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'…

- Tariq Ali

People are increasingly beginning to feel that democracy itself is being destroyed by this latest phase of globalization and that politics doesn't ma…

- Tariq Ali

There are different versions of Islam... it is meaningless to claim to speak in the name of a ‘real’ Islam.

- 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.

- Tariq Ali

As for ISIS, we know where they come from. We know who has used them in the past. We know their sectarianism leads to killings. Here the Turkish stat…

- Tariq Ali

Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting.

- Tariq Ali

The function of a bourgeois democracy is to secure the consent of the masses to their own exploitation and oppression.

- Tariq Ali

This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival…

- 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 …

- Tariq Ali