“The past has too much knowledge embedded in it, and therefore it's best to forget it and start anew.” Quote by Tariq Ali
“It's a total failure of the Western imagination that the only enemy they can see is Adolph Hitler.” ImaginationEnemyWesternAdolph Hitler Author:Tariq Ali
“Gamal Abdal Nasser, the nationalist leader of Egypt, was described by British Prime Minister Anthony Eden as an Egyptian Hitler. Then it carried on like that. Saddam Hussein became Hitler when he was no longer a friend of the West. Then Milosevic became Hitler.” LeaderWestBritishMinistersPrimeEgyptSaddamPrime MinisterHusseinEdenEgyptian 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
“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
“History, when they do it, is ancient history, and they sensationalize even that. Contemporary history is virtually ignored on television.” TelevisionAncientContemporaryIgnoredAncient History 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 U.S. is telling the Northern Alliance to kill Taliban prisoners. It's totally a breach of all the known conventions of war. Western television networks aren't showing this, but Arab networks are showing how prisoners are being killed and what's being done to them. Instead, we're shown scenes that are deliberately created for the Western media: a few women without the veil, a woman reading the news on Kabul television, and 150 people cheering.” PeopleWarDoneReadingKnownMediaTelevisionSceneNewsWesternPrisonerCheerConventionsVeilsAlliancesTalibanBeing DoneBreachKabulWestern Media Author:Tariq Ali
“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
“The Internet has been an invaluable acquisition. I wonder how we would do without it. Information can be sent from one country to the other within the space of minutes, crossing channels, crossing oceans, crossing continents. But still, we can't compete with the might and power and wealth of those who dominate, control, and own the means of the production of information today.” MeanHas BeensStillsCountryMightTodayWealthSpaceWonderMinutesInformationInternetOceanProductionsContinentsAcquisitionCrossingsInvaluable Author:Tariq Ali
