Tariq Ali on the last Indian elections

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n13/ali_01_.html

See previous post for the latest on Tariq A.

Tariq Ali's back!

Tariq Ali is back on a book tour:

• http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/14/1349244 (transcript, audio and video on Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman)
  
• http://www.yourcallradio.org/archive/041405.ram (audio of interview on Your Call Radio with Laura Flanders)
• The book is Speaking of Empire: Conversations with Tariq Ali with David Barsamian, by New Press. You can read Powell's page on it; or Amazon's, or Barnes and Noble's.
  

On background:

• His own website, tariqali.org
  
• Powell's Books page on Tariq Ali, Amazon's, Barnes and Noble's
  
• Wikipedia article on Tariq Ali
• ZNet search on Tariq Ali
• BBC Four documentary profile
  
• 2001 interview with David Barsamian
• His e-mail address, The Guardian informs us, is tariq.ali3@btinternet.com
  

The Marriage Certificate

...is on the BBC's website:

An Outrage Above All Others (or Close)

A Christan priest is murdered in Pakistan:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4424701.stm

From Africa, a Child's Prayer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4424439.stm

And a wonderful round-up of the Giant of Africa, besides:

The first 10 messages that Father Kukah received in commiseration on the death of the Pope were from Muslim leaders.

Nigeria! What else can I say?