“During the Gulf War, journalists used to challenge government news managers and insisted they wouldn't just accept the official version of events.” WarGovernmentUsedChallengesAcceptingEventsNewsVersionsManagersJournalistOfficialsGulf War Author:Tariq Ali
“Journalists go to press briefings at the Ministry of Defense in London or the Pentagon in Washington, and no critical questions are posed at all. It's just a news-gathering operation, and the fact that the news is being given by governments who are waging war doesn't seem to worry many journalists too much.” WarFactsSeemsGovernmentGivenWorryToo MuchNewsPressesCriticalDefenseLondonJournalistOperationsMinistryGatheringPentagonWaging WarBriefing Author:Tariq Ali
“Continuous wars - which we have now had since 2001 - starting with Afghanistan, continuing on to Iraq. And even since Iraq, it's been more or less continuous. The appalling war in Libya, which has wrecked that country and wrecked that part of the world, and which isn't over by any means. The indirect Western intervention in Syria, which has created new monsters. These are policies, which if carried out by any individual government, would be considered extremist. Now, they're being carried out collectively by the United States, backed by some of the countries of the European Union.” IfsWorldMeanWarCountryStatesGovernmentWould BeIndividualUnitedUnited StatesPolicyUnionsWesternStartingIraqMonstersAfghanistanContinuingSyriaInterventionExtremistEuropean UnionLibyaIndirectContinuing On Author:Tariq Ali
“At the moment we have a critical situation in Greece. Even as we speak, where there is an open attempt by the EU to destroy Syriza by splitting it. There is a German obstinacy and utter refusal to seriously consider an alternative. The reason isn't even a lack of money, because money swims around the EU coffers endlessly, and they could write off the debt tomorrow if they wanted. But they don't want to do so, because of the election of a left-wing government. They want to punish Syriza in public, to humiliate it so that this model doesn't go any further than Greece.” IfsWantWritingReasonMomentsGovernmentWantedLeftSpeakSituationTomorrowModelsElectionWingsCriticalDebtAlternativesSwimGreeceRefusalLeft WingHumiliateSplittingObstinacy 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
“If every single Jew born anywhere in the world has the right to become an Israeli citizen, then all the Palestinians who were chucked out of Palestine by the Zionist Government should have the same right, very simple.” IfsWorldShouldGovernmentBornSimpleRightsBecomingCitizensShould HaveJewPalestinianCitizenshipPalestineEqual RightsIsraeliZionist Author:Tariq Ali
