“I think the United States and its British attack dog are not taken seriously anywhere in the world and can play no role in helping a political solution.” ThinkingWorldStatesPlayHelpingPoliticalUnitedRolesUnited StatesTakenDogSolutionsBritish Author:Tariq Ali
“I think the big tragedy of the Cuban Revolution was that it became dependent on the Soviet Union, and it became dependent on the Soviet Union under a very reactionary bureaucratic regime led by Leonid Brezhnev.” ThinkingBigsRevolutionTragedyUnionsDependentSovietRegimesSoviet UnionCubanReactionariesCuban RevolutionBrezhnev Author:Tariq Ali
“I do think the Cubans have to change some of the political structures there and allow critical voices, for their own sakes, because unless there is accountability the revolution will totally atrophy.” ThinkingPoliticalVoiceRevolutionStructureSakeCriticalAccountabilityCubanAtrophy Author:Tariq Ali
“I think the Americans fished out the same condom but found it had too many holes in it.” ThinkingFoundHolesCondom Author:Tariq Ali
“The implication strongly is that Osama bin Laden is a Hitler, even though he has no state power at all. It's just grotesque if you seriously think about it.” IfsThinkingStatesImplicationsBin LadenGrotesqueOsama Bin Laden Author:Tariq Ali
“I think Syriza and Podemos are very, very different from Sinn Féin in many ways, and so I wouldn't put all three together. I would say that Syriza and Podemos are movements which have come out of mass struggles. In the case of Podemos, directly out of tariqaliextremehuge mass movements in Spain, which started with the occupation of the square. In Greece, as a response to what the EU was doing there, punishing it endlessly, for the sins of its ruling elite.” ThinkingWayDifferentTogetherThreeSinCasesStruggleMovementMassResponseOccupationSquaresElitesSpainRulingGreece Author:Tariq Ali
“If you go to former Yugoslav states, the Balkan states, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the situation is dire. Not to mention Bosnia, which is just run like a colony. The way they used to stand up and sing hymns to President Tito, they now salute the EU flag. It's a very strange transition that we're witnessing in most of Europe, and I don't think it's going to work.” IfsThinkingWayStatesRunningUsedPresidentSituationStrangeEuropeFormerTransitionFlagsGoing To WorkColonyHymnsSaluteBosniaSerbiaBalkansCroatiaTito Author:Tariq Ali
“I think another crisis, which is being predicted now and which will be worse than what we saw in 2008, could bring the European Union down unless there are huge reforms from within to democratize, to give more power to the regions, etc. If this doesn't happen, the European Union will fall.” IfsThinkingGivingHappensFallSawsHugeCrisisUnionsReformEtcRegionsEuropean Union Author:Tariq Ali
“I think to compare Germany to the Third Reich is utterly ludicrous.” ThinkingThirdsCompareGermany Author:Tariq Ali
“Germany is a capitalist state nurtured carefully and brought back to prosperity by the United States, and it is very loyal to the United States. I don't even think the Germans enjoy full sovereignty. There are some things which they cannot do if the United States doesn't wish them to do it.” IfsThinkingStatesWishEnjoyUnitedUnited StatesProsperityGermanyCapitalistLoyalSovereignty Author:Tariq Ali
“If there is a Greek exit from the Eurozone, I think the German elite will be quite pleased that they can then use that to restructure the Eurozone and make it a zone where only strong countries are allowed in. There would then be two tiers within the European Union, which is in fact already happening. But you cannot simply get rid of German control by raising the specter of the Third Reich. That's ahistorical.” IfsThinkingTwoCountryFactsUseStrongHappeningsThirdsUnionsGreekZoneElitesExitEuropean UnionRestructureEurozone Author:Tariq Ali
“One could think of ways to defeat the censor. I could put up the answers on my Facebook page or website or Counterpunch. In today's world it's not easy to suppress information. Technology has helped us a great deal.” ThinkingWorldEasyTechnologyDefeatWebsiteInformation Technology Author:Tariq Ali
“The situation in Turkey is extremely troubling. A panic-stricken regime, desperate to divide the Kurdish population from non-Kurds because it feared the rise of the HDP, has helped to create a huge crisis in the country. Can it be ended while Tayyip Erdogan remains in power? I don't think so. Erdogan may not be a "joker," but he is definitely a political plagiarist.” ThinkingCountryPoliticalSituationCrisisDesperate Author:Tariq Ali
“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.” ThinkingBookPoliticalPartyMilitarySolutionsCriticsJournalismGasPolitical Parties Author:Tariq Ali
