Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair of South Asian History, Professor and Director of the International Studies Program at Trinity College, Hartford, CT. He is the author of a dozen books, including most recently The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (New York: The New Press, 2007; in paperback in 2008). Two of his previous books were chosen by the Village Voice as books of the year (Karma of Brown Folk, 2000; Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity, 2001). He is an editor or a contributing editor for Himal South Asia (Kathamandu, Nepal), Amerasia Journal (Los Angeles, CA), and Left History (Canada). He writes a regular column for Frontline (India), and occasionally for www.counterpunch.org. He is on the board of the Center for Third World Organizing (www.ctwo.org), United for a Fair Economy (www.faireconomy.org) and the National Priorities Project (www.nationalpriorities.org).
How Cuba Is Eradicating Child Mortality and Banishing the Diseases of the Poor
The U.S. Extends Its Military Reach Into Zambia
Why Does the United States Have a Military Base in Ghana?
Colombia Needs Democracy, Plain and Simple
Now Is the Time for Nonalignment and Peace
Your Privileges Are Not Universal
The Mutilated World Is Moved by the Nurses and Doctors
Witnessing the Hell That a Migrant Can Face
India’s Reckless Road To Washington Through Tel Aviv
Clemente Interview, Vice Presidential Candidate of the Green Party
Revolution on the Roof the World
Trump’s ‘America First’ a Defensive Strategy
‘Dangerous Confrontation’ With Iran
US and Russia Agree to Cessation of Hostilities in Syria
Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity
Keeping Up with the Dow Joneses
The Darker Nations: A People`s History of the Third World (New Press People`s History)