Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali on the Resistance..

Omar Ali reposts a mock press release he says he wrote over twenty years ago, forecasting an Islamic-socialist revolution in Pakistan, as a comment on a recent tweet by Tariq…

Omar Ali17 September 20261 comment
The Problem with Mishra and Roy

Omar Ali argues that Pankaj Mishra, Arundhati Roy and Tariq Ali are overrated as voices of India’s left, and that their mix of Marxism, postcolonial theory and environmentalism wastes the…

Omar Ali21 March 20180 comments
Tariq Ali on the Afghan Resistance

A satirical ‘press release’ written for Tariq Ali after a talk on the Afghan resistance, mocking leftist rhetoric by imagining him announcing a pre-revolutionary moment in Pakistan, with Islamist militias…

Brown Pundits Archive9 December 20140 comments
Tariq Ali condemns socialism

Excerpts from a Tariq Ali interview on Israel and the Senate, with the poster disputing his worldview and arguing it blames Western and Zionist designs for Muslim decline.

Brown Pundits Archive27 July 20140 comments
No home but Rome

Prompted by an account of Bengali emigrants in Rome, the author asks why India gets milder foreign press coverage than Pakistan despite its record, and suggests Western media were also…

Brown Pundits Archive26 July 20140 comments
A motorway crash in Wales

Tariq Ali’s account of a BBC Wales interview on Gaza that was dropped after a ‘motorway crash’, with a reader’s comment on the hint.

Brown Pundits Archive23 July 20140 comments
Comrade Tariq Ali comments (not)

A satirical press release in the voice of ‘comrade Tariq Ali’, reproduced by the poster with minimal editing after a Twitter hashtag mocking those who treat the Taliban as anti-imperialist…

Brown Pundits Archive10 June 20140 comments
Epicycles of the Elite Left; The Price is Too Damn High..

Arguing that the work of Pankaj Mishra, Arundhati Roy and Tariq Ali carries a real opportunity cost for educated South Asian liberals, the poster blames a mix of Marxism-Leninism, postcolonial…

Brown Pundits Archive19 May 20146 comments
Tariq Ali recommends Partition # 3

A note on Tariq Ali’s case for Scottish independence and Britain’s dismemberment, which the poster criticises for soft-pedalling Scottish participation in colonial rule.

Brown Pundits Archive14 March 20140 comments