

Sanctions As Siege Warfare w/ Manu Karuka
Oct 7, 2022
The guest on this episode is Manu Karuka, a great scholar and committed anti-imperialist. They discuss the historical and analytical parallels between sieges throughout history and modern sanctions regimes. The conversation explores techniques and strategies used in siege warfare, the severe consequences of sanctions, the impact on unity within targeted countries, the manipulation of human rights discourse, and the effects of sanctions on the working class and the decline of the US dollar. They emphasize the need for unity and organization in response to sanctions and discuss the concept of reparations.
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Introduction
00:00 • 3min
Siege Warfare and its Impact on Modern Sanctions
02:52 • 34min
Siege Warfare: Sanctions and Their Devastating Effects
36:29 • 16min
Coordination of War Efforts and Impact of Sanctions
52:19 • 5min
Siege Warfare, Betrayals, and Manipulation of Human Rights Discourse
57:33 • 4min
Sanctions, Working Class, and Reparations
01:01:09 • 4min
Gratitude, Recommendations, and Ways to Follow the Hosts
01:05:19 • 3min