acTVism Munich
Vijay Prashad - Iran, Israel & Venezuela and the Context Missing in the Media
Aug 9, 2024
In this episode of The Source, we speak with historian, journalist and author Vijay Prashad about the recent escalation between Israel and Iran. We then discuss the context of the recent elections in Venezuela by shedding light on the history of US intervention. We discuss the latest developments in the war in Ukraine, including the US decision to deploy Tomahawk cruise missiles in Germany by 2026, and which of the two US presidential candidates, Donald Trump or Kamala Harris, would be more favorable to peace in Ukraine and Gaza.
Interview topics:
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Iran-Israel Conflict
13:57 Israel's domestic politics
20:39 Venezuela's election
30:06 Ukraine War
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Sources & Links
ABOUT VIJAY PRASHAD: Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian and journalist. Prashad is the author of forty books, including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World, The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World and The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. His latest book The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power (2022) was written with Noam Chomsky. He is Executive Director of The Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and Chief Correspondent for Globetrotter. He is also the Chief Editor of LeftWord Books (New Delhi) and a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He has appeared in two films – Shadow World (2016) and Two Meetings (2017)
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