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Vijay Prashad 中国主导全球南方 粉碎美国资本主义复辟

2025-06-16 12:03:38

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維傑·普拉薩德是一位關注全球南方和中國的作家和評論員。全球南方通常指發展中國家或欠已開發國家,而中國是全球南方中一個重要的國家。普拉薩德的作品經常探討全球南方國家的社會、政治和經濟議題,並分析中國在全球舞台上的角色和影響力。
 
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  • Vijay Prashad 中国主导全球南方 粉碎美国资本主义复辟
     
    維傑·普拉薩德(Vijay Prashad):
    這是一位活躍於國際事務的左翼學者和作家,以其對全球南方、帝國主義和社會運動的研究而聞名。?
     
  • 全球南方(Global South):
    這個術語通常用來泛指地理上位於“工業化國家”南部的國家, 包含傳統上被稱為“開發中國家”和“最不發達國家”的經濟體 。它不單純是地理概念,更是一個政治和經濟概念,用以描述在國際體系中的不平等和權力關係 。?
     
  • 中國(China):
    在全球南方中,中國是一個重要的經濟體和政治力量。儘管中國在經濟發展上取得巨大成就,但它仍然被許多人視為全球南方的一員,特別是在其與西方國家的關係,以及在國際政治和經濟秩序中的作用方面 。
普拉薩德的作品常常將全球南方和中國聯繫起來,探討中國在全球南方所扮演的角色,以及全球南方在全球體系中的地位。他關注的議題包括全球南方國家的發展道路、中國在全球南方倡議中的作用、以及全球南方國家如何應對全球不平等和權力失衡。
维杰·普拉沙德:中国主导的全球南方如何粉碎特朗普的美国资本主义复辟


https://ottolinatv.it/2025/05/23/how-the-china-led-global-south-crushed-trumps-us-capitalist-restoration-with-vijay-prashad/

作者:OttolinaTV 2025年5月23日

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从特朗普的关税,到中国的反应,以及试图逆转基辛格破坏俄中联盟的尝试最终失败,维杰·普拉沙德描绘了过去几个月反帝国主义斗争的演变。这幅图景展现了西方帝国主义的颓废阶段,在这种模式下,美国似乎既缺乏资源,也缺乏改变其统治的榨取主义基础的意愿。金砖国家扩张对全球南方和世界工人阶级而言,意味着一个巨大的机遇:此前从未有过一个新兴霸权国家的领导层将人民的利益置于其金融寡头之上。同样,正如普拉沙德精辟指出的那样,我们不能自欺欺人地认为真正的变革会像魔杖一样发生:一个多极世界,同时也是一个社会主义世界的实现,将通过全球阶级斗争来实现,这将帮助金砖国家继续从一个简单的反帝国主义联盟演变为一个能够开启基于合作、相互尊重和人权(包括社会权利)的国际关系新阶段的国家,惠及全世界所有人,而不仅仅是萎缩和腐朽的精英阶层。

奥库斯、特朗普与印太地区——维杰·普拉沙德演讲

https://cpa.org.au/guardian/issue-2141-2/aukus-trump-and-the-indo-pacific-an-address-by-vijay-prashad/

丹尼斯·多尔蒂 卫报 2025年4月14日

聆听维杰·普拉沙德演讲的机会不容错过,在悉尼和Zoom上,他再次让同志们和朋友们赞叹不已。维杰·普拉沙德是印度共产党(马克思主义)党员。他曾与菲德尔·卡斯特罗和诺姆·乔姆斯基等左翼杰出人物共事。他著有20多部著作,其中一些是与乔姆斯基合作的。

不久前,普拉沙德在悉尼推出了他与乔姆斯基合作撰写的《论古巴》一书。他邀请悉尼的同志们在4月5日有空的时候聆听他的演讲。他的演讲主题是“美国共产党、特朗普与印太地区”。超过100人出席。

维杰此次来访是为了纪念两位近期逝世的伟大共产主义者。一个简短的仪式向两位同志致敬,一位来自悉尼,一位来自印度。一位是悉尼共产党(CPA)成员玛丽亚·希拉里奥(Maria Hilario,1959-2025),另一位是印度共产党(马克思主义)总书记、印度共产党成员西塔拉姆·耶楚里(Sitaram Yechury,1952-2024)。

多年来,玛丽亚为古巴和巴勒斯坦的利益不懈奋斗。康妮·维拉诺同志向她致敬,并为她默哀一分钟。维杰向悉尼的党员赠送了一本西塔拉姆的著作集。

维杰的演讲和沟通能力使他跻身左翼最优秀的沟通者之列。他的演讲令人愉悦!大家一致认为有很多内容需要吸收,但演讲过程令人愉悦。

普拉沙德花了一些时间解释中国在技术上取得的巨大进步。2003年,在现代社会所必需的64项关键技术中,美国在61项上领先,中国在3项上领先。到2024年,美国将在7项上领先,中国将在57项上领先。

他提到了一项全球民主研究,该研究调查了人们对其国家民主状况的满意度。美国得分约为50分,而中国得分为80分。关于威权主义的宣传真是到此为止!

中国无意侵略任何人;无论是日本,还是澳大利亚,任何人都不会。它感兴趣的是与澳大利亚的贸易,因此它不会阻止船只将澳大利亚产品运往中国。它也不会阻止船只将中国商品运往澳大利亚。

中国是一个进步繁荣的新兴国家,占澳大利亚贸易总额的37%,是我们的主要贸易伙伴。澳大利亚只有5%的贸易流向美国。我们不需要用疑虑和潜艇来回应中国。

普拉沙德认为,特朗普的外交政策是务实的,因为它将中国而非俄罗斯视为真正的敌人。虽然中国并不咄咄逼人,但它对美国作为唯一超级大国的全球主导地位构成了威胁。

普拉沙德指出,北京离柏林比离悉尼更近,而且澳大利亚“家门口没有敌人”。

您可以通过该党的YouTube频道收听和观看维杰的演讲。

维杰的另一项技能是他对板球的理解,他对板球的兴趣与他对国际关系话题的热情一样浓厚。

想从马克思主义的角度看待板球,请参阅“Leg Glance – 夏马尔·约瑟夫的纽约人”。

腿一瞥——夏玛·约瑟夫的约克人

https://cpa.org.au/guardian/issue-2141-2/leg-glance-the-yorkers-of-shamar-joseph/

