One cannot discuss Europe without understanding US imperial hegemony, both globally and certainly in Europe as it stands.
Tariq AliThe sobbing of the weak today is the sobbing of the victims of neoliberal policies. They consist of billions of people all over the world.
Tariq AliDear old al-Maarri was a great skeptic poet. He wrote a parody of the Koran, and his friends would tease him and say, "al-Maarri, but no one says your Koran." And he said, "Yes, but give me time. Give me time. If people recite it for twenty years it will become as popular as the other one."
Tariq Ali