Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian and journalist. Prashad is the author of forty books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. He is the Chief Correspondent for Globetrotter and editor at LeftWord Books. He has appeared in two films – Shadow World (2016) and Two Meetings (2017).
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Our Own Path to SocialismINR 225
Hugo Chávez’s speeches are a call to action, challenging us to take up the task of building a socialism that emerges from our own histories and is for our own people. The Bolivarian Revolution b...
- When Farmers Stood UpINR 375
In the summer of 2020, the Narendra Modi government pushed through three anti-farmer, pro-corporate bills in parliament. This came after decades of cuts in subsidies and price supports to the farme...
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- Comrade of the RevolutionINR 250
‘You cannot kill ideas. Fidel, for the Third World, was not merely another leader. He was the mirror of its aspirations. That mirror will never be shattered.’ – From the Introduction
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- Paris Commune 150INR 195
On 18 March 1871, the people of Paris opened the door to utopia. Over 72 days, the workers built new institutions and advanced the practice of democracy. The forces of counter-revolution regrouped,...
- Delhi's AgonyINR 185
There was terrible violence in North East Delhi in the last days of February 2020. Fifty-four people were killed, many were wounded, and a large number of people lost their livelihoods. No one deni...
- Paris Commune 150INR 140
On 18 March 1871, the people of Paris opened the door to utopia. Over 72 days, the workers built new institutions and advanced the practice of democracy. The forces of counter-revolution regrouped,...
- ViviremosINR 225
Ever since the Bolivarian Revolution began in Venezuela in 1998-99, the United States government – on behalf of its various allies – pursued a policy of hybrid war to undermine and destroy Boli...
- Marx's CapitalINR 140
There's really no escaping it: if you want to understand capitalism, you simply have to read Karl Marx's 'Capital'.
But this is easier said than done. 'Capital' is Marx's magnum opus consis...
- Nothing Human is Alien to MeINR 245
Two features characterize the entire body of Aijaz Ahmad’s work, which offers us a way to read the history of the present. First, his evident wide reading about the history and sociology of the w...
- Nothing Human is Alien to MeINR 350
Two features characterize the entire body of Aijaz Ahmad’s work, which offers us a way to read the history of the present. First, his evident wide reading about the history and sociology of the w...
- Washington BulletsINR 250
Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It is a book of fluent and readable stories, full of detail about US imperial...
- Liberate the Colonies!
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In the first years after the 1917 Russian revolution, a bold new cry was heard around the world, ‘Liberate the Colonies!’ It was voiced in Moscow by Marxists combating tsarist oppression of Asi...
- The Darker NationsINR 495
"The Third World was not a place," argues Vijay Prashad. "It was a project."
This book is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movement — the idea of the Third...
- No Free LeftINR 395
Over the past twenty years, the Indian political climate has shifted decidedly to the Right – with the BJP and the Congress dragging India into a growth trajectory that squanders the hopes of wor...
- Dispatches from PakistanINR 450
Writing about Pakistan is cliché-ridden. Fear is the dominant motif: mullahs, terrorists, nuclear bombs. And beneath that is victimhood: refugees from floods and military adventures, women in burq...
- Dispatches from Latin AmericaINR 250
From the laboratory of neoliberalism — popularly known as 'globalization' — Latin America has transformed itself into a launching pad for resistance. As globalization began to spread its devas...
- Dispatches from the Arab SpringINR 550
It is time to rethink how we understand the Arab world.
Dispatches from the Arab Spring offers modes of analysis inspired by the methodology of revolt. It provides a comprehensive ...
- The Poorer NationsINR 600
A truly global history that examines the prospects of a worldwide power shift from North to South.
In The Darker Nations, Vijay Prashad provided an intellectual history of the Thir...
- Arab Spring, Libyan WinterINR 300
The Arab Spring captivated the planet.
Mass action overthrew Tunisia\' ’s Ben Ali and Egypt ’\'s Hosni Mubarak. The revolutionary wave spread to the far corners of the Arab world, from ...
- War Against the PlanetINR 175
On 11 September 2001, three commercial aircraft became guided missiles and crashed into New York City's World Trade Center and the US Military's Pentagon. In response, the United States government ...
- The Death of the Nation and the Future of the Arab RevolutionINR 375
Note: This title is not for sale outside South Asia. If you are in South Asia but are unable to purchase this, write to us at suvendu@leftword.com.
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- Will the Flower Slip Through the AsphaltINR 175
With the earth and its inhabitants under more pressure than ever before, and with bona fide climate change deniers in the most powerful positions on the planet, reading this book is essential. It ...
- Namaste SharonINR 75
n September 2003, Ariel Sharon became the firstIsraeli Prime Minister to step on Indian soil. Hindutva and Sharonism embracedeach other, and these two Asian right-wing ideologies hoped to form some...
- Red Star Over the Third WorldINR 195
'Like the brilliant sun, the October Revolution shone over all five continents, awakening millions of oppressed and exploited people around the world. There has never existed such a revolution of s...
- StrongmenINR 150
This small book is a collection of fables.
Four brilliant artists and writers confront four strongmen.
Eve Ensler, the American playwright (The Vagina Monologues), goes ben...
- Marx's CapitalINR 200
There's really no escaping it: if you want to understand capitalism, you simply have to read Karl Marx's 'Capital'.
But this is easier said than done. 'Capital' is Marx's magnum opus consis...
- Lenin Selected WritingsINR 495'Struggling uncompromisingly with the reformists and all kinds of distortionists of Marxism, Lenin brought scientific socialism to a new stage. He enriched Marxism, the great ideological weapon of the...
- Washington BulletsINR 175
Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It is a book of fluent and readable stories, full of detail about US imperialism, ...

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