I was educated in England during the 1960's. My history teacher was a gem - he showed us that Churchill was an entitled drunk who loved to tell stories, especially about himself! British empire? ended not soon enough for the native citizens. I am an English woman living in Ireland - and I am blessed to be welcomed here.
Your teacher was like many such 1960's and since was clearly an indoctrinated marxist, the very people who over recent years have wrecked Europe and brainwashed kids with their far left ideology. The same ideology which wrecked and took over Ireland since the '60's, and which they are protesting about right now as they see the native Irish being replaced, and treated as 2nd class citizens. We've all seen how 'entitled' champagne socialists are.
@@FiveLiver The man has been dead since 1965, and the world has gone through at lot of changes, with or without him! Except the state of the UK it finds itself in presently? He must be rolling in his grave the sod.
Marvelous interview with a wise man. Growing up in America, for most of my long life I was a fervent admirer of Churchill. I read dozens of books on the man and visited Chartwell like a religious pilgrimage. Eventually, I realized I had been blinded by propaganda, and my own foolishness. My eyes are open thanks to great men like Tariq Ali. I will be ordering his book today, and look forward to reading his other works. Thank you for this invaluable channel, for bringing truth to those who, like me, were believing in a false vision of history.
My god was the ottoman empire not brutal we live in brutal times Muslims have slaughtered everything that ever walked or crawled so no lectures from anyone if you don’t like it the worlds a big place
I am NZ Maori, raised in the classic traditions of the British education system. I am 77yrs old and am now able to review the treatment visited upon my people based on the British principle of "divide and conquer". My people are still experiencing(and fighting against) the racism the British brought to NZ after the "discovery" of NZ by Capt. Cook. The comments by Tariq Ali are spot on, and the globe is littered with the shattered remains of countries and cultures of the "Empire upon which the sun never sets". The British hv a lot to answer for but until they acknowledge the arrogant and uncaring actions of their system, Britain will continue it's delusional belief in power and empire, without realising their day has been and gone. Kia ora!
I'm Lebanese/Palestinian and I can completely relate with your comment!! I have a couple of Maori buddies here in Canada and we have Native, indigenous Canadian buddies who have the exact same stories of the exact same colonizers! I completely understand and can sympathize and relate with your people because ive heard the nightmarish stories and they sound so much like my own experiences in Lebanon and the occupied territories in Palestine where i was so close to being shot by a cowardly, iof, terrorist sniper because the iof cowardly rats shot at me to "clear me out!" This is pure, zio cowardly intimidation using terrorism! Its an indication of the way they do things and have been doing things since their dirty inception - underhanded, behind closed doors!! This is how COWARDS fight! In the shadows! FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 FREE LEBANON 🇱🇧 these euro trash, theives and plunderers have traveled the world and completely destroyed any semblance of peace, security and prosperity in the lands of the native people they subjugate, enslave, grape, pdf file children and murder them when "finished" with them! Palestine and Lebanon are their final colonial project but it's not gonna work out for them! Palestinians and Lebanese are a different breed of warrior all together and that dirty, little rat like zio terror entity has no idea how to deal with them! I know for a fact that these heroic, Levantine warriors do NOT fear death because for them, death is just the beginning! FREE THE MAORI PEOPLE! FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 FREE LEBANON 🇱🇧
Lol 😂yawn 🙄the people responsible for turning up and using the previous population of new Zealand as a handy free source of protein until you'd eaten them all,and whose entire culture was built on violent warrior traditions of conquest and casual genocide of their annoying neighbours to take their lands..who's first thought and request upon making contact with the British navy was to ask them to help to wipe out their rivals to the last soul, shamelessly going for a gold medal in the oppression Olympics whining to the non existent mythical management about it not being fair anymore because they weren't the winner this time around🙄 where's your dignity and cultural pride ffs dude🙄
Ha ! Look at your own wretched history. The Māori committed genocide on the Moriori peoples, starting in 1835. A Moriori survivor recalled: "[The Taranaki invaders] commenced to kill us like sheep.... [We] were terrified, fled to the bush, concealed ourselves in holes underground, and in any place to escape our enemies. It was of no avail; we were discovered and killed - men, women and children indiscriminately." A Taranaki Māori conqueror explained, "We took possession... in accordance with our customs and we caught all the people. Not one escaped....." Stakes were driven into some of the women, who were left to die in pain. During the following enslavement the Taranaki Māori invaders forbade the speaking of the Moriori language. They forced Moriori to desecrate their sacred sites by urinating and defecating on them. Moriori were forbidden to marry Moriori or the Taranaki Māori, or to have children with each other. This was different from the customary form of slavery practised on mainland New Zealand. However, many Moriori women had children by their Māori masters. A small number of Moriori women eventually married either Māori or European men Only 101 Moriori out of a population of about 2,000 were left alive by 1862, making the Moriori genocide one of the deadliest in history by percentage of the victim group. So you see, you Māoris were the ultimate colonial oppressors, whereas if the British Empire had been so bad, you wouldn’t be here, today, wallowing in your own self pity.
@mcjeebus with all due respect that's an easy and lazy response.. I don't accept that the war was won by one person and both my grandfather's earned the right to be critical when they put thier lives on the line.. several times
As my dad was an 🇺🇸 officer in 101st Airborne who was sent to England a year before the invasion to build those camps he hated the class system of Britain and are with the working class along with pleasure time as his ancestors found in Kent having followed William from Normandy with my maternal ancestors from German Jews and Scots Irish to American colonies before War of Independence hate any class system.
@@DaveyNaples its a repsonse, based on Churchills Lies. Mcjeebus simply is the naiv type whod be like "at least we arent speaking german" even tho, England was never at Danger from Germany at all.
Churchill was a privileged member of the ruling class. He was no friend of the ordinary working man and his life and actions need seeing in context. As a working class Brit, I dislike him immensely.
Winston Churchill was one of the worst monsters of 20th century. Just incredible how many crimes he committed from Africa to India, from Ireland to Palestine, from WW1 to WW2 and between. Endless manipulation, machinations, betrayal of his own allies and in the end the betrayal of the Empire.
“I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it’s smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can’t help it - I enjoy every second of it.”- Winston Churchill letter to a friend Re 1914-19 For this alone he should be condemned
He enjoyed bIood, not his own of course. But he was eager to sacrifice everyone and everything for his personal ambition. Probably the worst monster of 20th century.
Listening to Tariq Ali is a breath of fresh and vital air. I attended a talk by Mr. Ali in Toronto years ago; he is as vital to our education now as then. Thank you for this great interview.
Time alters many things. Tariq is a national and international treasure these days. He wasn't always thought of in such terms in his youth, but he stuck to reason in his arguments and has been proven to be correct. His comment on Braverman was spot on.
Any historian will tell you Winston churchills memoirs are not historical fact. Winston Churchill didnt write the history, he wrote his version of history. Historians wrote the history based on research of credible sources, of which there are many of the 20th century.
Winston Churchill didnt write history he wrote his memoirs, which any historian will tell you are heavily biased and not historical fact. Historians wrote the history based on credible sources, of which there are many in that period.
While the British people were restricted to eating rationed food, Churchill was dining on five course meals, drinking fine wine and smoking expensive cigars.
All wealthy people do this including socialists (and there are plenty of the champagne variety). To think otherwise is just naive. All these foreigners badmouthing Britain (like Yasim Abibi Brown) talk as if all other countries have been virtuous. The British gave the likes of her and millions more a home when they were thrown out of other countries. Hard faced unbelievable cheek I call it. Those who don't like the history, should leave - they never do though do they?
This history is only untold in England and Hollywood, everyone else knows what Churchill was....😔
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Sadly, not everyone. Less that a fraction of the world's population knew and most of the dominant population simply do not care because they do not consider others as human.
I kind of knew the European empires, and now the US Empire, had done bad things. October 7th was the catalyst that plunged me into the mind shattering cold waters of a rabbit hole. A rabbit hole I still haven't crawled out of. The extent of the suffering caused by the European Continent makes you want to sit down and take a beat. I can't believe I didn't know ANY of this. I feel like I've been sleepwalking for the past 30 years... And in the words of Norman Finkelstein: "I am not Pro-Palestine and I am not anti-israel. I am PRO-Truth, and I am PRO-Justice!" Thank you for this interview. We all need to be more exposed to this kind of content 🙏.
Every empire has and is doing bad things. European empires are no better or worse than those of the past and the ones those that are emerging today. The only thing that separates the recently disappeared European empires and the China of today, is that many Europeans feel bad about what their empires did. Right now most Chinese are proud of what their empire is doing, just as those Europeans were 150 years ago.
Because you've only been brainwashed to hate Europeans that gives you a distorted perspective on history. You speak of the "extent of suffering caused by the European continent" but are not even aware of the Arab Muslim slave trade in Africa and Europe. Nor are you aware of the slave trade that Africans implemented themselves for centuries before the Europeans ever set foot there. What of the tens of millions murdered by Genghis Khan and the Mongols? The millions of captives sacrificed and enslaved by the Aztecs? The millions butchered by the Mughal Turks who took over India? Etc, etc, etc. If anything the west has enlightened the world, giving it the very concept of human rights and liberal progress that you use to condemn it.
I stumbled on the truth over twenty years ago. So glad you finally discovered the truth. If the attack on the 7th. did anything, it prompted people like you to take a look under the hood and see who the real villains are in the piece. Please keep reading and learning. There are many atrocities in history which most people are unaware of. The Armenian Holocaust, the Irish potato famine, the Rape of Nanking, The death camps in Cambodia, Tol Sleng being the worst, Unit 731 in Japanese controlled China where the most Arrtociouse medical experiments were performed on innocent Chinese prisoners, Mau's five year plan, Stalin's agricultural colectivization plans in the Ukraine. The British Empire had the Atlantic slave trade, the selling of Opium to Chinese citizens, leading to the Opium wars between those two nations. British Empire rape of india. And msny more southern hemisphere countries. And today we have the Genocidal revenge mission by Israel in Gaza.
@@VaucluseVanguardPlease explain just what is China doing to anyone which compares it to the British Empire ! Which nations has China invaded and extracted their mineral wealth from lately !
@@VaucluseVanguard Europe pretends to be all about human rights, dignity, and so-called freedom (when it suits them). China at least doesn't seem as keen to blow smoke up people's arses by pretending to be other than what they are.
Divide and rule is the way the British ruled in all colonial countries they ruled. The division of Cyprus is another example. The British still have sovereign bases in Cyprus. It is one of the colonial countries that the British still have a foothold today.
@@newadam573 Yes, dear, such nonsense. All we are talking about is the colonial victims of British rule: India, the Middle East, just two blatant examples. I know, you're a Sassenach and believe in the Monarchy and that the sun should never set on the British Empire...
I'm not sure it was all British, my Edwardian aunts couldn't stand him, nor did they see him as a hero. He was an imperialist who couldn't stand the working class
@@carolanngale9333 and I wonder how Stalin fell for his courtship, knowing full well how anti Communist Winston was? Since, I had read that his anti lower class people contempt as well as, towards the natives of the Empire, derived from his genes, infected by his birth through a syphilis infected father!
As far as I can see it. Churchill was a drunken, insolvent war monger, up to his eyes in debt to bankers with an agenda to set up the State of Israel. He was bad news for the British people.