作者:维杰·普拉沙德 2025年4月14日

有些球根本打不赢。问问澳大利亚最可靠的中场击球手之一特拉维斯·海德就知道了。在对阵西印度群岛队的第一局比赛中,他追着快速投手凯马尔·罗奇打出的一记全垒打,可惜球偏偏落在了腿侧。海德本可以置之不理,但他还是伸手接住了,把球送到了约书亚·达·席尔瓦的手套里。当特拉维斯·海德退场为澳大利亚队出战第二局时,他必须集中注意力,带领球队从113分、3个三柱门的成绩,最终以216分的成绩获胜。比赛已经是第四天了。时间很充裕,而西印度群岛队却遇到了麻烦。

他们的一名快速投球手——24岁的沙马尔·约瑟夫在前一天被击中了脚趾。经验丰富的澳大利亚快投手米奇·斯塔克觉得已经够了。约瑟夫是左手击球手,但用右手投球,他已经坚持得够久了。一个快速的内旋约克球击中了约瑟夫的脚趾或三柱门。这位年轻的投球手移动脚步不够快,被击中了脚趾。斯塔克提出上诉,约瑟夫被判出局。斯塔克越界了,裁判判定为无球,但约瑟夫疼痛难忍。特拉维斯·海德走到约瑟夫身边,问他是否还好。约瑟夫感觉不舒服。他脱掉鞋袜,带伤退场。人们担心他无法重返赛场,对阵澳大利亚队,因为澳大利亚队的投球目标相对较小。海德在一个晴朗的日子里与史蒂夫·史密斯一起,为这支戴着宽松绿帽的球队完成了任务。

沙玛·约瑟夫出生于圭亚那巴拉卡拉,这是一个由逃离奴隶种植园的非裔美国人组成的小社区,他们建立了一个“栗色”的自由社区。沙玛尔是尤斯塔斯和卡林·约瑟夫的六个孩子之一,他住在伯比斯内陆的坎耶河畔(需要乘坐快艇才能到达他的村庄)。村里有一所小学,沙玛尔的学长——罗马里奥·谢泼德——现在和约瑟夫一样,效力于西印度群岛。和许多来自全球南方的优秀板球运动员一样,沙玛尔最初打的是胶带球板球,并加入了巴拉卡拉的两支球队(青年前锋队和表演时代队)。在新阿姆斯特丹的一份保安工作让沙玛尔得以进入圭亚那板球界,并最终凭借他闪电般的投球速度入选西印度群岛队。

脚趾受伤对这位来自巴拉卡拉的年轻人来说并不是什么大问题。他包扎好了,在第二场测试赛的第四天上场投球。第二十四局结束后,澳大利亚队以2比71领先,约瑟夫上场了。他错过了之前的训练,但在比赛开始前出现在热身网中。有人猜测:如果这个年轻人重返赛场,他肯定会投球。然后,西印度群岛队长克雷格·布拉斯韦特向约瑟夫点了点头。约瑟夫将球传给了状态稳定、渴望胜利的卡姆·格林。第一个回合,格林给约瑟夫轰出了两个四分(一个是越过滑球的厚边球,另一个是时机把握得当的击球)。约瑟夫还没有找到自己的节奏。

快速投球最容易让人误解的一点是,它看起来只关乎速度和力量。但快速投球的诀窍并非投出无法击中的快速球,也不是迫使击球手不得不转身的短球。关键在于投球手和击球手之间的博弈,在于球的长度和线路的变化,更快和更慢的球,以及投球手技巧的不可预测性。像沙玛尔·约瑟夫这样的年轻投手往往需要时间才能把球投准,考验那些因为担心无法击球而坐立不安的击球手。在沙玛尔·约瑟夫投出的第二轮中,卡梅伦·格林在比赛尾声将球切入围栏。我当时以为,现在比分是114比4,史蒂夫·史密斯49分全中,格林在两轮中打出三个四分球,约瑟夫42分,我以为这两位澳大利亚人会带领他们的球队赢得胜利。

然后,不知从哪里冒出来两个无法击球的球。首先是格林,红球落地后弹起,高大的格林根本跟不上,被击中肘部,然后被投出,球四处乱飞。我不知道这球有多快,但它确实是凭空出现的。这是个能拿下三柱门的球。它确实拿下了。约瑟夫欣喜若狂。他满脸喜悦地绕着球场跑来跑去。第二局,前一天安慰过沙玛尔的特拉维斯·海德上场,带上防守,静待时机。沙玛尔上场,绕过三柱门,球速超快,就像斯塔克击中他脚趾那样,打出一个约克球;海德是一位非常聪明的击球手,但他就是没能把球棒击到球场上进行防守,球滑到球门线下方,砸在了三柱门上。尽管当时已是深夜,巴拉卡拉的电视台还是播报着他们家乡男孩上演帽子戏法的消息。海德垂头丧气地走开了。这是他在加巴球场连续第四次零封。

沙玛尔·约瑟夫没能上演帽子戏法,因为他投球

史蒂夫·史密斯(Steve Smith)被他击出局,并因此跑了一分。但这无关紧要。很快,形势就变得严峻起来。约瑟夫又投出一个快速球,球在边柱门外意外弹起,米奇·马什(Mitch Marsh)轻轻一击,将球击向守门员;又一个约克球,亚历克斯·凯里(Alex Carey)出局;一个后场快速球传给斯塔克(Starc),击中球棒后高高飞起,轻松接住。澳大利亚队突然以7比171领先。史密斯在场,康明斯(Cummins)上场,他们还有机会拿下剩下的45分。史密斯已经得到70分,状态正佳。这是有可能的。但是,前一天差点摔断脚趾的沙玛尔·约瑟夫(Shamar Joseph)拿下五个三柱门,改变了比赛的气氛。约瑟夫在几个回合后击败了康明斯,在里昂(Lyon)传球给阿尔扎里·约瑟夫(Alzarri Joseph)后,沙玛尔·约瑟夫向乔什·黑泽尔伍德(Josh Hazelwood)投出一个澳大利亚人称之为“开膛手”的球,球在中柱门和边柱门之间高速摇晃,将两人都击出局。

