Vijay Prashad is an Indian Marxist historian and commentator.He is an executive-director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, the Chief Editor of LeftWord Books and a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.
He was 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. 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.
In an article for The Nation, Prashad lays out his vision for a struggle towards socialism. He argues that progressive forces typically have very good ideas, but no power. He asserts that without power, good ideas have little consequences and claims that socialists must not simply theorise, but also organise. He has argued that American leftists are not as effective as they could be in situations where they win influence through community organising, such as in local governments, because they often do not appreciate ideas originating from other parts of the world. He also calls on leftists to have a long-term view of social struggle rather than focusing on short-term results. Prashad argues that this short-term focus often results from an economic system where companies are incentivised to demonstrate quarterly profits.
Prashad is a self-described Marxist and a co-founder of the Forum of Indian Leftists (FOIL).His views on capitalism are summarised in his book Fat Cats and Running Dogs. The historian Paul Buhle writes, “Vijay Prashad is a literary phenomenon.” The writer Amitava Kumar notes, “Prashad is our own Frantz Fanon. His writing of protest is always tinged with the beauty of hope.”
Criticism of US foreign policy
Prashad is an outspoken critic of what he calls American hegemony and imperialism.
Prashad debated historian Juan Cole on the US-French-NATO military intervention. Cole was for it, Prashad against. Prashad argued that the genuine Libyan rising had been “usurped” by various unsavory characters, including some with CIA connections. Prashad wrote the 2012 book Arab Spring, Libyan Winter AK Press on the topic.
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