Tariq Ali

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Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali is a novelist, historian, political campaigner and one of New Left Review’s editors.

Recent content by Tariq Ali

Who will reshape the Arab world: its people, or the US (5 May 2011)

Phase one of the Arab spring is over. Phase two – the attempt to crush or contain genuine popular movements – has begun.

Selective vigilantism by the West (14 Apr 2011)

Bombing Tripoli while shoring up other despots in the Arab world shows the UN-backed strikes to oust Gaddafi are purely cynical.

Egypt's joy as Mubarak quits (11 Feb 2011)

The age of political reason is returning to the Arab world. The people are fed up of being colonised and bullied. Meanwhile, the political temperature is rising in Jordan, Algeria and Yemen.

An Arab 1848: Despots Totter and Fall (9 Feb 2011)

The rediscovery of Arab solidarity against the repellent dictatorships
and those who sustain them is a new turning point in the Middle East.

The Obama Syndrome: New President, Same Mistakes - A Live Interview (11 Oct 2010)

Historian and critic Tariq Ali traces the continuity of errors between Bush and Obama in their Middle East and South Asia policy.

Australia Should Leave Afghan War (11 Oct 2010)

Troops in Afganistan could be withdrawn quite easily if politicians had the will to do so.

Selling Off Af-Pak (14 Sep 2010)

The notion that the Afghan governance model could be transferred to Pakistan is risible.

Floods for Pakistan; Floods of Money For its Leader (2 Sep 2010)

As images of Pakistan coping with the crisis and of its destitute people were being shown on European television, a French air force helicopter was transporting the richest man in Pakistan to his most extravagant European property, a 16th century chateau.

It's no secret what Pakistan's been doing with the Taliban (3 Aug 2010)

British politicians "shock" over wiki-leaks shouldn't be taken seriously: Pakistan's ties to the Taliban have never been a secret.

Kentucky Fried Education: The Market Assault on Reason (2 Jun 2010)

In April 2010, UK Middlesex University decided to close down Philosophy. Ever since, students and staff, and thousands of their supporters, have been battling to save it.