interview questions?

[Jeet Heer]

If I had a few minutes with Tariq Ali I'd ask him about the recent Pakistani
elections. In Clash of Fundamentalisms Ali makes a big ta-do about how
(relatively) secular Pakistan is; yet clerical forces did quite well in the
election. Is this just fallout from the War on Terrorism, or part of a
larger trend.

For Chomsky I'd asking  him if 9-11 has had any impact on his thinking about
the state. As a left-libertarian, Chomsky usually blames most of the ills of
the world on hierarachal top-down organizations, usually nation-states. Yet
Al-Quida is a de-centeralized NGO and Afghanistan shows what can happen when
the state collapses, with small groups of thugs seizing power.


> Quoting Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>:
>
> > I'm doing a three-hour special this Thursday for the WBAI fundraiser,
> > focusing on the Bush admin's lust to remake the Middle East. I've
> > lined up interviews, which I'll record early in the week, with Tariq
> > Ali and Noam Chomsky, and I think I've got Cynthia Enloe signed up
> > too.
> >
> > Two questions: 1) any suggestions on what I should ask them, and 2)
> > any suggestions on another guest or two (another woman would be very
> > nice).
> >
> > Doug
> >
>
>