Despite many attempts to redefine the term ‘refugee’, it remains in international law as a term related to persecution and not to starvation.
Author: Vijay Prashad
Vijay Prashad is an Indian historian, editor, and journalist. He is a writing fellow and chief correspondent at Globetrotter. He is an editor of LeftWord Books and the director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. He is a senior non-resident fellow at Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China. He has written more than 20 books, including The Darker Nations and The Poorer Nations. His latest books are Struggle Makes Us Human: Learning from Movements for Socialism and (with Noam Chomsky) The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power.
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Seventy-five years into its revolutionary process, China has made rapid advances while still facing many challenges.
No Such Thing as a Small Nuclear War
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The Roar of a U.S. Warplane Over a Civilian Irish Airport
Gate 42 of Shannon Airport functions as a “forward operating base” for U.S. military planes that fly in and out daily.
Can We Please Have an Adult Conversation about China?
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In These Days of Great Tension, Peace Is a Priority
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