沙玛·约瑟夫(Shamar Joseph)名不见经传,在脚趾几乎骨折的情况下,连续投了近十二个球,拿下七个三柱门,得到六十八分,帮助西印度群岛队自1997年以来首次在澳大利亚获胜。

投约克球并不容易。它们经常过早出手,最终变成半截击球,很容易被击中。看着约瑟夫投出一个又一个近乎完美的约克球真是一种享受。他的投球长度令人叹为观止,他的自信也令人动容。我尝试寻找约翰·特里姆(John Trim)的比赛片段,但未能如愿。特里姆也来自伯比斯,是第一位代表西印度群岛队(1948-52)参赛的圭亚那球员。在西印度群岛队澳大利亚之旅期间,特里姆在墨尔本十二个球中拿下五个三柱门,得到三十五分。澳大利亚队以一柱门之差赢得了那场测试赛。特里姆于1960年去世,享年四十五岁。和许多未成年板球运动员一样,他并没有被广泛铭记。我在伊恩·伍德沃德(Ian Woodward)撰写的澳大利亚与西印度群岛比赛概要中读到过关于他的事。他拿下五个三柱门的成绩引起了我的注意,此外,特里姆在两局比赛中都以零分出局(这可是个非常罕见的壮举)。我猜想,特里姆也是约克球的狂热爱好者。这或许与在不平坦且经常潮湿的场地上??使用胶带球有关:你可能更愿意用速度来骚扰击球手,而不是在可能让球无法弹起的场地上试探。或许,正是在那时,特里姆和沙马尔·约瑟夫决定完善约克球——圭亚那内陆的馈赠。

Vijay Prashad How the China-led Global South Crushed Trump's US Capitalist Restoration
 
https://ottolinatv.it/2025/05/23/how-the-china-led-global-south-crushed-trumps-us-capitalist-restoration-with-vijay-prashad/
by OttolinaTV 23/05/2025
 
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From Trump’s tariffs, to China’s reaction and the failure of the reverse Kissinger attempt to sabotage the alliance between Russia and China, Vijay Prashad draws a picture of the evolution of the anti-imperialist struggle in the last months. The picture that emerges is one of a decadent phase of western imperialism, a model in which the US seem to have neither the resources, nor the will to modify the extractivist base of their domination. BRICS expansion signals a huge opportunity for the global South and for the working classes of the world: never before an emerging hegemon was governed by a leadership that puts the interest of the people in front of one of its financial oligarchies.

Equally, as Prashad puts it brilliantly, we cannot delude ourselves thinking that real change will happen with a magic wand: the realisation of a multipolar world that is also a socialist world will come through global class struggle that helps the BRICS carrying on its evolution from a simple anti-imperialist coalition to one that could open up a new phase of international relations based on cooperation, mutual respect and human rights, including the social ones, for all people of the world, and not only for a shrinking and decadent élite.

AUKUS, Trump, and the Indo-Pacific – an address by Vijay Prashad

https://cpa.org.au/guardian/issue-2141-2/aukus-trump-and-the-indo-pacific-an-address-by-vijay-prashad/

BY DENIS DOHERTY THE GUARDIAN APRIL 14, 2025
The opportunity to listen to Vijay Prashad is one not to be missed, and in Sydney and on Zoom he wowed comrades and friends once again. Vijay Prashad is a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has worked with luminaries of the left such as Fidel Castro and Noam Chomsky. He is the author of over 20 books some in collaboration with Chomsky. 
Prashad was in Sydney a short time ago to launch his book On Cuba written in collaboration with Chomsky. He offered the Sydney comrades the opportunity to hear him talk as he was available on 5 April. The topic of his address was ‘AUKUS, Trump and the Indo Pacific.’ Over 100 attended.

The occasion of Vijay’s visit was the time to recognise two great communists who had died recently.  A short ceremony to honour both comrades one from Sydney and one from India. The Sydney CPA member Maria Hilario (1959-2025) and the Indian member Sitaram Yechury’s (1952-2024) who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Maria toiled relentlessly on behalf of Cuba over many years and likewise over Palestine. A tribute was paid to her by Comrade Connie Villano and a minute’s silence was observed in her honour. Vijay presented a book of Sitaram’s writings to the party in Sydney.

Vijay’s delivery and communication put him among the best communicators the left has. His presentation was a joy!  The consensus was that there was a lot to absorb, but it was a pleasure to do it.

Prashad spent some time explaining the huge steps that China has taken technologically. In 2003, of the 64 crucial technological items necessary for a modern society, the US led in 61 and China in 3. In 2024 the US led in 7 and China was ahead in 57.

He mentioned a study of democracy done worldwide where people were surveyed for their satisfaction with the state of democracy in their country.  The USA scored around 50 while the Chinese score was 80. So much for the propaganda about authoritarianism!

China is not interested in invading anyone; not Japan, not Australia, not anyone. It is interested in trading with Australia, so it will not stop ships taking Australian products going to China. Nor will it stop ships taking Chinese goods to Australia.

A progressive and prosperous rising country, China is our major trading partner at 37 per cent of our trade. Only 5 per cent of our trade goes to the US. China doesn’t need to be responded to with suspicious and submarines.

Prashad argued that the Trump foreign policy is realist to the extent that it identifies China as the real enemy not Russia. While China is not aggressive, it is a threat to US dominance of the globe as the only superpower.

Prashad pointed out that  Beijing is closer to Berlin than it is to Sydney and that Australia “does not have an enemy on its doorstep.”

There is a chance to listen and watch Vijay’s talk via the party’s YouTube channel.

Vijay’s other skill is his understanding of cricket, and he pursues that interest with the same enthusiasm he does on topics of international relations.

For a Marxist look at cricket, see “Leg Glance – The Yorkers of Shamar Joseph”.

Leg Glance – The Yorkers of Shamar Joseph

https://cpa.org.au/guardian/issue-2141-2/leg-glance-the-yorkers-of-shamar-joseph/?

