My dear Aijaz, winking from the void with this interview on postmodernism in the library at Escola Nacional Paulo Freire's library.

Haven't seen Arundhati in a while, but here she was on the cover of Quatro cinco um. Made me happy to see an old friend in São Paulo.

Os dilemas da nova descoberta de petróleo na Amazônia brasileira. Por Vijay Prashad e Miguel Enrique Stedile - jacobin.com.br/2026/09/os-dilemas-da-nova-...

My friend Airlangga Pribadi Kusman (1976-2026) died today in Gatot Subroto Army Central Hospital in Jakarta (Indonesia). He was a remarkable political scientist, only 49 years old. Angga was the author of 'Merahnya Ajaran Bung Karno : Narasi Pembebasan ala Indonesia' (2023) and t…Mostrar mais

For the Chinese process, the converse of modernisation is not tradition but humiliation. Our Tricontinental dossier for September, released today on the 50th anniversary of Mao's death, explores this theory and lays out the historical periods of the Chinese Revolution. Do read it…Mostrar mais

'The hat makes the man', Max Ernst, 1920. (Max Ernst was a surrealist communist painter).

O Brasil está em disputa! Jessy Dayane convida: No dia 09/09, às 18h30, vamos debater soberania e luta anti-imperialista com Vijay Prashad, Rui Falcão, Jessy Dayane, José Genoino e Fernanda Maria. 📍 Expressão Popular, Alameda Nothmann, 806 📅 09/09, às 18h30 Chega junto e chama…Mostrar mais

Walking down Paulista on Sunday, ran into Lenito Silva who handed me the hammer and sickle. Irresistible to be photographed with Lenito, mumbles of revolution from the worker ant.

Instead of writing Provincialising Europe, Dipesh Chakrabarty should have written a book called Provincialising Capitalism. Or better: Overthrowing Capitalism.

«La costumbre» , poema de Vijay Prashad (Traducción Jorge Coulon) www.elciudadano.com/actualidad/la-costumbr...

In 2021, David Harvey invited me to talk about his latest book. I was astounded by the gap in the analysis: nothing about the actual existing imperialism in the world. This was my commentary on his book, t.co/BQlUfHFFDK. He was very generous to invite me to come, knowing…Mostrar mais

When @LulaOficial was in prison in Curitiba, he read the Portuguese edition of Red Star Over the Third World (Estrela vermelha sobre o terceiro mundo) from @expressaopop (expressaopopular.com.br/livraria/978857743...). I came to vi…Mostrar mais

<Yankee Hindutva> Returning to a concept I had developed in the 1990s in my Peoples Democracy column, now on my substack. luciddialectics.substack.com/p/yankee-hind...

Goodbye Brasilia. Next stop São Paulo. Adeus, Brasília. Próxima parada: São Paulo.

The great Joe Sacco, whose The Once and Future Riot is only available in India for pre-order from @LeftWordBooks - leftword.com/product/the-once-and-future-r...

In the latest issue of The Marxist, the theoretical journal of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [@cpimspeak], I have an assessment of the current hyper-imperialist conjuncture set by the Trump administration ('The Empire Demands Tribute – Donald Trump and the Imperialism of…Mostrar mais

The United States is paralysed in the Gulf Arab region, while Iran - battered by US attacks - nonetheless has rungs on its escalation ladder. Here, for my weekly conversation with Zulfiqar Ali on @protocol_trans, www.youtube.com/watch

A caminho de São Paulo para este e outros seminários.

Elfriede Jelinek on Palestine. A note of great feeling: luciddialectics.substack.com/p/elfriede-je...

The Custom (a poem for those who died during a wedding in the US strike in Kuhestak, Sirik, Hormozgan, Iran on 1 September 2026): www.counterpunch.org/2026/09/04/the-custom/ Photograph by Razieh Poudat.

Growth rates are important, but even more important is the question of what is produced, how it is produced, who controls the process of production, and how the benefits are distributed. The goal of development should not be growth per se but the flourishing of human life. thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/glob...Mostrar mais

The CIA lost an asset.

Coming up tomorrow at Counterpunch, a poem called The Custom, on the customs of weddings and the customs of the US military to strike weddings in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, and now Iran. In English by me, with a Spanish translation by @jcoulon of @inti_illimani. See it tomorrow at

At the University of Brasilia, presenting on the theory as seen from Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, with some of our compelling themes that we are working on now, such as our investigations of how China broke the dependency trap, how we understand the rise of the…Mostrar mais

Hồ Chí Minh never died. He remains with us, a force to emulate.