Your interview with Tariq Ali was a gem. As an American I was fascinated by his opinions on the U.S. hegemony and I totally agree, after listening to that raving sociopath Victoria Nuland on a U.S. Sunday chat show advocating targeting sites inside Russia with U.S. weapons, I agree with Tariq Ali that my country would go so far as to destroy the world to maintain hegemony over it.
I don’t think that it’s the real Americans that is if you can find any who are not Zionists. The fact that the Israelis think that because some heads of state who had no authority from the Palestinians decided to ease their conscience by shifting the problem to the Middle East and in particular to Palestine is unconscionable to say the least. To forcibly move those people who were simple people who had no idea what was happening to them and to justify it by silencing the world for75 years. What other nationality had that privilege. In the meantime the rothschilds Rockefeller’s etc became richer and more powerful to the point where they can silence everyone except the students. They’re not afraid of wealth or power. They not afraid to voice their discontent and to protest against these gross inequality and atrocities on basically defenceless people. It is outrages that the so called civilised western civilisation can breach to other countries on morals and ethics. Especially regarding women. When woman in the west are raped on a daily basis physically assaulted murdered used as sexual objects and preach to the Muslims where if anything like that happened their is no second chance for any of the perpetrators. But hypocrisy is the name of the game lies and distortion of the truth. What came out on the 7 October immediately after the uprising by Hamas. The narrative was the atrocities these people were supposed to have committed against Israelis. 40 babies killed and beheaded. Did anyone ask where these freedom fighters could find 40 babies to kill was any video released to show this were any parents crying over their dead babies. No. Complete lies. Than we had the rape accusations and I ask you when your fighting for your life are you going to have time to rape anyone. This has also been proven to be a lie. But the Zionists networks and in particular piers Morgan repeats that narrative over and over again. And what about reparations for those people whose homes were forcibly taken and their land. No reparations unlike Germany and other nations who removed the Jews from their homes and still pay their families. Anyway the west is obviously lost its way and hopefully Americans will not vote for either trump or Biden instead vote for people who are not the puppets of the Zionists and maybe America can be fair and just.
@@aodhfinn, there are a lot of people in my country, the United States, who are right on the Gaza genocide but wrong on Ukraine still to this day to the point they live in a bubble and think the latest shiny weapon will turn the tide in the war in Ukraine even though, by all credible accounts, Ukraine has lost the war.
@@radiotec76 I'm be careful to use the word , that said your American and my e u buffoonery are making great wealth via the war .... Israel reacted in the way calculated by Hamas ..today the Irish wokerati have given recognition to Palestine , despite the human disaster and the use Hamas will make of it .
History white washed by elites in the past and still now, who will put their ilk in a good light usually to preserve their power and money interests are hardly trustworthy. Someone though, who has reasearched the outcomes of the ones who have been effected by their greed and lust for power are the voice's I would trust especially when you make note that there are enough documented histories of them subjugating others.
@user-ed6ff3bb4i It is traumatising for you to challenge the image of Churchill as a virtuous, benevolent and wise ruler that has been cultivated in your mind since childhood? Because you're proud to be British, right? Churchill doesn't stand for Britain any more than Stalin stands for Russia. There are things to be proud of mate. But don't be proud of the imperialism, genocide and exploitation. Only c/nts are proud of that stuff
... and a definite 'Ouch!' for Stanford Business School, which he attended a decade or so after various friends of mine. Interesting that when he bacame PM, various outlets called some of his former profs for 'human interest' details. Fair enough. 'Who? Oh. Yes, yes ... I remember him now ... Very pleasant person ... ' In other words, no deep impression. The verdict too, I'm sure, of history.
😂😂....🤔... terrible insight, he's a World Economic Forum stooge.... like Macron, Trudeau etc etc, the cabal including the banking elite though will be directing him
He MADE Big Big Money 💰 and no one in Politics Mafia is Interesting to work for the Future of there Countries We are today Under New Hitlers Nazis Gestapos political Mafia Are is Very Very Dangerous for All Planet Earth God’s blessings to everyone on this Planet Earth Amen 🙏
Palestine is an area of more than 27 thousand square kilometers and is on the borders of Egypt and Jordan, which historically is part of Palestine and the people of Jordan, more than 70 percent of whom are of Palestinian origin, but Britain made them a state and brought agents to the Jordanian ruling dynasty in order to rule Jordan and protect the occupation from the Jordanian-Palestinian people Palestine Its capital, Jerusalem, is the land of the Palestinian people for tens of thousands of years. It is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it is the third holiest place for us Muslims. It is a land where most of God’s prophets lived, were born, and died. It is the holy and blessed land and the land of the Palestinian and Arab people. Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived there for thousands of years as neighbors and brothers before the Zionists occupied our land. Britain brought them in the Balfour Declaration to occupy our land. Those who committed the Holocaust against the Jews were the Germans and the West, not me.
And it wasn't only the Germans, my friend. Heard of the Dreyfus Case? Why do you think Herzel and Co formed the Zionist movement? The answer is that it was their reaction to a thousand years of European, Christian progroms and discrimination against Jews. Herzel's option - to create Israel in someone else's land - was completely amoral and simply an extension of the notion Europeans have the right to take anyone's land from them. In fact, George Steiner once said in an interview, that the last place on earth you would have expected a holocaust - and I refuse to use capital H because Europeans had been holocausting Africans, Asians, native Americans and Australasians for centuries - to take place was Germany. Then again, we also have total amnesia about the co-operation between the Zionists active in Palestine post-balfour and the Nazis. I refer you to this program: ua-cam.com/video/o9evhLCuA_k/v-deo.htmlsi=wTbGW53bouHi1GN8. Tony Greenstein, interviewed about his book about the co-operation of Nazis and Zionists.
Ireland was Britain's first colony. It took 700 years to get freedom for most but not all of Ireland. Partition seems to be an established British tactic in causing problems for newly independent countries from the empire.
Spain (then several different kingdoms) was under Muslim rule for about 700 years. These Muslims invaded from North Africa. In 1492 Castile and Aragon became unified Spain (the core). Centuries of strive, warfare and rule by Muslim invaders lead to a rearrangement. The language, religion (RC) and the structure of society. The strangers within had a choice: adjust of leave. One of those were the Jews, who had sided with the Muslim rulers. Today, Jews still complain about their expulsion and claim Spanish citizenship. When Tarik says that Islam was in Europe, he neglected to tell it was through invasion and conquest. Something he disapproves of when done outside of Europe.
@@delhi93 Yeah, is strange how nowadays Israel behave so badly against muslims, having it centuries of pacific modus vivendi in Spain and Ottoman empire.
Scotland didnt become part of Britain until the treaty of union in 1706. Scotland was Englands first colony, or perhaps areas in France. Creating partition historically was required due to the indigenous peoples trying to eradicate each other in order to grasp power. All of the nations capable of empire building did so, it was common practice to subjugate and dominate other countries and cultures. The practice of fighting with neighbours has been part of human behaviour since way back when. The Scots, English, Irish and Welsh all fought against their own countrymen for thousands of years. The winners are now judged as oppressors.
The winners r considered oppressors bcos of the brutality n subjugation. Sadly no more civilised now than several hundred yrs ago. Still gross human rights violations @@havennewbowtow8835
When the Australian army was coming home to defend us from the Japanese, Churchill diverted our troop ships to defend Borneo instead, leaving Australia totally undefended. He said “I think Australia may have to be mauled a little…”
If you had paid attention during history lessons you would knowthat the Japanes had already invaded New Guinea and had a considerable force in port Moresby which was a mere fifty miles from mainland Australia. Thus the reason why America sent over one million troops to be based in Australia at that time.@@jackrussell3084
Not true Those Australians were taken out of besieged Tobruk at considerable risk by the Royal Navy at Curtin's request prior to Pearl Harbor It was India/Burma that Churchill requested they be sent however due to the speed of the Japanese advance they were sent to New Guinea instead
I am still around,, to tell first hand, Regardless how one feels about old Winston, If it wasn't for him, you younger folk, would have been brought up under a NAZI regime, Try to digest that.----
A vivid memory of my young childhood is seeing, holding and hearing my parents play a memorial set of 2 heavy LPs of Churchill's funeral. Only black and white photos. Long, ceremonial black capes. That bulldog face. That odd, odd voice. That fat cigar. Yet even at 4, I couldn't fall into learned admiration. The whole aura and persona seemed as without meaning as having to stand up in a cinema and silently watch The Queen ride her horse side saddle across the screen before they'd show the film. Thank you, Tariq, for a much more pertinent hour's listening.
Did he mention that the Japanese Imperial Navy (were preventing Grain supplies from reaching India) were also bombarding India & about to invade ? Why do you think he left that tiny detail out ?
79 yo remembering my fathers teachings growing up in the welsh coalfields...you sir have verified this...which joins up with my own living history now can recognise again from my father.. He who wins writes the history!!!
Delhi, Indeed, I heard same, like you say from many Sephardic scholars, referring their past lives in muslims Spain till the expulsion of both of them on 1492, and then sephardics, were invited in by the ottoman empire.
The book "Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree" would have been made a movie if Ali accepted to change 90 % of the characters to Jews 🤔🤔🤔 And when you talk about HOLYWOOD manipulation of the masses, they say you are paranoid.
In the 2nd ww there was a polish officer (intelligence) rotmistrz Pilecki that voluntarily let himsels been arrested to be send to Auschwitz to gather information about how german treated Polish and other prisoners incl Jews there (from the beginning of existance of the camp till when german in 1942 decided to finnaly solve Jewish question overwhelmingly Polish were imprisoned there). After the war when Poland was under soviets occupation with Jewish police, in-juistice and political system he returned after fighting with british in Italy (he escaped from Auschwitz after one year) and was arrested, tortured and executed by the Jews-comunists that had a power than there. When his daybooks appeared in Poland a delegation of Hollywood filmmakers visited his family and proposed to film his story changing his ethnicity to Jewish. The family rejected. Till tiday no polish filmmaker have a courage to film his live.
After being released from the Nazi camp, he pledged his allegiance to the Polish Government-In-Exile, which to all intents and purposes was a British puppet government with very little public support. They refused to participate in the political process that led to the coalition Provisional Government of National Unity, and were henceforth considered to be agents of a hostile foreign power. Thus he was executed for treason.
@@AdrianUrbaniak-l5t no, ale czy ten Raport Pileckiego zna świat zachodni? Czy został on przetłumaczony na:rosyjski, angielski, francuski, hiszpański i arabski?
