Vijay Prashad
LATEST ARTICLES BY Vijay Prashad
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India made labor history with the world’s largest general strike
September 13, 2016Half the Indian population are deprived of the basics of life such as food, energy, housing, drinking water, sanitation, health care, education and social security.
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“Red Spring” for the left in India’s Kerala state
June 14, 2016What were the issues culminating in this victory? The Left Democratic Front fought for the wages and living conditions of Kerala's workers and peasants.
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Is “pitiless war” the best leaders can offer these days?
November 19, 2015A week of horrible carnage, and more pain as the powerful take refuge in clichéd policies that once again turn the wheel of violence.
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The regional alternative to escalation in Afghanistan
December 5, 2009More U.S. troops are being prepared for Afghanistan, but there is another alternative.
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India’s Communists decontaminate a radioactive deal
November 9, 2007On Oct. 12, India’s Congress Party threw in the towel. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the leader of the United Progressive Alliance, Sonia Gandhi, said they would step back from the U.S.-India nuclear deal.
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Watershed in India’s history
June 25, 2004May 2004 might be a watershed for contemporary Indian history. The Indian electorate marched into the voting booth and ejected the coalition government led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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