@lalehkhalili.bsky.social
Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her. Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring. Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk
Christian Henderson (Leiden) will be speaking at our next CGS Seminar Series (25 November, 17:00-18:30 London time) on Monarchies of Extraction: The Gulf states in the global food system. To see more details and register, please go to www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
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The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
12.11.2025 14:15 β π 15 π 9 π¬ 1 π 0*Disband the EHRC
*Pull it down
*Salt the land
EPISODE 3: BLACK AUGUST, BLACK SEPTEMBER
Orisanmi Burton joins us to discuss the legacy of Assata Shakur, the prison as a form of warfare, and transnational solidarity between Black and Palestinian revolutionary struggles.
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EPISODE 2: THE PALESTINE-MEXICO BORDER
Alexander AviΓ±a joins us to discuss Israelβs Cold War involvement in Latin America, the invention of βnarcoterrorism,β and the potential for solidarity between the pro-Palestine and anti-ICE movements.
turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-2-...
EPISODE 1: YEMENβS SOLIDARITY BLOCKADE
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social joins us to discuss Ansarallahβs naval blockade in support of Palestine, the politics and history of the commodities trade in the Arabian Peninsula, and "counter-logistical" strategies of resistance.
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Podcast (from @palfest.bsky.social) featuring @lalehkhalili.bsky.social interviewing Adam Hanieh, @rafeefz.bsky.social and me ou our @versobooks.bsky.social pamphlet Resisting Erasure.
Some fantastic interviewing from Laleh, and I think(/hope?) a good conversation.
www.podbean.com/media/share/...
Much ink has been spilt on Elon Musk as an individual personality rather than as a product of political economy. On 28 October listen to Quinn Slobodian propose a theory of Muskism analogous to Fordism. For details and to register go to www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
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If you missed our launch event on 16 October, you're in luck!
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
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The recordings of talks will be posted on the Centre for Gulf Studiesβ YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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https://www.exeter.ac.uk/research/centres/gulf/events/
I have organised an amazing roster of *virtual* presentations for the Centre for Gulf Studies at Exeter. Check out these incredible superstars, and register for the events (Tuesdays 17-18.30 London time) here: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
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Much ink has been spilt on Elon Musk as an individual personality rather than as a product of political economy. On 28 October listen to Quinn Slobodian propose a theory of Muskism analogous to Fordism. For details and to register go to www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
22.10.2025 08:54 β π 32 π 13 π¬ 0 π 0I love photobombing the cat!
20.10.2025 14:07 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A real pleasure to host this event - two perfectly complementary books about our continuing obsession with digging things out of the ground, with two funny, wise and intelligent authors. A grand night was had by all.
19.10.2025 09:22 β π 6 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Have you registered? We are going to make some necessary sounds β together.
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Soundβat the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
Thank you. I learned so much.
16.10.2025 23:49 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This was a brilliant event with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social
Podcast recording coming next week on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
AMAZING.
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For full list of the virtual seminar series for the Centre for Gulf Studies and their description please see: www.exeter.ac.uk/research/cen...
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For more details and to register, please go to: www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...
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In July 88 a US missile cruiser breached Iranian territorial waters & was fired on by Iranian gunboats.The Vincennesβ incompetent/belligerent crew identified a civilian Iranian plane as an F14 & fired on it, killing 290 people inc. 66 kids.Toby Craig Jones will speak on this in our seminar nxt week.
16.10.2025 10:58 β π 41 π 9 π¬ 2 π 0The link below the image has all the text that is in the image.
13.10.2025 22:57 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Look forward to speaking at the online launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social this week (link below)
Iβll discuss how the recent turn to state capitalism changed the nature of US empire, w/ @pmbigger.bsky.social sky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social
In the new TMK, I'm joined by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social to discuss her new book, Extractive Capitalism, about the great many foot soldiers, systems and circuits of extraction that are essential to capitalismβfrom sand smugglers to management consultants, and much more www.patreon.com/posts/141154...
13.10.2025 22:52 β π 13 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0If you donβt see the link between ICE and the IDF, you havenβt been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.
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Think slavery doesn't matter today? Wrong. Current Congress members whose families owned 16+ enslaved people now have 4 million $ more than members who did not own slaves. Slave owning = 2024 money and influence π§ͺ journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
24.08.2024 02:17 β π 804 π 411 π¬ 20 π 37Thank you.
11.10.2025 22:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exodus 8:4.
11.10.2025 21:33 β π 94 π 27 π¬ 2 π 5Letitia James is a former public defender and public advocate. She's spent most of her career on the side of the marginalized and underprivileged. And let's be honest: Trump is attacking her because he doesn't want Black women in positions of authority in this country.
09.10.2025 23:22 β π 812 π 156 π¬ 14 π 8My career is listening to people who flee places that get increasingly unsafe. A few months of "wait & see" can make a world of difference for safety & prospects. I've lived under authoritarianism myself.
Leticia James getting indicted, Mark Bray trying to flee & being stopped.
This is not okay.
