Eastern Communism and the Politics of the Global South
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- Historian Vijay Prashad discusses political responses to inequality in the developing world.
Recorded November 17, 2014
India’s election of 2014 sent the BJP, the Hindu Right, to victory with 30% of the votes. More broadly, however, the majority of parties across the political spectrum in India- including the socialists - have moved to an accommodation with neo-liberalism. Only the Communists (and the Maoists) remain outside that consensus, resulting in a tough task for the Indian Left. Based on a book that is currently in development, titled No Free Left: The Futures of Indian Communism, Vijay Prashad will present a view of Indian politics from the standpoint of the country's political Left.
Vijay Prashad is the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College in Connecticut. He earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Chciago. He is the author of sixteen books, most recently: The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South (2013) and Arab Spring, Libyan Winter (2012).
His other publications include The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (2008), which was chosen as the best nonfiction book of 2008 by the Asian American Writers' Workshop and which won the 2009 Muzaffar Ahmad Book Prize; and of two books chosen by the Village Voice as books of the year, Karma of Brown Folk (2000) and Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity (2001).
Prashad also writes regularly in the media: as a columnist for Frontline magazine (Chennai, India), a contributing editor forHimal South Asia (Kathmandu, Nepal), a contributing editor for Bol (Lahore, Pakistan), a fortnightly contributor to Asia Times, an occasional correspondent for al-Akhbar (Beirut, Lebanon) and a regular contributor to Counterpunch.
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This event is part of the Center for International Studies 2014-15 Global (In)Equalities series:
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well put on the fragmentation of production and the nationalization strategy. thank you for sharing this talk.
great talk. and really great questions. thanks again.
Interesting discussion
Vijayraghavan in fact didnot do anything to address caste system while he was holding the post
From the Hierarchy of Capitalism
To
The Holarchy of Communism
Identify and Differentiate the Left from the Right
to
Integrate and Transcend the Right and the Left
Beyond the Right and Left a Third possibility is being Generated ❤️ 💚 💜
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I have little frustrated with this speech. This is like a lecture of a CPM leader, but with insignificant criticism, not like a historian with indepth insight. Without CPIML/ Maoist politics it is just mockery and serious misunderstood about history of Communist party in India.
can you expand
Cpiml is irrelevant and reactionary it needs no mention
Expand?
Or
Expend??
It's so easy to allow oneself to get trapped in any ideology.. ... IF...Staying "Objective " is of any value to Decision Making...doing away with Ideologies is necessary
Dear Patient-with-us-Vijay: Let us read and learn who Meena Kumari is, even learn and sing her poems: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meena_Kumari
MAO. TSE TUNG
WAY