The Extreme Centre

The Extreme Centre: A Warning
	Cover of the first edition
Author	Tariq Ali
Language	English
Subject	British politics, European politics, capitalism
Published	London
Publisher	Verso Books
Publication date	January 2015
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Pages	208
ISBN	9781784782627

The Extreme Centre: A Warning is a 2015 book by British-Pakistani writer, journalist, political activist, and historian Tariq Ali.

Synopsis

The book is a criticism of the politics of what the author regards as the "indistinguishable political elite" in the United Kingdom and their devotion to capitalism. The book analyses what Ali sees as the failure of the European Union and NATO, political corruption in Westminster and the dominance of the American Empire.^[1]

Reception

In the Socialist Review, the book was praised,^[2] while in the Financial Times the book was criticised as "conspiratorial" and an "examination of the frustrations of the radical left".^[3] Ali was profiled and the book was previewed in The Guardian.^[4]

References

^ "VersoBooks.com". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ "The Extreme Centre: A Warning - Socialist Review". Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ "'The Extreme Centre: A Warning', by Tariq Ali: A radical's rage at the resilience of the right". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
^ Jeffries, Stuart (20 February 2015). "Tariq Ali: 'Renationalise the railways. Cut military spending. Argue with whoever says it can't be done'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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[1] "VersoBooks.com". Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[2] "The Extreme Centre: A Warning - Socialist Review". Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[3] "'The Extreme Centre: A Warning', by Tariq Ali: A radical's rage at the resilience of the right". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

[4] Jeffries, Stuart (20 February 2015). "Tariq Ali: 'Renationalise the railways. Cut military spending. Argue with whoever says it can't be done'". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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v t e Tariq Ali
Essays and monographs	Bush in Babylon (2003) Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror (2005) The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power (2008) The Obama Syndrome (2010) The Extreme Centre (2015) The Dilemmas of Lenin (2017) Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes (2022)
Novels	Redemption (1990) Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (1992) Fear of Mirrors (1998) The Book of Saladin (1998)
Edited volumes	The Stalinist Legacy (1984) Masters of the Universe? NATO's Balkan Crusade (2000)
Films	Partition (1987, writer) Wittgenstein (1993, producer) South of the Border (2009, writer)