Vijay Prashad

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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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Articles

How the IMF Underdevelops Africa

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

At the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%. This means that the country’s total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output. It is not hard to understand why Sudan is in such dire straits: as we outlined in last week’s newsletter, the country has been engulfed in a conflict for decades, which has severely disrupted any possibility of economic growth and financial stability.
Punir la libération d’Haïti !

1 week ago | haitiliberte.com | Vijay Prashad

Depuis la première révolution anti-impérialiste victorieuse en 1804, la nation caribéenne qui a mis fin à l’esclavage est accablée par une dette écrasante, des coups d’État et des ingérences étrangères. Par une nuit orageuse d’août 1791, Dutty Boukman (1767-1791) et Cécile Fatiman (1771-1883) célébrèrent une cérémonie vaudou à Bois Caïman, au nord de Saint-Domingue, dans la partie française d’Hispaniola.
La solución final de Israel para Gaza

1 week ago | elciudadano.com | Vijay Prashad

A principios de mayo, el gabinete de seguridad del primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, se reunió y acordó que Israel “capturaría” Gaza y expulsaría a su población palestina “para protegerla”. Para llevar a cabo esta política de anexión de Gaza los israelíes reforzaron el asedio impidiendo la entrada de alimentos, agua, electricidad y otras ayudas humanitarias (ya habían impuesto un bloqueo de la ayuda desde el 2 de marzo de 2025).
How the International Monetary Fund Underdevelops Africa

1 week ago | znetwork.org | Vijay Prashad

At the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%. This means that the country’s total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output. It is not hard to understand why Sudan is in such dire straits: as we outlined in last week’s newsletter, the country has been engulfed in a conflict for decades, which has severely disrupted any possibility of economic growth and financial stability.
Vietnam and Doi Moi

1 week ago | cpa.org.au | Vijay Prashad

The Guardian • Current Issue Fifty years ago, on 30 April 1975, the revolutionary forces of the People’s Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front entered Saigon, the then capital of South Vietnam. A lot has been written about the war and refugees. The Guardian is happy to present VJ Prashad writing about the country itself. The new socialist Vietnam placed enormous emphasis on the reconstruction of life for the peasantry, who had borne the brunt of the war.
The Elegance of Smriti Mandhana

1 week ago | cpa.org.au | Vijay Prashad

Smriti Mandhana: smriti_mandhana/Instagram) It was a surprise to me to learn that Smriti Mandhana, who opens the batting for India’s women’s cricket team and is the team captain, is right-handed. She bats left-handed, which gives her the natural advantage to drive the ball towards the covers. Her side-on stance and her balanced posture allows Mandhana to take her time, assess the length of the ball, rock back or move forward and execute her shots with the best of timing.
How the International Monetary Fund Underdevelops Africa

2 weeks ago | scheerpost.com | Vijay Prashad

By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social ResearchAt the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%. This means that the country’s total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output.
The International Monetary Fund Underdevelops Africa

2 weeks ago | popularresistance.org | Vijay Prashad

Above photo: The art in this newsletter was produced by Tricontinental’s art department for our May dossier, Africa’s Faustian Bargain with the International Monetary Fund. Once plundered of both its wealth and people by colonial powers, Africa now faces IMF-imposed austerity, obscene debt, and forced underdevelopment. At the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%.
How the International Monetary Fund underdevelopes Africa: The Twenty-First Newsletter (2025)

2 weeks ago | mronline.org | Vijay Prashad

Dear friends,Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. At the start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252%. This means that the country’s total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output.
Israel’s Final Solution for Gaza

2 weeks ago | counterpunch.org | Vijay Prashad

In early May, the security cabinet of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met and agreed that Israel would ‘capture’ Gaza and remove its Palestinian population ‘to protect it’. To achieve this policy of annexation of Gaza, the Israelis tightened their siege by preventing the entry of food, water, electricity, and other humanitarian aid (they had already enforced a blockade of aid since 2 March 2025).