Wonderful interview and contribution by Tarik. What a gift he is to the intellectual world with his critical analysis and great communication skills. More of him please in the future. Great work from you both.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 *🌍 Churchill's Legacy and Imperial Policies* - Tariq Ali argues that the modern-day issues in the Middle East, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, stem from the British Empire's policies under Churchill. - Ali's book *Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes* challenges the traditional image of Churchill as a hero, painting him instead as a ruthless imperialist leader responsible for various atrocities during his career. - Ali cites Churchill's views on the displacement of Palestinians by Zionists as an example of his racist and colonialist beliefs. 03:00 *📚 Contextualizing Churchill* - Ali's biographical approach to Churchill delves beyond the conventional narrative. He examines Churchill's life and actions as a product of his time, focusing on the historical context of British Imperialism and the rise of the English ruling class. - Ali asserts that Churchill's legacy extends far beyond World War II, encompassing his involvement in the British Empire's expansion, colonial rule, and the oppression of working classes. 06:00 *🎭 Churchill's Image: From Villain to Icon* - Ali suggests that Churchill's depiction as a national hero, particularly in the United States and Britain, is a relatively recent phenomenon and is largely linked to Margaret Thatcher's victory in 1980s and her emphasis on British nationalism. - Ali notes the positive reception his book has received from younger generations who were not exposed to the historical critiques of Churchill that were prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s. 10:27 *🏛️ Historical Perspectives and the Legacy of Statues* - The conversation discusses the debate surrounding the removal of statues commemorating figures associated with colonialism and slavery. - Ali argues against the wholesale removal of historical statues, but advocates for providing alternative historical context and perspectives alongside them. 12:00 *🪖 Churchill's Military Record* - Ali debunks the widespread myth that Churchill was a brilliant military strategist. - He details Churchill's failures in military leadership, particularly during the First World War. He argues that Churchill's true impact lies in his ability to mobilize the British public. 16:00 *🌎 The Legacy of Divide and Rule* - Ali emphasizes the lasting impact of the British Empire's policy of "divide and rule" across its colonies, using the examples of Ireland, India, and the Middle East. - Ali emphasizes that Churchill was a key advocate for this policy and contributed to the instability and conflict that persists in these regions today. 20:00 *😥 The Erasure of Palestinian History* - Ali expresses sorrow and anger at the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, seeing it as the direct result of Imperial policies and the ongoing erasure of Palestinian history. 25:00 *📚 The Importance of Alternative Narratives* - Ali expresses his motivation for challenging conventional narratives and presenting alternative views of history, emphasizing the importance of telling the whole truth. - He believes that mainstream historians often conceal or downplay the brutal aspects of British Imperialism, seeking to avoid controversy. - Ali highlights the need to actively uncover and expose these suppressed narratives, using the example of his research into Churchill's involvement in the intervention against the Russian Revolution. 28:31 *🎭 Cultural Shifts and Historical Narratives* - Ali examines the evolving cultural perspectives on historical events, citing the changing attitudes towards World War I as an example. He argues that the way we perceive the past is influenced by contemporary social and political dynamics. - He emphasizes the impact of satire and alternative media in challenging government narratives and influencing public opinion. 30:08 *🌍 Challenging Historical Narratives: The Case of Islam in Europe* - Ali discusses the lack of awareness about the historical presence of Islam in Europe and the need to dispel misconceptions about it. - He shares his experiences with the reception of his novel *Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree* which explores this very subject, highlighting the surprise and ignorance many readers had concerning Islamic history in Spain. 38:00 *🎥 Reclaiming the Narrative: A Hollywood Encounter* - Ali describes his encounter with a Hollywood agent who, while interested in adapting his novel *Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree* into a film, insisted on significantly altering the narrative to conform to Hollywood tropes and expectations. - Ali's refusal to alter the story highlights the importance of staying true to historical facts and resisting attempts to distort historical narratives for commercial purposes. 43:00 *🏛️ The British Empire's Legacy: A Debate on Identity* - Ali delves into the ongoing debate about the British Empire and its legacy, highlighting the diverse perspectives on its historical impact. He acknowledges the pride some Britons feel in their nation's past conquests, while also emphasizing the need for a more critical and nuanced understanding of its actions. 47:39 *🇺🇸 The American Empire: A Discussion on Decline and Power* - Ali discusses the ongoing debate surrounding the prospect of American decline and analyzes the global power dynamics, particularly in relation to China's rise. He argues that while the United States has experienced a relative decline in its ideological influence, its military and technological dominance remain substantial. - He warns against the dangers of American exceptionalism and its tendency to resort to destructive actions instead of relinquishing its power. 53:00 *✊ Resistance and Activism: Advice for Young Writers and Activists* - Ali offers advice to young writers and activists engaged in challenging the narratives of empire. He stresses the importance of open and direct resistance, urging them to speak truth to power without being deterred by potential career consequences or the constraints of academic institutions. - He advocates for intellectual, cultural, and peaceful forms of activism, acknowledging the growing crackdown on freedom of expression and dissent. - He emphasizes the critical role of independent thought and expression in combating the forces of oppression and promoting social justice. Made with HARPA AI
🐶 Churchill on the Displacement of Palestinians "I do not agree that the dog in the manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have laay there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance that a great wrong has been done to the red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, a more worldly wise race, to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." The quote, from 1936, reflects Churchill's belief that the displacement of Palestinians by Zionists was justified because they were a "stronger" race. This quote showcases his deeply rooted racist beliefs and provides insight into his justification for colonialist actions.
Strictly speaking Sunak is prime minister of the United Kingdom not just England..however,you are forgiven for thinking it is only England..British politics are unusual.
Back up your words with evidence. otherwise it's just slander, contemptible slander. Remember, a racist is not a racist due to some spoken words, a racist is someone who's every action reveals the kind of mind behind it.
@@Scoubidou-if1of It’s a well known and documented fact about Gandhis anti-black racism. In 2019, on the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth, Manchester students even rejected a 9ft statue of the man along with a demanded for an apology from the council because of Mahatma Gandhi ‘s"well-documented anti-black racism”…You need to do some basic research, before you go accusing others of slander.
Those who will not hear a bad word said a out him say, what about the war, he saved us? The reality is, we didn’t need saving. He(on behalf of his backers), pushed for war with Germany who did not threaten British interests. After Dunkirk, he refused several peace offers from Hitler and, contrary to what so many believe, it was Churchill who ordered the bombing of German cities(a war crime). It was months before Hitler responded with retaliatory strikes. He really isn’t the hero so many believe him to be.
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The dominant community has dominate the educational institution throughout the the world, HAS and WILL continue to crate fable, if you will to hide their wicked traditions. Sadly, other oppressed people have adopted this nonsense as well. There are many semi-solutions: READING, not any types of reading but selective reading, AVOIDING the stupid tube (T.V.).
@@smt0202 and apparently you don't understand war is a racket. Churchill was put into.power because he was ruthless fair enough. But only because chamberlain understood.the cost of war.. he had just seen the first World War and wanted to avoid it again at all costs even his reputation and job So he was replaced with a dog. I won't be told churchill was some great man. He was no.better than a dog. Caused the deaths of 2 million Indians. I could go on. You know its 2024 now. I can accept my grandparents thinking they were fighting for something its sad but understandable. But with the ability to actually read the real accounts and documentation of how much of a racist disgusting man he was. And how the world wars are basically huge money laundering operations Lick the boots if you want I never will. I'm working class. Not a fool.
With all different Media, Mobile picture, and live truth on ground but main news, Establishment Media lie to people, then imagine how much lies thry told about everything those days???
WW1 was the great evil, the treaty of Versailles an unbelievable crime that lead directly to WW2. It was a war the international banking cartel controlled by the zionists provoked to destroy the european monarchies and take control with the ultimate goal of a world government/dictatorship. And they are still at it today.
I can’t believe that in the 70’s we in the West ate, sex, celebrated full chat while the Palestinian people suffered and are still suffering… We in the West are going to pay…. No, no, no, no doubt….!!!!!!!
the thing about empires is that as they crumble, the pains the exerted on the frontiers get turned inward. the division sowed by the british empire now plagues those in even in England. MI5 monitors all groups moving for positive change, Spycops is a well documented infringement on civil liberty. You had recently roving mobs performing pogroms. Your lands are sold to the highest bidder, your water is no longer yours and your children's future has been walled off
thank you so much to you and to your guest. It was an hour that runs so fast; so much light shed on here. I dont know who will be your next guest but please, keep going.
It is good this Pakistani man is allowed to criticise the West, while living in the West. However, he would never be allowed to criticise the Ottoman empire, while living in Turkey. The Ottoman Turks murdered a million Armenians in 1915. The Turks starved a million Lebanese in 1918. Criticising Turkey's past carries the penalty of insulting Turkishness.
@freebeerfordworkers interesting comment, not sure who you are referring to. The truth of the Holocaust is not allowed to be discovered!! That’s what we should want to know, why!!!
He used the army daily to kill off as many innocent folks in as many lands as he could as his hero Rhodes and Milner did before . A thief a mass murderer and enabled nearly all the nastiz command to flee to USA via Argentina and Also to the East . He gave up his spy on Gibraltar so they could sail past. His spy in Huttlers office spotted in S America decades after we thought the war was over.
We hardly talk about the Indian Bengal Holocaust committed by the British. Commonly known as the Bengal Famine. 3 Million or more Indians killed. We have barely scratched the surface of what happened and it's not even covered as much as Jallianwalla Bagh or Amritsar.
Winston Churchill was one of the worst monsters of 20th century. Just incredible how many crimes he committed from Africa to India, from Ireland to Palestine, from WW1 to WW2 and between. Endless manipulation, machinations, betrayal of his own allies and in the end the betrayal of the Empire.
Churchill was actually hated in Britain by the end of WW2. We couldn't get him out of Downing Street quickly enough. By the milenium he had been instated as Britain's greatest citizen and you would be piloried for saying otherwise.
The British aren't British, they're Angles and Saxons, they're from Germany, Belgium, Netherlands etc. Real British, the "Ancient Britons" are Scotland, Ireland, Wales and ever since then the Angles and Saxons have been at war with the Ancient Britons, dragging them into its banking wars against other empires.
ah yes, when bad things come to light the brits will say it was the germans. A british classic. When a German comes around and tells the brits they are our cousins, suddenly you brits dont want to have anything to do with that at all and proclaim that "most traces of anglo-saxon blood are long gone and mixed in with the rest of the british isles".
It's a little more complicated than that. You might want to factor in the Normans, the Vikings, the Danes and I'm just scratching the surface. The populations of Scotland, Ireland and Wales are far from being Ancient Britons and the population of England is far from being Anglo-Saxon. You might want to dig a bit deeper into the complex history.
@@TheBlackfall234 All I am saying is the Britons have suffered the same fate as the Germans tribes and the French tribes and the Russian tribes and any colonial outpost's original inhabitants by a group that holds itself ABOVE ALL OTHERS. The Britons are long gone just like the Italians and many others, both sacrificed to die for those who control them.
@@littlefluffybushbaby7256 Regardless of how uncomplicated I made the statement, I at least made the statement. If I went into details of all the tribal wars the essence of the statement would be lost. The point is the Britons are as much a victim of British rule as anyone. 1845-52 British invasion of Ireland 3-5 million starved, crops and livestock stolen, land stolen, deeds burnt, forged documents put in place and the world was told it was a "potato famine." Plus the soldiers sent to die in wars.
@@truthlifefishing1730 I think when things are boiled down to simple statements it misses out much of the context and facts. It's about persuation, not truth. There is a reason that history books are not one paragraph long. Miss out 99% of the facts and you can prove whatever you want to prove. Much of what you've already said is either wrong, or at best a partial truth.
As somebody who was sacked and then blacklisted from teaching in 1968: because I wouldn't conform to their thinking, what Tariq has said here makes me feel like it's time for me 'to come out of the woodwork'.
The time IS now. When Darryl Cooper starts releasing his series on WW2, public opinion will have to change. You will be proven right as will the others who challenged the accepted narrative.
