tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post3867267732062546816..comments2024-01-28T09:52:30.550-08:00Comments on Arash's World: 1965: Tariq Ali on How The Times Are A-changin'Arash Farzanehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-43726859010114185832015-12-29T15:01:43.749-08:002015-12-29T15:01:43.749-08:00Thank you for your comment and insight, Vincent! H...Thank you for your comment and insight, Vincent! However, to jump to Ali's defense, his talk was supposed to be on the events of 1965. The official title was "Critical Uprisings, Crucial Events: The Significance of 1965". Whether his worldview is the same or has changed, I am not qualified to comment upon.<br /><br />But I must say I feel somewhat relieved by your addendum. I believe that it is necessary to first pinpoint the "disease" and then try to work towards a cure. In the meantime, there will be trial and errors, missteps and failures. <br /><br />But in all of this, I believe we are facing two enemies: apathy and ignorance. The current state of the US presidential elections is demonstrating this. So to have somebody like Tariq Ali remind us what to aim for and what needs to be done is a definite asset. <br /> Arash Farzanehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000344680925876563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-15628565188629354472015-12-29T02:30:25.474-08:002015-12-29T02:30:25.474-08:00I don't mean to say that he isn't right in...I don't mean to say that he isn't right in many parts of his critique, but it's far easier to point out what's wrong than construct an alternative, especially when you are a revolutionary supported only by a minority.Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1367161100956691682.post-49267182550025101592015-12-28T23:22:41.604-08:002015-12-28T23:22:41.604-08:00I can understand your bewilderment. It doesn't...I can understand your bewilderment. It doesn't surprise me that he keeps harking back to 1965, because his worldview hasn't changed a bit.<br /><br />His style of left-wingery, surviving over here in the Guardian newspaper and Jeremy Corbyn's new version of the UK Labour Party (if he doesn't destroy this venerable institution in the next few months) has always seemed to me essentially a teenage rebellion against Daddy (whilst still depending on Daddy for the basics of survival). It's rather shocking that unlike his surviving contemporaries he still hasn't grown up, 50 years later. <br /><br />Anyhow, excellent piece of reportage. <br />Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297306807695767580noreply@blogger.com