The CPI(M)’s use of terms like ‘fascistic tendencies’ and ‘neofascism’ rather than labelling the BJP outright as fascist has sparked controversy, but as VIJAY PRASHAD explains, ‘fascism’ is a term that must be used correctly and sparingly

VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects

VIJAY PRASHAD reflects on the latest developments in Syria and what they mean for the Middle East

The remarkable resilience of Palestinians is a powerful example of human courage and dignity in the face of terrible violence, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

About half of Venezuela’s voting population is reliably wedded to the Bolivarian project. No other political project in Venezuela has the kind of election machine built by the forces of the Bolivarian revolution, argues VIJAY PRASHAD

The violence that the children of Gaza experience has become a daily affair. But this kind of violence can never be mundane, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza rages on, historian VIJAY PRASHAD reflects on the multidimensional impact of war on people and society

With bombing unending in Gaza and settlers rampaging in the West Bank, the ICC’s moves charge Israeli officials, though an important milestone, show no sign of changing the occupation’s genocidal course, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

The first task of the resistance is to prevent the attack on Rafah and end the genocide. However, soon thereafter, the political malaise that has befallen the Palestinian people must be overcome, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

The brightness of the souls of the youth now rebelling on campuses across the globe illuminates the wretchedness of our system, which has at its heart the ugliness of Israel’s war, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

While people across the world have been taking bold action in support of Palestine, the global North ruling class has used all tools at its disposal to support Israel’s genocide and criminalise solidarity writes VIJAY PRASHAD

VIJAY PRASHAD reports on the latest figures on migrant deaths from the UN International Organisation of Migration and the under-reported deaths of migrants crossing the Sahara

This battle is not limited to Palestine or even the Middle East: this conflict is one between the global North and the developing world, the future and the past, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

With the death toll now over 20,000, and just about 1 per cent of the Palestinian population in Gaza wiped out, still no let-up to the Israeli bombardment is in sight, warns VIJAY PRASHAD

Attacks on the progressive Indian news outlet NewsClick coincided with the suspension of 141 opposition members of Indian parliament, both constituting serious attacks on Indian democracy, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

The Israeli political class appears to be using the conflict that began on October 7 as the pretext to erase Palestinians from Palestine, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

Since the Nakba, institutional violence by Israel against Palestinians has worked alongside paramilitary and military violence to advance the zionist fantasy of a Jewish state across all of historic Palestine, argues VIJAY PRASHAD

Israel’s relentless violence against the people of Gaza over the last decade is in violation of all international conventions on war and human rights — yet the international community has done nothing, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

It is not just the echoes of the past, but the neocolonial policies and mindset of present — in France and in French actions overseas — that set the scene for the killing of 17-year-old Nahel M, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

VIJAY PRASHAD explains how the latest G7 meeting in Hiroshima exposed the steps the West is taking around the world in its drive towards a full-blown world war against the East

By looking to the Third World we can see that democracy today is not a liberal institution for the rights and property of the individual, but a natural and organic response to the injustices of capitalism and imperialism, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a number of countries – under pressure from Nato – have withdrawn from the multilateral Arctic Council, reports VIJAY PRASHAD

VIJAY PRASHAD marks Human Rights Day by reflecting that narrow Western definitions have robbed the term of much of its import

The general outlook that sees China as a threat, despite being their most important trading partner, makes any possibility of genuine normalisation difficult, despite the claims of Australia’s politicians, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

A war is raging that we can’t ignore any longer, writes VIJAY PRASHAD

Despite its famous constitutional commitment to never fully remilitarise, Japan is now participating in US-led war games and spending billions more on weaponry, reports VIJAY PRASHAD

There is a crucial element to the struggle between those who want an immediate return democracy and the military junta led by Mamady Doumbouya: rights to the largest bauxite reserves in the world, explains VIJAY PRASHAD

But rather than deal with the actual causes of the crisis, the United States and Canada are eager to treat it as a law-and-order problem, says VIJAY PRASHAD

VIJAY PRASHAD explains the how corruption in the Haitian elite combined with US sanctions on Venezuela, outside sponsorship of local neoliberal politicians and Western NGOs displacing the state and has led to an explosion of rage

With the ‘final retirement’ of Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq’s tensions have erupted – but unless political unity can be forged and public support built, the turmoil remains here to stay, argues VIJAY PRASHAD

Fearful of the growing links through energy supply and infrastructure plans like the Belt and Road Initiative, the US has sought to drive a wedge between Europe and the East once more — the current conflict is part of that, explains VIJAY PRASHAD

Some in the media still claim that the US leading a worldwide fight for democracy — they forget that it is the world's people who will have to lead that fight, writes VIJAY PRASHAD, as he presents six theses on US decline