But its undoing, I suggested in The Darker Nations, came less from its own contradictions and more from that of changes in the global architecture, namely the slow decline of the USSR bloc and the rise of a more confident North Atlantic bloc, institutionalized in the G7 (1974). The Project was contradictory, rife with all kinds of problems. It gave an account of the complex and hopeful elements of the Project-the fight to create space for political sovereignty, economic development, and social justice. That book, published in 2007, told the story of the Third World Project from 1927-8 (the League Against Imperialism meeting in Brussels) to 1983 (the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Delhi). Vijay Prashad (VP): When I finished The Darker Nations, I felt that the last section was not adequate. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? London and New York: Verso and New Delhi: LeftWord, 2013. Vijay Prashad, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, with a preface from Boutros Boutros Ghali. New Texts Out Now: Vijay Prashad, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South
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