Articles by Tariq Ali – The Guardian
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Pakistan’s Future Is Tied to the Taliban
Tariq Ali – The Guardian,
10 Feb 2014
With the impending withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the time has come to talk – despite the horrific wave of bombings.
→ read full articleWho Will Reshape the Arab World: Its People, or the US?
Tariq Ali – The Guardian,
9 May 2011
Phase one of the Arab spring is over. Phase two – the attempt to crush or contain genuine popular movements – has begun. Here one has to say that whatever the final outcome, the Libyan people have lost. The country will either be partitioned into a Gaddafi state and a squalid pro-west protectorate led by selected businessmen, or the west will take out Gaddafi and control the whole of Libya and its huge oil reserves. This display of affection for “democracy” does not extend elsewhere in the region. In Bahrain,
→ read full articleLibya is another Case of Selective Vigilantism by the West
Tariq Ali – The Guardian,
4 Apr 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.
→ read full articleThis Is an Arab 1848. But US Hegemony Is Only Dented
Tariq Ali – The Guardian,
28 Feb 2011
With western-backed despots being turfed out politics has changed forever. So just how far can the revolution spread?
→ read full articleEgypt’s Joy as Mubarak Quits
Tariq Ali – The Guardian,
14 Feb 2011
With Hosni Mubarak’s departure, the age of political reason is returning to Egypt and the wider Arab world. A joyous night in Cairo. What bliss to be alive, to be an Egyptian and an Arab. In Tahrir Square they’re chanting, “Egypt is free” and “We won!”
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