Vijay Prashad
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U.S. aims to make Taiwan the Ukraine of the East
On February 2, 2023, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines met with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Malacañang Palace in Manila, where they agreed to expand the U.S. military presence in the country. → Read More
Workers in the U.S. and around the world who brought democracy – People's World
Democracy has a dream-like character. It sweeps into the world, carried forward by an immense desire by humans to overcome the barriers of indignity and social suffering. → Read More
When the people have nothing to eat, they eat the rich
On January 8 large crowds of people dressed in colors of the Brazilian flag descended on the country’s capital, Brasília. They invaded federal buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, and vandalized public property. → Read More
Winds of the new Cold War are howling in the Arctic
In 1996, the eight countries on the Arctic rim – Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States – formed the Arctic Council, a journey that began in 1989 when Finland approached the other countries to hold a discussion about the Arctic environment. → Read More
Targeting China, the U.S. brings its New Cold War to Africa
The United States government held the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December, prompted in large part by its fears about Chinese and Russian influence on the African continent. → Read More
Early evidence suggests U.S. may have pushed for coup in Peru
On Dec. 7, 2022, Pedro Castillo sat in his office on what would be the last day of his presidency of Peru. His lawyers went over spreadsheets that showed Castillo he would triumph over a motion in congress to remove him. → Read More
Biden wines and dines Macron, but hostilities simmer between U.S. and France
Editor’s Note: Televisions broadcast happy handshakes between President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron as the U.S. leader hosted his counterpart this week. But behind the smiles a competition for influence is underway—in Africa, Australia, and elsewhere. Add the U.K. → Read More
The last thing Haiti needs is another neocolonial U.S. intervention
Geneus admitted that his country faces a serious crisis, which he said “can only be solved with the effective support of our partners.” To many close observers of the situation unfolding in Haiti, the phrase “effective support” sounded like Geneus was signaling that another military interve... → Read More
Stopping the nuclear war danger must be at the top of a peace agenda
Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Since 1947, the Doomsday Clock has measured the likelihood of a human-made catastrophe, namely to warn the world against the possibility of a nuclear holocaust. → Read More
When government won’t provide housing, India’s Communists organize people to build it themselves
It all started with a survey. In April 2022, members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), went door to door in the town of Warangal in Telangana state. The party was already aware of challenges in the community but wanted to collect data before working on a plan of action. → Read More
To end ‘Cold War mentality’, world needs powerful non-aligned movement
War is an ugly part of the human experience. Everything about it is hideous. War is most obviously the act of invasion and the brutality that goes along with its operations. No war is precise; every war hurts civilians. Each act of bombardment sends a neurological shudder through a society. → Read More
Ukraine war shifts world order, makes socialism more necessary than ever
The war in Ukraine has focused attention on the shifts taking place in the world order. Russia’s military intervention has been met with sanctions from the West as well as with the transport of arms and mercenaries to Ukraine. → Read More
Ukrainian communist journalist: ‘This war started eight years ago’
The war between Russia and Ukraine began long before February 24, 2022—the date provided by the Ukrainian government, NATO, and the United States for the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. → Read More
Violent right-wing extremists attack Communist Party offices in India
RightOn September 8, members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s right-wing ruling political party, attacked three buildings in the Melarmath area of Agartala (Tripura). → Read More
The new generation of Communists leading Chile to a post-Pinochet future
The recent victories of the left in a number of municipalities and in elections for the Constitutional Convention have set the stage for a categorical rejection of the legacy of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship and the building of a new Chile. → Read More
Cuban-inspired health system among reasons Kerala voters re-elected left government
Kerala, a state in the Indian union with 35 million people, has re-elected the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to lead the government for another five years. Since 1980, the people of Kerala have voted out the incumbent, seeking to alternate between the left and the right. → Read More
Move underway to rescue East Germany from anti-communist historians
A full generation has elapsed since the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) collapsed in late 1991. Two years earlier, in 1989, the socialist countries states of Eastern Europe gave way to a capitalism that forced its way in—the first salvo came when Hungary opened its border with Austria. → Read More
Government failure and healthcare privatization at root of India’s COVID crisis
For Ashish Yechury (1986-2021), journalist. It is difficult to overstate the grip of COVID-19 on India. WhatsApp bristles with messages about this or that friend and family member with the virus, while there are angry posts about how the central government has utterly failed its citizenry. → Read More
Coup or no coup, Myanmar isn’t moving into U.S. orbit
On Feb. 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military—known as the Tatmadaw—invoked Article 417 of the 2008 constitution, dismissed State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, and arrested her and other members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party. → Read More
Victor Jara’s song returns as an anthem of our time
On a warm late February day in Santiago, I went to the grave of Victor Jara to pay homage to the man who was brutally killed on Sept. 16, 1973. A theatre director, songwriter, and communist, Jara was arrested after the coup d’état against the socialist government of Salvador Allende. → Read More