Global South

The Long Goodbye To The US Dollar

July 24, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Educate! Colonialism, Dedollarization, Global South, US Imperialism

There are moments in history when a system appears so complete that it becomes difficult to imagine its end. When Britannia ‘ruled the waves’, it was thought in large parts of the world that sterling was not merely a currency but the natural language of commerce itself. Since the mid-twentieth century, the United States has spoken of the US dollar in much the same way. Writing in 1980, amid the crisis of the post-Bretton Woods order, the Argentine economist Raúl Prebisch observed that ‘in the United States the illusion of the almighty dollar held sway’.

To Imagine A New Development Theory From The Global South

July 17, 2026 Vijay Prashad, The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Strategize! Development, Global Economy, Global South, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

In 2015, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published a paper by the influential economist Robert H. Wade titled ‘The Role of Industrial Policy in Developing Countries’. Wade argued that virtually all successful attempts at late industrialisation (such as in Japan and South Korea) used interventionist state policies to foster industrial development and technological upgrading. In 2024, almost a decade later, the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) released its flagship report ‘Turning Challenges into Sustainable Solutions: The New Era of Industrial Policy’, which made the case that industrial policy is a key instrument for sustainable development.

Debt Relief In The Global South Would Benefit People In The US

July 7, 2026 Aldo Caliari, Inequality.org. Strategize! Austerity, Congress, Debt Relief, Global South, Taxpayers

Amidst a succession of financial shocks, the Middle East war being only the most recent, developing countries’ debt levels are alarmingly high and continuing to rise. These burdens make it even more difficult for governments in the Global South to meet the basic needs of their populations. And because the world is inter-connected through international trade and financial markets, these developing country debts boomerang back to harm ordinary people in the United States and other advanced economies as well. To effectively address this growing crisis, we need to recognize that the debt landscape is very different today than it was in the late 1990s/early 2000s.

US Empire Crumbling: A New World In Birth

July 4, 2026 Larry Holmes, Workers World. Strategize! Global South, International Solidarity, Social Movements, Socialism, US Empire

The biggest significance of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. is that the world dominated by the U.S. Empire is ending. This is like a giant dam breaking, a dam that had at once been a catalyst for change but has also stifled it. The impact of this is as enormous as it is unpredictable. It could be that what the world needs, what revolutionaries have dreamed about and dedicated our lives to, is no longer unthinkable in the foreseeable future. This is the time for revolutionary forces everywhere to ask themselves, “What is our new political orientation for the post-U.S. Empire world that is coming into being?”

The Rise Of The Global South

May 29, 2026 Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. Educate! Donald Trump, Global South, Iran, US Empire

The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, are ushering in a new world order. This order is one where voices of reason and stability emanate not from the West — which spent tens of billions of dollars sustaining Israel’s genocide — but from the Global South, including China. It is an order where alliances are being rapidly reconfigured to protect countries from a rogue American state that lashes out like a wounded beast, as it spirals toward terminal decline. The end of the U.S. Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless Donald Trump, is irreversible.

Over A Billion People In The World Live With Disabilities

May 8, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Educate! Disabilities, Disability Rights, Global South, Inequality

Disability is not merely a biological condition; it is shaped by the interaction between impairment and the world around it: by the broken road that prevents a wheelchair from moving forward, by the clinic or hospital that charges fees before offering care, by the classroom that excludes the child who learns differently, by the war that shatters bodies, and by the economy that abandons those it deems ‘unproductive’. Disability is not simply a restriction resulting from an impairment, but a collision between impairment, social barriers, and injustice.

Reparations For Slavery: A Legitimate Struggle

April 23, 2026 Guillermo R. Barreto, People's Dispatch. Strategize! colonization, Global South, Racism, Reparations

When one person hurts another, common sense dictates that the person should apologize and, preferably, make amends for the harm they may have caused. Apologize, make amends, and ensure it won’t happen again. These seem like basic rules of coexistence. Coexistence among people, but also among sectors of a society and among entire nations. History shows us that coexistence is not the norm. Colonialism and exploitation have been present, but the perpetrators of these crimes rarely acknowledge them. The colonization of what is now called the Americas (beginning in 1492) is an example.

