“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.” MeanLittlesStatesHelpingRealityLeftPoorDemocracyIssuesMediaHugeCapitalismEconomicsWeightExtremesHarmVersionsAlternativesMainstreamRollingInterventionIntertwinedHelp The PoorPrivatizationKeynesianism Author:Tariq Ali
“The European Union is effectively a union dominated by the German political and economic elite. Its main function is to serve as a nucleus for financial capitalism and to ease the road for that capitalism. The other functions just irritate everyone: it's undemocratic; decisions are not made by parliament; the European Parliament is not sovereign.” MadePoliticalDecisionEconomicCapitalismFunctionUnionsFinancialEaseElitesSovereignParliamentEuropean UnionNucleus Author:Tariq Ali
“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.” LongHas BeensStillsRealProblemGovernmentLeftSpeakSocialPartyDemocracySeriousLong TimeCapitalismExtremesGermanyOppositionDividedCoalitionsReal ProblemsSocial DemocracyCapitulation Author:Tariq Ali
“This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival of the richest, it is democracy that has to be heavily regulated rather than capitalism.” HeartLyingOrderDemocracySurvivalCapitalismCrisisPermanentTensionCapitalistTimes Of Crisis Book:The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad Source: The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad
