Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali’s Don Quijote

Friday, 08 November 2013

Der tragische Held Don Quijote bricht auf zu neuen, hochaktuellen Abenteuern: von Piratenüberfällen vor der Küste Somalias über die Untiefen des Finanzsystems bis hin zu offenem Rassismus.

Das Schauspiel Essen zeigt eine anekdotische Adaption des Literaturklassikers mit prominenten Namen hinter den Kulissen: Inszenieren wird das Auftragswerk Jean-Claude Berutti, ein europaweit bekannter Regisseur. Der streitbare Tariq Ali hat das Stück verfasst; wie Don Quijote selbst ist der gebürtige Pakistaner ein Grenzgänger zwischen den Welten und ein Kämpfer gegen das Unrecht. Was kommt heraus, wenn das Schauspiel Essen internationale Theaterprominenz ins Revier holt? Ein Probenbesuch von West ART. Read more and watch a video here

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Tariq Alí visita a la CNTE: “Un país sin educación está condenado a morir”

Thursday, 24 October 2013

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Tariq Ali discusses Syria on Democracy Now!

Tuesday, 03 September 2013

Speaking on Demoncracy Now!, Tariq Ali discusses the Syrian situation with Steven Clemons.

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Tariq Ali in conversation with Owen Jones

Tuesday, 13 August 2013

Tariq Ali in conversation with Owen Jones at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival 2013

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The United States: The First and Last Global Empire

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

Tariq Ali delivers a lecture in memory of writer, journalist and film critic K. Ravindran (Chintha Ravi) at the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Hall Trichur Kerala India on July 7.

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From the archive

  • ‘Libya is another case of selective vigilantism by the west’
    March 30, 2011

    ‘Libya is another case of selective vigilantism by the west’ by Tariq Ali for the Guardian, March 29 2011

    The US-Nato intervention in Libya, with United Nations security council cover, is part of an orchestrated response to show support for the movement against one dictator in particular and by so doing to bring the Arab rebellions to an end by asserting western control, confiscating their impetus and spontaneity and trying to restore the status quo ante.

    It is absurd to think that the reasons for bombing Tripoli or for the turkey shoot outside Benghazi are designed to protect civilians. This particular argument is designed to win support from the citizens of Euro-America and part of the Arab world. “Look at us,” say Obama/Clinton and the EU satraps, “we’re doing good. We’re on the side of the people.” The sheer cynicism is  …

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  • ‘Operation Enduring Disaster’
    November 16, 2008

    ‘Operation Enduring Disaster’ by Tariq Ali for TomDispatch, November 16, 2008

    Afghanistan has been almost continuously at war for 30 years, longer than both World Wars and the American war in Vietnam combined. Each occupation of the country has mimicked its predecessor. A tiny interval between wars saw the imposition of a malignant social order, the Taliban, with the help of the Pakistani military and the late Benazir Bhutto, the prime minister who approved the Taliban takeover in Kabul.

    Over the last two years, the U.S./NATO occupation of that country has run into serious military problems. Given a severe global economic crisis and the election of a new American president—a man separated in style, intellect, and temperament from his predecessor–the possibility of a serious discussion about an exit strategy from the Afghan disaster hovers on the horizon. The  …

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