Indian historian and journalist (born 1967)
Vijay Prashad 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]
^ a b "ZNet - Junevijayint" . Archive.is . 16 April 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2017 .
^ "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
^ Prashad, Vijay. "Vijay Prashad, Author at Globetrotter Media" . Globetrotter Media . Retrieved 28 June 2023 .
^ "Morocco Drives a War in Western Sahara for Its Phosphates" . NewsClick . 21 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022 .
^ Vijay Prashad - Imperialism suffocates humanity like a Boa Constrictor , retrieved 8 July 2023
^ Vijay Prashad: Why Does India Remain Entrapped by the UK? , retrieved 8 July 2023
^ Noam Chomsky & Vijay Prashad: American Exceptionalism is Imperial Policy , retrieved 8 July 2023
^ "Advisory Board - US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel" . Usacbi.org . 3 February 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2017 .
^ Guttman, Nathan (26 August 2014). "Anti-Israel Professor Returns to Trinity College — Will Controversy Come Back Too?" . Forward . Retrieved 19 December 2020 .
^ Hindutva For a Few Dollars a Day (author info) Archived 28 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine People's Democracy , Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
^ "Monthly Review | Vijay Prashad" . Monthly Review . Retrieved 29 June 2023 .
^ "Vijay Prashad" . The Nation . 2 April 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2023 .
^ "Vijay Prashad's Articles at Salon.com" . www.salon.com . Retrieved 29 June 2023 .