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Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping in the Arabian Peninsula
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping in the Arabian Peninsula
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Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping in the Arabian Peninsula
Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping in the Arabian Peninsula
Sinews of War and Trade offers a comprehensive analysis of how maritime trade and infrastructure have shaped the SWANA region. Khalili examines the intertwined histories of oil, shipping, and labor, highlighting the region's pivotal role in global capitalism. Through detailed accounts of ports, labor movements, and geopolitical conflicts, she demonstrates how trade routes are not merely economic pathways but also sites of power, resistance, and transformation.
Sinews of War and Trade offers a comprehensive analysis of how maritime trade and infrastructure have shaped the SWANA region. Khalili examines the intertwined histories of oil, shipping, and labor, highlighting the region's pivotal role in global capitalism. Through detailed accounts of ports, labor movements, and geopolitical conflicts, she demonstrates how trade routes are not merely economic pathways but also sites of power, resistance, and transformation.
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Extractive Capitalism: How commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
Extractive Capitalism: How commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
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Extractive Capitalism: How commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
Extractive Capitalism: How commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy
Laleh Khalili’s Extractive Capitalism (2025) explores how resource extraction fuels global capitalism. She reveals how commodities like oil and sand, along with shipping and offshore tax firms, sustain inequality and cronyism. Through stories of workers and corruption, Khalili exposes the hidden costs behind massive profits and challenges readers to rethink the impact of these industries on people and the planet.
Laleh Khalili’s Extractive Capitalism (2025) explores how resource extraction fuels global capitalism. She reveals how commodities like oil and sand, along with shipping and offshore tax firms, sustain inequality and cronyism. Through stories of workers and corruption, Khalili exposes the hidden costs behind massive profits and challenges readers to rethink the impact of these industries on people and the planet.
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Golden Gulag
Golden Gulag
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Golden Gulag
Golden Gulag
Golden Gulag (2007) the rapid growth of prisons in California, even as crime fell. She argues this expansion was driven by surpluses - of land, labor, capital and state capacity - and used to manage problems like job less, unused land and extra public money. Prisons became a social fix, targeting Black and working class communities in rural areas most. The book shows how racism, the economy and punishment are inter-connected, and highlights the grassroots resistan
Golden Gulag (2007) the rapid growth of prisons in California, even as crime fell. She argues this expansion was driven by surpluses - of land, labor, capital and state capacity - and used to manage problems like job less, unused land and extra public money. Prisons became a social fix, targeting Black and working class communities in rural areas most. The book shows how racism, the economy and punishment are inter-connected, and highlights the grassroots resistan
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Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order
Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order
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Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order
Policing the Crisis: Mugging, the State and Law and Order
Policing the Crisis (1978) examines how the UK government, media, and police constructed a moral panic around “mugging” in the 1970s to legitimize harsher policing and authoritarian state measures. The book argues that policing shifted from consensual to coercive, targeting marginalized groups—especially Black youth—to manage the social fallout of economic decline. Law enforcement is shown as central in maintaining order and protecting dominant class power during periods of perceived crisis.
Policing the Crisis (1978) examines how the UK government, media, and police constructed a moral panic around “mugging” in the 1970s to legitimize harsher policing and authoritarian state measures. The book argues that policing shifted from consensual to coercive, targeting marginalized groups—especially Black youth—to manage the social fallout of economic decline. Law enforcement is shown as central in maintaining order and protecting dominant class power during periods of perceived crisis.
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Crude Capitalism
Crude Capitalism
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Crude Capitalism
Crude Capitalism
Crude Capitalism (2024) explores how oil shaped global capitalism, tracing its rise from the 19th century. The book reveals oil’s role in geopolitical power, economic structures, and environmental impact. Highlighting corporations, OPEC, and producer-consumer dynamics, Hanieh argues oil is a core driver of modern imperialism and economic systems, offering a critical view of energy’s global influence.
Crude Capitalism (2024) explores how oil shaped global capitalism, tracing its rise from the 19th century. The book reveals oil’s role in geopolitical power, economic structures, and environmental impact. Highlighting corporations, OPEC, and producer-consumer dynamics, Hanieh argues oil is a core driver of modern imperialism and economic systems, offering a critical view of energy’s global influence.
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Dismantling Green Colonialism: Against the 'Anti-Imperialists Par Excellence'
Dismantling Green Colonialism: Against the 'Anti-Imperialists Par Excellence'
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Dismantling Green Colonialism: Against the 'Anti-Imperialists Par Excellence'
Dismantling Green Colonialism: Against the 'Anti-Imperialists Par Excellence'
Hamza Hamouchene critiques Western leftist intellectuals who, in his view, arrogantly dictate the "correct" path to anti-colonial and anti-imperialist politics. He argues that such attitudes mirror colonialist condescension and hinder genuine solidarity. Hamouchene emphasizes the importance of inclusive, respectful dialogue and warns against divisive polemics that undermine collective resistance efforts in challenging times.
Hamza Hamouchene critiques Western leftist intellectuals who, in his view, arrogantly dictate the "correct" path to anti-colonial and anti-imperialist politics. He argues that such attitudes mirror colonialist condescension and hinder genuine solidarity. Hamouchene emphasizes the importance of inclusive, respectful dialogue and warns against divisive polemics that undermine collective resistance efforts in challenging times.
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