Respected journalist, activist and editor of the New Left Review, Tariq Ali, comments on Pervez Musharraf and Pakistan’s future. Published in The Independent
General Pervez Musharraf acted swiftly and ruthlessly when he seized power to become Pakistan’s fourth military dictator in October 1999. He proclaimed himself Chief Executive of Pakistan. When he lost the confidence of […]
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger digs beneath the received wisdom for the break-up of Yugoslavia and points to a largely ignored memoir by the former chief prosecutor in The Hague - and an echo from current events in the Caucasus. Reprinted with permission.
The secrets of the crushing of Yugoslavia […]
For those in the war torn Caucasus this has been a week of unfathomable turmoil. It has been a week filled with images of displaced peoples, and the instruments of modern warfare doing what they do best, dispensing death. This has been a week that can only serve to remind us of the […]
