Writing About a Joy That Invades Jenin
government is fiercely far-right, although from the standpoint of the Palestinians there is steady continuity in Zionist state policy, whether the government is led by the far-right or by less…
It Was the Workers Who Brought Us Democracy, and It Will Be the Workers Who Establish a Deeper Democracy Yet
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Democracy has a dream-like character. It sweeps into the world, carried forward by an immense desire by humans to overcome the…
When the People Have Nothing More to Eat, They Will Eat the Rich
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 8 January, large crowds of people dressed in colours of the Brazilian flag descended on the country’s capital, Brasília. They…
The Winds of the New Cold War Are Howling in the Arctic Circle
With members of the Arctic Council refusing to work with Russia since the start of the Ukraine War, the future of the Arctic and its indigenous inhabitants (who are most…
The Hope of a Pan-African-Owned and Controlled Electric Car Project Is Buried for Generations to Come
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The United States government held the US-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December, prompted in large part by its fears about Chinese and…
The Perils of Pious Neoliberalism in the Austerity State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The International Labour Organisation’s Global Wage Report 2022–23 tracks the horrendous collapse of real wages for billions of people around the…
The Road to De-Dollarisation Will Run Through Saudi Arabia
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 9 December, China’s President Xi Jinping met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia…
Nothing Good Will Come From the New Cold War With Australia as a Frontline State
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 15 November 2022, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country…
Mali’s Break With France Is a Symptom of Cracks in the Transatlantic Alliance
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 21 November 2022, Mali’s interim prime minister, Colonel Abdoulaye Maïga, issued a statement on social media announcing the government’s decision…
Africa Does Not Want to Be a Breeding Ground for the New Cold War
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 17 October, the head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), US Marine Corps General Michael Langley visited Morocco. Langley met with…
The West Must Stop Blocking Negotiations Between Ukraine and Russia
Ukrainians have been paying a terrible price for the failure of ensuring sensible and reasonable negotiations from 2014 to February 2022 – which could have prevented the invasion by Russia…
How Can the Global South Escape the ‘Austerity Trap’?
The IMF's surprise concern for increasing inequality in the UK offers a chance to look at inequality facing the rest of the world.
The Last Thing Haiti Needs is Another Military Intervention
A massive insurrection in Haiti is bringing international attention and action, some of which is unwelcome.
Without Culture, Freedom Is Impossible
Cuba's socialist approach to culture is unique in that it tries to make art forms available to everyone while balancing the lingering colonial practices.
Why Lithium Power Politics Are Playing Out Very Differently in Chile and Bolivia
By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva / Peoples Dispatch In late July, a large sinkhole appeared near the town of Tierra Amarilla in Chile’s Copiapó province in the Atacama…