Vijay Prashad

Vijay Prashad
Prashad in 2010
Born	Kolkata, India
Education	Pomona College (BA) University of Chicago (PhD)
Relatives	Brinda Karat (aunt)
Website	thetricontinental.org

Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, author, journalist, political commentator, and Marxist intellectual.^[1][2] He is the executive-director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, Editor of LeftWord Books, Chief Correspondent at Globetrotter,^[3] and a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.^[4] For Tricontinental, he writes a weekly newsletter.^[5] Ideologically a Marxist, Prashad is well known for his criticisms of capitalism, neocolonialism, American exceptionalism, and Western imperialism, while expressing support for communism and the global south.^[6][7][8]

Previously, Prashad has been the George and Martha Kellner Chair in South Asian History and a professor of international studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, from 1996 to 2017. Presently, he is an advisory board member of the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, part of the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement,^[9][10] and co-founder of the Forum of Indian Leftists (FOIL).^[1][11]

Prashad has provided reporting and political commentary for several publications, including Monthly Review,^[12] The Nation,^[13] and Salon.^[14]

In addition, Prashad is often invited to give talks, lectures, and presentations (virtually or in person) all over the world, like at The People's Forum. He is also frequently interviewed by a variety of news sources, such as Democracy Now!, The Real News Network, and BreakThrough News.