Today.

Chinese President Xi Jinping briefly speaks with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian at the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan as the US returns to its bombardment of Iran, and as Iran now strikes US military bases in Jordan.

Coming from @LeftWordBooks, the genius of Joe Sacco:

At the University of Brasilia for the week. Two days done, teaching first undergraduates and then postgraduates in the international relations faculty. This is the building and department in which Ruy Mauro Marini, Teodoro Santos, and Vânia Bambirra taught dependency theory and M…Mostrar mais

Excellent study by @jasonhickel, @suryadeeptonag and Marceau Challet on Unequal exchange between France and Africa on monetary dependency through the CFA zone and imperialist appropriation. Some startling facts. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/13563...Mostrar mais

Do read our latest newsletter from @tri_continental, We Dig into the Soil of Our Radical Traditions: The Thirty-Fifth Newsletter (2026), thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/our-...

Junaid is right. Asim Munir is not a hero in general. However, he has played his cards correct vis-a-vis Iran. countercurrents.org/2026/08/vijay-prashad-...

Desde su retiro, el expresidente de Chile, @GabrielBoric, afirma: «El fanatismo de la moderación, al final, no lleva a ninguna parte». Tiene razón. Ser centrista y moderado, ser tan complaciente con el sistema capitalista, impide que la izquierda y el centroizquierda utilicen el…Mostrar mais

In retirement, the former President of Chile, @GabrielBoric, says, 'The fanaticism of moderation, in the end, leads nowhere'. He is right. To be centrist and moderate, to be so accommodating to the capitalist system leaves the Left and Centre-Left unable to use governmental power…Mostrar mais

Getting ready for my week at the University of Brasilia. Some events from the week:

Iceland voted against joining the European Union because of pressure from @icelandcricket since Europe hates cricket.

Comment:

The headline is from @CNN. Let's see the errors in the headline. 1. The United States attacked two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island. This was an open violation of the pause in the US-Israeli war of aggression. A better headline: United States breaks Ceasefire. 2. Iran did…Mostrar mais

İran hâlâ gayri meşru bir saldırganlığa direniyorken açık mektup - www.birgun.net/makale/iran-hala-gayri-mesr... @BirGun_Gazetesi

Reading Borges in Brasilia and thinking of the collapse of a certain kind of fantasy about Western Civilisation.

I just adore this picture of our comrades Celia Sánchez and Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra, resting, reading, thinking, writing, debating......making a revolution.

No victory can be built on skulls. But Trump refuses any off ramp from his war on Iran. www.youtube.com/watch

Iran gives Trump an opportunity to retreat from his war of aggression, but he declines. Plus the role of Oman in all this. Zulfiqar and I talk about this on our weekly show at @protocol_trans - www.youtube.com/watch

My Peoples Democracy article on how US Imperialism Lashes Out because of its five frustrations is now on substack with a painting by the great Sri Lankan modernist Ivan Peries, luciddialectics.substack.com/p/us-imperial...

Our friend and comrade @NicolasMaduro posts a picture for his grandchildren from his New York dungeon and says that he is fine and strong. #FreeMaduro #FreeCillia #VivaChavez

मुझे अभी हांडी ऑमलेट चाहिए!

This misleading post has started to appear on many people's pages. I had done some research on the report when it came out. It is always dangerous to use these infographics as if they are accurate. I have looked into this one, for instance. It is owned by V-Dem from the Universit…Mostrar mais

Brazil must not surrender its critical minerals. (in English at BreakThrough News - breakthroughnews.org/2026/08/30/brazil-mus...). (In Portuguese at Opera Mundi - operamundi.uol.com.br/opiniao/o-brasil-nao...).…Mostrar mais

Brazil must not surrender its critical minerals. My globetrotter column: breakthroughnews.org/2026/08/30/brazil-mus...

O Brasil não deve entregar seus minerais críticos. (A soberania começa quando a riqueza sob o solo brasileiro é convertida em conhecimento, indústria e uma vida digna para as pessoas que vivem sobre ele). operamundi.uol.com.br/opiniao/o-brasil-nao...Mostrar mais