Vijay Prashad - What is the Meaning of the Left?

Man this speech has everything. He rips on the lengthy intro, he's fired up the whole time, and he talks about theory AND action. He's like everything Chomsky leaves me wanting. I love this man! Time for a second listen.

Vijay is just one of the greatest intellectuals of our time, period. Not only of the marxists.

My father cried when hearing about the collapse of the Soviet Union. I grew up reading volumes of classic Russian and Soviet literature as well as French, German, English, American, Indian, Chinese, etc. I could say the Soviet legacy is contradictorily beautiful and eternal, despite the West tries to erase it.

Vijay is amazing. I am trying to track down and watch all his lectures.

I’ve returned to this presentation a few times over the past couple of years.

Alright I love love love this person. He is a great critical thinker. And most of all just 29 minutes in he has taught me more about critical ways of thinking. Than all of my nearly 50 years combined. It was to my shame. To think I was well on my way to crucial thinking and the spirituality I was coming to think I understood. But I was so wrong. I have light years to go. But I can admit to my flaws and need to invest more and grow. But Vijay is demonstrating 1 truth I have almost fully internalized. That truth MUST be brutal with yourself and others. We are toddlers playing at being grown ups. I refuse to be a child looking for comfort and security of the illusion that we call LIFE! We exist only and drive ourselves backward. We put ourselves into bondage by our unwillingless to be honest. We then pass this onto the new generations. Putting the invisible shackles of bondage on them. I have no children, but I strive to break that indentured generational invisible bondage. To the truely innocent, generations. We commit sins and crimes onto them. Forcing them to struggle and witness and act in that unwanted imposed bondage.

This man is a true hero of the people. An intellectual giant and a legend! ✊💜

I'm in India now, and I got asked a question " are you socialist?" In a pejorative way. I say yes, but aske them if they can buy property for a reasonable amount, whatever job they may hold, if they can get to medicine, and if they will have a pention, or disability insurance. Nobody can say no to that.

It's nice to have an Indian person up there who unlike many British and American academic doesn't beat around the bush and get all prose like.

Vijay's speech begins at 5:42

Awesome! Thank you for posting! Vijay is like no one else I've listened to on Youtube ever!

I can't tell you how much I love this man! He is so brilliant and articulate I could listen to him all day!

„The responsibility is to build a movement here.“ Great idea!

I've just become acquainted with Vijay. I am thrilled to have been. I can thank seeing his interview with Roger Waters. I am grateful and looking forward to watching Peoples Dispatch and all that it offers.

VIJAY YOU MAKE US PROUD. 👍❤️🙏❤️👍

I find Vijay's commentaries on vital issues most enlightening & inspiring. The only other one who similarly inspires is Chris Hedges

I already know this is one i’ll come back to again and again

Brilliant speech! Eye opener for anyone!

good talk of course but also beautiful and tremendously well written and delivered intro by his former colleague, Christina Heatherton.

Excellent speech!