Laleh Khalili
@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
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
Find me at l.khalili@exeter.ac.uk
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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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The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
Geoffrey Bindman and his pursuit of justice for all
From calling for Tony Blair to be tried to defending Gaza, Geoffrey always fought for everyone to have the rights they deserved
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November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The great Geoffrey Bindman has died. Rest in Strength. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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*Disband the EHRC
*Pull it down
*Salt the land
*Pull it down
*Salt the land
51/ The EHRC Chief Executive, John Kirkpatrick, gave written evidence that it took less than a day to draft the guidance, and just over 24 hours in total to decide to publish it.
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
*Disband the EHRC
*Pull it down
*Salt the land
*Pull it down
*Salt the land
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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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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 3: Black August, Black September
With Orisanmi Burton
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November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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.
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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.
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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EPISODE 2: THE PALESTINE-MEXICO BORDER
Alexander Aviña joins us to discuss Israel’s Cold War involvement in Latin America, the invention of “narcoterrorism,” and the potential for solidarity between the pro-Palestine and anti-ICE movements.
turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-2-...
Alexander Aviña joins us to discuss Israel’s Cold War involvement in Latin America, the invention of “narcoterrorism,” and the potential for solidarity between the pro-Palestine and anti-ICE movements.
turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-2-...
Episode 2: The Palestine-Mexico Border
With Alexander Aviña
turbulencepod.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
EPISODE 2: THE PALESTINE-MEXICO BORDER
Alexander Aviña joins us to discuss Israel’s Cold War involvement in Latin America, the invention of “narcoterrorism,” and the potential for solidarity between the pro-Palestine and anti-ICE movements.
turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-2-...
Alexander Aviña joins us to discuss Israel’s Cold War involvement in Latin America, the invention of “narcoterrorism,” and the potential for solidarity between the pro-Palestine and anti-ICE movements.
turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-2-...
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EPISODE 1: YEMEN’S SOLIDARITY BLOCKADE
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social 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.
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@lalehkhalili.bsky.social 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.
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
Episode 1: Yemen's Solidarity Blockade
With Laleh Khalili
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November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
EPISODE 1: YEMEN’S SOLIDARITY BLOCKADE
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social 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.
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social 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.
open.substack.com/pub/turbulen...
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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.
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Some fantastic interviewing from Laleh, and I think(/hope?) a good conversation.
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Laleh Khalili talks to Adam Hanieh, Robert Knox and Rafeef Ziadeh about Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine
In the third instalment of The PalFest Podcast we are excited to bring you Laleh Khalili, the esteemed professor and writer in conversation with the authors of Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism ...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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/...
Some fantastic interviewing from Laleh, and I think(/hope?) a good conversation.
www.podbean.com/media/share/...
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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...
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
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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War, Climate Crisis and the Economy w/ Common Wealth
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October 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
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
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
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...
October 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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...
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...
October 22, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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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A 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.
On 18 October, Philip Marsden and Laleh Khalili discuss minerals, greed and extractive capitalism:
Minerals, Greed and Extractive Capitalism - Belfast International Arts Festival
Philip Marsden and Laleh Khalili make a timely delve into the deep histories and present-day realities of extraction: of minerals, power, and capital in the age of Ukraine and Trump. In Under a Metal…
belfastinternationalartsfestival.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A 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.
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Have you registered? We are going to make some necessary sounds — together.
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Sound—at the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Sound—at the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
October 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Have you registered? We are going to make some necessary sounds — together.
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Sound—at the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
Join us.
In person or online.
October 30. Sound—at the Interregnum.
events.yorku.ca/events/the-a...
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This 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
Podcast recording coming next week on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
transitionsecurity.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This 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
Podcast recording coming next week on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
In July 88 a US missile cruiser breached Iranian territorial waters & was fired on by Iranian gunboats.The Vincennes’ 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.
October 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In July 88 a US missile cruiser breached Iranian territorial waters & was fired on by Iranian gunboats.The Vincennes’ 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.
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Look forward to speaking at the online launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social this week (link below)
I’ll 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
I’ll 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
October 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Look forward to speaking at the online launch of @transitionsec.bsky.social this week (link below)
I’ll 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
I’ll 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
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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 capitalism—from sand smugglers to management consultants, and much more www.patreon.com/posts/141154...
427. Many Worlds of Extraction (ft. Laleh Khalili) | This Machine Kills
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October 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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 capitalism—from sand smugglers to management consultants, and much more www.patreon.com/posts/141154...
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If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t 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.
October 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t 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 🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Slaveholder ancestry and current net worth of members of the United States Congress
Background Whether and how much past slavery affects contemporary social and economic conditions in the United States is an area of active debate. Newly available data on which members of the United S...
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August 24, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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 🧪 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Letitia 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.
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Letitia 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.
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My 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.
Leticia James getting indicted, Mark Bray trying to flee & being stopped.
This is not okay.
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
My 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.
Leticia James getting indicted, Mark Bray trying to flee & being stopped.
This is not okay.
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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🚨 2 WEEKS!
We'll be launching the Transition Security Project, investigating US & UK military industrial complexes.
Join our online panel on war, climate crisis & the economy.
🎙️ @stephensemler.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
shorturl.at/njU0q
We'll be launching the Transition Security Project, investigating US & UK military industrial complexes.
Join our online panel on war, climate crisis & the economy.
🎙️ @stephensemler.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
shorturl.at/njU0q
War, Climate Crisis and the Economy: Transition Security Project Launch
A collaboration between Common Wealth and Climate & Community Institute to investigate the US and UK military industrial complexes.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🚨 2 WEEKS!
We'll be launching the Transition Security Project, investigating US & UK military industrial complexes.
Join our online panel on war, climate crisis & the economy.
🎙️ @stephensemler.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
shorturl.at/njU0q
We'll be launching the Transition Security Project, investigating US & UK military industrial complexes.
Join our online panel on war, climate crisis & the economy.
🎙️ @stephensemler.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @lalehkhalili.bsky.social
shorturl.at/njU0q
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This weekend on WNUR and @bewaretheradio.bsky.social:
@matthewboedy.bsky.social on Charlie Kirk's "Mandate," @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on "Extractive Capitalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social), and a '22 talk w/ Donna Murch on "Assata Taught Me" (@haymarketbooks.org),
Join us at patreon.com/thisishell!
@matthewboedy.bsky.social on Charlie Kirk's "Mandate," @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on "Extractive Capitalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social), and a '22 talk w/ Donna Murch on "Assata Taught Me" (@haymarketbooks.org),
Join us at patreon.com/thisishell!
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October 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This weekend on WNUR and @bewaretheradio.bsky.social:
@matthewboedy.bsky.social on Charlie Kirk's "Mandate," @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on "Extractive Capitalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social), and a '22 talk w/ Donna Murch on "Assata Taught Me" (@haymarketbooks.org),
Join us at patreon.com/thisishell!
@matthewboedy.bsky.social on Charlie Kirk's "Mandate," @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on "Extractive Capitalism" (@versobooks.bsky.social), and a '22 talk w/ Donna Murch on "Assata Taught Me" (@haymarketbooks.org),
Join us at patreon.com/thisishell!
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This sounds amazing
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...
October 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This sounds amazing