Why a growing force in Brazil is charging that President Jair Bolsonaro has committed crimes against humanity
Brazil

Why a growing force in Brazil is charging that President Jair Bolsonaro has committed crimes against humanity

Trade unions in Brazil have taken to the International Criminal Court to charge President Jair Bolsonaro with crimes against humanity over his mismanagement of the pandemic

Vijay Prashad
August 11, 2020
How the US failed at its foreign policy toward Venezuela
United States

How the US failed at its foreign policy toward Venezuela

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Venezuela confirmed this week the overt efforts over the last year of the US government to carry out a coup d’état against president Nicolás Maduro

Vijay Prashad and Erika Ortega Sanoja
August 8, 2020
“People of Kashmir are living in shock”
India Kashmir

“People of Kashmir are living in shock”

In 2019, India’s ruling BJP finally enacted what what its fascistic ideological parent, the RSS, had wanted 66 years beforehand – the abrogation of special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Communist leader M.Y. Tarigami talks about the past year

Vijay Prashad
August 5, 2020
How Trump managed to lead the world with the worst response to COVID-19 pandemic
United States

How Trump managed to lead the world with the worst response to COVID-19 pandemic

The United States leads the world in terms of absolute numbers of confirmed cases of COVID-19 as well as deaths. Vijay Prashad looks into how the US continues to fail to contain the spread of coronavirus

Vijay Prashad
August 4, 2020
‘We will coup whoever we want’: Elon Musk and the overthrow of democracy in Bolivia
Bolivia

‘We will coup whoever we want’: Elon Musk and the overthrow of democracy in Bolivia

What role did billionaire Elon Musk and his thirst for lithium play in the coup in Bolivia? Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano discuss.

Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano
July 28, 2020
Time is not on our side in Libya
Libya

Time is not on our side in Libya

Vijay Prashad raises the alarm on the situation in Libya which has been ravaged by an imperialist war since 2011

Vijay Prashad
July 21, 2020
Laos has tackled COVID-19, but it is drowning in debt to international finance
Laos

Laos has tackled COVID-19, but it is drowning in debt to international finance

Vijay Prashad tells the heroic and tragic story of how Laos has controlled the coronavirus pandemic but now faces an even more unforgiving adversary, foreign debt.

Vijay Prashad
July 14, 2020
The US and UK are a wrecking ball crew against the pillars of internationalism
United Kingdom United States

The US and UK are a wrecking ball crew against the pillars of internationalism

Vijay Prashad writes on the imperialist actions led by the US and the UK against Venezuela and the emptiness of their commitment to international law

Vijay Prashad
July 8, 2020