BY VIJAY PRASHAD  APRIL 14, 2025

There are some balls that are unplayable. Ask Travis Head, one of Australia’s most reliable middle order batsmen. He had scored a duck in the first innings against the West Indies, going after a full ball from the fast bowler Kemar Roach that was going down the leg-side. Head could have left it alone, but he reached for it and sent it into the gloves of Joshua Da Silva. When he walked out for Australia’s second innings, Travis Head had to keep his concentration and take his team from 113 for three wickets to victory at 216 runs. It was the fourth day. There was plenty of time and the West Indies had a problem.

One of their fast bowlers – twenty-four-year-old Shamar Joseph had been struck on the toe on the previous day. Mitch Starc, the veteran Australian quick, decided that enough was enough. Joseph, who bats left-handed but bowls with his right, had been there long enough. A very fast in-swinging yorker targeted either Joseph’s toe or his stumps. The young bowler couldn’t move his feet fast enough and so was struck on the toe. Starc appealed, and Joseph was given out. Starc had overstepped the line, and the umpire declared it was a no-ball, but Joseph was in terrible pain. It was Travis Head who walked over to Joseph and asked him if he was ok. He was not. His shoes and socks off, he walked off the field, retired hurt. There was a worry that he would not be able to return to bowl against Australia, which had been given a reasonably small target. Head joined Steve Smith on a lovely day to finish the job for the baggy green caps.

Sharmar Joseph was born in Baracara, Guyana, a small community formed by people of African descent who had fled the slave plantations and built a maroon, a free community. One of six children to Eustace and Carlin Joseph, Shamar lived on the Canje River deep in the interior of Berbice (you need a speedboat to get to his village). The village had one primary school, where Shamar had a senior – Romario Shepard – who now, like Joseph, plays for the West Indies. Like many of the best cricketers from the Global South, Shamar began to play tape-ball cricket, getting into one or the other of the teams in Baracara (Young Strikers and Show Times). A security guard job in New Amsterdam allowed Shamar to move up into the world of Guyanese cricket and  eventually be selected to play for the West Indies because of his lightning-fast bowling.

A damaged toe was not going to hurt this young man from Baracara. It was bandaged up and he was on the field to bowl on the fourth day of the second test. After the twenty-fourth over, with Australia at 71 for 2, Joseph came onto the field. He had missed the earlier session, but was there in the warm-up nets before play began. There was speculation: if the young man is back on the field, surely, he is going to bowl. Then, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite gave Joseph the nod. Joseph to Cam Green, who is settled and hungry. That first over Green blasted Joseph for two fours (one a thick edge over the slips and the second a beautifully timed drive through the covers). Joseph had not yet found his momentum.

One of the most misleading things about fast bowling is that it is seen to be about speed and brawn. But the trick of fast bowling is not that unplayable fast ball on the stumps or that short ball that forces the batsman to swerve. It is the game between the bowler and the batsman, the variations of length and line, the faster and slower ball, the unpredictability of the bowler’s tricks. It often takes time for a younger bowler like Shamar Joseph to get the line right, to test the batsman who fidgets in anticipation of the unplayable ball. In his second over from Shamar Joseph, Cameron Green guided the ball with a late cut to the fence. I thought that by now, the score at 114 for four with Steve Smith all settled in at 49 and Green with three fours of Joseph in two overs at 42, that these two Aussies would guide their team home to victory.

Then out of nowhere, two unplayable balls. First, to Green, the red ball dropped and then bounced so high that Green – who is tall – could not follow it, was struck on the elbow, and then bowled, the bailing flying in all directions. I don’t know how fast this ball was, but it certainly came out of nowhere. This was the one that gets wickets. And it did. Joseph was elated. He ran around the field with pure joy on his face. Second, Travis Head – who had comforted Shamar on the previous day – came in, took his guard, and waited. Shamar came in, around the wicket, the ball superfast, a yorker just as Starc had sent to his toe; Head, a very smart batsman, just could not get his bat down to the pitch to defend and the ball slipped under and smashed his stumps. The television sets in Baracara, even though it was late at night, rattled out the news that their hometown boy was on a hat-trick. Head walked off despondent. This was his fourth consecutive duck at the Gabba.

Shamar Joseph didn’t get the hat-trick because he bowled to Steve Smith, who paddled him away for a run. But this did not matter. The flood came soon after. Joseph bowled another fast one with unexpected bounce just outside the off stump and Mitch Marsh tickled it to the keeper; another yorker and Alex Carey was gone; a back of a length fast ball to Starc caught the bat and flew high into the air to offer an easy catch. Australia was suddenly at 171 for seven. They still had a chance with Smith there and Cummins in to score the remaining 45 runs. Smith with 70 runs was in good form. It was possible. But Shamar Joseph, who had almost broken his toe the previous day, had taken five wickets and changed the mood. Joseph got Cummins a few overs later, and after Lyon goes to Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph bowled what Aussies call a ripper to Josh Hazelwood that wobbled at high speed between middle and off stump, taking both off.

Shamar Joseph, relatively unknown, bowled almost twelve overs in a row with a near broken toe and took seven wickets for 68 runs, giving the West Indies its first win in Australia since 1997.

It is not easy to bowl a yorker. They often leave the hand too early and end up as half volleys which can be easily dispatched to the fence. Watching Joseph bowl one almost perfect yorker after the other was a treat. His length was sublime, his confidence beautiful. I tried, but failed to find some clips of John Trim, who was also from Berbice and was the first man from Guyana to play for the West Indies (1948-52). During the West Indies tour of Australia, Trim took five wickets for thirty-five runs in Melbourne in twelve overs. Australia won that test by one wicket. Trim died in 1960 at the age of forty-five. He, like many minor cricketers, is not widely remembered. I read about him in Ian Woodward’s compendium on the matches between Australia and the West Indies. It was the five-wicket haul that caught my eye, as well as the fact that Trim was run out for a duck in both innings (a very unusual feat). Trim, too, I gather was an aficionado of the yorker. It might have something with the tape-ball on an uneven and frequently wet ground: you might want to use your pace to harass the batsman rather than test a surface that might not allow the ball to bounce. Maybe that’s where Trim and Shamar Joseph decided to perfect the yorker, the gift from Guyana’s interior.

