí, Brazil. “It is very difficult,” she says of her job...

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How Trump Managed to Lead the World With the Worst Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Released for Syndication: 08/04/2020

Six months ago, on January 30, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced a public health emergency of...

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Time Is Not on Our Side in Libya

Released for Syndication: 07/21/2020

Ahmed, who lives in Tripoli, Libya, texts me that the city is quieter than before. The army of General Khalifa Haftar—who controls large parts...

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Laos Has Tackled COVID-19, But It Is Drowning in Debt to International Finance

Released for Syndication: 07/14/2020

On June 11, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)—a country of 7 million in Southeast Asia—said it had temporarily prevailed over COVID-19. Prime Minister Thongloun...

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The U.S. and UK Are a Wrecking Ball Crew Against the Pillars of Internationalism

Released for Syndication: 07/08/2020

On January 9, 2020, Ambassador Karen Pierce—the United Kingdom’s permanent representative to the United Nations—spoke at a meeting on the UN Charter. “Nobody could...

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Billions of Children Are Being Punished by the Pandemic

Released for Syndication: 06/22/2020

The Great Lockdown lingers month upon month. The virus continues its march across the world; the disease continues to infect people and take lives....

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Who Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize in a Time of Pandemic?

Released for Syndication: 06/15/2020

A few weeks ago, I was talking to Noam Chomsky about the state of the world. At one point, Noam smiled and said that...

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Tear Down the Racist Statues, End Racist Debt and Pay for Reparations

Released for Syndication: 06/09/2020

The statues are coming down. The most recent avalanche began in the United States after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of...

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The Murder of George Floyd Is Normal in an Abnormal Society

Released for Syndication: 06/02/2020

There is no need to wonder why George Floyd (age 46) was murdered in broad daylight in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, 2020. The...

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Why Iran’s Fuel Tankers for Venezuela Are Sending Shudders Through Washington

Released for Syndication: 05/26/2020

The first oil tanker that came from Iran’s Bandar Abbas port into the Caribbean is called Fortune. The tanker entered Venezuelan waters on May...

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