Dr. Vijay Prashad: Symposium on Social Justice and Inclusion Keynote Address

Dr. Vijay Prashad, director, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and chief editor of LeftWord Books, delivered the Symposium on Social Justice and Inclusion keynote address, titled "The World of Du Bois and Our World: Fascism and the Possibility of Humanity."

W.E.B. Du Bois, like many anti-colonial thinkers of his time, saw clearly the connections between racism in the United States, colonial violence, and the emergence of fascism in Europe. The roots of fascism were not to be found only in the Nazis, but in the deep roots of racism and colonialism that had corrupted the civilization of the West. This was clear to W.E.B. Du Bois, as was clear the relationship of this corruption with the protection of property and the growth of perilous inequality. He spent a lifetime trying to understand and teach about the intimate relationship between racism, colonialism, and fascism, but he was also driven by the possibility for humanity.

Vijay Prashad's talk laid out the political career of W.E.B. Du Bois in the period of the rise of fascism. It was a reflection, in its own way, on our own times.

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