Episode 1: Yemen's Solidarity Blockade w/ Laleh Khalili
Laleh Khalili joins us to discuss Ansarallah’s naval blockade in support of Palestine, the politics and history of the commodities trade in the Arabian Peninsula, and "counter-logistical" strategies of resistance. Check out Khalili’s new book Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy and her previous book Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, both of which featured heavily in our discussion.
Also mentioned: The World for Sale: Money, Power, and the Traders who Barter the Earth’s Resources.
Laleh Khalili is a professor of…
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