Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World
As the US celebrates $95.3 billion in military funding for Israel, Taiwan, Ukraine, and the US, we unpack the US Indo-Pacific strategy and what’s at stake.
How Israel Weaponizes Water
Amid the intensifying water crisis that plagues billions of people across the world, Israel is using water as a weapon in its war against Palestinians by denying access and destroying…
A Word Like Peace Is Faster Than the Bullet of War
"All efforts to resolve these issues by military means will continue to be futile and will only result in further intense suffering, above all for the Ukrainian people."
ExxonMobil Wants to Start a War in Latin America
It is clear that the Venezuelans who came to cast their vote on December 3 in a referendum on the Essequibo region saw this less as a conflict between Venezuela…
A New Mood in the World Will Put an End to the Global Monroe Doctrine
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Every day since 7 October has felt like an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, with hundreds of thousands…
When the Journalists are Gone, the Stories Will Disappear
Over 29 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 7 in Israeli’s genocidal bombing of the Gaza strip.
What if There Had Been No Coup in Chile in 1973?
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Imagine this scenario. On 11 September 1973, the reactionary sections of the Chilean army, led by General Augusto Pinochet and given…
The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces, but They Will Not By Themselves Change the World
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In 2003, high officials from Brazil, India, and South Africa met in Mexico to discuss their mutual interests in the trade…
If Everybody’s Going to Join NATO, Then Why Have the United Nations?
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11–12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania. The communiqué released after the…
The World Needs a New Development Theory That Does Not Trap the Poor in Poverty
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In June, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network published its Sustainable Development Report 2023, which tracks the progress of the…
The Rice Bowl of the Chinese People Is Held Firmly in Their Hands
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research At the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), member states decided to replace the…
Israel Cannot Rebut Apartheid
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 24 June 2023, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) Herzl Halevi, Chief of Shin Bet (Intelligence) Ronen…
The Emergence of a New Non-Alignment
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. A new mood of defiance in the Global South…
Can the Global South Build a New World Information Communication Order?
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research It is remarkable how the media in a select few countries is able to set the record on matters around the…
You Are Reading This Thanks to Semiconductors
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 7 October 2022, the United States government implemented export controls in an effort to hinder the development of China’s semiconductor…