The Forum
Tariq Ali
U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Zorn Arena | 7:30 P.M.
"So my advice to students is, I know you’re under
enormous pressures — financial
pressures, pressures
to find work — I understand that. But if you’re not
engaged in challenging the lies of the system,
what’s the good of living in this society?"
- Tariq Ali
Pakistan, the likely home of Osama Bin Laden and safe house for the Taliban forces fighting NATO in Afghanistan, stands on the front line of the war against terror. Yet, as recent events have shown, this longtime ally of the West is in deepening crisis.
In The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power (September 2008), British-Pakistani writer and historian Tariq Ali draws on his extensive
first-hand research and personal knowledge of the key players involved to assess the causes
and consequences of Pakistan’s rapid spiral into political chaos.
Interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing.
More information: www.tariqali.org
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