 


 


 


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Vijay Prashad 中国主导全球南方 粉碎美国资本主义复辟

风萧萧_Frank (2025-06-16 12:03:38) 评论 (0)
維傑·普拉薩德是一位關注全球南方和中國的作家和評論員。全球南方通常指發展中國家或欠已開發國家,而中國是全球南方中一個重要的國家。普拉薩德的作品經常探討全球南方國家的社會、政治和經濟議題,並分析中國在全球舞台上的角色和影響力。
 
以下是更詳細的解釋:
  • Vijay Prashad 中国主导全球南方 粉碎美国资本主义复辟
     
    維傑·普拉薩德(Vijay Prashad):
    這是一位活躍於國際事務的左翼學者和作家,以其對全球南方、帝國主義和社會運動的研究而聞名。?
     
  • 全球南方(Global South):
    這個術語通常用來泛指地理上位於“工業化國家”南部的國家, 包含傳統上被稱為“開發中國家”和“最不發達國家”的經濟體 。它不單純是地理概念,更是一個政治和經濟概念,用以描述在國際體系中的不平等和權力關係 。?
     
  • 中國(China):
    在全球南方中,中國是一個重要的經濟體和政治力量。儘管中國在經濟發展上取得巨大成就,但它仍然被許多人視為全球南方的一員,特別是在其與西方國家的關係,以及在國際政治和經濟秩序中的作用方面 。
普拉薩德的作品常常將全球南方和中國聯繫起來,探討中國在全球南方所扮演的角色,以及全球南方在全球體系中的地位。他關注的議題包括全球南方國家的發展道路、中國在全球南方倡議中的作用、以及全球南方國家如何應對全球不平等和權力失衡。
维杰·普拉沙德:中国主导的全球南方如何粉碎特朗普的美国资本主义复辟


https://ottolinatv.it/2025/05/23/how-the-china-led-global-south-crushed-trumps-us-capitalist-restoration-with-vijay-prashad/

作者:OttolinaTV 2025年5月23日

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从特朗普的关税,到中国的反应,以及试图逆转基辛格破坏俄中联盟的尝试最终失败,维杰·普拉沙德描绘了过去几个月反帝国主义斗争的演变。这幅图景展现了西方帝国主义的颓废阶段,在这种模式下,美国似乎既缺乏资源,也缺乏改变其统治的榨取主义基础的意愿。金砖国家扩张对全球南方和世界工人阶级而言,意味着一个巨大的机遇:此前从未有过一个新兴霸权国家的领导层将人民的利益置于其金融寡头之上。同样,正如普拉沙德精辟指出的那样,我们不能自欺欺人地认为真正的变革会像魔杖一样发生:一个多极世界,同时也是一个社会主义世界的实现,将通过全球阶级斗争来实现,这将帮助金砖国家继续从一个简单的反帝国主义联盟演变为一个能够开启基于合作、相互尊重和人权(包括社会权利)的国际关系新阶段的国家,惠及全世界所有人,而不仅仅是萎缩和腐朽的精英阶层。

奥库斯、特朗普与印太地区——维杰·普拉沙德演讲

https://cpa.org.au/guardian/issue-2141-2/aukus-trump-and-the-indo-pacific-an-address-by-vijay-prashad/

丹尼斯·多尔蒂 卫报 2025年4月14日

聆听维杰·普拉沙德演讲的机会不容错过,在悉尼和Zoom上,他再次让同志们和朋友们赞叹不已。维杰·普拉沙德是印度共产党(马克思主义)党员。他曾与菲德尔·卡斯特罗和诺姆·乔姆斯基等左翼杰出人物共事。他著有20多部著作,其中一些是与乔姆斯基合作的。

不久前,普拉沙德在悉尼推出了他与乔姆斯基合作撰写的《论古巴》一书。他邀请悉尼的同志们在4月5日有空的时候聆听他的演讲。他的演讲主题是“美国共产党、特朗普与印太地区”。超过100人出席。

维杰此次来访是为了纪念两位近期逝世的伟大共产主义者。一个简短的仪式向两位同志致敬,一位来自悉尼,一位来自印度。一位是悉尼共产党(CPA)成员玛丽亚·希拉里奥(Maria Hilario,1959-2025),另一位是印度共产党(马克思主义)总书记、印度共产党成员西塔拉姆·耶楚里(Sitaram Yechury,1952-2024)。

多年来,玛丽亚为古巴和巴勒斯坦的利益不懈奋斗。康妮·维拉诺同志向她致敬,并为她默哀一分钟。维杰向悉尼的党员赠送了一本西塔拉姆的著作集。

维杰的演讲和沟通能力使他跻身左翼最优秀的沟通者之列。他的演讲令人愉悦!大家一致认为有很多内容需要吸收,但演讲过程令人愉悦。

普拉沙德花了一些时间解释中国在技术上取得的巨大进步。2003年,在现代社会所必需的64项关键技术中,美国在61项上领先,中国在3项上领先。到2024年,美国将在7项上领先,中国将在57项上领先。

他提到了一项全球民主研究,该研究调查了人们对其国家民主状况的满意度。美国得分约为50分,而中国得分为80分。关于威权主义的宣传真是到此为止!

中国无意侵略任何人;无论是日本,还是澳大利亚,任何人都不会。它感兴趣的是与澳大利亚的贸易,因此它不会阻止船只将澳大利亚产品运往中国。它也不会阻止船只将中国商品运往澳大利亚。

中国是一个进步繁荣的新兴国家,占澳大利亚贸易总额的37%,是我们的主要贸易伙伴。澳大利亚只有5%的贸易流向美国。我们不需要用疑虑和潜艇来回应中国。

普拉沙德认为,特朗普的外交政策是务实的,因为它将中国而非俄罗斯视为真正的敌人。虽然中国并不咄咄逼人,但它对美国作为唯一超级大国的全球主导地位构成了威胁。

普拉沙德指出,北京离柏林比离悉尼更近,而且澳大利亚“家门口没有敌人”。

您可以通过该党的YouTube频道收听和观看维杰的演讲。

维杰的另一项技能是他对板球的理解,他对板球的兴趣与他对国际关系话题的热情一样浓厚。

想从马克思主义的角度看待板球,请参阅“Leg Glance – 夏马尔·约瑟夫的纽约人”。

腿一瞥——夏玛·约瑟夫的约克人

https://cpa.org.au/guardian/issue-2141-2/leg-glance-the-yorkers-of-shamar-joseph/

