Vijay Prashad: AI & the US War on Iran
The Iranian schoolhouse in Minab stands as a warning that goes beyond a single strike, or company, or war. It warns of a future in which technological power advances faster…
The Concrete Is Drying In East Asia
Vijay Prashad, The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. A profound contradiction confronts East Asia. The region drives global development, yet US imperialism seeks to transform it into a frontline of…
Build The New Asia Of Our Dreams
Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Economic growth alone cannot secure genuine sovereignty in Asia. A regional platform for coordination remains a vital material necessity to safeguard the region…
We Shall Not Host Our Executioners
Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Modern structures of extraction attempt to mask old systems of colonial plunder. The living legacy of anti-colonial resistance across Africa remains a decisive…
Socialism Is Slow To Mature
Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. The capitalist system rewards short-term cycles. Building a dignified future is a slow task that requires disciplined organisation and an enduring struggle to…
The Bombs Which Polish the Skulls of the Dead
With New START now expired, the United States’ withdrawal from arms control treaties and its embrace of nuclear ‘warfighting’ doctrines are raising the risk of catastrophic conflict between nuclear powers.
The Value Chain of Suffering in the Global South
The drug trade – and the ‘War on Drugs’ that polices it – unleashes a value chain of suffering on peasant communities in the Global South. You cannot explain such…
Migration Is an Underdevelopment Issue
The global number of migrants has nearly doubled in the past thirty-five years, underscoring rising inequality and the imposed underdevelopment of the Global South.
The Global South Needs Productive Employment
India’s liberalisation beginning in the 1990s has led to a steady decline in manufacturing. To reverse this trend and expand productive employment, industrial policy must address structural issues of dependence…
Greenland Is Not a Prize
The US has set its sights on Greenland due to its mineral wealth and strategic location. But its people – the Kalaallit – are an afterthought in Washington’s machinations.
The Right to Development Is an Inalienable Human Right
Sixty years after the Tricontinental Conference, the right to development – the material basis of dignity – remains the horizon of socialist revolution and national liberation.
The Angry Tide Has Washed Into Chile
Kast’s agenda will not eliminate unrest but may postpone it for a while, only to sharpen its eventual return to the streets.
First We End the War, Then We Restart the Factories
While industrialisation remains a top priority for Global South countries, debt-driven austerity, corporate dominance, wars, and sanctions keep many poorer nations locked into dependency and underdevelopment.
Kerala Has Abolished Extreme Poverty
The Indian state of Kerala has eradicated extreme poverty through clear public policy, decentralised planning, and the leadership of its cooperative movement.
The Earth Is Unhappy with the Capitalist Climate Catastrophe: The Forty-Ninth Newsletter (2025)
By Vijay Prashad Republished from theTricontinental: Institute for Social Research During the closing plenaries of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change…