An illuminating account of Pakistan's political crisis by a writer whose knowledge of the key players and issues is unsurpassed.

An accessible and revelatory account of the deepening political crisis engulfing the West's closest ally in the war on terror, by a writer unrivalled in his knowledge of the key players and issues involved.

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 of Pakistan. As rehearsals were about to begin, the BBC hierarchy decided to cancel the project. This work presents both the script and the story of censorship.

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 Morales, the President of Bolivia, and contrasts the Cuban and Venezuelan revolutionary processes.

Who killed Mrs Gandhi? Did the assassins act alone? This fictional filmscript suggests that larger forces were at work, exploiting genuine Sikh grievances to settle their own score with a Prime Minister who, whatever her faults, was fiercely independent of Washington and safeguarded Indian sovereignty with a zeal inherited from her father.

This introduction shows how Trotsky predicted the Holocaust and foresaw events in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Eastern bloc. It explains how he saw the Stalinist system as a transitional state which would either move toward socialism or revert to capitalism.

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 relevance of Castro's message.

On July 7th, the murderous mayhem that Blair's war has sown in Iraq came home to London in a devastating series of suicide bombings. Two weeks later, with apparent impunity, security forces shot dead a young Brazilian electrician on his way to work. This response to these events aims to lay bare the vengeful platitudes of Blair's war.

Offering a discussion on the crisis in Arab identity, this book talks about it means to be alienated from one's roots, and how to trace back those lines of history. The author describes the state of Arab malaise, and searches to understand how the Arab world arrived at a point of political and intellectual stagnation.

Crooks and Cheats Inc. In the late '70s and '80s a new logo appeared beside the traditional landmarks on British high streets - that of a remarkable Third World Bank, the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International). BCCI soon became a global corporate empire with former US Presidents, ex-British Prime Ministers and a range of dictators on its payroll, all helping with promoting the company. .

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 of fundamentalism is the return of history in an horrific form.

Tariq Ali speaks out on the crisis in the Middle East, the war on terror, and the resurgent militarism of the American Empire.

Set in 12th-century Cairo, Damascus and Jerusalem, this is the fictional memoir of Saladin, the Kurdish liberator of Jerusalem, as dictated to a Jewish scribe, Ibn Yakub. It is the second in a series of historical novels depicting the confrontation between Islamic and Christian civilizations.

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 text in the political and historical milieu of its creation. It highlights the frustrations and pleasures of world literature.

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 the confrontation between Islamic and Christian civilisations.

Looking back over questions of life, history, exile, identity and Palestine, these conversations capture Said - as political activist, cultural historian, professor of literature and music aficionado - and confirm his position as one of the most passionate and thoughtful intellectuals of our times.

A family saga during the turbulent period following seven centuries of Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula.

A story of Ludwik, the Polish secret agent who recruited Philby, and of Gertrude, the mother of Vlady, a former dissident whose desire for Ludwik is matched only by her devotion to the Communist ideal. As the plot unfolds through the political upheavals of the twentieth century, Vlady describes the hopes aroused by the Bolshevik revolution and discovers the unbearable truth about their betrayal. .