Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad is a journalist, commentator, Executive-Director of the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and Chief Editor at LeftWord Books.

ourVoices podcast: Vijay Prashad on “is capitalism racist?”

In the latest episode of ourVoices, we ask historian Vijay Prashad if racial hierarchies are a necessary component of the capitalist system.

By Vijay Prashad, Laura Basu and Freddie Stuart

/ 14 Jul 2020

ourVoices podcast: Vijay Prashad on “is capitalism racist?”

We are in pitiless times

After Paris, macho language about “pitiless war” defines the contours of leadership. Little else is on offer. It is red meat to our emotions.

By Vijay Prashad

/ 15 Nov 2015