Magnificent interview, briliant intelect, both interviewer and interviewie! Tariq Ali should became world famous. I will endevour to research his work and read his books. During the debacle at the Darnnells during WWI, Churchill was Lord of the Admiralty, position which he coveted intensely but performed so poorly he was demoted and spent many years during which his carreer was in the doldrums until WWII begun and he was given the Premiership of Britain, for lack of interest in the position, by all other possible candidates. Nobody wanted it, and thus someone in power suggested: "Give it to Winston", ressurrecting his career. By then, he was a heavy drinker, and by the end of the war, he was an alcoholic!!
Thanks, Tariq, for advocating “alternative plaques” on the statues. When people were tearing up statues of imperial heroes not too long ago I came in for some criticism for saying “Leave the statues and just add the caption ‘Slave Trader’”. Never deny history, just correct it!
Churchill hated the Russians vicariously. At the time he probably believed that Russia was an irreducible enemy of English imperialism. Perhaps he imagined that England had a mission to conquer the inferior, barbarian, uncivilized, communist Slavs who had overthrown the Tsar's monarchy and defeated the White Army and its allies during the civil war. But the truth is that, viewed from a distance, Churchill had a deep reason to hate Russian culture and literature. “… I also remember that, in my article, I developed the idea that all… say, for example, the legislators and founders of humanity, starting with the oldest and continuing with Lycurgus, Solon, Muhammad, Napoleon, etc. etc., everyone, from the first to the last, had been criminals, if only because, when promulgating new laws, they abolished the old ones, considered sacred by society and ancestors, and certainly would not have stopped before the blood , whenever this (sometimes poured out with all innocence and virtue, in defense of the old laws) could be useful to them. It is also significant that most of these benefactors and founders of humanity were bloodthirsty, especially ferocious. In short: I concluded from this that all individuals, not only the great ones, but also those who moved a little away from vulgarity, that is, also those who are capable of saying something new, would have the obligation, by their very nature , of being infallibly criminal… to a greater or lesser extent, naturally. Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to get out of vulgarity, and they cannot conform to staying there, even for the same reason as their nature and, in my opinion, they even have an obligation not to conform. In short: as you can see, so far, this is nothing particularly new. This has already been printed and read thousands of times. As regards my distinction between ordinary and extraordinary men, I agree that it is somewhat arbitrary; but I didn't quote exact numbers. I only have faith in my essential idea, which is that which consists in saying concretely that individuals are divided, according to the law of nature, into two categories: the inferior (that of the vulgar), that is, if I may say so, the material, which is only useful for the procreation of the species, and that of individuals who have the gift or intelligence to say a new word among themselves. …” (CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Fyodor Dostoevsky, p. 281 Winston Churchill was an embodiment of the criminal statesman who historically and politically manufactures his own impunity as described and honored by Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. He must have seen himself portrayed in the book, didn't like what he saw and buried it deep in his unconscious mind. This wound expressed itself consciously through the contempt and hatred that Churchill felt towards Russia.
excellent interview, I am loving the book on Churchill written by Tariq, His Times His Crimes, real eye opener for sure. Especially as I'm also reading Churchills history of WW2 and up to book 4 now!!
I’ve watched this man since I was a teenager. He’s never, ever in half a century, ever had anything ever good to say about Britain. Apart from a good, safe and comfortable living off this country, what good has he done and why is he here?
If you have watched him since you were a teenager is because you are interested in what he has got to say, are you not?, therefore You and only You should not be a "traitor" to him
Très très intéressant. Cette vision du « grand homme » confirme pleinement mes intuitions fondées sur d’anciennes lectures. L’histoire est écrite par les vainqueurs.
Churchills mother was jewish, and his dead father owed money to the jews. Noone is asking where he could have gotten the money to have a large estate with gardeners, servents etc, on his ordinary politicians salery. England, France and America! Who is ruling?
The jolly heretic wrote a book: churchills head master and explored churchills life. E Michael Jones has spoken and written about Churchill and his ills many times.
1. He was an aristoctrat. 2. He was an author. 3. He wasn't always in a good financial position. At least do a little bit of reading up before you pour out your antisemitism.
@@YogaladyToronto Churchill Father is known to have taken a huge amount of money to lobby for the establishment of the terrorist Supremacist occupation in Palestine.
Thank you for this report. I’ve been waiting for years for someone to report on Churchill’s racist policies. The division of Ireland. The famine in Bengal. And what will be the cause of WW3, the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their homeland and almost a hundred years of brutal persecution.
It's more to do with the ruling elite and everyone else. The likes of Churchill have no more love for working class white people than they do for working class black people.
@@DavidMcdonald-df8tb The purpose of learning history is to not repeat the crimes of the past. Even here in Canada, we pay lip service to our less than stellar past, while continuing to do the same things to our indigenous population.
@@erikhai1 the purpose of history is to know the good the bad and the mundane. You are not responsible for anything you didn't do good or bad. Everyone born in Canada is indigenous to it. Support liberty and justice for all and everyone will be better off ♥️
Spot on. However, I don't think the US will be able to project militarily like it did. There are cheap asymmetric technologies that could make this impossible
Humbled to be able to listen to such a great human being and brilliant mind. I adored the quintet, every single word of them. Now reading with great pleasure Churchill’s bio. Thank you
Thank you Tariq for revealing the other side of this imperialist, stubborn, bully Churchill. I suppose that part of his character was what made him determined to beat the Nazis. So these characteristics came in useful for Britain in his later life.
@@leoninocat5070 3 out of 5 Nazi’s were killed by Russian soldiers. The Russian people paid the highest price for defeating the Nazi scourge - 26 million Russians killed in WW2
I was educated in England during the 1960's. My history teacher was a gem - he showed us that Churchill was an entitled drunk who loved to tell stories, especially about himself! British empire? ended not soon enough for the native citizens. I am an English woman living in Ireland - and I am blessed to be welcomed here.
luck you, how are you coping with those invaders in setting up tents?
Your teacher was like many such 1960's and since was clearly an indoctrinated marxist, the very people who over recent years have wrecked Europe and brainwashed kids with their far left ideology. The same ideology which wrecked and took over Ireland since the '60's, and which they are protesting about right now as they see the native Irish being replaced, and treated as 2nd class citizens. We've all seen how 'entitled' champagne socialists are.
Where would you be living without Churchill?
@@FiveLiver In Ireland!
@@FiveLiver The man has been dead since 1965, and the world has gone through at lot of changes, with or without him! Except the state of the UK it finds itself in presently? He must be rolling in his grave the sod.
Marvelous interview with a wise man. Growing up in America, for most of my long life I was a fervent admirer of Churchill. I read dozens of books on the man and visited Chartwell like a religious pilgrimage. Eventually, I realized I had been blinded by propaganda, and my own foolishness. My eyes are open thanks to great men like Tariq Ali. I will be ordering his book today, and look forward to reading his other works. Thank you for this invaluable channel, for bringing truth to those who, like me, were believing in a false vision of history.
I don't believe your little story😂😂
“Where you stand depends on where you sit.” - Nelson Mandela
Who you stand on depends on where you sit. Not that it matters who they are.
My god was the ottoman empire not brutal we live in brutal times Muslims have slaughtered everything that ever walked or crawled so no lectures from anyone if you don’t like it the worlds a big place
I am NZ Maori, raised in the classic traditions of the British education system. I am 77yrs old and am now able to review the treatment visited upon my people based on the British principle of "divide and conquer". My people are still experiencing(and fighting against) the racism the British brought to NZ after the "discovery" of NZ by Capt. Cook. The comments by Tariq Ali are spot on, and the globe is littered with the shattered remains of countries and cultures of the "Empire upon which the sun never sets". The British hv a lot to answer for but until they acknowledge the arrogant and uncaring actions of their system, Britain will continue it's delusional belief in power and empire, without realising their day has been and gone. Kia ora!
I'm Lebanese/Palestinian and I can completely relate with your comment!! I have a couple of Maori buddies here in Canada and we have Native, indigenous Canadian buddies who have the exact same stories of the exact same colonizers! I completely understand and can sympathize and relate with your people because ive heard the nightmarish stories and they sound so much like my own experiences in Lebanon and the occupied territories in Palestine where i was so close to being shot by a cowardly, iof, terrorist sniper because the iof cowardly rats shot at me to "clear me out!"
This is pure, zio cowardly intimidation using terrorism! Its an indication of the way they do things and have been doing things since their dirty inception - underhanded, behind closed doors!! This is how COWARDS fight! In the shadows!
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
FREE LEBANON 🇱🇧
these euro trash, theives and plunderers have traveled the world and completely destroyed any semblance of peace, security and prosperity in the lands of the native people they subjugate, enslave, grape, pdf file children and murder them when "finished" with them!
Palestine and Lebanon are their final colonial project but it's not gonna work out for them! Palestinians and Lebanese are a different breed of warrior all together and that dirty, little rat like zio terror entity has no idea how to deal with them!
I know for a fact that these heroic, Levantine warriors do NOT fear death because for them, death is just the beginning!
FREE THE MAORI PEOPLE!
FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
FREE LEBANON 🇱🇧
Lol 😂yawn 🙄the people responsible for turning up and using the previous population of new Zealand as a handy free source of protein until you'd eaten them all,and whose entire culture was built on violent warrior traditions of conquest and casual genocide of their annoying neighbours to take their lands..who's first thought and request upon making contact with the British navy was to ask them to help to wipe out their rivals to the last soul, shamelessly going for a gold medal in the oppression Olympics whining to the non existent mythical management about it not being fair anymore because they weren't the winner this time around🙄 where's your dignity and cultural pride ffs dude🙄
Less of the British
It was Royals not us regular folk
Know more you’re very specific about your Samoan heritage oops it’s all the same eh 👍🏻
Ha ! Look at your own wretched history.
The Māori committed genocide on the Moriori peoples, starting in 1835.
A Moriori survivor recalled: "[The Taranaki invaders] commenced to kill us like sheep.... [We] were terrified, fled to the bush, concealed ourselves in holes underground, and in any place to escape our enemies. It was of no avail; we were discovered and killed - men, women and children indiscriminately."
A Taranaki Māori conqueror explained, "We took possession... in accordance with our customs and we caught all the people. Not one escaped....."
Stakes were driven into some of the women, who were left to die in pain.
During the following enslavement the Taranaki Māori invaders forbade the speaking of the Moriori language.
They forced Moriori to desecrate their sacred sites by urinating and defecating on them.
Moriori were forbidden to marry Moriori or the Taranaki Māori, or to have children with each other.
This was different from the customary form of slavery practised on mainland New Zealand.
However, many Moriori women had children by their Māori masters.
A small number of Moriori women eventually married either Māori or European men
Only 101 Moriori out of a population of about 2,000 were left alive by 1862, making the Moriori genocide one of the deadliest in history by percentage of the victim group.
So you see, you Māoris were the ultimate colonial oppressors, whereas if the British Empire had been so bad, you wouldn’t be here, today, wallowing in your own self pity.
