#Vijay Prashad

[heritageposts]

What ‘From the River to the Sea’ Really Means & Why Israel Can’t Win, w/ Vijay Prashad

#free palestine #israel #gaza #vijay prashad #worth watching just for prashad #he goes into the geopolitical context and implications of what's now happening in palestine #including the (possible end of?) saudi/israel normalizations #he also does a great job of explaining why the two state solution is no longer an option

[workersolidarity]

Latest Vijay Prashad piece on the question of Israeli apartheid and violence against Palestinians by settler colonists.

The question of apartheid has become more urgent in recent years as settler colonial violence against native Palestinians has increased dramatically.

The newest Far-Right Nationalist Israeli Government, even when they believe the actions of settlers hurts their own cause, refuses to take action against them, essentially providing cover for their violent actions by providing IDF Forces to prevent retaliation against these violent settlers and their crimes against the Palestinian people.

The Israeli Nationalist Govt just loves using these euphemisms for genocide: "Price-tag" attacks to exact a price on Palestinians for existing in their own home, or the "mowing the lawn" for the nearly annual short wars in Gaza when IDF Forces go on the attack against "Palestinian Resistance Groups" in civilian neighborhoods.

And then there are the political prisoners, Palestinians who give voice to the desperation and longing for freedom their people suffer through, or groups that defend Palestinian civilians from settler and IDF violence.

In reaction to Israeli Apartheid Government's refusal to release Walid Daqqah, the International Union of Left Publishers (IULP) has released a statement calling on the Apartheid Government to release Daqqah immediately:

#israel is an apartheid state #apartheid israel #israeli imperialism #israeli apartheid #apartheid #israel #israel news #vijay prashad #apartheid in Israel #socialism #communism #marxism leninism #socialist politics #socialist news #socialist worker #socialist #communist #marxism #marxist leninist #progressive politics #politics #solidarity with palestine #palestine #the palestinian cause #palestintian resistance #israeli palestinian conflict #imperialism

[poetical-camaraderie]

ON VIOLENCE

(A found poem inspired by Vijay Prashad and Frantz Fanon)

A civilization

that tolerates high

levels of

hunger

among its people

is a violent

civilization.

A civilization

that tolerates high

levels of

unemployment

among its people

is a violent

civilization.

A civilization

that needs a police

force to stop

hungry people

from getting food

is a violent

civilization.

The violence comes

prior to looting.

Colonialism

was looting.

Capitalism

is looting.

How is it possible

that rich countries

have such high

levels of

hunger

when there is food

all around?

If you don’t have money,

you can’t have food.

That is an act of violence.

It is a violence

against humanity.

#poem #poet #poetry #anti-capitalism #anti-capitalist #colonialism #colonization #neocolonialism #marxist #marxism #communist #communism #socialist #socialism #leftist #leftism #vijay prashad #frantz fanon #the wretched of the earth #violence #writing #writer #creative writing #creative writer #spilled ink #spilled poetry #spiled words

[sataniccapitalist]

Vijay Prashad - Israel-Palestine and the Context Missing in the Media

In this episode of The Source, we interview historian, journalist and author Vijay Prashad about the latest developments surrounding the Israeli war in Gaza. We begin the interview with a look at the background to the Hamas terror attacks on October 7th. We then look at the 8000 Palestinians in Israeli captivity, including hundreds if not thousands of children, who are now being released as part of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, and on what basis Israel held them in the first place. We examine the actions of regional actors such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Hezbollah and others, and end the interview by asking why the West sanctioned Russia when it annexed Ukrainian territory, but does not do the same with Israel, which has continuously annexed Palestinian territory for over 75 years.

#vijay prashad #israel #palestine

[susansontag]

In Venezuela 70% at least of the media is in private hands and secretly held — so it’s not publicly declared who the owners are. In Venezuela only 5% of the media is government. So now it’s interesting... Let’s say the government is conducting policies which the elite don’t like. It’s very likely the elite will mobilise the media as the opposition against those policies. [...] If that is the case, the government’s response is “the media is our enemy.” Now, this is delicious for the imperialist media, because now they will say, “Look, these countries are censoring journalists.” The context which vanishes is that the media in these societies are not actually free and fair. These are media’s of the ruling class, which do not want to abdicate their power and property to the new governments that have emerged.

