Minab Girls' School
Iran Israel United States

A war that cannot be won: Israel and the United States bomb Iran

The US-Israeli strikes against Iran are part of a decades-long war against the Islamic Republic which has refused to bow to US demands that it surrender its sovereignty.

Vijay Prashad
February 28, 2026
Compound detention facility run by the Israeli Security Agency
Israel Palestine

Living hell: Israel’s prison system as an instrument of oppression

The transformation of Israeli detention facilities into what B’Tselem rightly calls torture camps is a stark symbol of how the machinery of the state can be deployed to dehumanize an entire population.

Vijay Prashad and Ubai al-Aboudi
February 24, 2026
Remembering the Cuban heroes who fell in Venezuela
Cuba

The Cuban Revolution holds out against US imperialism

Indian scholar Vijay Prashad argues that the Cuban Revolution is now the frontline in the fight against US imperialism.

Vijay Prashad
February 18, 2026
Tarique Rahman y Muhammad Yunus
Español

Bangladesh en la encrucijada: las elecciones y el futuro del octavo país más grande del mundo

La mayoría absoluta del BNP no es tanto un veredicto democrático como el resultado previsto de un proceso de ingeniería política de dos años.

Vijay Prashad and Atul Chandra
February 13, 2026
Tarique Rahman Mohammad Yunus 2
Bangladesh

Bangladesh at the crossroads: elections and the future of the world’s eighth largest country

BNP’s super-majority in Thursday’s elections is less a democratic verdict than the intended outcome of a two-year political engineering process.

Vijay Prashad and Atul Chandra
February 13, 2026
FDS Siria
Español

Se pone el sol sobre la rebelión kurda siria

Los grupos armados sirios leales al presidente Ahmad al-Sharaa lograron doblegar la resistencia de las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias (FDS), el grupo mayoritariamente kurdo, pero este avance solo puede entenderse por el total respaldo que Estados Unidos brindó al gobierno sirio.

Vijay Prashad
January 27, 2026
Syrian Democratic Forces” reinforcements positioned in Raqqa against Syrian Army. (1)
Syria

The sun sets on the Syrian Kurdish rebellion

Syrian armed groups loyal to President Ahmad al-Sharaa broke the resistance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the largely Kurdish group, but this advance can only be understood by the total backing given by the United States to the Syrian government.

Vijay Prashad
January 20, 2026
Aftermath of protests in Iran
Iran

Six points to navigate the turmoil in Iran

Vijay Prashad offers six points to make sense of the situation in Iran amid protests, violence, and threats of military intervention from Washington

Vijay Prashad
January 14, 2026