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Tariq Ali
The life and crimes of the last, great Imperialist
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The revolutionary world leader's extraordinary life, published for the centenary of Lenin's death
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In this wide-ranging book Ali challenges assumptions on both sides, arguing that Islamic civilization has an important role in Western modernity, and that what we have experienced with the rise…
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The story of NATO’s disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, and how it repeated the mistakes of the Soviet occupation which preceded it
One of the world’s best-known radicals relives the early years of the protest movement
Victor G Kiernan
New edition of a trail-blazing history of imperial warfare
Tariq Ali (Author)
Murder in high places, political marriage and the complications of party loyalty in this sharp satire.
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The radical colonels, courageous communists and burnt-out Ba'athists failed to establish a stable and just democratic republic, thus enabling a return visit by imperialism.
This book is the third novel of Ali’s Islam quartet, and is the fictional history of the Pasha family, which mirrors the turbulence and growing degeneration of the Empire. Like…
The final volume in Tariq Ali’s acclaimed cycle of historical novels.
On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Tariq Ali paints an illuminating portrait of Lenin
Britain’s leading radical delivers an eviscerating attack on the indistinguishable political elite of the UK.
Vladimir Meyer is a former dissident leader, who refuses to renounce his beliefs and is sacked by the authoritites. For him, his father’s generation has failed him. Meyer decides to…
In this new edition of his memoirs, Tariq Ali revisits his formative years as a young radical. It is a story that takes us from Paris and Prague to Hanoi…
The year is 1153. The Normans are ruling Siqqiliya, but Arab culture and language dominate the island and the court. Sultan Rujari surrounds himself with Muslim intellectuals, several concubines, and…
The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela has brought Hugo Chavez to world attention as the foremost challenger of the neoliberal consensus and American foreign policy. This work shows how Chavez’s views…
A prescient dissection of Obama’s overseas escalation and domestic retreat, fully updated.
A brilliant family saga stretching from the Russian Revolution to the collapse of the Soviet Union
Britain’s leading radical updates his attack on the failures of the political centre ground
Set in 12th-century Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem, this is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem. It is the second in a series of historical novels depicting…
Pakistan 1968: the history of a revolution
Shows how Chavez’s views have polarized Latin America and examines the hostility directed against his administration. This work discusses the enormous influence of Fidel Castro on both Chavez and Evo…
Presents essays on the giants of world literature that explore the links between literature, history and politics. This title discusses common themes as well as polarities, impressions and re-readings, contextualizing…
The BBC commissioned Tariq Ali to write a three-part TV series on the circumstances leading to the overthrow, trial and execution of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, the first elected prime minister…
The secret life of the man who reshaped Russia
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A family saga during the turbulent period following seven centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula.
November 9, 2009, will mark twenty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the monumental event that signalled the beginning of the end of Communism in the former Soviet…
Part of the Islam Quintet series, this novel deals with the Muslim experience in China. It moves between the cities of the twenty-first century, from Lahore to London, from Paris…
Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels,V I Lenin
A new beautiful edition of the Communist Manifesto, combined with Lenin’s key revolutionary tract
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Before the advent of synthetic fibers and cargo containers, jute sacks were the preferred packaging material of global trade, transporting the world’s grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, coffee, wool, guano, and…
Baruch Spinoza (1632-77) is considered one of the great rationalist thinkers of the seventeenth century. This title contextualizes Spinoza’s philosophy by linking it to the turbulent politics of the period…
During the late Seventies and Eighties a new logo began to jostle for space with the more traditional landmarks on high streets throughout Britain. It was the badge of a…
Tariq Ali,Oliver Stone
In a wide-ranging conversation, filmmaker Oliver Stone and writer Tariq Ali discuss world history from the seventh century to today.
David Barsamian,Tariq Ali
A leading political writer and activist speaks out on the crisis in the Middle East, the war on terror, and the resurgent militarism of the American empire.
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This volume, which accompanies an exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York, explores a wide range of global images of American society and culture, illuminating the powerful stereotypes that…
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An anthology of editorials from New Left Review
After being forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian Embassy, Julian Assange is now in a high security prison in London where he faces extradition to the United States and imprisonment for…
Peter Gowan
Traces the contours of the world order that emerged after the end of the Cold War, and assesses its prospects in the light of the global economic downturn. Arguing that…
This illustrated introduction’s irreverent cartoons will amuse readers, and surprise them with its sophisticated portrait of Trotsky’s life and works.
Ken Livingstone,Tariq Ali
Ken Livingstone is a product of the political changes that have already taken place in the Labour Party. As Leader of the Greater London Council he has provided a voice…
Ralph Miliband
Essential writings from a leading British Socialist thinker
Fidel Castro
In response to the American administration’s attempt to isolate Cuba, Fidel Castro delivered a series of speeches designed to radicalize Latin American society. This book provides an analysis of the…
Castro’s defiant messages in the face of US aggression
Tariq Omar Ali
A play, that can be read as an homage to German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht. It features Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, who are mounted on their beasts of…