作者:维杰·普拉沙德 2025年4月14日

有些球根本打不赢。问问澳大利亚最可靠的中场击球手之一特拉维斯·海德就知道了。在对阵西印度群岛队的第一局比赛中,他追着快速投手凯马尔·罗奇打出的一记全垒打,可惜球偏偏落在了腿侧。海德本可以置之不理,但他还是伸手接住了,把球送到了约书亚·达·席尔瓦的手套里。当特拉维斯·海德退场为澳大利亚队出战第二局时,他必须集中注意力,带领球队从113分、3个三柱门的成绩,最终以216分的成绩获胜。比赛已经是第四天了。时间很充裕,而西印度群岛队却遇到了麻烦。

他们的一名快速投球手——24岁的沙马尔·约瑟夫在前一天被击中了脚趾。经验丰富的澳大利亚快投手米奇·斯塔克觉得已经够了。约瑟夫是左手击球手,但用右手投球,他已经坚持得够久了。一个快速的内旋约克球击中了约瑟夫的脚趾或三柱门。这位年轻的投球手移动脚步不够快,被击中了脚趾。斯塔克提出上诉,约瑟夫被判出局。斯塔克越界了,裁判判定为无球,但约瑟夫疼痛难忍。特拉维斯·海德走到约瑟夫身边,问他是否还好。约瑟夫感觉不舒服。他脱掉鞋袜,带伤退场。人们担心他无法重返赛场,对阵澳大利亚队,因为澳大利亚队的投球目标相对较小。海德在一个晴朗的日子里与史蒂夫·史密斯一起,为这支戴着宽松绿帽的球队完成了任务。

沙玛·约瑟夫出生于圭亚那巴拉卡拉,这是一个由逃离奴隶种植园的非裔美国人组成的小社区,他们建立了一个“栗色”的自由社区。沙玛尔是尤斯塔斯和卡林·约瑟夫的六个孩子之一,他住在伯比斯内陆的坎耶河畔(需要乘坐快艇才能到达他的村庄)。村里有一所小学,沙玛尔的学长——罗马里奥·谢泼德——现在和约瑟夫一样,效力于西印度群岛。和许多来自全球南方的优秀板球运动员一样,沙玛尔最初打的是胶带球板球,并加入了巴拉卡拉的两支球队(青年前锋队和表演时代队)。在新阿姆斯特丹的一份保安工作让沙玛尔得以进入圭亚那板球界,并最终凭借他闪电般的投球速度入选西印度群岛队。

脚趾受伤对这位来自巴拉卡拉的年轻人来说并不是什么大问题。他包扎好了,在第二场测试赛的第四天上场投球。第二十四局结束后,澳大利亚队以2比71领先,约瑟夫上场了。他错过了之前的训练,但在比赛开始前出现在热身网中。有人猜测:如果这个年轻人重返赛场,他肯定会投球。然后,西印度群岛队长克雷格·布拉斯韦特向约瑟夫点了点头。约瑟夫将球传给了状态稳定、渴望胜利的卡姆·格林。第一个回合,格林给约瑟夫轰出了两个四分(一个是越过滑球的厚边球,另一个是时机把握得当的击球)。约瑟夫还没有找到自己的节奏。

快速投球最容易让人误解的一点是,它看起来只关乎速度和力量。但快速投球的诀窍并非投出无法击中的快速球,也不是迫使击球手不得不转身的短球。关键在于投球手和击球手之间的博弈,在于球的长度和线路的变化,更快和更慢的球,以及投球手技巧的不可预测性。像沙玛尔·约瑟夫这样的年轻投手往往需要时间才能把球投准,考验那些因为担心无法击球而坐立不安的击球手。在沙玛尔·约瑟夫投出的第二轮中,卡梅伦·格林在比赛尾声将球切入围栏。我当时以为,现在比分是114比4,史蒂夫·史密斯49分全中,格林在两轮中打出三个四分球,约瑟夫42分,我以为这两位澳大利亚人会带领他们的球队赢得胜利。

然后,不知从哪里冒出来两个无法击球的球。首先是格林,红球落地后弹起,高大的格林根本跟不上,被击中肘部,然后被投出,球四处乱飞。我不知道这球有多快,但它确实是凭空出现的。这是个能拿下三柱门的球。它确实拿下了。约瑟夫欣喜若狂。他满脸喜悦地绕着球场跑来跑去。第二局,前一天安慰过沙玛尔的特拉维斯·海德上场,带上防守,静待时机。沙玛尔上场,绕过三柱门,球速超快,就像斯塔克击中他脚趾那样,打出一个约克球;海德是一位非常聪明的击球手,但他就是没能把球棒击到球场上进行防守,球滑到球门线下方,砸在了三柱门上。尽管当时已是深夜,巴拉卡拉的电视台还是播报着他们家乡男孩上演帽子戏法的消息。海德垂头丧气地走开了。这是他在加巴球场连续第四次零封。

沙玛尔·约瑟夫没能上演帽子戏法,因为他投球

史蒂夫·史密斯(Steve Smith)被他击出局,并因此跑了一分。但这无关紧要。很快,形势就变得严峻起来。约瑟夫又投出一个快速球,球在边柱门外意外弹起,米奇·马什(Mitch Marsh)轻轻一击,将球击向守门员;又一个约克球,亚历克斯·凯里(Alex Carey)出局;一个后场快速球传给斯塔克(Starc),击中球棒后高高飞起,轻松接住。澳大利亚队突然以7比171领先。史密斯在场,康明斯(Cummins)上场,他们还有机会拿下剩下的45分。史密斯已经得到70分,状态正佳。这是有可能的。但是,前一天差点摔断脚趾的沙玛尔·约瑟夫(Shamar Joseph)拿下五个三柱门,改变了比赛的气氛。约瑟夫在几个回合后击败了康明斯,在里昂(Lyon)传球给阿尔扎里·约瑟夫(Alzarri Joseph)后,沙玛尔·约瑟夫向乔什·黑泽尔伍德(Josh Hazelwood)投出一个澳大利亚人称之为“开膛手”的球,球在中柱门和边柱门之间高速摇晃,将两人都击出局。

