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Ali: Australia Should Leave Afghan War
Znet Article, October, 11 2010
Tariq Ali
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The political commentator, Tariq Ali, is visiting Australia and says the country should grow up and pull out of the war on Afghanistan.
Ali: The Obama Syndrome
Znet Article, September, 22 2010
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Tariq Ali has a new book out; it’s called The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad.
Ali: Selling Off Af-Pak
Znet Article, September, 12 2010
Tariq Ali
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A few days ago, the West’s favorite Pakistani journalist, Ahmed Rashid, wrote a ‘guest column’ on the BBC website in which he suggested that the Afghan governance model be transferred to Pakistan...
Ali: Floods for Pakistan; Floods of Money
Znet Article, August, 30 2010
Tariq Ali
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August is the monsoon season in Pakistan. The floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains a month ago have affected more than 17.2 million people and killed over 1,500, according to Pakistan's disaster management body.
Ali: It's No Secret What Pakistan's Been Doing With The Taliban
Znet Article, August, 12 2010
Tariq Ali
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All sides know what's been going on since Afghanistan was first occupied. It's also clear that this war can't be won.
Ali: Not Crushed, Merely Ignored
Znet Article, July, 23 2010
Tariq Ali
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Tariq Ali on the recent killings in Kashmir...
Stone: Filmmakers Respond to Attack from the New York Times' Larry Rohter
Znet Article, July, 01 2010
Oliver Stone
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The following letter was sent to The New York Times...
Ali: President Of Cant
Znet Article, June, 17 2010
Tariq Ali
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A year since the White House changed hands, how has the American empire altered? Under the Bush Administration it was widely believed, in both mainstream opinion and much of the amnesiac section of the left, that the United States had fallen under...
Ali: Remembering Daniel Bensaid
Znet Article, January, 16 2010
Tariq Ali
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The French philosopher Daniel Bensaïd, who has died aged 63 of cancer, was one of the most gifted Marxist intellectuals of his generation. In 1968, together with Daniel Cohn-Bendit, he helped to form the Mouvement du 22 Mars (the 22 March Movem...
Ali: How Could This End Well?
Znet Article, November, 16 2009
Tariq Ali
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It’s been a bad autumn for Nato in Afghanistan, with twin disasters on the political and military fronts. First, Kai Eide, the UN headman in Kabul, a well-meaning, but not very bright Norwegian, fell out with his deputy, Peter Galbraith, who as ...
Ali: Farce in Kabul, Tragedy in Pakistan
Znet Article, October, 20 2009
Tariq Ali
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A few weeks ago the UN headman in Kabul, a woodenheaded Norwegian, decided that the recent Presidential elections were fine and Karzai was a legitimate ruler. His deputy, Peter Galbraith, the unofficial representative of the State Department, was ...
Ali: People's Victory in Pakistan, Obama’s Escalation of Afghanistan War, and 6 Years of US Occupation in Iraq
Znet Article, March, 20 2009
Tariq Ali
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After days of protests and several incidents of police brutality and the holding of key figures in preventive detention, the Pakistani government backed down and announced Monday the decision to reinstate the former chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhr...
Ali: Obama: Imperialism with a Human Face
Znet Article, February, 16 2009
Tariq Ali
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An Interview...
Ali: From The Ashes Of Gaza
Znet Article, January, 02 2009
Tariq Ali
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The assault on Gaza, planned over six months and executed with perfect timing, was designed largely, as Neve Gordon has rightly observed, to help the incumbent parties triumph in the forthcoming Israeli elections. The dead Palestinians are little ...
Ali: India's Leaders Need to Look Closer to Home
Znet Article, November, 28 2008
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The terrorist assault on Mumbai’s five-star hotels was well planned, but did not require a great deal of logistic intelligence: all the targets were soft. The aim was to create mayhem by shining the spotlight on India and its problems and in that ...
