@vijayprashad.bsky.social
Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Editor at LeftWord Books (India) & Inkani Books (South Africa). Chief Correspondent of Globetrotter. Live in Santiago, Chile. Latest book: On Cuba, with Noam Chomsky.
#podcast @vijayprashad.bsky.social discusses @tricontinental.bsky.social’s report "Hyper-Imperialism: A Dangerous Decadent New Stage". He argues today’s global order is shaped by entrenched imperial structures that increasingly rely on different tools from culture 2 war
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Ataques de los EE. UU. e Israel contra Irán son parte de una guerra de décadas contra la República Islámica, que se ha negado a ceder ante las exigencias estadounidenses de que renuncie a su soberanía | La #opinión de Vijay Prashad | @vijayprashad.bsky.social | somosmass99.ghost.io/una-guerra-q...
The great @vijayprashad.bsky.social explains the most important speech in Cuba’s history.
Had a great time chatting with @vijayprashad.bsky.social about the Cuban revolution and sport. Episode out now👇🏽
Talking to Mbuyiseni Quintin Ndlozi about capitalist crisis, the madness of war, and the new mood in the Global South. You can watch it here (or listen): www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCnV...
Tehran, where the US & Israel continue their illegal war of aggression, hitting the major oil refineries near the city & turning the sky black with smoke & pushing people into a situation of despair (1/3 of all the dead in the bombing so far have been children).
This is the Gaza Syndrome for Tehran.
. @vijayprashad.bsky.social on the incredible resilience of youth in Gaza and the enduring significance of sport.
In 1996, Abbas Araghchi - the current foreign minister of Iran - received his PhD from the University of Kent. His dissertation was supervised by the Marxist scholar David McLellan and was on 'The evolution of the concept of political participation in twentieth-century Islamic political thought'.
On my way to Cuba, here is my conversation with The End of Sport podcast about Cuba, revolutionary sport, cricket (T20 final tomorrow between India and New Zealand), and health. Hope you enjoy it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-ep...
<Marxism as Method> Speaking with Pritha Kejriwal of Kindle Cast, the rebirth of Kindle Magazine, about how a Marxist navigates a rapidly changing world. We talk about everything and everywhere for a little over an hour, www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRcb...
Ubai al-Aboudi of the Bisan Center (Ramallah, Palestine) and I write about the living hell of Israeli prisons as well as how Israel uses the prisons to try and destroy Palestinian political life. Do read, and share widely please: peoplesdispatch.org/2026/02/24/l...
Is this really a “multipolar world”?
Or just power rebranded?
Vijay Prashad on capitalism, imperialism, BRICS, India, and the future of the left.
Full episode: Dark Matter, Bright Minds.
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‘India is one of the most expensive places to get elected.’
Historian and political commentator Vijay Prashad on crorepati candidates, campaign finance, and the gap between money and democracy.
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La solidaridad con Cuba es para su pueblo, para la Revolución, para la soberanía en todo el continente americano y para la idea del socialismo en el mundo. Es la lucha contra el imperialismo | #Escribe Vijay Prashad |
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Is a Congress Socialist revival possible in India?
Historian and political commentator Vijay Prashad on youth politics, Rahul Gandhi, BJP, and the future of Congress.
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‘You can’t build communism in a society committed to caste hierarchy.’
Historian and political commentator Vijay Prashad on Ambedkar, caste reform, and why class politics alone isn’t enough.
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My essay at Counterpunch on the gutlessness of the West's ruling elites; none of those caught up in the Epstein rape circle willing to just say, I did it.
All denials. All liars.
Read the essay here: www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/23/t...
We stand with the Cuban Revolution against Yanqui Hyper-imperialism. We believe in the importance of sovereignty and dignity against intimidation and theft.
¡Cuba sí! ¡Yanquis no!
Donate to buy solar panels for Cuba:
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#LetCubaLive #EndTheBlockade #Solidarity
Come out to @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social on Sunday, Feb. 15th at 3:30pm for an exciting conversation with @vijayprashad.bsky.social. While the state of our world is dire indeed, there are also so many reasons for hope. Join us for a wide ranging conversation that looks at the U.S. and beyond.
@vijayprashad.bsky.social via peoplesdispatch.org
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A short note on the ruling class as revealed by the Epstein files:
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My friendship with Noam Chomsky goes back decades. But, reading his friendly correspondence with Jeffery Epstein made me shudder. I know that Noam cannot defend himself. But in many ways, the emails speak for themselves. See my note: www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/o...
This is Caracas. These are the Chavistas. They say Free Maduro and Cillia. They have clarity. They do not live in the fog of imperialism.
On the death anniversary of comrade V. I. Lenin, here's a picture of Comrade Prakash Karat and myself with the edition of What is to Be Done (with an introduction by Prakash). It is the best annotated edition of this crucial text that you are going to find: leftword.com/product/what...
¡Viva Lenin!
Lovely to chat with Dashran Yohan, a radio presenter in Malaysia, about the world from Venezuela to Iran to South East Asia, www.bfm.my/content/podc...
Contradictions of the Trump era.
My essay in People's Democracy: peoplesdemocracy.in/2026/0118_pd...
Vijay Prashad explains that imperialism needs no master plan. Domination for its own sake is the new logic in the age of hyper-imperialism.
Learn more about hyper-imperialism by reading @vijayprashad.bsky.social's and his comrades' work at the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research!
Radio Kookpunt "Vijay( @vijayprashad.bsky.social )Prashad on building political power" www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr7M...