Both my grandfathers fought in WW2 and they both hated Churchill and the whole officer class.. they voted him out as soon as they could after the war
@mcjeebus with all due respect that's an easy and lazy response.. I don't accept that the war was won by one person and both my grandfather's earned the right to be critical when they put thier lives on the line.. several times
@mcjeebusUtter BS
As my dad was an 🇺🇸 officer in 101st Airborne who was sent to England a year before the invasion to build those camps he hated the class system of Britain and are with the working class along with pleasure time as his ancestors found in Kent having followed William from Normandy with my maternal ancestors from German Jews and Scots Irish to American colonies before War of Independence hate any class system.
@@DaveyNaples its a repsonse, based on Churchills Lies.
Mcjeebus simply is the naiv type whod be like "at least we arent speaking german" even tho, England was never at Danger from Germany at all.
They lied to people those days, just like they lie to people these days.
Churchill was a privileged member of the ruling class. He was no friend of the ordinary working man and his life and actions need seeing in context. As a working class Brit, I dislike him immensely.
But he loved the working classes as cannon fodder,for impearialist wars.
Agree
Nobody cares.
@@FiveLiverNobody cares what you have to say
Winston Churchill was one of the worst monsters of 20th century. Just incredible how many crimes he committed from Africa to India, from Ireland to Palestine, from WW1 to WW2 and between. Endless manipulation, machinations, betrayal of his own allies and in the end the betrayal of the Empire.
“I think a curse should rest on me - because I love this war. I know it’s smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment - and yet - I can’t help it - I enjoy every second of it.”- Winston Churchill letter to a friend
Re 1914-19
For this alone he should be condemned
He enjoyed bIood, not his own of course. But he was eager to sacrifice everyone and everything for his personal ambition. Probably the worst monster of 20th century.
He attacked japan,they attacked america, icke
Then why did he end the war?
ME TO
He was the Zionist of that time, the demon, right? I'm in shock reading this comment
Listening to Tariq Ali is a breath of fresh and vital air. I attended a talk by Mr. Ali in Toronto years ago; he is as vital to our education now as then. Thank you for this great interview.
he is one of those voices I can listen to all day and night. love learning from him
Pues se equivoca cuando dice q los argentinos somos estúpidos 😢
@@knitpurlcreations wha where did he say that
Yeh, right; whatever.
@@robinbreeds9217 bloodshed the British put a stop to? can you provide some examples please?
“History would be a wonderful thing, if only it was true”. Tolstoy!! NZ.
I think history would have been wonderful if indeed it wasn't true.
Time alters many things. Tariq is a national and international treasure these days. He wasn't always thought of in such terms in his youth, but he stuck to reason in his arguments and has been proven to be correct. His comment on Braverman was spot on.
All pm are conditioned the the role, nothing he says has not been prepared by those guys behind the curtain
Churchill said "History will be kind to me, I will write it myself." And he did.
A real butt hole to the end.
Any historian will tell you Winston churchills memoirs are not historical fact. Winston Churchill didnt write the history, he wrote his version of history. Historians wrote the history based on research of credible sources, of which there are many of the 20th century.
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Winston Churchill didnt write history he wrote his memoirs, which any historian will tell you are heavily biased and not historical fact. Historians wrote the history based on credible sources, of which there are many in that period.
@@Oxnaforda That may be true, but what he wrote is copied by historians and taught to us as history.
While the British people were restricted to eating rationed food, Churchill was dining on five course meals, drinking fine wine and smoking expensive cigars.
All wealthy people do this including socialists (and there are plenty of the champagne variety). To think otherwise is just naive. All these foreigners badmouthing Britain (like Yasim Abibi Brown) talk as if all other countries have been virtuous. The British gave the likes of her and millions more a home when they were thrown out of other countries. Hard faced unbelievable cheek I call it. Those who don't like the history, should leave - they never do though do they?
Well nothing’s changed with modern government, has it?!
Drunk by lunch time and running a bloody country and when I say bloody that’s what it was ,
@@imranb4985nothing but it would be so good if people stood up and remembered the government work for us and we pay their Nasara salary
Don't forget the Scotch whisky.
This history is only untold in England and Hollywood, everyone else knows what Churchill was....😔
Sadly, not everyone. Less that a fraction of the world's population knew and most of the dominant population simply do not care because they do not consider others as human.
Same with the royal family, without know their horrific crimes
@@sylviabriggs4087😂
That's not true.
I grew up in Poland and Churchill was hailed as a hero there.
@@theclumsyprepper what for? handing your country to the Germans then to the Russians?🤔
I kind of knew the European empires, and now the US Empire, had done bad things. October 7th was the catalyst that plunged me into the mind shattering cold waters of a rabbit hole. A rabbit hole I still haven't crawled out of. The extent of the suffering caused by the European Continent makes you want to sit down and take a beat. I can't believe I didn't know ANY of this. I feel like I've been sleepwalking for the past 30 years... And in the words of Norman Finkelstein: "I am not Pro-Palestine and I am not anti-israel. I am PRO-Truth, and I am PRO-Justice!"
Thank you for this interview. We all need to be more exposed to this kind of content 🙏.
Every empire has and is doing bad things. European empires are no better or worse than those of the past and the ones those that are emerging today. The only thing that separates the recently disappeared European empires and the China of today, is that many Europeans feel bad about what their empires did. Right now most Chinese are proud of what their empire is doing, just as those Europeans were 150 years ago.
Because you've only been brainwashed to hate Europeans that gives you a distorted perspective on history. You speak of the "extent of suffering caused by the European continent" but are not even aware of the Arab Muslim slave trade in Africa and Europe. Nor are you aware of the slave trade that Africans implemented themselves for centuries before the Europeans ever set foot there. What of the tens of millions murdered by Genghis Khan and the Mongols? The millions of captives sacrificed and enslaved by the Aztecs? The millions butchered by the Mughal Turks who took over India? Etc, etc, etc. If anything the west has enlightened the world, giving it the very concept of human rights and liberal progress that you use to condemn it.
I stumbled on the truth over twenty years ago. So glad you finally discovered the truth. If the attack on the 7th. did anything, it prompted people like you to take a look under the hood and see who the real villains are in the piece. Please keep reading and learning. There are many atrocities in history which most people are unaware of. The Armenian Holocaust, the Irish potato famine, the Rape of Nanking, The death camps in Cambodia, Tol Sleng being the worst, Unit 731 in Japanese controlled China where the most Arrtociouse medical experiments were performed on innocent Chinese prisoners, Mau's five year plan, Stalin's agricultural colectivization plans in the Ukraine. The British Empire had the Atlantic slave trade, the selling of Opium to Chinese citizens, leading to the Opium wars between those two nations. British Empire rape of india. And msny more southern hemisphere countries. And today we have the Genocidal revenge mission by Israel in Gaza.
@@VaucluseVanguardPlease explain just what is China doing to anyone which compares it to the British Empire ! Which nations has China invaded and extracted their mineral wealth from lately !
@@VaucluseVanguard Europe pretends to be all about human rights, dignity, and so-called freedom (when it suits them). China at least doesn't seem as keen to blow smoke up people's arses by pretending to be other than what they are.
Divide and rule is the way the British ruled in all colonial countries they ruled. The division of Cyprus is another example. The British still have sovereign bases in Cyprus. It is one of the colonial countries that the British still have a foothold today.
Cyprus was divided by the Turkish invasion in the 70s
Oh, and Gibraltar. The Brits have not once in their history of rape and pillage attempted to atone, let alone admit their genocidal history.
Pretty sure that was turkey
Because people aren't divided without the British doing so. Such nonsense.
@@newadam573 Yes, dear, such nonsense. All we are talking about is the colonial victims of British rule: India, the Middle East, just two blatant examples. I know, you're a Sassenach and believe in the Monarchy and that the sun should never set on the British Empire...
I could listen to this man talk about anything. What a voice
I was just thinking i wish i had his voice😂
Wise Man with a calm voice. Such Evil is all around us. End times for a reset. 🙏
Churchill was a hero for the British and a Monster to everyone else.
I'm not sure it was all British, my Edwardian aunts couldn't stand him, nor did they see him as a hero. He was an imperialist who couldn't stand the working class
@@carolanngale9333 and I wonder how Stalin fell for his courtship, knowing full well how anti Communist Winston was? Since, I had read that his anti lower class people contempt as well as, towards the natives of the Empire, derived from his genes, infected by his birth through a syphilis infected father!
As far as I can see it. Churchill was a drunken, insolvent war monger, up to his eyes in debt to bankers with an agenda to set up the State of Israel. He was bad news for the British people.
Yes, FDR was a small "D" democrat and he kind of enjoyed saying "No" to Churchill the Imperialist.
The guards at Auschwitz and Belsen didn’t much like him either.. 😁
Your interview with Tariq Ali was a gem. As an American I was fascinated by his opinions on the U.S. hegemony and I totally agree, after listening to that raving sociopath Victoria Nuland on a U.S. Sunday chat show advocating targeting sites inside Russia with U.S. weapons, I agree with Tariq Ali that my country would go so far as to destroy the world to maintain hegemony over it.
She is a hag, putting it lightly.
I don’t think that it’s the real Americans that is if you can find any who are not Zionists. The fact that the Israelis think that because some heads of state who had no authority from the Palestinians decided to ease their conscience by shifting the problem to the Middle East and in particular to Palestine is unconscionable to say the least. To forcibly move those people who were simple people who had no idea what was happening to them and to justify it by silencing the world for75 years. What other nationality had that privilege. In the meantime the rothschilds Rockefeller’s etc became richer and more powerful to the point where they can silence everyone except the students. They’re not afraid of wealth or power. They not afraid to voice their discontent and to protest against these gross inequality and atrocities on basically defenceless people. It is outrages that the so called civilised western civilisation can breach to other countries on morals and ethics. Especially regarding women. When woman in the west are raped on a daily basis physically assaulted murdered used as sexual objects and preach to the Muslims where if anything like that happened their is no second chance for any of the perpetrators. But hypocrisy is the name of the game lies and distortion of the truth. What came out on the 7 October immediately after the uprising by Hamas. The narrative was the atrocities these people were supposed to have committed against Israelis. 40 babies killed and beheaded. Did anyone ask where these freedom fighters could find 40 babies to kill was any video released to show this were any parents crying over their dead babies. No. Complete lies. Than we had the rape accusations and I ask you when your fighting for your life are you going to have time to rape anyone. This has also been proven to be a lie. But the Zionists networks and in particular piers Morgan repeats that narrative over and over again. And what about reparations for those people whose homes were forcibly taken and their land. No reparations unlike Germany and other nations who removed the Jews from their homes and still pay their families. Anyway the west is obviously lost its way and hopefully Americans will not vote for either trump or Biden instead vote for people who are not the puppets of the Zionists and maybe America can be fair and just.
You should distinguish between your country , surely , and it's leadership , surely ..as a liberal ...? Nach a ?
@@aodhfinn, there are a lot of people in my country, the United States, who are right on the Gaza genocide but wrong on Ukraine still to this day to the point they live in a bubble and think the latest shiny weapon will turn the tide in the war in Ukraine even though, by all credible accounts, Ukraine has lost the war.
@@radiotec76 I'm be careful to use the word , that said your American and my e u buffoonery are making great wealth via the war .... Israel reacted in the way calculated by Hamas ..today the Irish wokerati have given recognition to Palestine , despite the human disaster and the use Hamas will make of it .
True history no matter how ugly will set your mind free. Thank you for this discussion.
