Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad
Prashad in 2010
Born
Kolkata, India
Education
RelativesBrinda Karat (aunt)
Websitethetricontinental.org

Vijay Prashad, born August, 1967, is an Indian historian, author, journalist, political commentator, and Marxist intellectual.[1][2] He is the executive-director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, editor of LeftWord Books, Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter,[3] and a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.[4] Ideologically a Marxist, Prashad is well known for his criticisms of capitalism, neocolonialism, American exceptionalism, and Western imperialism, while expressing support for communism and the global south.[5][6][7]

Previously, Prashad has been the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and a professor of international studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, from 1996 to 2017. Presently, he is an advisory board member of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, part of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement,[8][9] and co-founder of the Forum of Indian Leftists (FOIL).[1][10]

Prashad has provided reporting and political commentary for several publications, including Monthly Review,[11] The Nation,[12] and Salon.[13]

  1. ^ a b "ZNet - Junevijayint". ZNetwork. 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "I came to Marxism against my self-interest. Born into affluence, I was raised in an revolutionary city (Calcutta, India)" Left history, Volumes 11–12, pp 61, Department of History, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 2006
  3. ^ Prashad, Vijay. "Vijay Prashad, Author at Globetrotter Media". Globetrotter Media. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  4. ^ Prashad, Vijay (21 January 2022). "Morocco Drives a War in Western Sahara for Its Phosphates". NewsClick. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ^ Prashad, Vijay (23 November 2022). Vijay Prashad - Imperialism suffocates humanity like a Boa Constrictor (Video). Inis Oirr: Left Bloc Ireland – via YouTube.
  6. ^ Prashad, Vijay (22 May 2023). Vijay Prashad: Why Does India Remain Entrapped by the UK? (Video). Wave Media – via YouTube.
  7. ^ Chomsky, Noam; Prashad, Vijay (28 August 2022). Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: American Exceptionalism is Imperial Policy (Video). Jacobin – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "Advisory Board - US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel". US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. ^ Guttman, Nathan (26 August 2014). "Anti-Israel Professor Returns to Trinity College — Will Controversy Come Back Too?". The Forward. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  10. ^ Mathew, Biju; Prashad, Vijay (25 March 2001). "Hindutva For a Few Dollars a Day". People's Democracy. Vol. 12. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2008.
  11. ^ "Monthly Review | Vijay Prashad". Monthly Review. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Vijay Prashad". The Nation. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  13. ^ "Vijay Prashad's Articles at Salon.com". Salon.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.