The Intimate Embrace Between Liberalism and the Far Right: The Forty-Sixth Newsletter (2023)

Liberal democracy has proved itself to be an insufficient barrier to halt the ambitions of the far right. Though liberal elites are horrified by the vulgarity of the far right, they are not necessarily opposed to diverting the masses from a...

The Other 9/11: How to Make a Nation Scream

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The Coup Against the Third World: Chile, 1973

On 11 September 1973, a coup took place against the socialist government of Chilean President Salvador Allende, driven by the United States. Though it was the Allende government’s policies to nationalise copper that spurred the coup, these...

Reviving the Dream of a Free Flow of Information

Vijay Prashad showcases the closing statement issued by hundreds of editors and journalists who gathered in Shanghai in early May for the Global South International Communication Forum. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for...

Frankfurt Undermines Human Rights by Canceling a Concert by Roger Waters

After a highly acclaimed run in North America, Roger Waters will take his “This Is Not a Drill” tour across Europe. The long journey includes shows in Germany, with the final concert in the country originally planned to take place in Frankfurt on...

The Secret History of the CIA Hollywood Doesn't Tell You

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Noam Chomsky, Chris Hedges & Vijay Prashad expose NATO

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The Real Path to Peace in Ukraine

NEGOTIATIONS- YES! ESCALATION- NO! Saturday, November 19th, 11:00am to 4:00pm • In-person at The People’s Forum (320 W 37th St.) and online. The moment is now to inaugurate a new, multi-national, grassroots movement to advocate for the end to...

Can We Please Have an Adult Conversation about China?: The Thirty-Second Newsletter (2022)

Español  Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. As the US legislative leader Nancy Pelosi swept into Taipei, people around the world held their breath. Her visit was an act of provocation. In...

Stop the War in Ukraine. April 9 Online Rally

As the conflict in Ukraine rages on, we, the peace-loving people of the world, must raise our voices to demand a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement. We will hear from some of the sharpest politicians, analysts and organizers around the world...

The Belmarsh Tribunal

Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunals of the late 1960s, which put the US government on trial for its war crimes in Vietnam, the Belmarsh Tribunal will expose the crimes of the so-called War on Terror 20 years after the first prisoners were...

The Belmarsh Tribunal

Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunals of the late 1960s, which put the US government on trial for its war crimes in Vietnam, the Belmarsh Tribunal will expose the crimes of the so-called War on Terror 20 years after the first prisoners were...

Vijay Prashad on the strange origins of the term "tankie"

Let Cuba Live!

Open Letter to President Biden Dear President Joe Biden, It is time to take a new path forward in U.S.-Cuban relations. We, the undersigned, are making this urgent, public appeal to you to reject the cruel policies put into place by the...