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Tariq Ali, Literary Stalagmites, and More

Tariq Ali, Literary Stalagmites, and More

How Ali, a street-fighting, mustachioed Marxist, became a Trotskyist Zelig.

Dec 26, 2024
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What explains the general public’s pathetic knowledge of history? Bogus cliches and salacious and error-filled bestsellers, for starters... more »

How Tariq Ali, a street-fighting, mustachioed Marxist, became a Trotskyist Zelig, never indulging a second thought ... more »

“I used to think of the swelling piles of books in every room as literary stalagmites

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