Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali

Author, Political Activist

Tariq Ali is a British-Pakistani writer and political activist known for his critiques of imperialism and global capitalism, particularly in works like 'The Clash of Fundamentalisms'.

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Born
October 21, 1943
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78
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#2295

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"At the moment we have a critical situation in Greece. Even as we speak, where there is an open attempt by the EU to destroy Syriza by splitting it. There is a German obstinacy and utter refusal to seriously consider an alternative. The reason isn't even a lack of money, because money swims around the EU coffers endlessly, and they could write off the debt tomorrow if they wanted. But they don't want to do so, because of the election of a left-wing government. They want to punish Syriza in public, to humiliate it so that this model doesn't go any further than Greece."

Writing Wings Government
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"History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television."

Television Ignored Ancient
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"The implication strongly is that Osama bin Laden is a Hitler, even though he has no state power at all. It's just grotesque if you seriously think about it."

Thinking Osama Bin Laden States
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"The Internet has been an invaluable acquisition. I wonder how we would do without it. Information can be sent from one country to the other within the space of minutes, crossing channels, crossing oceans, crossing continents. But still, we can't compete with the might and power and wealth of those who dominate, control, and own the means of the production of information today."

Country Ocean Mean
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"The United States is now The Empire. There isn't an empire; there's The Empire, and that empire is the United States."

United States Empires States
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"There was a good moment in Islam when people were actually challenging authority at every level. Very different from the world we live in."

People Challenges Islam
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"I've called David Cameron worse things than joker....and a former Prime Minister Tony Blair is widely referred to as a war criminal."

War
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"If there is a Greek exit from the Eurozone, I think the German elite will be quite pleased that they can then use that to restructure the Eurozone and make it a zone where only strong countries are allowed in. There would then be two tiers within the European Union, which is in fact already happening. But you cannot simply get rid of German control by raising the specter of the Third Reich. That's ahistorical."

Country Strong Thinking
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"That natural disasters are required to provide Americans with a glimpse of reality in their own country is an indication of the deep rot infecting the official political culture."

Country Reality Political
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"The whole history of the 20th century is a history of resistance groups which are either nationalist or, in large parts of the Muslim word, religious groups."

Religious Groups Resistance
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"I think the United States and its British attack dog are not taken seriously anywhere in the world and can play no role in helping a political solution."

Dog Taken Thinking
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"In many parts of the world, including the Arab world, the Latin American world, and even parts of the Western world, there is a tradition of writers being quite engaged. Particularly in the Arab world you have had very, very strong traditions of literature and poetry and most of the writers have been deeply committed to the cause of the Arab nation."

Strong Latin Literature
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"I do think the Cubans have to change some of the political structures there and allow critical voices, for their own sakes, because unless there is accountability the revolution will totally atrophy."

Thinking Voice Accountability
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"I think Syriza and Podemos are very, very different from Sinn Féin in many ways, and so I wouldn't put all three together. I would say that Syriza and Podemos are movements which have come out of mass struggles. In the case of Podemos, directly out of tariqaliextremehuge mass movements in Spain, which started with the occupation of the square. In Greece, as a response to what the EU was doing there, punishing it endlessly, for the sins of its ruling elite."

Struggle Thinking Squares
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"One could think of ways to defeat the censor. I could put up the answers on my Facebook page or website or Counterpunch. In today's world it's not easy to suppress information. Technology has helped us a great deal."

Technology Thinking World
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"Basically, we are witnessing the twilight of democracy."

Twilight Democracy
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