History white washed by elites in the past and still now, who will put their ilk in a good light usually to preserve their power and money interests are hardly trustworthy. Someone though, who has reasearched the outcomes of the ones who have been effected by their greed and lust for power are the voice's I would trust especially when you make note that there are enough documented histories of them subjugating others.
@user-ed6ff3bb4i It is traumatising for you to challenge the image of Churchill as a virtuous, benevolent and wise ruler that has been cultivated in your mind since childhood?
Because you're proud to be British, right? Churchill doesn't stand for Britain any more than Stalin stands for Russia. There are things to be proud of mate. But don't be proud of the imperialism, genocide and exploitation. Only c/nts are proud of that stuff
You are easily fooled
Yes you are, by your own, fool.
"Rishi Sunak, a second rate banker" and Prime Minister of England. Great insight.
... and a definite 'Ouch!' for Stanford Business School, which he attended a decade or so after various friends of mine. Interesting that when he bacame PM, various outlets called some of his former profs for 'human interest' details. Fair enough. 'Who? Oh. Yes, yes ... I remember him now ... Very pleasant person ... ' In other words, no deep impression. The verdict too, I'm sure, of history.
😂😂....🤔... terrible insight, he's a World Economic Forum stooge.... like Macron, Trudeau etc etc, the cabal including the banking elite though will be directing him
Macron, Rothschild banker. Pattern?
😂😂😂😂, yes.
He MADE Big Big Money 💰 and no one in Politics Mafia is Interesting to work for the Future of there Countries
We are today Under New Hitlers Nazis Gestapos political Mafia Are is Very Very Dangerous for All Planet Earth
God’s blessings to everyone on this Planet Earth
Amen 🙏
Palestine is an area of more than 27 thousand square kilometers and is on the borders of Egypt and Jordan, which historically is part of Palestine and the people of Jordan, more than 70 percent of whom are of Palestinian origin, but Britain made them a state and brought agents to the Jordanian ruling dynasty in order to rule Jordan and protect the occupation from the Jordanian-Palestinian people Palestine Its capital, Jerusalem, is the land of the Palestinian people for tens of thousands of years. It is the cradle of Christianity and Judaism, and it is the third holiest place for us Muslims. It is a land where most of God’s prophets lived, were born, and died. It is the holy and blessed land and the land of the Palestinian and Arab people. Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived there for thousands of years as neighbors and brothers before the Zionists occupied our land. Britain brought them in the Balfour Declaration to occupy our land. Those who committed the Holocaust against the Jews were the Germans and the West, not me.
And it wasn't only the Germans, my friend. Heard of the Dreyfus Case? Why do you think Herzel and Co formed the Zionist movement? The answer is that it was their reaction to a thousand years of European, Christian progroms and discrimination against Jews. Herzel's option - to create Israel in someone else's land - was completely amoral and simply an extension of the notion Europeans have the right to take anyone's land from them. In fact, George Steiner once said in an interview, that the last place on earth you would have expected a holocaust - and I refuse to use capital H because Europeans had been holocausting Africans, Asians, native Americans and Australasians for centuries - to take place was Germany. Then again, we also have total amnesia about the co-operation between the Zionists active in Palestine post-balfour and the Nazis. I refer you to this program: ua-cam.com/video/o9evhLCuA_k/v-deo.htmlsi=wTbGW53bouHi1GN8. Tony Greenstein, interviewed about his book about the co-operation of Nazis and Zionists.
For thousands of years it was the Holy Land and it only took the Zionists only seventy six years to turn it into the "Horror Land"
I thought it was all the way to the Iraquí border?
Arab Muslims were Nazi allies.
Well said. 👏 Inconvenient facts the West doesn't want to acknowledge.
Ireland was Britain's first colony. It took 700 years to get freedom for most but not all of Ireland.
Partition seems to be an established British tactic in causing problems for newly independent countries from the empire.
True. But there's an Irishman here complaining that others don't respect the western British for their achievements.
Spain (then several different kingdoms) was under Muslim rule for about 700 years. These Muslims invaded from North Africa. In 1492 Castile and Aragon became unified Spain (the core). Centuries of strive, warfare and rule by Muslim invaders lead to a rearrangement.
The language, religion (RC) and the structure of society. The strangers within had a choice: adjust of leave. One of those were the Jews, who had sided with the Muslim rulers.
Today, Jews still complain about their expulsion and claim Spanish citizenship.
When Tarik says that Islam was in Europe, he neglected to tell it was through invasion and conquest. Something he disapproves of when done outside of Europe.
@@delhi93
Yeah, is strange how nowadays Israel behave so badly against muslims, having it centuries of pacific modus vivendi in Spain and Ottoman empire.
Scotland didnt become part of Britain until the treaty of union in 1706. Scotland was Englands first colony, or perhaps areas in France.
Creating partition historically was required due to the indigenous peoples trying to eradicate each other in order to grasp power.
All of the nations capable of empire building did so, it was common practice to subjugate and dominate other countries and cultures.
The practice of fighting with neighbours has been part of human behaviour since way back when. The Scots, English, Irish and Welsh all fought against their own countrymen for thousands of years.
The winners are now judged as oppressors.
The winners r considered oppressors bcos of the brutality n subjugation. Sadly no more civilised now than several hundred yrs ago. Still gross human rights violations @@havennewbowtow8835
When the Australian army was coming home to defend us from the Japanese, Churchill diverted our troop ships to defend Borneo instead, leaving Australia totally undefended. He said “I think Australia may have to be mauled a little…”
How were Japanese going to land troops in Australia, Row boats or swimming?
Famous words from the greatest racist in the British Empire.
If you had paid attention during history lessons you would knowthat the Japanes had already invaded New Guinea and had a considerable force in port Moresby which was a mere fifty miles from mainland Australia. Thus the reason why America sent over one million troops to be based in Australia at that time.@@jackrussell3084
@@jackrussell3084 Churchill was same rac*ist as Hit*ler
Not true
Those Australians were taken out of besieged Tobruk at considerable risk by the Royal Navy at Curtin's request prior to Pearl Harbor
It was India/Burma that Churchill requested they be sent however due to the speed of the Japanese advance they were sent to New Guinea instead
All my relatives of Grandparent age hated Churchill.
I am still around,, to tell first hand, Regardless how one feels about old Winston, If it wasn't for him, you younger folk, would have been brought up under a NAZI regime, Try to digest that.----
So informative, thank you!
A vivid memory of my young childhood is seeing, holding and hearing my parents play a memorial set of 2 heavy LPs of Churchill's funeral. Only black and white photos. Long, ceremonial black capes. That bulldog face. That odd, odd voice. That fat cigar. Yet even at 4, I couldn't fall into learned admiration. The whole aura and persona seemed as without meaning as having to stand up in a cinema and silently watch The Queen ride her horse side saddle across the screen before they'd show the film.
Thank you, Tariq, for a much more pertinent hour's listening.
Did he mention that the Japanese Imperial Navy (were preventing Grain supplies from reaching India) were also bombarding India & about to invade ? Why do you think he left that tiny detail out ?
79 yo remembering my fathers teachings growing up in the welsh coalfields...you sir have verified this...which joins up with my own living history now can recognise again from my father..
He who wins writes the history!!!
Yes I’m the same having being influenced by my dad in the coal fields of the NE.
He will always be my hero.
Families kept histories, which is why they need to destroy it.
“Mr. Spielberg loves your script !
But only one condition : make all the good guys Jews and not Muslims.”
The strange thing is, that jews from all strains will vehemently declare that they had it very good in Islamic Spain and in the Ottoman Empire.
@@delhi93 Sources?
Sources??...listen to this doc.before you reveal your prejudices
Yes what most do not understand.
Spielberg is just another propagandist.
Delhi, Indeed, I heard same, like you say from many Sephardic scholars, referring their past lives in muslims Spain till the expulsion of both of them on 1492, and then sephardics, were invited in by the ottoman empire.
Just ordered Tariq Ali's book on Churchill. Looking foward to reading it.
How’s the book so far?
The book "Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree" would have been made a movie if Ali accepted to change 90 % of the characters to Jews 🤔🤔🤔 And when you talk about HOLYWOOD manipulation of the masses, they say you are paranoid.
Are you insane or are you just poisoning the left with your antisemitism?
I agree 💯
Think of the AIPAC espacially Haim Saban
Interesting statement. ;-)
The not so obviously view is telling us sometimes a part of the hidden secrets and hidden truth.
😉✌️
I would have to agree
In the 2nd ww there was a polish officer (intelligence) rotmistrz Pilecki that voluntarily let himsels been arrested to be send to Auschwitz to gather information about how german treated Polish and other prisoners incl Jews there (from the beginning of existance of the camp till when german in 1942 decided to finnaly solve Jewish question overwhelmingly Polish were imprisoned there).
After the war when Poland was under soviets occupation with Jewish police, in-juistice and political system he returned after fighting with british in Italy (he escaped from Auschwitz after one year) and was arrested, tortured and executed by the Jews-comunists that had a power than there.
When his daybooks appeared in Poland a delegation of Hollywood filmmakers visited his family and proposed to film his story changing his ethnicity to Jewish.
The family rejected.
Till tiday no polish filmmaker have a courage to film his live.
After being released from the Nazi camp, he pledged his allegiance to the Polish Government-In-Exile, which to all intents and purposes was a British puppet government with very little public support. They refused to participate in the political process that led to the coalition Provisional Government of National Unity, and were henceforth considered to be agents of a hostile foreign power. Thus he was executed for treason.
„Raport Pileckiego” 2015 actualy there is a movie about his life. I reccomend it to Watch.
Much love and peace from somewhere in Poland
@@AdrianUrbaniak-l5t no, ale czy ten Raport Pileckiego zna świat zachodni? Czy został on przetłumaczony na:rosyjski, angielski, francuski, hiszpański i arabski?
such similiarity to the story , which Tariq said about his book "can you change 90% of truth telling about this sefardies?"
Jak nie znają to polecam. Myślę że na angielski tak…
Thanks!
Wonderful interview and contribution by Tarik. What a gift he is to the intellectual world with his critical analysis and great communication skills. More of him please in the future. Great work from you both.
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 *🌍 Churchill's Legacy and Imperial Policies*
- Tariq Ali argues that the modern-day issues in the Middle East, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, stem from the British Empire's policies under Churchill.
- Ali's book *Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes* challenges the traditional image of Churchill as a hero, painting him instead as a ruthless imperialist leader responsible for various atrocities during his career.
- Ali cites Churchill's views on the displacement of Palestinians by Zionists as an example of his racist and colonialist beliefs.
03:00 *📚 Contextualizing Churchill*
- Ali's biographical approach to Churchill delves beyond the conventional narrative. He examines Churchill's life and actions as a product of his time, focusing on the historical context of British Imperialism and the rise of the English ruling class.
- Ali asserts that Churchill's legacy extends far beyond World War II, encompassing his involvement in the British Empire's expansion, colonial rule, and the oppression of working classes.
06:00 *🎭 Churchill's Image: From Villain to Icon*
- Ali suggests that Churchill's depiction as a national hero, particularly in the United States and Britain, is a relatively recent phenomenon and is largely linked to Margaret Thatcher's victory in 1980s and her emphasis on British nationalism.
- Ali notes the positive reception his book has received from younger generations who were not exposed to the historical critiques of Churchill that were prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s.
