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
‘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.
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
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.
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
Venezuela’s borderlands have been assaulted by COVID-19
Over 70,000 Venezuelan migrants have returned to the country due to the uncontrolled coronavirus outbreaks in the neighboring countries. Venezuela has welcomed them and provided free testing and treatment
Billions of children are being punished by the pandemic
Vijay Prashad writes about the deep impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on children who are suffering disproportionately amid the pandemic with limited access to education and higher levels of violence
Who deserves the Nobel Peace Prize in a time of pandemic?
The solidarity work of Cuban doctors is a decades-long effort in medical internationalism whose roots go to the Cuban Revolution of 1959