Tariq Ali

Elk River Arts & Lectures will host Alternative Radio host and author David Barsamian for a visit with local high school students and public reading on Thursday, October 16.

According to his bio, “Barsamian is the award-winning founder and director of Alternative Radio, the independent weekly audio series based in Boulder, Colorado. One of America’s most wide-ranging and respected independent journalists, David Barsamian has altered the media landscape with his radio programs and books with Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali, Howard Zinn, Edward Said, Arundhati Roy and others.

His most recent books are Occupy the Economy: Challenging Capitalism with Richard Wolff and Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and The New Challenges to U.S. Empire with Noam Chomsky. He is winner of the Media Education Award, the ACLU’s Upton Sinclair Award for independent journalism, and the Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation. The Institute for Alternative Journalism named him one of its Top Ten Media Heroes.”

Howard Zinn called Barsamian “the Studs Terkel of our generation.” Political Affairs magazine praises his interviewing skills as well, saying “Sitting down and talking to Noam Chomsky about current affairs has to be one of the most illuminating experiences going. But what if you can’t always think of the best questions? Not to worry: David Barsamian’s interviews with Chomsky consistently ask penetrating and provocative questions.”

Barsamian will visit with Park High School students on Thursday, October 16, then give a public reading that evening upstairs at Elk River Books,120 N. Main St. at 7 p.m. The reading is free, and will be followed by a reception and signing. The events are co-sponsored by the Murray Hotel and Elk River Books.

Elk River Arts & Lectures is a non-profit (501c3 status pending) organization that seeks to bring writers to Livingston for free public readings, and also to provide opportunities for those writers to interact with local public school students. ERAL is currently in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign to fund its 2014-2015 season. More details are available at http://www.elkriverarts.org. (CrowVoice)… (more)

Tariq Ali

During his presidential campaign, President Obama pledged more troops, ground intrusions and drone attacks to end the war in Afghanistan. This is a promise he has kept, but it won’t work. Tariq Ali will be talking about why the war is unwinnable and can only lead to a bloody stalemate. Tariq Ali has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics, including 'Clash of Fundamentalisms', 'Street-Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties', 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom'. He has also written several celebrated novels, the most recent of which, 'Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree', is part of quintet that traces the history of Islam. He is a frequent contributor to the London Review of Books and is on the editorial committee of New Left Review. This event is part of a series taking place in New York to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the London Review of Books. Tickets: $15 (Students $10) (LondonReview)… (more)

Tariq Ali , The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power.

Writer, film-maker, and leading figure of the international left Tariq Ali speaks about Pakistan, Afghanistan and the future of U.S. involvement in the region. Ali's new book, The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power, weighs the prospects of those contending for power in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination, and demonstrates Pakistan's unique influence on the emergence of a secure world or global conflagration. (booksense)… (more)

Tariq Ali , The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power.

DIESEL, A Bookstore and KPFA are pleased to present BBC television and radio broadcaster, frequent contributor to The Nation, The Guardian, and The London Review of Books, historian, film-maker, and author Tariq Ali as he discusses the topics of his newest book, The Duel:Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power.

EVENT DETAILS:
~ Tickets are $12 when purchased online at www.kpfa.org, or $15 at the door.
~ For more information, please contact KPFA directly at (510) 848-6767 ext. 611.

Please note this event is NOT taking place at Diesel Bookstore, but instead will be located at First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704.

Books will be available for sale courtesy of DIESEL, A Bookstore. (booksense)… (more)

Tariq Ali discusses The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power .

Making this welcome Seattle return with a timely nonfiction work is Tariq Ali, one of the world's foremost journalists, historians, novelists, editors (New Left Review) and activists, and a totally engaging presence at evenings such as these. This British-Pakistani writer has been in the midst of things for over forty years now, an observer and a player in many central happenings—and one with rare perspectives of depth, historical context, and literary care for language. He is here tonight with a new book on his country of origin and what is going on there now: The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power (Scribner). (KingRat)… (more)

Tariq Ali discusses The Duel - Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power.

Tariq Ali has long been acknowledged as a leading commentator on Pakistan. In The Duel – Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power (Simon & Schuster), he combines deep understanding of the country’s history with extensive firsthand research and political judgement to weigh the prospects of those contending for power in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, and demonstrates Pakistan’s unique influence on the emergence of a secure world or global conflagration. (FlossieT)… (more)