We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane. Tariq Ali More Quotes by Tariq Ali More Quotes From Tariq Ali Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting. Tariq Ali rejects ifs knows In many parts of the Islamic world, secular forces, where they exist, tend to be so unsure of themselves, so lacking in self-confidence, that in many cases they line themselves up fairly squarely behind the imperial project and that then creates a big vacuum in which the Islamists become the dominant power because they are the only ones then who are seen as resisting. Tariq Ali self-confidence islamic world If you see what passes as the news on the networks in the United States, there's virtually no coverage of the rest of the world, not even of neighboring countries like Mexico or neighboring continents like Latin America. Tariq Ali latin country america The "coalition against terrorism" means the United States. It does not wish anyone else to interfere with its strategy. Tariq Ali united-states wish mean The real problem is the total capitulation of German social democracy to capitalism, reflected and symbolized by actual extreme center coalition governments in Germany, which have been in power for a long time and still are even as we speak. That is the real problem: that there is no serious opposition in Germany at all. And the Left party is divided. Tariq Ali party government real The extreme center is the political expression of the neoliberal state. Tariq Ali political states expression Basically, we are witnessing the twilight of democracy. Tariq Ali democracy twilight I've called David Cameron worse things than joker....and a former Prime Minister Tony Blair is widely referred to as a war criminal. Tariq Ali war Economics and politics are so intertwined and interlinked that politics now, mainstream politics, extreme center politics, are little else but a version of concentrated economics. And this means that any alternative - alternative capitalism, left Keynesianism, intervention by the state to help the poor, rolling back the privatizations - becomes a huge issue. The entire weight of the extreme center and its media is turned against it, which in reality now is beginning to harm democracy. Tariq Ali media mean reality Desperation is the result of globalization. Tariq Ali globalization desperation results The main implication is a remapping of the world in line with American policy and American interests. Natural resources are limited, and the United States wants to make sure that its own population is kept supplied. The principle effect of this will be for the United States to control large parts of the oil which the world possesses. Tariq Ali oil united-states principles Terror breeds terror. I am completely opposed to both state terror and those who respond in a similar way. There is no justification for any group that associates itself with the Left to kill innocents and encourage suicide bombings. Tariq Ali justification terror suicide During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events. Tariq Ali government challenges war In the West, since the collapse of communism and the fall of the Soviet Union, the one discipline both the official and unofficial cultures have united in casting aside has been history. Tariq Ali discipline culture fall Terrorism emanates from weakness, not strength. It is the sign of despair. Tariq Ali despair terrorism weakness Tayyip Erdogan wants to go beyond George W. Bush by making critical journalism and critics in the academy illegal. What will be the difference between him and a military government? Very little. I read his remarks on the effectiveness of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. Well, yes. But then the AKP would have to ban all other political parties, close down all critical newspapers, burn the books critical of the regime and gas the Kurds to death...the final solution of the Kurdish 'problem.' Somehow I don't think he is about to do that. Tariq Ali party military book When a country is invaded and attacked and people resist it's important to speak up and to say they have the right to resist and to defend their right to resist. Tariq Ali important country people Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local and global. The events of 11 September 2001 are not exception. Tariq Ali void events tragedy How we live our lives does not,unfortunately depend on us alone.Circumstances,good or bad,constantly intervene.A person close to us die.A person not so close to us carries on living.All these things affect how we live. Tariq Ali persons circumstances doe What we are seeing in Turkey is a non-uniformed authoritarian regime led by a politician, Tayyip Erdogan, who has allowed power to go to his head and is behaving more and more like a despot. Sooner or later this will provoke political uprisings throughout the country as happened after Gezi. Tariq Ali politician political country
