Tariq Ali
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_Ali
Tariq Ali (Punjabi, Urdu:
طارق علی; born 21 October 1943) is a British Pakistani writer, journalist, and
filmmaker. He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and
Sin Permiso, and regularly contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the
London Review of Books.
He is the author of several
books, including Pakistan:
Military Rule or People's Power (1970), Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a
State (1991), Pirates Of The Caribbean: Axis Of Hope (2006), Conversations with
Edward Said (2005), Bush in Babylon (2003), and Clash of Fundamentalisms:
Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (2002), A Banker for All Seasons (2007), The
Duel (2008) and his most recent book, The Obama Syndrome (2010).
His public profile began to
grow during the Vietnam War, when he engaged in debates against the war with
such figures as Henry Kissinger and Michael Stewart. He testified at the
Russell Tribunal over US involvement in Vietnam. As time passed, Ali became
increasingly critical of American and Israeli foreign policies. He is also well
known for his satirical work. He was also a vigorous opponent of American
relations with Pakistan
that tended to back military dictatorships over democracy. He was one of the
marchers on the American embassy in London
in 1968 in a demonstration against the Vietnam war
In 1967 Ali was in Camiri, Bolivia,
not far from where Che Guevara was captured, to observe the trial of Régis Debray.
He was accused of being a Cuban revolutionary by authorities. Ali then said:
"If you torture me the whole night and I can speak Spanish in the morning
I'll be grateful to you for the rest of my life."
He currently lives in
Highgate, London
with his wife Susan Watkins, editor of the New Left Review. He has three
children: Natasha, Chengiz, and Aisha.
Tariq Ali - The Independence Lectures RIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEIcHhV46jY
Tariq Ali on the Obama
Syndrome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud2OZj-oL_E
Tariq Ali: The Rotten Heart
of Europe ,Zagreb,RH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83PE-h-rnzI