Vijay Prashad

Santiago

Director at Tricontinental Institute for Social Research

Director of @tri_continental; Ed, @LeftwordBooks & @inkanibooks; Chief Reporter at Globetrotter. Ed, Wenhua Zongheng: A Journal of Contemporary Chinese Thought.

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US-Led Sanctions

1 week ago | savageminds.substack.com | Vijay Prashad

No country should go through what Venezuela has been going through since 2017. The FACTS graphic above shows that US-led sanctions (more aptly referred to as Unilateral Coercive Measures, or UCMs) caused Venezuela to lose oil revenue equivalent to 213% of its GDP between January 2017 and December 2024. In total, the country suffered an estimated $226 billion in losses—around $77 million per day—during this period.
Hace 200 años Francia impuso una deuda inhumana para aplastar la Revolución Haitiana

1 week ago | rebelion.org | Vijay Prashad

Fuentes: Instituto Tricontinental - Imagen: Jean-Claude Sévère (Haití), L’ennemi attaqué chacun de sa propre volonté se tient debout pour défendre sa patrie [Cuando el enemigo ataca, cada quien se levanta por su propia voluntad para defender su patria], 1970. Desde su revolución en 1804, Haití ha sido castigado por su libertad: asfixiado por deudas, golpes e injerencias extranjeras. No olvidemos que fue la primera revolución antiimperialista triunfante.
They are making Venezuela’s economy scream: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2025)

1 week ago | mronline.org | Vijay Prashad

Dear friends,Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. No country should go through what Venezuela has been going through since 2017. The FACTS graphic above shows that U.S.-led sanctions (more aptly referred to as Unilateral Coercive Measures, or UCMs) caused Venezuela to lose oil revenue equivalent to 213% of its GDP between January 2017 and December 2024.
They Are Making Venezuela’s Economy Scream

1 week ago | slguardian.org | Vijay Prashad

No country should go through what Venezuela has been going through since 2017. The FACTS graphic above shows that US-led sanctions (more aptly referred to as Unilateral Coercive Measures, or UCMs) caused Venezuela to lose oil revenue equivalent to 213% of its GDP between January 2017 and December 2024. In total, the country suffered an estimated $226 billion in losses – around $77 million per day – during this period.
Arbeitskampf in Indien: Generalstreik ist kein Einzelfall

1 week ago | jungewelt.de | Vijay Prashad

Eine der verblüffendsten Informationen ist, dass 90 Prozent der indischen Arbeiter nicht im gewerkschaftlich organisierten Sektor arbeiten. Das bedeutet nicht, dass sie außerhalb der Gewerkschaftsstrukturen stehen, sondern nur, dass die meisten Beschäftigten sehr hart kämpfen müssen, um eine Gewerkschaft zu gründen. Es gibt natürlich Gewerkschaften im formellen Sektor, und auch in Berufen, wo eine gewerkschaftliche Organisierung sehr schwer ist.
Two hundred years ago, France strangled the Haitian Revolution with an inhumane debt: The Seventeenth Newsletter (2025)

2 weeks ago | mronline.org | Vijay Prashad

Dear Friends,Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. On a stormy August night in 1791, Dutty Boukman (1767—1791) and Cécile Fatiman (1771—1883) conducted a Vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman in northern Saint-Domingue, in the French-owned part of Hispaniola. Boukman was captured in Senegambia (now Senegal and The Gambia), and Fatiman was the daughter of a woman from the Congo (as Aimé Césaire wrote) and a man from Corsica.
Two Hundred Years Ago, France Strangled the Haitian Revolution with an Inhumane Debt

2 weeks ago | scheerpost.com | Vijay Prashad

By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social ResearchOn a stormy August night in 1791, Dutty Boukman (1767–1791) and Cécile Fatiman (1771–1883) conducted a Vodou ceremony at Bois Caïman in northern Saint-Domingue, in the French-owned part of Hispaniola. Boukman was captured in Senegambia (now Senegal and The Gambia), and Fatiman was the daughter of a woman from the Congo (as Aimé Césaire wrote) and a man from Corsica.
The Turbulence in the Global Economy

2 weeks ago | znetwork.org | Vijay Prashad

On 22 April 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its annual World Economic Outlook report, which has a quiet but decisive subtitle: A Critical Juncture and Policy Shifts. The report, once more a hefty piece of work by the IMF economists and their associates, rushes to make sense of the tariffs first threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump and then delayed, and then, as if the flurry was not sufficient, retained and increased against China.
Turbulence in the Global Economy

2 weeks ago | newsclick.in | Vijay Prashad

The IMF has predicted “uncertainty” in the global economy, especially in the wake of Trump’s tariff war, yet it seems to ignore the pathways towards stability and growth seen in the East. IMF briefing. Photo: IMF News On April 22, 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its annual World Economic Outlook report, which has a quiet but decisive subtitle: A Critical Juncture and Policy Shifts.
The Turbulence in the Global Economy

2 weeks ago | savageminds.substack.com | Vijay Prashad

On 22 April 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its annual World Economic Outlook report, which has a quiet but decisive subtitle: A Critical Juncture and Policy Shifts. The report, once more a hefty piece of work by the IMF economists and their associates, rushes to make sense of the tariffs first threatened by US President Donald Trump and then delayed, and then, as if the flurry was not sufficient, retained and increased against China.