Tear down the racist statues, end racist debt and pay for equalizing reparations
United States

Tear down the racist statues, end racist debt and pay for equalizing reparations

The cancellation of racist debt and the payment of reparations must be central demands in the anti-racist, anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggle

Vijay Prashad
June 9, 2020
The murder of George Floyd is normal in an abnormal society
United States

The murder of George Floyd is normal in an abnormal society

Vijay Prashad writes on how the recent murder of George Floyd in the US is sadly unsurprising in a country that upholds capitalist exploitation through white supremacy

Vijay Prashad
June 3, 2020
Why Iran’s fuel tankers for Venezuela are sending shudders through Washington
Iran Venezuela

Why Iran’s fuel tankers for Venezuela are sending shudders through Washington

Vijay Prashad on the significance of the arrival of tankers from Iran to Venezuela amid rising global tensions

Vijay Prashad
May 26, 2020
How the United States government failed to prepare for the global pandemic
United States

How the United States government failed to prepare for the global pandemic

Vijay Prashad writes on why the Trump administration has insisted on blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic and how the administration’s slow response is responsible for the tragic situation in the country today

Vijay Prashad
May 20, 2020
The US military is hell-bent on trying to overpower China
China United States

The US military is hell-bent on trying to overpower China

Vijay Prashad writes about how the United States has unilaterally increased its military buildup around China and has ramped up threatening rhetoric

Vijay Prashad
May 12, 2020
Defeat of a dirty military incursion into Venezuela on a Sunday morning
Venezuela

Defeat of a dirty military incursion into Venezuela on a Sunday morning

A group of mercenaries attempted to invade Venezuela early on Sunday May 3. This is the latest in a series of attacks against the Bolivarian Republic.

Vijay Prashad , Paola Estrada , Ana Maldonado and Zoe
May 4, 2020
Why did the World Health Organization wait until March to declare a global pandemic?
World

Why did the World Health Organization wait until March to declare a global pandemic?

The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO’s ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic

Vijay Prashad
April 29, 2020
How the Chinese authorities and the WHO handled the Coronavirus
China

How the Chinese authorities and the WHO handled the Coronavirus

The attack on the Chinese government and the World Health Organization’s work on the novel coronavirus by the Trump administration is unfounded

Vijay Prashad
April 23, 2020