Dr. Vijay Prashad: On US-China conflict, Latin America, and the politics of the Left. #uschinawar

Vijay Prashad is an Indian Marxist historian and commentator. He is an executive director of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, the Chief Editor of LeftWord Books, and a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He was 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. 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. This is the second time Vijay is talking to us at India and Global Left. 00:00 Highlights 00:39: Introduction 01:06 Unipolar or balanced world? 11:21 Moribund capitalism or welfare dynamism? 24:46 Imperialism & Latin America 33:51 Diversification & corruption in Latin America 42:17 Asian militarisation & China 54:49 Problems of the Global Left We are also looking forward to funding. If you are interested, please write to us at indiagloballeft@ Follow us on Twitter: indiagloballeft #imperalism #leftpolitics #china #latinamerica #USChina