沙玛·约瑟夫(Shamar Joseph)名不见经传,在脚趾几乎骨折的情况下,连续投了近十二个球,拿下七个三柱门,得到六十八分,帮助西印度群岛队自1997年以来首次在澳大利亚获胜。

投约克球并不容易。它们经常过早出手,最终变成半截击球,很容易被击中。看着约瑟夫投出一个又一个近乎完美的约克球真是一种享受。他的投球长度令人叹为观止,他的自信也令人动容。我尝试寻找约翰·特里姆(John Trim)的比赛片段,但未能如愿。特里姆也来自伯比斯,是第一位代表西印度群岛队(1948-52)参赛的圭亚那球员。在西印度群岛队澳大利亚之旅期间,特里姆在墨尔本十二个球中拿下五个三柱门,得到三十五分。澳大利亚队以一柱门之差赢得了那场测试赛。特里姆于1960年去世,享年四十五岁。和许多未成年板球运动员一样,他并没有被广泛铭记。我在伊恩·伍德沃德(Ian Woodward)撰写的澳大利亚与西印度群岛比赛概要中读到过关于他的事。他拿下五个三柱门的成绩引起了我的注意,此外,特里姆在两局比赛中都以零分出局(这可是个非常罕见的壮举)。我猜想,特里姆也是约克球的狂热爱好者。这或许与在不平坦且经常潮湿的场地上??使用胶带球有关:你可能更愿意用速度来骚扰击球手,而不是在可能让球无法弹起的场地上试探。或许,正是在那时,特里姆和沙马尔·约瑟夫决定完善约克球——圭亚那内陆的馈赠。

Vijay Prashad How the China-led Global South Crushed Trump's US Capitalist Restoration
 
https://ottolinatv.it/2025/05/23/how-the-china-led-global-south-crushed-trumps-us-capitalist-restoration-with-vijay-prashad/
by OttolinaTV 23/05/2025
 
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From Trump’s tariffs, to China’s reaction and the failure of the reverse Kissinger attempt to sabotage the alliance between Russia and China, Vijay Prashad draws a picture of the evolution of the anti-imperialist struggle in the last months. The picture that emerges is one of a decadent phase of western imperialism, a model in which the US seem to have neither the resources, nor the will to modify the extractivist base of their domination. BRICS expansion signals a huge opportunity for the global South and for the working classes of the world: never before an emerging hegemon was governed by a leadership that puts the interest of the people in front of one of its financial oligarchies.

Equally, as Prashad puts it brilliantly, we cannot delude ourselves thinking that real change will happen with a magic wand: the realisation of a multipolar world that is also a socialist world will come through global class struggle that helps the BRICS carrying on its evolution from a simple anti-imperialist coalition to one that could open up a new phase of international relations based on cooperation, mutual respect and human rights, including the social ones, for all people of the world, and not only for a shrinking and decadent élite.

AUKUS, Trump, and the Indo-Pacific – an address by Vijay Prashad

https://cpa.org.au/guardian/issue-2141-2/aukus-trump-and-the-indo-pacific-an-address-by-vijay-prashad/

BY DENIS DOHERTY THE GUARDIAN APRIL 14, 2025
The opportunity to listen to Vijay Prashad is one not to be missed, and in Sydney and on Zoom he wowed comrades and friends once again. Vijay Prashad is a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has worked with luminaries of the left such as Fidel Castro and Noam Chomsky. He is the author of over 20 books some in collaboration with Chomsky. 
Prashad was in Sydney a short time ago to launch his book On Cuba written in collaboration with Chomsky. He offered the Sydney comrades the opportunity to hear him talk as he was available on 5 April. The topic of his address was ‘AUKUS, Trump and the Indo Pacific.’ Over 100 attended.

The occasion of Vijay’s visit was the time to recognise two great communists who had died recently.  A short ceremony to honour both comrades one from Sydney and one from India. The Sydney CPA member Maria Hilario (1959-2025) and the Indian member Sitaram Yechury’s (1952-2024) who was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Maria toiled relentlessly on behalf of Cuba over many years and likewise over Palestine. A tribute was paid to her by Comrade Connie Villano and a minute’s silence was observed in her honour. Vijay presented a book of Sitaram’s writings to the party in Sydney.

Vijay’s delivery and communication put him among the best communicators the left has. His presentation was a joy!  The consensus was that there was a lot to absorb, but it was a pleasure to do it.

Prashad spent some time explaining the huge steps that China has taken technologically. In 2003, of the 64 crucial technological items necessary for a modern society, the US led in 61 and China in 3. In 2024 the US led in 7 and China was ahead in 57.

He mentioned a study of democracy done worldwide where people were surveyed for their satisfaction with the state of democracy in their country.  The USA scored around 50 while the Chinese score was 80. So much for the propaganda about authoritarianism!

China is not interested in invading anyone; not Japan, not Australia, not anyone. It is interested in trading with Australia, so it will not stop ships taking Australian products going to China. Nor will it stop ships taking Chinese goods to Australia.

A progressive and prosperous rising country, China is our major trading partner at 37 per cent of our trade. Only 5 per cent of our trade goes to the US. China doesn’t need to be responded to with suspicious and submarines.

Prashad argued that the Trump foreign policy is realist to the extent that it identifies China as the real enemy not Russia. While China is not aggressive, it is a threat to US dominance of the globe as the only superpower.

Prashad pointed out that  Beijing is closer to Berlin than it is to Sydney and that Australia “does not have an enemy on its doorstep.”

There is a chance to listen and watch Vijay’s talk via the party’s YouTube channel.

Vijay’s other skill is his understanding of cricket, and he pursues that interest with the same enthusiasm he does on topics of international relations.

For a Marxist look at cricket, see “Leg Glance – The Yorkers of Shamar Joseph”.

Leg Glance – The Yorkers of Shamar Joseph

https://cpa.org.au/guardian/issue-2141-2/leg-glance-the-yorkers-of-shamar-joseph/?

