Articles by Vijay Prashad
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Regime Change Refugees: On the Shores of Europe
Vijay Prashad - CounterPunch,
7 Sep 2015
The West believes that it is acceptable for it to overthrow governments and bomb its enemies in the lands of the Third World. It sees this as the limit of its humanitarian interventionism or, in the language of the UN, “responsibility to protect” (R2P). When it breaks states, as it did in Libya, the West takes no responsibility for the broken lives of the people in those zones.
→ read full articleThe Nuclear Club: India Welcomed, Iran Shunned
Vijay Prashad - al-Araby,
9 Mar 2015
The parallel between the treatment of India and Iran demonstrates that the entire “Iran nuclear crisis” is a geo-political game. Despite all the fine language about proliferation and international law, the nuclear scofflaw finds the door open while the country that has adopted the established pathway is denied.
→ read full articleScarlett Johansson Is Right – The Face of SodaStream Doesn’t Fit with Oxfam
Vijay Prashad – The Guardian,
3 Feb 2014
Thanks to the star’s involvement with the Israeli company, illegal settlement activity is under increased scrutiny. This debate is better than silence, or than celebrity airbrushing of deep-seated problems. I welcome it.
→ read full articleHabits of French Colonialism
Vijay Prashad – Newsclick,
4 Feb 2013
François Hollande’s claim that French military intervention in Mali will protect the country from Islamism is deceitful.
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