10:27 *🏛️ Historical Perspectives and the Legacy of Statues*
- The conversation discusses the debate surrounding the removal of statues commemorating figures associated with colonialism and slavery.
- Ali argues against the wholesale removal of historical statues, but advocates for providing alternative historical context and perspectives alongside them.
12:00 *🪖 Churchill's Military Record*
- Ali debunks the widespread myth that Churchill was a brilliant military strategist.
- He details Churchill's failures in military leadership, particularly during the First World War. He argues that Churchill's true impact lies in his ability to mobilize the British public.
16:00 *🌎 The Legacy of Divide and Rule*
- Ali emphasizes the lasting impact of the British Empire's policy of "divide and rule" across its colonies, using the examples of Ireland, India, and the Middle East.
- Ali emphasizes that Churchill was a key advocate for this policy and contributed to the instability and conflict that persists in these regions today.
20:00 *😥 The Erasure of Palestinian History*
- Ali expresses sorrow and anger at the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, seeing it as the direct result of Imperial policies and the ongoing erasure of Palestinian history.
25:00 *📚 The Importance of Alternative Narratives*
- Ali expresses his motivation for challenging conventional narratives and presenting alternative views of history, emphasizing the importance of telling the whole truth.
- He believes that mainstream historians often conceal or downplay the brutal aspects of British Imperialism, seeking to avoid controversy.
- Ali highlights the need to actively uncover and expose these suppressed narratives, using the example of his research into Churchill's involvement in the intervention against the Russian Revolution.
28:31 *🎭 Cultural Shifts and Historical Narratives*
- Ali examines the evolving cultural perspectives on historical events, citing the changing attitudes towards World War I as an example. He argues that the way we perceive the past is influenced by contemporary social and political dynamics.
- He emphasizes the impact of satire and alternative media in challenging government narratives and influencing public opinion.
30:08 *🌍 Challenging Historical Narratives: The Case of Islam in Europe*
- Ali discusses the lack of awareness about the historical presence of Islam in Europe and the need to dispel misconceptions about it.
- He shares his experiences with the reception of his novel *Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree* which explores this very subject, highlighting the surprise and ignorance many readers had concerning Islamic history in Spain.
38:00 *🎥 Reclaiming the Narrative: A Hollywood Encounter*
- Ali describes his encounter with a Hollywood agent who, while interested in adapting his novel *Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree* into a film, insisted on significantly altering the narrative to conform to Hollywood tropes and expectations.
- Ali's refusal to alter the story highlights the importance of staying true to historical facts and resisting attempts to distort historical narratives for commercial purposes.
43:00 *🏛️ The British Empire's Legacy: A Debate on Identity*
- Ali delves into the ongoing debate about the British Empire and its legacy, highlighting the diverse perspectives on its historical impact. He acknowledges the pride some Britons feel in their nation's past conquests, while also emphasizing the need for a more critical and nuanced understanding of its actions.
47:39 *🇺🇸 The American Empire: A Discussion on Decline and Power*
- Ali discusses the ongoing debate surrounding the prospect of American decline and analyzes the global power dynamics, particularly in relation to China's rise. He argues that while the United States has experienced a relative decline in its ideological influence, its military and technological dominance remain substantial.
- He warns against the dangers of American exceptionalism and its tendency to resort to destructive actions instead of relinquishing its power.
53:00 *✊ Resistance and Activism: Advice for Young Writers and Activists*
- Ali offers advice to young writers and activists engaged in challenging the narratives of empire. He stresses the importance of open and direct resistance, urging them to speak truth to power without being deterred by potential career consequences or the constraints of academic institutions.
- He advocates for intellectual, cultural, and peaceful forms of activism, acknowledging the growing crackdown on freedom of expression and dissent.
- He emphasizes the critical role of independent thought and expression in combating the forces of oppression and promoting social justice.
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🐶 Churchill on the Displacement of Palestinians
"I do not agree that the dog in the manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have laay there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance that a great wrong has been done to the red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher grade race, a more worldly wise race, to put it that way, has come in and taken their place."
The quote, from 1936, reflects Churchill's belief that the displacement of Palestinians by Zionists was justified because they were a "stronger" race.
This quote showcases his deeply rooted racist beliefs and provides insight into his justification for colonialist actions.
Always a pleasure listen to Tariq. He is very well informed . Thank you
Salute him. Such a cool, wise and balanced historical perspective is rare to come by. .
Like the phrase intellectual resistance. 🙏
Tarik ali is great as always
Strictly speaking Sunak is prime minister of the United Kingdom not just England..however,you are forgiven for thinking it is only England..British politics are unusual.
@@mothompson3437 Who cares about this lunatic Radish Sunak
Thanks
Mind you, Gandhi was also deeply racists…by todays standards, most people were.
Back up your words with evidence. otherwise it's just slander, contemptible slander. Remember, a racist is not a racist due to some spoken words, a racist is someone who's every action reveals the kind of mind behind it.
@@Scoubidou-if1of It’s a well known and documented fact about Gandhis anti-black racism. In 2019, on the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth, Manchester students even rejected a 9ft statue of the man along with a demanded for an apology from the council because of Mahatma Gandhi ‘s"well-documented anti-black racism”…You need to do some basic research, before you go accusing others of slander.
@@Scoubidou-if1ofsounds like you're trying to change the definition of "racist" on order to make Ghandi not seem like a racist
@@anthonyferris8912He was during his years in South Africa but he did later change his stance.
Shhhh. You are not supposed to cloud the waters of polemicism. People are here to be outraged, not enlightened.
Tariq Ali , always good .
Thank you for inviting him
Wow, Ali's voice makes me melt. Such a pleasure to listen to this man.And the insight as well, obv.
For everyone who thinks he was such s great hero. Here you go.
He trained navy warships.on liverpool with orders to.shoot if they didn return to.work.
Let it sink in
Those who will not hear a bad word said a out him say, what about the war, he saved us? The reality is, we didn’t need saving. He(on behalf of his backers), pushed for war with Germany who did not threaten British interests. After Dunkirk, he refused several peace offers from Hitler and, contrary to what so many believe, it was Churchill who ordered the bombing of German cities(a war crime). It was months before Hitler responded with retaliatory strikes. He really isn’t the hero so many believe him to be.
The dominant community has dominate the educational institution throughout the the world, HAS and WILL continue to crate fable, if you will to hide their wicked traditions. Sadly, other oppressed people have adopted this nonsense as well. There are many semi-solutions: READING, not any types of reading but selective reading, AVOIDING the stupid tube (T.V.).
@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect apparently you don't understand that to win a war against evil you need to have STRONG discipline.
@@smt0202 and apparently you don't understand war is a racket.
Churchill was put into.power because he was ruthless fair enough. But only because chamberlain understood.the cost of war.. he had just seen the first World War and wanted to avoid it again at all costs even his reputation and job
So he was replaced with a dog.
I won't be told churchill was some great man.
He was no.better than a dog.
Caused the deaths of 2 million Indians.
I could go on.
You know its 2024 now. I can accept my grandparents thinking they were fighting for something its sad but understandable.
But with the ability to actually read the real accounts and documentation of how much of a racist disgusting man he was. And how the world wars are basically huge money laundering operations
Lick the boots if you want I never will.
I'm working class. Not a fool.
Makes you rethink WW1 and WW2 we were the baddies, the allies have set in motion the shit my generation is dealing with today all started after WW2.
With all different Media, Mobile picture, and live truth on ground but main news, Establishment Media lie to people, then imagine how much lies thry told about everything those days???
WW1 was the great evil, the treaty of Versailles an unbelievable crime that lead directly to WW2. It was a war the international banking cartel controlled by the zionists provoked to destroy the european monarchies and take control with the ultimate goal of a world government/dictatorship. And they are still at it today.
I can’t believe that in the 70’s we in the West ate, sex, celebrated full chat while the Palestinian people suffered and are still suffering… We in the West are going to pay…. No, no, no, no doubt….!!!!!!!
Long live Israel
populated mainly by european khazarians, whose ancestors incredibly have never even set foot in the sytia-Palestina of Roman times.
the thing about empires is that as they crumble, the pains the exerted on the frontiers get turned inward. the division sowed by the british empire now plagues those in even in England. MI5 monitors all groups moving for positive change, Spycops is a well documented infringement on civil liberty. You had recently roving mobs performing pogroms. Your lands are sold to the highest bidder, your water is no longer yours and your children's future has been walled off
@@joseplaza9442 Cringe 😆
thank you so much to you and to your guest. It was an hour that runs so fast; so much light shed on here. I dont know who will be your next guest but please, keep going.
Great discussion
It is good this Pakistani man is allowed to criticise the West, while living in the West.
However, he would never be allowed to criticise the Ottoman empire, while living in Turkey.
The Ottoman Turks murdered a million Armenians in 1915.
The Turks starved a million Lebanese in 1918.
Criticising Turkey's past carries the penalty of insulting Turkishness.
They've been in charge for 70 years. Still a craphole.
It’s not criticism, it’s called discussing history - your butwed
"Yanks should stay home".
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Tariq is correct and I admire his intellectual honesty🙏
Read "Churchill's War" and "Hitler's War" by David Irving
churchill's war volumes 1 and 2;
hitler's war
the war path (prelude to hitler's war)
@freebeerfordworkers interesting comment, not sure who you are referring to. The truth of the Holocaust is not allowed to be discovered!! That’s what we should want to know, why!!!
@freebeerfordworkersSo you’re confident that everything you’ve been told about it is 100% real then?
He used the army daily to kill off as many innocent folks in as many lands as he could as his hero Rhodes and Milner did before . A thief a mass murderer and enabled nearly all the nastiz command to flee to USA via Argentina and Also to the East . He gave up his spy on Gibraltar so they could sail past. His spy in Huttlers office spotted in S America decades after we thought the war was over.
Better still: Churchill's Secret War, by Mukerjee Madhusree.*****
Tariq Ali is such an impressive man, so much courage, honesty and insight❤️👏
my late dad fought in WW2 and hated him with a passion.
So so good this conversation is. Tq for bringing him
We hardly talk about the Indian Bengal Holocaust committed by the British. Commonly known as the Bengal Famine. 3 Million or more Indians killed.
We have barely scratched the surface of what happened and it's not even covered as much as Jallianwalla Bagh or Amritsar.
Try to remember it was because the Japanese cut off their food supply ❤
@@DavidMcdonald-df8tb Try not to lie (fat chance with your kind) and twist the facts too much.
@@thewhatorwhy do you not know what the Japanese did in WW2?
@@DavidMcdonald-df8tb Yes, and a lot better than you. I suggest you stop trolling, read some books and try not to be like your ancestors.
Winston Churchill was one of the worst monsters of 20th century. Just incredible how many crimes he committed from Africa to India, from Ireland to Palestine, from WW1 to WW2 and between. Endless manipulation, machinations, betrayal of his own allies and in the end the betrayal of the Empire.
Churchill was actually hated in Britain by the end of WW2. We couldn't get him out of Downing Street quickly enough. By the milenium he had been instated as Britain's greatest citizen and you would be piloried for saying otherwise.
