“The main implication is a remapping of the world in line with American policy and American interests. Natural resources are limited, and the United States wants to make sure that its own population is kept supplied. The principle effect of this will be for the United States to control large parts of the oil which the world possesses.” WorldWantStatesInterestNaturalLinesUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesEffectsPolicyResourcesPopulationOilImplicationsNatural Resources Author:Tariq Ali
“In many parts of the world, including the Arab world, the Latin American world, and even parts of the Western world, there is a tradition of writers being quite engaged. Particularly in the Arab world you have had very, very strong traditions of literature and poetry and most of the writers have been deeply committed to the cause of the Arab nation.” WorldHas BeensLiteratureStrongNationsCausesTraditionWesternIncludingCommittedEngagedLatinVery StrongLatin AmericaWestern WorldArab WorldLatin American Author:Tariq Ali
“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
“In many parts of the Islamic world, secular forces, where they exist, tend to be so unsure of themselves, so lacking in self-confidence, that in many cases they line themselves up fairly squarely behind the imperial project and that then creates a big vacuum in which the Islamists become the dominant power because they are the only ones then who are seen as resisting.” WorldSelfBigsForceLinesBehindsCasesProjectsSelf ConfidenceIslamicSecularLackingDominantVacuumsResistingUnsureIslamists Author:Tariq Ali
“We have populations now in the West with a very short memory span. One reason for this short memory span is that television over the last fifteen years has seen a big decline in the coverage of the rest of the world.” WorldYearsReasonBigsLastsMemoriesTelevisionWestPopulationDeclineFifteenCoverageFifteen YearsShort Memory Author:Tariq Ali
“If you see what passes as the news on the networks in the United States, there's virtually no coverage of the rest of the world, not even of neighboring countries like Mexico or neighboring continents like Latin America.” IfsWorldCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesNewsLatinMexicoContinentsCoverageLatin America Author:Tariq Ali
“The sobbing of the weak today is the sobbing of the victims of neoliberal policies. They consist of billions of people all over the world.” PeopleWorldTodayPolicyWeakVictimBillionsSobbing Author:Tariq Ali
“There was a good moment in Islam when people were actually challenging authority at every level. Very different from the world we live in.” PeopleWorldDifferentMomentsChallengesLevelsAuthorityIslamGood Moments Author:Tariq Ali
“After flirting with neoisolationism, the U.S. is now deciding it wants to run the world.” WorldWantRunningFlirting Author:Tariq Ali
“The U.S. should come out openly and say to the world, "We are the only imperial power, and we're going to rule you, and if you don't like it you can lump it."” IfsWorldShouldLumps 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
“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
“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
“We live, after all, in a world where illusions are sacred and truth profane.” WorldIllusionSacredProfane Author:Tariq Ali
