Sinews of War and Trade in the Gulf

Monday, 27 July 2026 - 8:30am to Monday, 3 August 2026 - 9:00am

composite image of the port of Jebel Ali (Dubai) and the front cover of Sinews of War and Trade by Laleh Khalili

In this episode, we interview Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter and the author of Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula, to discuss the longer lineages of imperialism and capitalism currently exemplified through the escalation of US war against Iran and what role the Gulf states play. This is a two-part series.

Part II examines in deeper detail Iran, as well as histories of worker-led revolts.

Laleh is one of 500 academics in Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Exeter facing redundancies. For more information, see: University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’. Show your solidarity, please sign the following petition:

https://www.change.org/p/stop-redundancies-at-the-university-of-exeter-706befbf-8195-4b87-a96c-13666e695878/psf/share

Women on the Line

Monday 8:30am to 9:00am

A national feminist current affairs program for community radio. A gender analysis of contemporary issues, as well as in-depth analysis by a range of women and gender diverse people around Australia and internationally. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network (CRN).