The British aren't British, they're Angles and Saxons, they're from Germany, Belgium, Netherlands etc. Real British, the "Ancient Britons" are Scotland, Ireland, Wales and ever since then the Angles and Saxons have been at war with the Ancient Britons, dragging them into its banking wars against other empires.
ah yes, when bad things come to light the brits will say it was the germans. A british classic.
When a German comes around and tells the brits they are our cousins, suddenly you brits dont want to have anything to do with that at all and proclaim that "most traces of anglo-saxon blood are long gone and mixed in with the rest of the british isles".
It's a little more complicated than that. You might want to factor in the Normans, the Vikings, the Danes and I'm just scratching the surface. The populations of Scotland, Ireland and Wales are far from being Ancient Britons and the population of England is far from being Anglo-Saxon. You might want to dig a bit deeper into the complex history.
@@TheBlackfall234 All I am saying is the Britons have suffered the same fate as the Germans tribes and the French tribes and the Russian tribes and any colonial outpost's original inhabitants by a group that holds itself ABOVE ALL OTHERS. The Britons are long gone just like the Italians and many others, both sacrificed to die for those who control them.
@@littlefluffybushbaby7256 Regardless of how uncomplicated I made the statement, I at least made the statement. If I went into details of all the tribal wars the essence of the statement would be lost. The point is the Britons are as much a victim of British rule as anyone. 1845-52 British invasion of Ireland 3-5 million starved, crops and livestock stolen, land stolen, deeds burnt, forged documents put in place and the world was told it was a "potato famine." Plus the soldiers sent to die in wars.
@@truthlifefishing1730 I think when things are boiled down to simple statements it misses out much of the context and facts. It's about persuation, not truth. There is a reason that history books are not one paragraph long. Miss out 99% of the facts and you can prove whatever you want to prove. Much of what you've already said is either wrong, or at best a partial truth.
The Shadow I bought and read. Also the latest one from Tariq Ali which I have to finish reading.Great interview❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great to watch, thanks
Thank you. Good to see Tariq Ali. Always interesting and a learning experience.
As somebody who was sacked and then blacklisted from teaching in 1968: because I wouldn't conform to their thinking, what Tariq has said here makes me feel like it's time for me 'to come out of the woodwork'.
The time IS now. When Darryl Cooper starts releasing his series on WW2, public opinion will have to change. You will be proven right as will the others who challenged the accepted narrative.
*****. A great interview 👍
Magnificent interview, briliant intelect, both interviewer and interviewie! Tariq Ali should became world famous. I will endevour to research his work and read his books.
During the debacle at the Darnnells during WWI, Churchill was Lord of the Admiralty, position which he coveted intensely but performed so poorly he was demoted and spent many years during which his carreer was in the doldrums until WWII begun and he was given the Premiership of Britain, for lack of interest in the position, by all other possible candidates. Nobody wanted it, and thus someone in power suggested: "Give it to Winston", ressurrecting his career. By then, he was a heavy drinker, and by the end of the war, he was an alcoholic!!
Great interview!
Thanks, Tariq, for advocating “alternative plaques” on the statues. When people were tearing up statues of imperial heroes not too long ago I came in for some criticism for saying “Leave the statues and just add the caption ‘Slave Trader’”. Never deny history, just correct it!
Thrilled to have found this podcast and the interview with Tariq Ali. Concise truth and observations. If only we could send him on a world tour! 🎉
Great interview. Much. Admired. Jim. Han
Churchill hated the Russians vicariously. At the time he probably believed that Russia was an irreducible enemy of English imperialism. Perhaps he imagined that England had a mission to conquer the inferior, barbarian, uncivilized, communist Slavs who had overthrown the Tsar's monarchy and defeated the White Army and its allies during the civil war. But the truth is that, viewed from a distance, Churchill had a deep reason to hate Russian culture and literature.
“… I also remember that, in my article, I developed the idea that all… say, for example, the legislators and founders of humanity, starting with the oldest and continuing with Lycurgus, Solon, Muhammad, Napoleon, etc. etc., everyone, from the first to the last, had been criminals, if only because, when promulgating new laws, they abolished the old ones, considered sacred by society and ancestors, and certainly would not have stopped before the blood , whenever this (sometimes poured out with all innocence and virtue, in defense of the old laws) could be useful to them. It is also significant that most of these benefactors and founders of humanity were bloodthirsty, especially ferocious. In short: I concluded from this that all individuals, not only the great ones, but also those who moved a little away from vulgarity, that is, also those who are capable of saying something new, would have the obligation, by their very nature , of being infallibly criminal… to a greater or lesser extent, naturally. Otherwise, it would be difficult for them to get out of vulgarity, and they cannot conform to staying there, even for the same reason as their nature and, in my opinion, they even have an obligation not to conform. In short: as you can see, so far, this is nothing particularly new. This has already been printed and read thousands of times. As regards my distinction between ordinary and extraordinary men, I agree that it is somewhat arbitrary; but I didn't quote exact numbers. I only have faith in my essential idea, which is that which consists in saying concretely that individuals are divided, according to the law of nature, into two categories: the inferior (that of the vulgar), that is, if I may say so, the material, which is only useful for the procreation of the species, and that of individuals who have the gift or intelligence to say a new word among themselves. …” (CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, Fyodor Dostoevsky, p. 281
Winston Churchill was an embodiment of the criminal statesman who historically and politically manufactures his own impunity as described and honored by Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment. He must have seen himself portrayed in the book, didn't like what he saw and buried it deep in his unconscious mind. This wound expressed itself consciously through the contempt and hatred that Churchill felt towards Russia.
Thank you for your comment. This is motivating me to read "Crime and Punishment".
"viscerally" I expect you mean.
@@Nobody-zv5lp Please do; it's the greatest book I've yet to read.
It's easy to feel hate for Russia, to be fair.
@@FiveLiverThe genuine Russia fell to the communists and can never return due to the genocide of original blood lines.
Wonderfully clear. Thank you for filling in so many gaps.
Tariq Ali. One of my political and intellectual heroes. Never dull and always different
I deeply enjoyed this episode 🙏👏👏
Brilliant please interview him again about the current Gaza genocide!
Tariq Ali is a gift to humanity
couldn't agree more. wherever the British Empire went they caused trouble. to this day many parts of the world are still feeling the ill-effects.
Excellent discussion gentlemen, thank you ❤
He is hated in parts of Scotland particularly Dundee.
I've always liked Dundee!
Why thst
That says more about Dundee than it does about Churchill.
Glasgow not keen on him either.
@@FiveLiver It speaks volumes for the Dundonians ability to identify evil when the see it.
Amazing interview 👏
“The US has the world’s most powerful military.”
LOL
Being chewed to pieces in Ukraine.
Well done. Balanced and thoughtful. Most importantly, acknowledging the different paradigm of the past. Thank goodness we have moved on.
We need many like you in this crazy, sick world. Amen!
excellent interview, I am loving the book on Churchill written by Tariq, His Times His Crimes, real eye opener for sure. Especially as I'm also reading Churchills history of WW2 and up to book 4 now!!
I’ve watched this man since I was a teenager. He’s never, ever in half a century, ever had anything ever good to say about Britain. Apart from a good, safe and comfortable living off this country, what good has he done and why is he here?
Exactly standard Marxist bastard bitching about the country that gave him a home and livelihood
If you had grown in a colonised country you would understand him
If you have watched him since you were a teenager is because you are interested in what he has got to say, are you not?, therefore You and only You should not be a "traitor" to him
Très très intéressant. Cette vision du « grand homme » confirme pleinement mes intuitions fondées sur d’anciennes lectures. L’histoire est écrite par les vainqueurs.
At last the truth is out !! Destroy the myth !!
Thank you Tarig Ali for your historical truths. It is also a pleasure just listening to your calm voice.
Churchills mother was jewish, and his dead father owed money to the jews. Noone is asking where he could have gotten the money to have a large estate with gardeners, servents etc, on his ordinary politicians salery. England, France and America! Who is ruling?
The jolly heretic wrote a book: churchills head master and explored churchills life.
E Michael Jones has spoken and written about Churchill and his ills many times.
1. He was an aristoctrat. 2. He was an author. 3. He wasn't always in a good financial position. At least do a little bit of reading up before you pour out your antisemitism.
@@littlefluffybushbaby7256 that victim card is no longer valid
I don’t think it’s true that his mother was Jewish. What is your information source?
@@YogaladyToronto Churchill Father is known to have taken a huge amount of money to lobby for the establishment of the terrorist Supremacist occupation in Palestine.
Thank you for this presentation which I stumbled across today.. Tariq Ali speaks his truth assuredly and reasonably which is a rarity these days
Thank you for this report. I’ve been waiting for years for someone to report on Churchill’s racist policies. The division of Ireland. The famine in Bengal. And what will be the cause of WW3, the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their homeland and almost a hundred years of brutal persecution.
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It's more to do with the ruling elite and everyone else. The likes of Churchill have no more love for working class white people than they do for working class black people.
There are no Palestinian people - it's a myth shared by the hard left and the Islamists.
Thank for enlightening us on the untold history that is never taught to the masses.
Churchill believed in white supramacy
Churchill was a Zionist.
Great episode!
This should be essential viewing in order to try and change and educate our population as to our true crimes and history.
This is propaganda. You are not responsible for crimes that others did❤
@@DavidMcdonald-df8tb The purpose of learning history is to not repeat the crimes of the past. Even here in Canada, we pay lip service to our less than stellar past, while continuing to do the same things to our indigenous population.
@@erikhai1 the purpose of history is to know the good the bad and the mundane. You are not responsible for anything you didn't do good or bad. Everyone born in Canada is indigenous to it. Support liberty and justice for all and everyone will be better off ♥️
A person who really knows History, can usually tell you something about the future. Case in point here. 👍🏼
Spot on. However, I don't think the US will be able to project militarily like it did. There are cheap asymmetric technologies that could make this impossible
A wonderfully enlightening interview.Much respect to you both.Thank you.🙏
Humbled to be able to listen to such a great human being and brilliant mind. I adored the quintet, every single word of them. Now reading with great pleasure Churchill’s bio. Thank you
Different perspective. Worth listening to. Who amongst us agree with 100% of anyone’s comments.
Spot on about Churchill.
Thank you Tariq for revealing the other side of this imperialist, stubborn, bully Churchill. I suppose that part of his character was what made him determined to beat the Nazis. So these characteristics came in useful for Britain in his later life.
Don't forget Nazis were defeated by Rusia
@@leoninocat5070 3 out of 5 Nazi’s were killed by Russian soldiers. The Russian people paid the highest price for defeating the Nazi scourge - 26 million Russians killed in WW2
@@leoninocat5070Britain destroyed Germany with bombs and its commie allies moved in at the end of the war.
He didn't beat the Nazis.
THOUGHT THE RED ARMY DEFEATED THE WERMACHT ?
What a phenomenal guest... May God Bless Brother Tariq for speaking with vigor and truth
Please Piers Morgan ....have a real Uncensored show with Tari Ali on ! A lot of clicks await
Piers Morgan wont want to watch this ,he,d be offended saying anything negative about Churchill ,even though its true.
Waste of time. Don’t promote Piers’ show
I condemn Piers Morgan.
Please, no more Piers Morgan. We need a new voice that people will listen to.
please don't bring piers into the equation
Great interview
Thanks. I like when you make videos instead of tl;dr posts...