Tens of millions in China and the U.S.S.R. gave their lives to defeat fascism during World War II. As imperialist militarisation rises again, No Cold War reiterates a call for peace.
Vijay Prashad: Against Resurgent Militarism
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Vijay Prashad: Locking Up & Torturing the Resistance
The Israelis bomb hungry people in Gaza and torture Palestinians for the same reason — to crush resistance to the occupation.
Vijay Prashad: The Neocolonial Trap
Burkina Faso has been trapped in neocolonial underdevelopment for nearly all of its post-independence history – can the new government of Ibrahim Traoré follow in Thomas Sankara’s footsteps and change course?
Vijay Prashad: To Those Who Died So Young
The early deaths of Patrice Lumumba, Franz Fanon and other African revolutionary leaders underline the brutality of imperialism. If a radical appears to lead a people to sovereignty, the radical cannot be allowed to survive.
Vijay Prashad: Wars Without Bullets
Economic sanctions lead to half a million civilian deaths a year, according to a study in The Lancet. Those imposed unilaterally and illegally by the EU and U.S. are the most lethal.
Vijay Prashad: Rising Sovereignty of the Global South
Though still weighed down by debt and austerity, developing countries are beginning to chart alternative paths as a new mood takes hold in the Global South.
Vijay Prashad: Nuclear Missile Diplomacy
Europe and the United States have adopted a path of austerity and war. That is their promise to the world for the period ahead.
Vijay Prashad: Patents of a Parasitical North
Global South countries are trapped in Global North-dominated patents and licensing fees that are stripping them of wealth and stunting their development.
Vijay Prashad: Beyond ‘Green Capitalism’
The term “Anthropocene” implies that humans — as an undifferentiated whole — have created the ecological crisis. This downplays the role of the capitalist system and its class and national divides.
Vijay Prashad: NATO Is the United States
As NATO’s secretary general urges member nations to “shift to a wartime mindset,” now more than ever it is clear that this aggressive alliance poses a threat to peace on a global scale.