People with disabilities are not marginal to society but central to it — and the injustices they face reveal the failures of a world that treats human dignity as subordinate to profit.
Vijay Prashad: Over a Billion Disabled People
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V. Prashad: Interval of Time
With the resurgence of socialist politics among young voters in the West comes a resurgence of attacks. Vijay Prashad looks at the early obstacles societies faced in trying to build socialism post revolution.
Vijay Prashad: The Necessary Future
Dark forces seek to colonise the future to ensure it remains subordinate to accumulation, not dignity. Talk of the future is not utopian fantasy but affirmation that the current order is intolerable and impermanent.
Vijay Prashad: Senegal on the Edge of Collapse
Burdened by decades of neocolonialism and corruption, Senegal faces an all-too-familiar dilemma faced by countries across the Global South: how to pursue sovereign development under the weight of debt.
Vijay Prashad: Bombs That Polish the Skulls of the Dead
With New START now expired, the United States’ withdrawal from arms control treaties and its embrace of nuclear “warfighting” doctrines are raising the risk of catastrophic conflict between nuclear powers.
Vijay Prashad: The Challenges of Post-Colonial Industry
India’s liberalisation beginning in the 1990s led to a steady decline in manufacturing. To reverse this, industrial policy must address the issues of dependence and inequality.
Vijay Prashad: Greenland Is Not a Prize
The U.S. has set its sights on Greenland due to its mineral wealth and strategic location. But its people — the Kalaallit — are an afterthought in Washington’s machinations.
Vijay Prashad: Hyper-Imperialism on Hyper-Drive
The U.S. bombing of Venezuela and kidnapping of its president showcased the hyper-imperialist stage of the world order. A new mood in the Global South isn’t yet a developed challenge to the collective West.
Vijay Prashad: Let the Sudanese Walk To Peace
Backed by foreign powers, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) are locked in a bloody war with devastating consequences for the Sudanese people.
Vijay Prashad: To Free Africa, Stop Stealing Its Wealth
In Senegal and many other countries, the IMF’s approval of irregular financial practices has undermined sovereignty and favored multinational corporations.