Please answer the following question: Facts: - caption: ali at imperial college , london in november 2003 - genre: geopolitics history marxism postcolonialism - spouse: susan watkins - birth date: 21 october 1943 - name: tariq ali - movement: new left - image: tariq ali.jpg - birth place: lahore , punjab , british india - alma mater: university of the punjab exeter college , oxford - occupation: military historian novelist activist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tariq ali .
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tariq ali -lrb- ; punjabi , ; born 21 october 1943 -rrb- is a british pakistani writer , journalist , and filmmaker .he is a member of the editorial committee of the '' new left review '' and '' sin permiso '' , and contributes to '' the guardian '' , '' counterpunch '' , and the '' london review of books '' .he is the author of several books , including '' pakistan : military rule or people 's power '' -lrb- 1970 -rrb- , '' can pakistan survive ?the death of a state '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , '' pirates of the caribbean : axis of hope '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- , '' conversations with edward said '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , '' bush in babylon '' -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , and '' clash of fundamentalisms : crusades , jihads and modernity '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , '' a banker for all seasons '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , '' the duel '' -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , '' the obama syndrome '' -lrb- 2010 -rrb- and '' '' -lrb- 2015 -rrb- .