Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashadis director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, editor at LeftWord Books, and chief correspondent for Globetrotter Independent Media Institute. He is the author of forty books, including Untouchable Freedom: A Social History of a Dalit Community, 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. The Darker Nations won the Muzaffar Ahmad Book Prize. He lives in Santiago, Chile.
-
-
Washington BulletsINR 250Washington 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...
-
Nothing Human is Alien to MeINR 350Two 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 280Two 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...
-
Marx's CapitalINR 160There'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...
-
ViviremosINR 225Ever 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...
-
Paris Commune 150INR 140On 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 185There 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 195On 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,...
-
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
...
-
Liberate the Colonies!Not available for sale in your country
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...
-
When Farmers Stood UpINR 375In 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...
-
Our Own Path to SocialismINR 225Hugo 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...
-
The Political MarxINR 175For a thinker whose revolutionary ideas have had such a decisive impact on the world, it is ironic that Marx’s own political writings remain so neglected. His political writings are often seen as...
-
इक दौर हमारा बाक़ी हैINR 350एजाज़ अहमद को पढ़ना आज के भारत को समझने के लिए बेहद ज़रूरी है। वह भारतीय राज...
-
MutinyINR 450“A lot of people in the North are angry. Their ability to be wealthy-ish in their own community is gone, and they’re finding it hard to make sense of that. People in the South are also finding ...
-
Enron BlowoutINR 175Power expert Prabir Purkayastha and commentator Vijay prashad investigate Enron in India, as well as Entron's global adventures. The authors show privatization to be what it really is: theft of the...
-
Untouchable FreedomINR 450“This book treats the Balmikis, a marginalized community, as a conscious entity, and highlights their agency.” – Dr Vaishali, historian
“Acute social and political observations on a...
-
Reading Capital to Smash CapitalismINR 250In Capital, Marx provides a theory of the enduring contradictions of capitalism. Marx’s identification of the structure of capitalism, and the method by which he uncovered that structure, provide...
-
The WithdrawalINR 275Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan.
“Through the s...
-
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 395Over 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 450Writing 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 250From 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 550It 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 600A 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 300The 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 175On 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 375Note: 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.
Mixing thrillin...
-
Will the Flower Slip Through the AsphaltINR 175With 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 75n 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 150This 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 200There'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 200Washington 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, ...
Jack Goody
Jack Goody is Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College. Recently knighted by Her Majesty The Queen for services to anthropology, Pr
Joanne Finkelstein
Joanne Finkelstein teaches sociology and cultural studies at Monash University. She is the author of Dining Out: A Sociology of Modern Manners, The Fashioned Self, and Slaves of Chic: An A-Z of Con
Kavita Bhatia
दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय से हिंदी साहित्य में एम.ए., एम.फिल. तथा पी-एच.डी.। कुरुक
Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
Harsho Mohan Chattoraj is a graphic novelist and illustrator based in Kolkata. He has been involved in the creation of comics and graphic novels since the turn of the century and has done art for n
Gary M. English
Gary M. English is distinguished professor of drama at the University of Connecticut. He has served as Artistic Director of the Freedom Theatre in Jenin Camp and taught at Al-Quds/Bard College in Abu
Malcolm Anderson
Malcolm Anderson is Professor of Politics and Director of International Social Sciences Institute, at the University of Edinburgh.