The Strait Of Hormuz, Gate To The Great Sea

April 10, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Strategize! Global Economy, Global South, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Wars and Militarism

In the thirteenth century, the great Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi described the Sea of Persia (فارس) as ‘a branch of the Great Sea’. In his compendium, Mu’jem al-Buldaan (Dictionary of Countries), he wrote that through the Sea of Persia would ‘pass the ships of India, Oman, and Basra’. Hormuz was not the name of that sea but of a ‘great mart of trade to which merchants resort from India and other lands’. Centuries later, those waters would be called the Strait of Hormuz: a fifty-four–kilometre passage between the Sultanate of Oman’s Musandam Peninsula and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Senegal On The Edge Of Collapse

March 27, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Educate! Debt, Economic crisis, Global South, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Neocolonialism, Senegal

Senegal entered 2026 in the grip of a growing debt crisis that seems insurmountable. After the government of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye took power in April 2024, it became clear that his predecessor, Macky Sall (who held office from 2012 to 2024), had concealed enormous liabilities – including hidden loans equivalent to 25.3 percent of GDP – from the Senegalese people and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These liabilities expose a structural contradiction: a development model subordinated to external finance has clear limits. Senegal can no longer continue along this path.

Rania Khalek: Resistance And The Fight For The Global South

March 27, 2026 Scheer Post. Strategize! colonization, Global South, Iran, Wars and Militarism

From the frontlines of media to the heart of geopolitical analysis, Rania Khalek brings clarity to the crises shaping our world. In these three must-watch videos, she exposes the realities of imperial aggression, regional resistance, and global economic upheaval. First, she confronts Piers Morgan with the powerful perspective of a Lebanese journalist facing the threat of Israeli expansion. Next, she sits down with Iranian scholar Mohammad Marandi to explore Tehran’s stance against U.S. pressure and the risks of escalation. Finally, she speaks with Marxist economist Prabhat Patnaik on how this conflict reverberates across the Global South, threatening economies, livelihoods, and the balance of power worldwide.

Toward A Revolutionary Charter For Comprehensive Liberation

March 17, 2026 Al-Akhbar, Orinoco Tribune. Strategize! Foreign Relations, Genocide, Global South, Liberation, Palestine, Revolution, Zionism

As liberation movements in the Global South forged their new political language reflecting the perspective of colonized peoples, Amílcar Cabral was one of several leaders who identified the role of intellectuals and the educated elite as a critical vulnerability at the heart of popular revolutions. Some intellectuals have sought to promote Western-friendly approaches while normalizing conciliatory, defeatist frameworks. Cabral’s warning resurfaces sharply in the Palestinian and Arab context, after a brutal and unprecedented genocide met with a widespread silence and betrayal from the public, and complicity on the part of many Arab and Muslim regimes.

This Newsletter Will Make You Angry

February 13, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Educate! Capitalism, Drug War, Global South, Militarization

A few months ago, I travelled with a team from our institute to Cauca, Colombia, to meet with a range of organisations affiliated with the Popular Unity Process of Southwest Colombia (PUPSOC), a coalition of organisations that defend the land and rights of rural communities. Cauca is home to coca-growing campesino (peasant) communities, where families do not plant coca out of ‘choice’ but because dispossession and state abandonment have closed off dignified livelihoods for them. Their labour barely sustains them, yet their crops are drawn into an obscenely lucrative global value chain of suffering.

Migration Is An Underdevelopment Issue

February 6, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Educate! Development, Global South, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Migration, Poverty

In 2014, the United Nations’ International Organisation for Migration (IOM) launched the Missing Migrants Project. The project, which ‘hosts the only open-access database of records of deaths during migration on the global level’, estimates that at least 33,220 migrants have died or disappeared while crossing the Mediterranean Sea since 2014. This is a very low estimate because the IOM admits that it cannot account for every boat that leaves the North African coast, let alone trace those that never arrive in Europe. South of the Mediterranean lies the Sahara Desert, where the dangers are even greater.

France’s Bold Experiment In Commons-Based Development

February 1, 2026 David Bollier. Create! Commons, Development, France, Global South

The western world has long promoted “development” as a high-minded mission to bring capitalist markets and growth to impoverished areas of the world. But what if development were seen not just as a matter of creating markets, but of strengthening social collaboration and sharing in meeting needs? In short, what if development agencies were to support commoning? One major national development agency – the French Development Agency, or AFD – is actively experimenting with this very challenge. For the past five years, Stéphanie Leyronas, an AFD research fellow specializing in the commons, has been working with an internal expert network at the agency to investigate how it might support commoners in the Global South.

The Global South Needs Productive Employment

January 30, 2026 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Create! Finance and the Economy, Global South, Jobs, Manufacturing

On India’s 79th Independence Day, in August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted his speech to Viksit Bharat 2047 (Developed India 2047) and announced a National Manufacturing Mission. The mission, he said, must ‘reduce import dependence and strengthen economic resilience’ in sectors ranging from aerospace to artificial intelligence. He urged India’s twenty-eight states, eight union territories, and the central government to identify 100 ‘priority products’ for domestic manufacturing and added that state governments should streamline regulations and approvals, ‘especially with respect to land, utilities, and social infrastructure’, in order ‘to attract global companies’.

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