Dialectics of History.
1. Israeli Zionist soldiers lay out barbed wire to intimidate and stop Palestinian children from going to school.
2. Palestinian children sit on their ground, take out their books, and educate themselves.
3. Israeli Zionist soldiers have surrendered their brains to their guns.
In Jakarta, we were at the Teater Besar Tim with Bonnie Triyana (MP) and with Hilmar Farid (Megawati Institute). We had a discussion about the problems posed by the imperialist USA, the challenges for countries such as Indonesia. Merdeka!
“The Iranian plan has been welcomed in many quarters (such as by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim), largely because it is not merely intended to defer the next war but to attempt to build a foundation for peace.”
By Carlos Ron & @vijayprashad.bsky.social
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La guerra ilegal impuesta por los Estados Unidos e Israel no ha terminado, pero se ha producido una tregua, aunque no en el Líbano | La #opinión de Carlos Ron y Vijay Prashad | @vijayprashad.bsky.social | somosmass99.ghost.io/sobre-la-pro...
On my way to the land of Bung Karno
Brimful of Asha.
(Here with Mohammed Rafi for Teesri Manzil, 1966).
…. aaja aaja mai hu pyaar tera, allah allah inkar tera
ooo aaja, aah aah aaja, aa e e aaja…..
Happy Easter.
Remembering the great Indian painter, Angelo da Fonseca (1902-1967), expelled from Goa by the Portuguese colonialists for his modernist depictions of Christian scenes rooted in Indian realities.
Here is his Annunciation from 1953.
Tings Chak & I from Tricontinental write in the April issue of the journal Monthly Review on "The Idea of the 'Uyghur Genocide' and the Realities of Xinjiang". We end with a consideration of the need for politics in debates around ethnicity. See our essay here, monthlyreview.org/articles/the....
My article on how ‘Iran will win the war: six aspects to consider’ from Globetrotter, peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/18/i...
The stories about César Chávez are morbidly familiar.
Molesters and rapists are cliches of hideousness.
My latest Outlook column, on my substack with some photos,
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For instance, with Hanna Gharib, Secretary General of the Lebanese Communist Party.
Spent twenty minutes from Caracas (Venezuela) with my old friend George Galloway to discuss the US illegal aggression against Iran, and the fact that I believe that the US will no prevail politically over Iran as this attack drags on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0q2...
Loved this mural of the Siege of Stalingrad and then the triumph of the Soviet citizens. Made me think of this Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research study on the anti-fascist war, thetricontinental.org/the-80th-ann.... Onward in the fight for a socialist world.
#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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#VijayPrashad #Marxism #Geopolitics #IndianPolitics #GlobalSouth
@kthalps.bsky.social & @vijayprashad.bsky.social
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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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#indianelections #vijayprashad #marxism
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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#indianelections #vijayprashad #socialism
‘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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