BY VIJAY PRASHAD  APRIL 14, 2025

There are some balls that are unplayable. Ask Travis Head, one of Australia’s most reliable middle order batsmen. He had scored a duck in the first innings against the West Indies, going after a full ball from the fast bowler Kemar Roach that was going down the leg-side. Head could have left it alone, but he reached for it and sent it into the gloves of Joshua Da Silva. When he walked out for Australia’s second innings, Travis Head had to keep his concentration and take his team from 113 for three wickets to victory at 216 runs. It was the fourth day. There was plenty of time and the West Indies had a problem.

One of their fast bowlers – twenty-four-year-old Shamar Joseph had been struck on the toe on the previous day. Mitch Starc, the veteran Australian quick, decided that enough was enough. Joseph, who bats left-handed but bowls with his right, had been there long enough. A very fast in-swinging yorker targeted either Joseph’s toe or his stumps. The young bowler couldn’t move his feet fast enough and so was struck on the toe. Starc appealed, and Joseph was given out. Starc had overstepped the line, and the umpire declared it was a no-ball, but Joseph was in terrible pain. It was Travis Head who walked over to Joseph and asked him if he was ok. He was not. His shoes and socks off, he walked off the field, retired hurt. There was a worry that he would not be able to return to bowl against Australia, which had been given a reasonably small target. Head joined Steve Smith on a lovely day to finish the job for the baggy green caps.

Sharmar Joseph was born in Baracara, Guyana, a small community formed by people of African descent who had fled the slave plantations and built a maroon, a free community. One of six children to Eustace and Carlin Joseph, Shamar lived on the Canje River deep in the interior of Berbice (you need a speedboat to get to his village). The village had one primary school, where Shamar had a senior – Romario Shepard – who now, like Joseph, plays for the West Indies. Like many of the best cricketers from the Global South, Shamar began to play tape-ball cricket, getting into one or the other of the teams in Baracara (Young Strikers and Show Times). A security guard job in New Amsterdam allowed Shamar to move up into the world of Guyanese cricket and  eventually be selected to play for the West Indies because of his lightning-fast bowling.

A damaged toe was not going to hurt this young man from Baracara. It was bandaged up and he was on the field to bowl on the fourth day of the second test. After the twenty-fourth over, with Australia at 71 for 2, Joseph came onto the field. He had missed the earlier session, but was there in the warm-up nets before play began. There was speculation: if the young man is back on the field, surely, he is going to bowl. Then, West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite gave Joseph the nod. Joseph to Cam Green, who is settled and hungry. That first over Green blasted Joseph for two fours (one a thick edge over the slips and the second a beautifully timed drive through the covers). Joseph had not yet found his momentum.

One of the most misleading things about fast bowling is that it is seen to be about speed and brawn. But the trick of fast bowling is not that unplayable fast ball on the stumps or that short ball that forces the batsman to swerve. It is the game between the bowler and the batsman, the variations of length and line, the faster and slower ball, the unpredictability of the bowler’s tricks. It often takes time for a younger bowler like Shamar Joseph to get the line right, to test the batsman who fidgets in anticipation of the unplayable ball. In his second over from Shamar Joseph, Cameron Green guided the ball with a late cut to the fence. I thought that by now, the score at 114 for four with Steve Smith all settled in at 49 and Green with three fours of Joseph in two overs at 42, that these two Aussies would guide their team home to victory.

Then out of nowhere, two unplayable balls. First, to Green, the red ball dropped and then bounced so high that Green – who is tall – could not follow it, was struck on the elbow, and then bowled, the bailing flying in all directions. I don’t know how fast this ball was, but it certainly came out of nowhere. This was the one that gets wickets. And it did. Joseph was elated. He ran around the field with pure joy on his face. Second, Travis Head – who had comforted Shamar on the previous day – came in, took his guard, and waited. Shamar came in, around the wicket, the ball superfast, a yorker just as Starc had sent to his toe; Head, a very smart batsman, just could not get his bat down to the pitch to defend and the ball slipped under and smashed his stumps. The television sets in Baracara, even though it was late at night, rattled out the news that their hometown boy was on a hat-trick. Head walked off despondent. This was his fourth consecutive duck at the Gabba.

Shamar Joseph didn’t get the hat-trick because he bowled to Steve Smith, who paddled him away for a run. But this did not matter. The flood came soon after. Joseph bowled another fast one with unexpected bounce just outside the off stump and Mitch Marsh tickled it to the keeper; another yorker and Alex Carey was gone; a back of a length fast ball to Starc caught the bat and flew high into the air to offer an easy catch. Australia was suddenly at 171 for seven. They still had a chance with Smith there and Cummins in to score the remaining 45 runs. Smith with 70 runs was in good form. It was possible. But Shamar Joseph, who had almost broken his toe the previous day, had taken five wickets and changed the mood. Joseph got Cummins a few overs later, and after Lyon goes to Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph bowled what Aussies call a ripper to Josh Hazelwood that wobbled at high speed between middle and off stump, taking both off.

Shamar Joseph, relatively unknown, bowled almost twelve overs in a row with a near broken toe and took seven wickets for 68 runs, giving the West Indies its first win in Australia since 1997.

It is not easy to bowl a yorker. They often leave the hand too early and end up as half volleys which can be easily dispatched to the fence. Watching Joseph bowl one almost perfect yorker after the other was a treat. His length was sublime, his confidence beautiful. I tried, but failed to find some clips of John Trim, who was also from Berbice and was the first man from Guyana to play for the West Indies (1948-52). During the West Indies tour of Australia, Trim took five wickets for thirty-five runs in Melbourne in twelve overs. Australia won that test by one wicket. Trim died in 1960 at the age of forty-five. He, like many minor cricketers, is not widely remembered. I read about him in Ian Woodward’s compendium on the matches between Australia and the West Indies. It was the five-wicket haul that caught my eye, as well as the fact that Trim was run out for a duck in both innings (a very unusual feat). Trim, too, I gather was an aficionado of the yorker. It might have something with the tape-ball on an uneven and frequently wet ground: you might want to use your pace to harass the batsman rather than test a surface that might not allow the ball to bounce. Maybe that’s where Trim and Shamar Joseph decided to perfect the yorker, the gift from Guyana’s interior.