Adam Hanieh on the history of Palestine, oil and Western imperialism—and why Palestine and the climate movement demand mutual solidarity.
In this special episode, Adam Hanieh explains the threads linking the global oil economy; more than a century of Western imperialism; contemporary American interests in the Middle East; and the response of governments in the US, UK and much of Europe to the ongoing genocide and ecocide in Gaza. Ultimately, he explains why these overlapping histories demand shared solidarity between the climate movement and the movement for a free Palestine.
Adam is an award winning author; Professor of Political Science and Global Development at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter; and a founding member of the Centre for Palestine Studies at SOAS, University of London.
Adam Hanieh is Professor of Political Economy and Global Development at the University of Exeter, an award-winning author, and founding member of the Centre for Palestine Studies at SOAS, University of London. His latest book isCrude Capitalism: Oil, Corporate Power, and the Making of the World Market (Verso), published September 2024.
Further Reading
Adam Hanieh, "The Oslo Accords and Palestine’s Political Economy in the Shadow of Regional Turmoil" in For Palestine: Essays from the Tom Hurndall Memorial Lecture Group, Open Book Publishers (Open Access).
Eyal Weizman et al., "No Traces of Life: Israel's Ecocide in Gaza 2023-2023", Forensic Architecture.
Naomi Klein, "Let Them Drown: The Violence of Othering in a Warming World", London Review of Books.