Ali: Operation Enduring Disaster
Znet Article, November, 16 2008
Tariq Ali
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Afghanistan has been almost continuously at war for 30 years, longer than both World Wars and the American war in Vietnam combined.
Ali: The American War Moves to Pakistan
Znet Article, September, 16 2008
Tariq Ali
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US military operations in Pakistan
Ali: “The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power”
Znet Article, September, 16 2008
Tariq Ali
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Pakistani border troops allegedly foiled a US raid on Pakistani territory Monday. Details of the attack remain unclear, but according to an anonymous Pakistani intelligence official, the troops fired warning shots at American helicopters near the ...
Ali: How Long Before the Military is Back at the Helm? Pakistan After Musharraf
Znet Article, August, 19 2008
Tariq Ali
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Pakistan's military dictators never go quietly. Field-Marshal Ayub was removed by a three-month long popular insurrection in March 1969. General Yahya Khan destroyed Pakistan before he departed in 1972. General Zia-ul-Haq (the worst of the lot) wa...
Ali: 1968, Forty Years Later
Znet Article, June, 01 2008
Tariq Ali
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Looking back on a pivotal year in the global struggle for social justice...
Ali: Power Can't Shape Truth Forever New Labour is Dead
Znet Article, May, 04 2008
Tariq Ali
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New Labour has suffered a crushing defeat. The Blair project of promoting and implementing right-wing policies in the knowledge that traditional working class voters would remain solid died on 1 May 2008. Labour’s vote in the local elections in dr...
Ali: Canada, Hizballah and Terrorism
Znet Article, April, 24 2008
Tariq Ali
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In 2002 Canada unveiled an official list of "terrorist" organizations, strikingly similar to that of the the US government. Today the Lebanese political movement Hizballah -- both the military and political wing -- is officially considered a "terr...
Ali: No War: The Movement That Has Dissolved Itself
Znet Article, March, 30 2008
Tariq Ali
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What has happened to the movement against the war that exploded in 2003, mobilizing millions of people in the entire West, to the point that the New York Times called it "the second superpower"?
Ali: Where has all the rage gone?
Znet Article, March, 27 2008
Tariq Ali
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In 1968, fury at the Vietnam war sparked protests and uprisings across the world: from Paris and Prague to Mexico...
Ali: Et Tu, New York Times?
Znet Article, February, 13 2008
Tariq Ali
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The New York Times' recently awoken sense of justice was dormant when Musharraf sacked the independent-minded judges, whose sin was ordering the release of the 'terrorists' imprisoned without proof or trial.
Ali: Pandering to the New Prejudices
Znet Article, February, 05 2008
Tariq Ali
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When I agreed to participate in the Turin Book Fair, which I have done before, I had no idea that the 'guest of honour' was Israel and its 60th birthday. But this is also the 60th anniversary of what the Palestinian call the 'nakba' the disaster t...
Ali: Pakistan's Plight
Znet Article, January, 13 2008
Tariq Ali
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With Pervez Musharraf trying to cling to power whatever the cost, a farcical succession within the Pakistan People's Party, and continued US interference, Pakistan's dark night is far from over. A multidimensional charade is taking place in Pakist...
Ali: My Heart Bleeds For Pakistan
Znet Article, December, 31 2007
Tariq Ali
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Six hours before she was executed, Mary, Queen of Scots wrote to her brother-in-law, Henry III of France: "...As for my son, I commend him to you in so far as he deserves, for I cannot answer for him." The year was 1587.
Ali: A Tragedy Born Of Military Despotism And Anarchy
Znet Article, December, 30 2007
Tariq Ali
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Even those of us sharply critical of Benazir Bhutto's behaviour and policies - both while she was in office and more recently - are stunned and angered by her death. Indignation and fear stalk the country once again.
Ali: Pakistan in Turmoil after Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination
Znet Article, December, 29 2007
Tariq Ali
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Hundreds and thousands of Pakistanis attend the funeral of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Pakistan’s political future remains unclear and riots erupted as news of Bhutto’s assassination spread across the country. Pakistani Preside...
