Events Calendar

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Joint Event with the Royal Commonwealth Society

Tariq Ali, the vocal political commentator, novelist and film-maker will give his views on the current political situation in Pakistan.

Time: 6pm

Venue: Royal Commonwealth Society, 25 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5AP

Admission: Members and their Guests. RSVP Tel: 07427 500 377 or email info@thepakistansociety.org.uk

Tariq Ali was born in Lahore and educated at Oxford University, where he became involved in student politics, in particular with the movement against the war in Vietnam. On graduating he led the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign. He is a regular broadcaster and prolific journalist, editorial director of London publishers Verso and is on the board of the New Left Review. His fiction includes a series of historical novels about Islam, collectively known as "The Islam Quintet".

He has written over two dozen books on world politics and history, including Can Pakistan Survive? (1983); Conversations with Edward Said (2005); Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror (2005); and Speaking of Empire and Resis tance (2005), which takes the form of a series of conversations with the author. His books of essays include The Clash of Fundamentalisms (2002) and The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom (2009). Tariq Ali's latest book is The Obama Syndrome (2010).

Please note that Royal Commonwealth Society building is close to both Charing Cross Station (Northern and Bakerloo) and Embankment Station (Northern, Bakerloo, Circle and District).