— Vijay Prashad, Ruling Class Controls Ideas through Media

#vijay prashad #propaganda #media censorship #moth.txt #quote

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Vijay Prashad

Ever since the Haitian Revolution won independence from France in 1804, Haiti has faced successive waves of invasions, including a two-decade-long US occupation from 1915 to 1934, a US-backed dictatorship from 1957 to 1986, two Western-backed coups against the progressive former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991 and 2004, and a UN military intervention from 2004 to 2017. These invasions have prevented Haiti from securing its sovereignty and have prevented its people from building dignified lives. Another invasion, whether by US and Canadian troops or by UN peacekeeping forces, will only deepen the crisis.

#Haiti #imperialism #occupation #invasion #United Nations #jean-bertrand aristide #Antony Blinken #MINUSTAH #protest #neoliberalism #refugees #Vijay Prashad #Struggle La Lucha

[metamatar]

i don't think western leftists know or even care but vijay prashad is actually persona non grata on large parts of the indian left for being a party mouthpiece for the cpm. the party that fought and killed agricultural workers, farmers and activists for refusing to be displaced from their land to build a car factory for india's oldest capitalists - the tatas in singur. good place to start. he also lives in the west. assigning him authority to talk about a whole country is very dangerous.

tw: rape, political violence, murder under the cut

tapasi malik was an 18 year old woman who was raped and murdered by cpm cadre in singur. vijay prashad pointed to his own party newspaper as proof she was murdered by her father while the high court successfully convicted cpm people for the crime

#honestly i think there should be some kind of checklist before you claim familiarity with india #bhagat singh to dange to nandigram and singur and maruti and bastar. #vijay prashad #cw: rape #left discourse

[comradedelaurier]

What Gives Imperialists the Right to Use the Word ‘Democracy?' w/ Vijay Prashad

#youtube #vijay prashad #btnewsroom #imperialism #democracy

[alanshemper]

#Youtube #vijay prashad

[crystalis]

#vijay prashad #Youtube

[warllikeparakeetiii]

Vijay Prashad on Hyper-Imperialism

#Vijay Prashad #imperialism #free Gaza #genocide #Youtube

[sataniccapitalist]

What Gives Imperialists the Right to Use the Word ‘Democracy?' w/ Vijay Prashad

#american exceptionalism #crisis of legitimacy #vijay prashad #Youtube

[russianreader]

Simon Pirani: No Path to Peace in Ukraine Through This Fantasy World

The Russian army’s meagre successes in Ukraine – such as taking the ruined town of Avdiivka, at horrendous human cost – have produced a new round of western politicians’ statements and commentators’ articles about possible peace negotiations. Hopes are not high, because the Kremlin shows no appetite for such talks. Its actions, such as nightly bombing of civilians and civilian infrastructure,…

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#"anti-imperialism" #Andrew Murray #Branko Marcetic #Bucha #campism #Medea Benjamin #Russian invasion of Ukraine #Russian-Ukraine peace negotiations #Simon Pirani #Stop the War Coalition #Vijay Prashad #Volodymyr Zelensky

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

By Vijay Prashad

In recent weeks, the streets of Haiti have once again been occupied by large marches and roadblocks, with the mood on edge. Banks and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) — including Catholic charities — faced the wrath of the protesters, who painted “Down with [the] USA” on buildings that they ransacked and burned. The Creole word dechoukaj or uprooting—that was first used in the democracy movements in 1986 — has come to define these protests.

#Haiti #protest #uprising #imperialism #colonialism #Big Oil #sanctions #Venezuela #Black liberation #Caribbean #Vijay Prashad #Struggle La Lucha

[prensabolivariana]

Roger Waters en Nuestra América

La gira de Roger Waters This is Not a Drill llegó al continente. Crónica del concierto en Santiago de Chile donde le esperaban Inti-Illimani y la hija de Víctor Jara. Los intentos de cancelación de este excepcional músico no pudieron impedir su presentación en Colombia el pasado 5 de diciembre. Continue reading Untitled

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#Featured #Opinión #Roger Waters #Vijay Prashad

[void-voyage]

#latam #vijay prashad #argentina #instituto tricontinental de investigación #imperialismo