Isa Blumi - Who are the Houthis? Putting Yemen’s War in a Global Context (2021)

AnsarAllah’s Resistance to the Business of Empire A webinar with Dr. Isa Blumi Who are AnsarAllah (“the Houthis”)? Why are they fighting so hard against the Saudi regime’s military onslaught – and why should Americans care deeply about it? Here at last is a presentation that puts Yemen’s devastation in a global, historical context. Dr. Blumi’s talk unveils the transnational origins of the war, placing it in the context of Yemen’s relationship with major powers since the Cold War. He tells an even larger story of Yemen’s place in today’s political economy of global capitalism, development, and the war on terror as disparate actors intersect in Arabia. Isa Blumi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern, and Turkish Studies at Stockholm University. Author of seven books and dozens of articles, his work spans the larger Islamic world with special interest in comparing transformations in the Balkans and Arabia from the 19th century to the present day. He has written two books dedicated to explaining the violence in contemporary Yemen, the first being Chaos in Yemen (2010) and more recently, Destroying Yemen (University of California Press, 2018), which puts Yemen’s devastation since an invasion of the country by a coalition in 2015 in a global, historical perspective. Sponsored by the (Anti-)Raytheon Antiwar Campaign and Massachusetts Peace Action on August 20, 2020 As always, edited by Ian Anderson (@starsalwayslost), with special thanks / credit to Sina Rahmani + The East is a Podcast. Robin Brickner is our social media coordinator. Our Twitter presence is @AntiImpArchive, and if you would like to reach out directly we have an email address at: antiimperialistarchive@gmail.com We have AIA business cards with QR codes - please email or DM us to have one mailed to you